
As primary day approaches, Republicans and Democrats alike go after Mastriano in Pennsylvania governor's race
CNN
Fears are growing among establishment-leaning Pennsylvania Republicans that Doug Mastriano, the front-runner for the GOP gubernatorial nomination who has Donald Trump's endorsement, could be too extreme to win a general election in the battleground state.
As he announced he was dropping out of the GOP gubernatorial race and throwing his support behind former US Rep. Lou Barletta, state Senate President Pro Tempore Jake Corman called the open governor seat "an opportunity."
"The only way we will not be successful in the fall is if we nominate someone who can't possibly win," he said.

The alleged drug traffickers killed by the US military in a strike on September 2 were heading to link up with another, larger vessel that was bound for Suriname — a small South American country east of Venezuela – the admiral who oversaw the operation told lawmakers on Thursday according to two sources with direct knowledge of his remarks.

The two men killed as they floated holding onto their capsized boat in a secondary strike against a suspected drug vessel in early September did not appear to have radio or other communications devices, the top military official overseeing the strike told lawmakers on Thursday, according to two sources with direct knowledge of his congressional briefings.











