Supporters of Donald Trump — many of them clad in red Make America Great Again hats or swathed in the stripes of the American flag — gave rave reviews of the president’s first two years in office while waiting in line for his Thursday rally.

Thinly veiled coordination between candidates and outside groups to dodge campaign finance laws isn’t a new (or illegal) trend, and it's one that nearly all top candidates in Nevada, including Sisolak, have engaged in with weeks to go before the start of early voting. Although federal law is supposed to prevent candidates from coordinating with outside groups, campaigns typically get around the ban by publicly sharing information on their websites or social media accounts.

The Senate last week approved legislation to fund the government beyond Oct. 1 as the fight over Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh grew more intense and uncertain.

The “Make America Great Again” rally at the Las Vegas Convention Center is the 11th rally Trump has held in Nevada and seventh in Las Vegas since he embarked on his presidential bid in June 2015.

The slender, gold-tinted Trump Tower was on their list of must-see attractions, but when an Idaho couple and their Chinese relatives arrived outside it late Thursday afternoon, they found a heavy police presence. Two Metro Police buses blocking the street. Police cars stationed at the entryway. Uniformed officers milling around the perimeter.

With polls and prognosticators giving Democratic candidate Steven Horsford an edge in the race in Nevada’s 4th Congressional District, the National Republican Campaign Committee has sought to impugn Horsford by highlighting his career since his 2014 congressional defeat.

As the calendar races toward the high-stakes midterm elections, President Donald Trump is visiting Las Vegas today to rally support for Republican candidates.Expect worse-than-usual traffic headaches during the evening commute as a result: The “Make America Great Again" rally will be held at 7 p.m. at the Las Vegas Convention Center, with doors opening at 4 p.m.

California police are investigating Storey County Sheriff Gerald Antinoro for his possible involvement in the 2015 rape of a woman in a Lodi hotel. Nevada Attorney General Adam Laxalt informed California police and the FBI of the accusation centering around a deposition made as part of an ongoing lawsuit against Antinoro by a former deputy, according to emails obtained in a public records request by The Nevada Independent.

After gubernatorial candidate Adam Laxalt’s primary campaign consultant and former campaign manager accused his business partner of using “extortionary” tactics against the sitting attorney general, a high-profile Northern Nevada developer called the attack “pathetic” and blasted his office’s investigation into a campaign supporter. “I’ve seen little to no contributions to our economy and the overall prosperity in the State from Mr. Laxalt,” Don Roger Norman said in a statement after comments made by Laxalt aide Robert Uithoven about Norman’s partner, Lance Gilman, were published.