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.

Republican Sen. Dean Heller is predicting that U.S. Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh will be confirmed to the nation’s highest court despite the “hiccup” of a recent allegation that the judge sexually assaulted a woman when they were both teenagers. In a “VIP” conference call arranged by the Nevada Republican Party on Wednesday ahead of President Donald Trump’s visit to the state, Heller — who is running for re-election against Democratic Rep. Jacky Rosen — said the Senate would still likely confirm Kavanaugh to replace retired Justice Anthony Kennedy despite the sexual harassment allegations.

Nevada Democratic Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto announced that she will vote against Judge Brett Kavanaugh, President Donald Trump’s embattled Supreme Court nominee.

Rep. Jacky Rosen has been hammering U.S. Sen. Dean Heller over his positions on repealing and replacing the Affordable Care Act last summer as she battles to oust the Republican senator from office in one of the most closely watched Senate races in the country.