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President Donald Trump will funnel a potential IRS payout into a family shell company, a political analyst has claimed. Trump and his sons are negotiating with the Internal Revenue Service to settle a $10 billion lawsuit without trial. Trump filed the lawsuit after taking office, claiming an IRS contractor leaked his tax information. The motion for...
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The GOP's first-family "grift” obsession about Hunter Biden is like a dirty joke gone wrong, one with a punchline more offensive than funny.Republicans in Congress spent years and tens of millions of taxpayer dollars trying to prove a "crime family” narrative about Hunter and his laptop that never materialized into anything more than a tax case...
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President Donald Trump revealed Saturday night that he initially mistook the sound of gunfire for a dropped tray at the White House Correspondents' Dinner — and that it was Melania who first sensed something was wrong"I heard a noise. I sort of thought it was a tray, a tray going down. From quite far away," Trump told reporters at a White House...
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The 2026 White House Correspondents' Dinner marked President Donald Trump's first appearance at the annual event since returning to office, with mentalist Oz Pearlman scheduled to perform.The evening was cut short when shots rang out as dinner was being served at the Washington Hilton ballroom. Secret Service agents swarmed the hall, jumping onto...
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President Donald Trump said that the shooting at the White House Correspondents' Dinner proves why the country needs his ballroom in the White House, prompting scorn. "Jesus Christ. He is using this as an excuse to hype his ballroom?" Democratic strategist Chris D. Jackson wrote on X. "I just can't."A shooter stormed a security checkpoint outside...
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The shooter who attacked the White House Correspondents' Dinner on Saturday charged a security checkpoint set up near the entrance of the main ballroom, a conservative pundit recounted. "The shooter charged the magnetometer closest to the front door," conservative pundit Sean Hannity told Fox News shortly after the chaos, which cut the dinner short...
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A law enforcement agent was reportedly hospitalized after being shot by a gunman who stormed the entrance to the White House Correspondents' Dinner on Saturday night. CNN's John Berman reported that the shooter injured a law enforcement agent. Fox News host Sean Hannity also reported that a Secret Service agent was shot while the shooter stormed...
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CNN journalist Wolf Blitzer described the "very scary" scene that unfolded in front of him at the White House Correspondents' Dinner."All of a sudden, I start hearing gunshots in the hall right near me," Blitzer said. He was returning to his seat after using the bathroom, and shooting broke out before the dinner got underway. "The next thing I...
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The White House Correspondents' Dinner was initially set to resume after gunfire forced Trump and his party to evacuate, leaving a CNN anchor taken aback.CNN reporter Brianna Keilar called it "difficult to fathom" that the event would carry on "because I just can't describe even the scene and just how scared everyone had been."C-SPAN reported that...
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President Donald Trump took to Truth Social on Saturday night after a shooter was reportedly killed by Secret Service at the White House Correspondents' Dinner, praising law enforcement and suggesting the event continue."Quite an evening in D.C. Secret Service and Law Enforcement did a fantastic job. They acted quickly and bravely," Trump wrote,...
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A C-SPAN host was surprised to see FBI Director Kash Patel show up at the White House Correspondents' Dinner and wondered who could have possibly invited him."It looks like Kash Patel is in the ballroom. We do not know who invited him," C-SPAN host Peter Sein said. "You have to be a media organization and a member of the White House Correspondents'...
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Security at the White House Correspondents' Dinner evacuated the head table where President Donald Trump was supposed to sit after reports of loud sounds. C-SPAN hosts suddenly cut away from their normal coverage of the dinner. Security officers with guns were shown scanning the area around the table. No reason was given right away for the...
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Journalists covering the White House Correspondents' Dinner described the chaotic scene that led to the evacuation of President Donald Trump and a shooter reportedly dead. "I did not hear any shots. You just hear yelling like a commotion, someone coming through the room," a journalist told C-SPAN commentators during live coverage of the dinner. "I...
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Columnist Maureen Dowd has a message for Donald Trump: You went hunting for a quick win in Iran and ended up the prey.In a blistering Saturday column for the New York Times, the veteran columnist compared Trump's Iran adventure to the classic O. Henry short story "The Ransom of Red Chief," in which two bumbling kidnappers are so tormented by their...
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Footage from the White House Correspondents' Dinner shows clashing and officers yelling "get down!" before President Trump was evacuated. Host Oz Pearlman is shown holding up a card to Melania Trump when the sound of plates breaking begins. Faces turn serious at Trump's head table, and although music continues, security officers rush in and tell...
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A couple of protesters made a scene before the start of the White House Correspondents' Dinner on Saturday to demand Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's arrest for what they called "war crimes.""Arrest Pete Hegseth for war crimes! Arrest Pete Hegseth for war crimes," one of the protesters yelled from the red carpet as Trump officials were showing up. ...
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Saturday night's White House Correspondents' Dinner marks a notable departure from recent years, as President Donald Trump was expected to attend, and perhaps the world's most famous mentalist will be hosting.The dinner kicks off at 8 p.m. ET, with C-SPAN's red carpet coverage beginning at 6 p.m.C-SPAN is carrying the event live and free at...
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by Lomi Kriel, The Texas TribuneApril 25, 2026A flight carrying an Egyptian family to Michigan late Saturday abruptly turned around after a Texas judge ruled that the six should remain in the U.S. pending further litigation.The last-minute reversal was the most recent development in a dizzying series of events this week that attorneys said added to...
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Hearing that the Trump administration plans to deny green cards for immigrants who express their political opinions has commentators sounding the alarm.Journalist Hamed Aleaziz reported on Saturday that migrants will be denied green cards by the Trump administration if they took part in pro-Palestinian campus protests, criticized Israel online or...
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President Donald Trump posted what appears to be an AI-generated image to Truth Social on Saturday morning, comparing the Reflecting Pool under Barack Obama to its appearance under his administration — but the internet immediately spotted a problem: both photos have the same clouds.The side-by-side image, labeled "Hussein Obama" vs "Trump,"...
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Iran struck back against the United States military harder and more destructively than Trump officials previously revealed, according to a report. NBC News broke the news on Saturday that an Iranian F-5 fighter jet broke through U.S. air defenses and struck more than 100 targets, including 11 bases in Gulf states. Insiders told NBC News that the...
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A GOP candidate in a California congressional race took a shot at his primary challenger's loyalty to Trump and MAGA credentials with a new attack ad. Rep. Ken Calvert called fellow California congressional Republican Rep. Young Kim a "Trump-traitor" and a "RINO," or Republican in name only, in an ad for his primary campaign that blasts Kim's...
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The Department of Justice hurt its own case against the Southern Poverty Law Center with a poor choice of words, with a legal expert calling the indictment "particularly weak" on its face. "What makes this all highly problematic is an apparent gaffe in the charging language," legal expert Andrew Weissmann wrote in a Saturday piece for Just...
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A Republican congressman fighting for his political life against a Trump-backed primary challenger delivered a cutting and candid assessment of what it's like to work for the president.Rep. Thomas Massie of Kentucky told The Atlantic that he used to joke about the one condition he'd place on any Trump cabinet job: a plane."I need a small jet...
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The White House Correspondents' Dinner has long been a stage for sharp political satire, with comedians skewering presidents and the press corps alike.This year, that tradition takes an unexpected turn. Instead of a stand-up comic, organizers have tapped Oz Pearlman, a mentalist known for mind-reading feats and psychological illusion, to host one...
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FBI Director Kash Patel is likely next on the White House chopping block, according to reports coming out of Washington, D.C. "It's only a matter of time,” an anonymous official told Politico's Dasha Burns. Patel's drinking has become a focal point recently, accusations he denies, but Burns wrote on X that "there are several reasons" why Trump...
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President Donald Trump took to Truth Social Saturday to blast the New York Times over its coverage of Lafayette Park's renovation after the paper reviewed documents that tell a very different story than the one he has sold.Trump claimed the park had been "left in disarray after decades of neglect" and that he made "a multimillion contribution" to...
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Eyes are back on the Republican senator who split from Trump's attack on Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell after the president said he's not giving up just yet. "Now the burden shifts back to Thom Tillis to continue opposing Kevin Warsh's confirmation indefinitely," the X account Rogue POTUS staff wrote, "or to cave."Sen. Tillis, R-NC, broke...
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President Donald Trump triggered outrage when he fired what House Science Committee Democratic staff described as the entirety of the independent board overseeing the nation's premier basic science funding agency on Friday, sending boilerplate termination emails that offered no explanation and no warning.Members of the National Science Board, which...
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Ben Shapiro just handed his critics everything they've ever wanted — and then explained why it doesn't matter, an analyst wrote Saturday.In a searing analysis published Friday, writer Mike Brock argued that Shapiro's recent appearance on Sam Harris' podcast amounted to the most damning self-indictment by a Trump defender in years because of what...
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President Donald Trump contradicted his Justice Department on the ending of an investigation into outgoing Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell. "It's not dropped," Trump insisted to reporters on Saturday despite Jeanine Pirro, U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia, saying on Friday that "I have directed my office to close our investigation"...
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Melania Trump's statement regarding her involvement with Jeffrey Epstein has endangered President Donald Trump, a biographer has claimed. Michael Wolff, the author behind Fire and Fury: Inside the White House, believes the First Lady's statement is not just about creating distance between her and child sex offender Epstein, but about dragging Trump...
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There is a silent GOP resistance with congress, according to a Republican lawmaker who says six to a dozen colleagues privately admitted they'd defy Donald Trump under certain circumstances.Rep. Thomas Massie is claiming the existence of a shadow network of Republicans in Congress who privately confess they would vote according to their...
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Donald Trump's own voters expressed outrage after the president showed his support for a Democrat.The Official White House Rapid Response account on Thursday broadcast the words of Trump himself, who was seen in a photo with Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass.Alongside the picture, Trump wrote:"It was my Great Honor to meet with the Mayor of Los Angeles,...
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President Donald Trump's new plan to salvage the midterm elections has already collapsed, according to a political analyst.Legal expert Michael Popok outlined how Trump's attempt to draft in James Blair, the White House Deputy Chief of Staff, has already gone wrong. A recent meeting at the Waldorf Astoria leaked, revealing that just a day before...
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President Donald Trump has cancelled a planned diplomatic mission to Pakistan involving senior envoys Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff, who were scheduled to meet with Iranian representatives, outraging observers.Trump revealed the decision to a Fox News reporter, Aishah Hasnie, first, stating: "I've told my people a little while ago, they were...
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President Donald Trump's administration handed millions in taxpayer funds to a company already working on a White House refurbishment, a report has shown. Trump chose the Maryland-based Clark Construction to build his $400 million ballroom, but an investigation from the New York Times exposed a separate deal with the firm to work on another job....
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President Donald Trump announced on Truth Social that he has cancelled a planned diplomatic mission to Islamabad, Pakistan, characterizing the journey as an inefficient use of time and resources."I just cancelled the trip of my representatives going is Islamabad, Pakistan, to meet with the Iranians. Too much time wasted on traveling, too much...
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President Donald Trump has presented a new problem for the United States through cuts made to the DOJ, a former insider has claimed. Former pardon attorney Liz Oyer, speaking with Washington D.C. correspondent Scott MacFarlane, suggested that cuts made by the Trump administration had put the country into a dangerous spot. Specifically, cuts made to...
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Donald Trump appears to be falling asleep in public, and the media should mention it, a senator said on Saturday.The alarm comes after independent journalist Aaron Rupar shared a video of Trump with his eyes closed during a meeting in the president's office."Trump is about to hit REM on camera during an Oval Office event. It's just incredible,"...
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President Donald Trump issued an ultimatum to Senate Republicans on Truth Social Saturday, threatening catastrophic political consequences if they fail to pass his "SAVE America Act" and suggesting the party eliminate the filibuster to do so."Not passing the SAVE AMERICA ACT will lead to the worst results for a political party in the HISTORY of the...
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Unity within the Republican Party is set to shatter as an Iran rebellion is in the cards, numerous sources have claimed. Party insiders believe an upcoming vote on the War Powers Resolution could splinter the GOP. The War Powers Resolution empowers Congress to check the president's war-making authority by requiring the president to report any...
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Political observers and analysts alike are ridiculing Russell Brand after the former actor went viral for an awkward Bible fail in a Piers Morgan interview.It started when Morgan asked Brand about why he took a Bible into court. Brand has been charged with assault of multiple women.Specifically, Morgan asked what verses Brand was inspired by as he...
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Donald Trump was accused of making a "catastrophic mistake" after a New York Times report revealed how experts say Iran's nuclear powers grew under the current president.William J. Broad and David E. Sanger, who advertise that that they have written about the Iranian nuclear program for more than two decades, wrote on Saturday:"Today, international...
ReadRaw Story - Politics (21 hours ago)
Trump is making insane proclamations about Iran again, sabotaging efforts at peace by his unqualified, incompetent negotiating team. He's lying to his supporters about obvious things like the price of gasoline. He's not sleeping, up all night shouting in all-caps at anybody who will listen and, during the day, literally screaming at his aides.His...
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A draft of voters will abandon the Republican Party at the midterms later this year, according to a former Joe Biden staffer. Jared Bernstein, who served as Chair of the Council of Economic Advisers, has claimed that a major voting pool is more likely to vote against Trump and the GOP than for them in November. Speaking with Nobel Prize-winning...
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Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche was reminded by a former colleague that he "would have resigned" from his earlier position as a prosecutor if he had been handed the orders he is now carrying out for Donald Trump.It all started when Democratic Rep. Dan Goldman launched a scathing critique of the Trump Justice Department's case against the...
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A party hosted by gay dating app Grindr was attended by DC elite Friday night, and the president's own team expressed an interest, causing the MAGA base to recoil.Grindr's exclusive party during White House Correspondents' Dinner weekend reportedly drew interest from the highest levels of government—including members of President Donald Trump's...
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A feature film requested by President Donald Trump has hit a financing snag, leading to mockery of the film's director. Brett Ratner, who helmed the Melania documentary released earlier this year, has not managed to secure firm funding for a fourth Rush Hour film, per industry insiders. Puck reporter Matthew Belloni claimed the film had hit...
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President Donald Trump is being propped up by those in a position to manipulate him, a former Trump admin official has claimed. Anthony Scaramucci, who briefly served as White House communications director in Trump's first term, believes that those pulling strings behind the scenes are readily and easily able to manipulate the president. Scaramucci...
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FBI Director Kash Patel may have saved himself from President Donald Trump's wrath with his lawsuit against The Atlantic, a political analyst has claimed. Patel filed a $250 million defamation lawsuit against The Atlantic and staff writer Sarah Fitzpatrick on April 20, 2026, following a bombshell investigative report detailing his alleged excessive...
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An email to supporters of Republicans in the Senate said the party is "terrified" as Democrats advance on their midterm odds in three unexpected states.The National Republican Senatorial Committee — the party's nationwide campaign arm for the GOP in the Senate — sent out a panicked email to donors in which it disclosed the "terrifying report...
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Yard signs in a ruby red state signal authentic voter enthusiasm that could change the game, according to a former GOP insider.Kurt Bardella, a former staffer for Republican Senator Olympia Snowe and Republican Congressman Darrell Issa, appeared on MS NOW on Saturday, where he flagged unexpected Democratic momentum in deep-red Texas, citing...
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A Republican Party strategist is urging candidates to break from President Donald Trump when pitching themselves to voters ahead of the midterms.An unnamed GOP political strategist told Reuters that candidates must break from previous party claims that they were "going to try to nationalize the election and say we're a rubber stamp for Trump."But...
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A man who emerged as an unlikely ally pushing Donald Trump's tariffs is now back to criticizing the president over a problem a blue state is said to have solved.The union leader who has an on-off relationship with the president says the administration is waging an all-out war on American science—and California is fighting back.In a scathing...
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Department of Defense head Pete Hegseth must be removed from his post as soon as possible, according to a political analyst who shared a telling moment. Hegseth has emerged as a vocal advocate for aggressive military action and weaponizing Christian theology to justify warfare. Hegseth has implemented controversial military policies, including...
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Donald Trump ahead of the weekend launched another vicious attack on a MAGA celebrity, this time resulting in harsh pushback from fellow members of the president's political movement.Taking to Truth Social Friday, Trump exclaimed, "Candace Owens' stock, which was never very high, has fallen a long way. Her attack on the First Lady of France is...
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Prime Minister Mark Carney has promised regular updates on his government's efforts as Canada continues to work through a U.S. trade war while also seeking to strengthen relationships with other trading partners — and his medium of choice appears to be YouTube.
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Once a target of Russian and Chinese economic coercion, Lithuania has turned pressure into policy. By rapidly diversifying trade, severing energy ties with Moscow and investing in defence and tech, the Baltic state built resilience and saw growth. Its experience now offers Canada a cautionary, and increasingly relevant, roadmap.
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MAGA commentator Scott Jennings found himself repeatedly on the defensive Friday during a tense CNN segment as host Kaitlan Collins and Democratic strategist Paul Begala pushed back on his economic and political claims.Jennings argued during his appearance on "The Source with Kaitlan Collins” that Republicans should "remind the American people...
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by Gloria Rebecca Gomez, Arizona MirrorApril 24, 2026Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes is suing the Trump administration over its plan to turn a warehouse in Surprise into an immigration detention center, saying that federal law prohibits its construction because the building is directly across the street from a hazardous chemical storage...
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Social media users quickly caught that a man interviewed for a Fox News segment as though he were a random voter was actually a leader in a major conservative group. A Fox and Friends segment was supposed to feature the on-the-spot opinions of random diners at a Columbus, Ohio restaurant. Juliet Jeske, who runs the X account Decoding Fox News,...
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FBI Director Kash Patel's lawsuit against The Atlantic for reporting on his alleged drinking problems, absences from his job, and constant paranoia about being fired is a "giant self-own," legal analyst Elie Mystal wrote for The Nation on Friday.This comes after a number of other analysts have come to similar conclusions, saying that he does not...
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Chief Justice John Roberts paved the way for a major Democratic victory this week with a decision he made at the end of the last decade, political analysts are pointing out. Justice Roberts delivered a key decision in the 2019 case Rucho v. Common Cause. Roberts siding with conservatives on a 5-4 decision seven years ago kept constitutional limits...
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A federal judge signaled deep skepticism of President Donald Trump's $10 billion lawsuit against the IRS, including with a buried footnote highlighting the unusual dynamics of the case.In an order issued Friday, U.S. District Judge Kathleen M. Williams questioned whether the case can proceed at all, noting it is "unclear to this court whether the...
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Video footage has resurfaced showing Mooresville, North Carolina, Mayor Chris Carney without pants inside the town hall after hours with a female journalist, according to The Wall Street Journal on Friday. The 2024 incident is now generating significant controversy as three former town employees sued officials, alleging retaliation for preserving...
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Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX), locked in a fierce battle for his political life against state Attorney General Ken Paxton in the Senate primary and frantically doing everything in his power to appear the most MAGA candidate, got a new blow from his far-right critics on Friday, after an ad from his previous 2020 Senate campaign emerged.The ad, posted to X...
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