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Trump campaign insider reveals strategy behind midterm blitz that White House hopes pays off big

Donald Trump's 32-state rally tour through deep red states has a hidden strategy that pundits are missing, says a veteran campaign strategist.

DOJ moves to boot federal judges from immigration cases over NYT interview

The Justice Department filed a judicial misconduct complaint against seven Minnesota federal judges over a New York Times immigration interview.

Tennessee Can Make Plans, but Struggles in the Execution

If you’ve ever wondered why our executioners apply an alcohol swab to prevent infection...

Showdown Over Climate Lawfare to Start New Term

Disillusioned by their inability to persuade Congress to impose a forced energy transition on...

McDaniel defends donors paying for Trump legal bills: ‘They have every right’

Former Republican National Committee (RNC) chair Ronna McDaniel defended her successor’s decision to funnel donations through a PAC that pays for former President Trump’s legal bills on Sunday. McDaniel, who stepped down as chair earlier this month, said in an NBC “Meet the Press” interview with Kristen Welker that donors should be able to use...

Warnock on Georgia support for Biden: ‘The more Donald Trump talks, the better our fortunes will be’

Sen. Raphael Warnock (D-Ga.) said Sunday that support for President Biden in Georgia will be boosted the more former President Trump talks. CBS host Margaret Brennan asked Warnock on "Face the Nation" why enthusiasm for Biden has dropped among Black voters since the last election, pointing to CBS's recent polling. Warnock noted that it's still...

GOP Senators raise concerns about ISIS attacks against Americans after Moscow shooting

Sens. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) and Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) said Sunday that they were deeply worried about an ISIS terrorist attack targeting Americans after the group killed over 130 people at a Moscow concert hall on Saturday. Both Senators lampooned President Biden’s foreign policy in the wake of the attack. The ISIS-K group believed to be...

US Yemen policy opens the way for humanitarian NGOs to fund terrorists

Governments that want to responsibly deliver humanitarian aid in conflict zones must learn  lessons from Yemen and Gaza.

Chip Roy dodges question on whether he would back motion to vacate Johnson

Rep. Chip Roy sidestepped a question on whether he would back a motion to vacate Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) over the bipartisan spending deal passed over the weekend. CNN's Jake Tapper pressed Roy on "State of the Union" on whether he would support a motion to vacate Johnson that was filed by Rep. Marjorie Taylor...

Texas Republican on why he opposed funding bill: ‘I wanted some sense of sanity on spending’

Rep. Chip Roy (R-Texas) said Sunday he opposed the $1.2 trillion bipartisan spending bill last week because he wanted to see a "sense of sanity on spending." "I didn't want to get everything right. I mean, I wanted to, but I knew I wouldn't get everything I wanted. But you know what I wanted? I...

Russian missile briefly enters Polish airspace during massive missile attack on Ukraine

A Russian missile bound for Ukraine crossed through Polish airspace early Sunday, sending NATO F-16 fighter jets scrambling and sparking the Polish government to demand answers. The Armed Forces Operational Command of Poland said a cruise missile crossed into its airspace at about 4:40 a.m. on Sunday near the village of Oserdów, on the Ukrainian...

Homeowners in these U.S. cities face the greatest threat from climate change

Images of neighborhoods devastated by natural disasters have become commonplace in recent years, but a new study finds that properties in some U.S. cities are especially imperiled.

Breyer critiques conservatives’ textualism ideology: ‘It doesn’t work very well’

Retired Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer critiqued textualism, the judicial ideology held by most of the conservatives on the court, on Sunday, saying the perspective is stuck in the past. Textualism is the belief that the Constitution should be read as written by the founders instead of through its intentions shaped by time, which is...

Biden should expand Medicare Advantage, not cut it 

The Democratic Party should embrace Medicare Advantage, not cut it.

Why the USDA wants you to destroy these invasive, mud-like masses

The invasive species, native to China, has spread to at least 17 states over the last decade.

William and Kate ‘enormously touched by the kind messages’ following princess’s cancer diagnosis

The Prince and Princess of Wales were thankful and “enormously touched” by the kind messages from the public this week after the British Royal Family announced Kate Middleton’s cancer diagnosis on Friday. Middleton said she began radiotherapy for an abdominal cancer after a surgery “found cancer had been present” earlier this year. Questions swirled over...

Breyer indicates support for age limits for Supreme Court Justices

Former Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer said Sunday that he would back age limits for justices, claiming the controversial policy would have helped his own decision-making about his retirement in 2022. “I don't think that's harmful,” he said of Supreme Court terms in an NBC “Meet the Press” interview with Kristen Welker on Sunday. “If...

Bolton hits Biden for Gaza resolution rejected UN: ‘Very detrimental to Israel’

Former national security adviser John Bolton criticized President Biden after the United Nations Security Council rejected a U.S.-backed resolution calling for an immediate cease-fire and said the proposal was “very detrimental to Israel.” “We saw on Friday something almost unimaginable in the UN Security Council. The Biden administration had proposed a resolution, really, very detrimental...

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