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Blakeman’s campaign finance mess

MO’ MONEY: Republican gubernatorial candidate Bruce Blakeman has received dozens of contributions surpassing the legal limit in recent months. Blakeman has yet to refund roughly $360,000 to donors who...

DNC lawsuit accuses Trump administration of diverting $20M in federal funds for ‘propaganda’ ads

The Democratic National Committee alleges the Trump administration directed $20 million in taxpayer funds toward ads designed to boost Republicans ahead of 2026 midterms.

100-shot Somali gang gun battle rocks Minnesota as sheriff warns ‘we’re in trouble’

CCTV captured a gunfight that left 97 casings in Bloomington as Somali gang violence across Minnesota's Twin Cities draws national attention.

Nicolás Maduro and his wife expected to face new charges related to alleged torture of Americans

Former Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and wife Cilia Flores face new charges tied to alleged torture of Americans in Manhattan court Thursday.

Nithya Raman’s attack on LA police chief is idiotic — and dangerous

Angelenos are on notice: If they elect Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) City Councilwoman...

A hearing on Kilmar Abrego Garcia’s deportation case is abruptly canceled

A hearing for Kilmar Abrego Garcia which was expected to determine whether the man mistakenly sent by the Trump administration to El Salvador would be deported to Liberia was abruptly canceled Tuesday for reasons that were not immediately clear.

Trump highlights a big new defense project in Maryland, a blue state whose governor won’t be there

President Donald Trump on Tuesday plans to highlight a $3.7 billion investment by the military technology company Anduril to build components for nuclear-powered submarines at a Baltimore-area shipyard.

ABC and Trump’s FCC battle in federal court over issues of free speech and jurisdiction

A lawyer for ABC on Tuesday asked a federal judge to prevent the Trump administration from conducting an unusual, early review of its broadcast licenses, likening it to a looming execution by guillotine that was already chilling the network's editorial decisions just weeks before the U.S. midterm elections.

Attorneys for former Olympian ask federal watchdog to review Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool case

Attorneys for David Hearn, the former Olympian accused by President Trump of vandalizing the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, have asked federal watchdogs to review the case.

Trump-led GOP intensifies support for Graham in volatile South Carolina race

President Trump and national Republicans are ramping up their push in the South Carolina Senate race.

Army study found shock gloves purchased by ICE cause pain, compliance and fear

The shock gloves immigration agents could soon use to control detainees and protesters worked so powerfully during a military exercise that participants felt intense pain, stopped fighting immediately and feared additional exposures, according to a previously unreleased Army study.

Schumer reports Trump to FEC for coordinating with super PAC spending on ‘propaganda’ ads

President Trump is halting a taxpayer-funded ad campaign and will pay for his promotions of the country through the MAGA Inc. super PAC, but Democrats say the move is still illegal.

Campaign ad in Arkansa sparks conservative backlash for portraying lazy Medicaid recipient as white

A new video from Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders was standard-issue Republican messaging for promoting her state's stricter rules for people on Medicaid. No more could able-bodied people lounge around while receiving taxpayer-funded healthcare, she said -- they needed to work.

Macron trashes American free speech as riots grip France — internet unloads: ‘Enormous fool’

French President Emmanuel Macron called American free speech "the opposite of free speech" as student protests and school fires sweep across France.

Russian researcher’s mystery death could be ‘far worse’ than the plague, former senior Trump official warns

Marshall Billingslea warns the Irkutsk researcher's death could involve antibiotic-resistant plague engineered under the Soviet bioweapons program.

Liberal justices look for ‘escape hatch’ as high-stakes climate case lands at Supreme Court, experts say

Ketanji Brown Jackson and Sonia Sotomayor repeatedly questioned Supreme Court jurisdiction in Suncor v. Boulder, signaling a possible off-ramp.

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Tariffs on Canada Failed to Boost U.S. Manufacturing, Cost Billions

A new AAF report found that the U.S. replaced Canadian imports with imports from other countries, rather than with domestic products.

Biden DOJ secretly monitored Melania, Barron Trump ahead of Mar-a-Lago raid

In the weeks leading up to the FBI's unprecedented 2022 raid of then-former President Trump's Palm Beach home, federal agents secretly spied on the movements of Melania Trump and her son, Barron.

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