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Christian Menefee Ousts Al Green in Texas Democratic Primary Shocker

Christian Menefee, a first-term congressman sworn in just this year, has defeated Al Green in the Democratic primary runoff for Texas' 18th Congressional District, marking an unexpected upset in a ...

Sarah Mitchell May 26, 2026 0 comments 6 min read

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Paxton Topples Cornyn in Texas GOP Senate Shodown, Trump's Latest Scalp

Ken Paxton's upset victory over John Cornyn in Tuesday's Texas Republican Senate runoff marks another high-profile win for President Donald Trump's effort to remake the GOP in his image, consolidat...

Sarah Mitchell May 26, 2026 0 comments 7 min read

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Cornyn's Primary Fight Intensifies as Trump Backer Gains Ground

John Cornyn, the veteran Texas Republican senator, faces an unexpectedly fierce primary challenge from a candidate backed by President Trump, marking a critical test of his political standing withi...

Sarah Mitchell May 26, 2026 0 comments 3 min read

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Trump-Backed Paxton Challenges Cornyn in Texas GOP Showdown

Ken Paxton is mounting a primary challenge against Texas Senator John Cornyn with backing from former President Donald Trump, setting up one of the most significant Republican intraparty battles he...

Sarah Mitchell May 26, 2026 0 comments 7 min read

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Texas Democrat Faces Tough Primary Fight Against Generational Challenger

A long-serving Texas Democrat is bracing for a runoff battle against a fellow party member who has made generational change the centerpiece of his challenge. The race pits established seniority aga...

Sarah Mitchell May 26, 2026 0 comments 5 min read

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Talarico Moves Fast to Rally Democrats While GOP Camps Collide

James Talarico wasted no time establishing himself as the Democratic standard-bearer for the U.S. Senate race, launching a dual-track strategy that prioritizes party unity and fundraising muscle ev...

Sarah Mitchell May 26, 2026 0 comments 4 min read

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Christian Menefee Upsets Democratic Incumbent Al Green in Houston House Race

Christian Menefee has defeated longtime Democratic Representative Al Green in a Houston-area congressional contest that reflects deepening generational divisions within the party. The race hinged p...

Sarah Mitchell May 26, 2026 0 comments 3 min read

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Texas Runoff Set: Paxton and Cornyn Head to Showdown

Ken Paxton and John Cornyn are locked in a Republican primary runoff in Texas after neither candidate secured enough votes to avoid a second round of voting. The matchup pits two prominent figures ...

Sarah Mitchell May 26, 2026 0 comments 7 min read

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Trump Backs Federal Control of Prediction Markets, Eyes Global Crypto Crown

President Donald Trump is drawing a line in the sand over who gets to regulate prediction markets, announcing his administration will fight state-level restrictions and maintain federal oversight t...

Sarah Mitchell May 26, 2026 0 comments 7 min read

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Trump Team Pushes Federal Workers to Sign Secrecy Agreements

The Trump administration is requiring federal employees to sign nondisclosure agreements, a move that legal experts warn could restrict workers' constitutional rights to speak publicly about their ...

Sarah Mitchell May 26, 2026 0 comments 3 min read

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Trump Eyes Courtside Seat for Knicks' NBA Finals Run

Donald Trump is weighing whether to attend the NBA Finals as his beloved New York Knicks advance in the playoffs. The former president has deep ties to the team and the city, making a high-profile ...

Sarah Mitchell May 26, 2026 0 comments 7 min read

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Young Democrat Eyes Texas House Seat in Generational Challenge

Christian Menefee is mounting a bid for a Texas House seat with a straightforward pitch: it's time for a changing of the guard. The Democratic candidate is positioning himself as the embodiment of ...

Sarah Mitchell May 26, 2026 0 comments 6 min read

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White House Gets UFC Treatment: Inside the Administration's Fight Night Setup

The White House is hosting a UFC Fight Night event, marking an unconventional use of the nation's most iconic residence as a venue for professional mixed martial arts competition. Images from the s...

Sarah Mitchell May 26, 2026 0 comments 5 min read

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Vance Credits Wife's 'Vicious Editing' and Faith for New Memoir

Vice President JD Vance credits his wife Usha with reshaping his upcoming memoir "Communion," describing her as a tough editor who refused to let weak material survive. "She doesn't sugarcoat thing...

Sarah Mitchell May 26, 2026 0 comments 7 min read

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Iran Vows New Strikes as U.S. Pursues Diplomatic Path

Iran signaled it could launch fresh military attacks against the United States, escalating rhetoric even as diplomatic efforts to resolve regional tensions continue. The threat followed U.S. milita...

Sarah Mitchell May 26, 2026 0 comments 6 min read

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Trump's Primary Purge, Democratic Surge Set Stage for 2026 Showdown

The battle lines for the 2026 midterm elections are already forming, shaped by three major forces that will likely determine which party controls Congress over the next two years.President Trump ha...

Sarah Mitchell May 26, 2026 0 comments 5 min read

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Trump shifts Ebola protocol: exposed Americans headed to Kenya instead of home

The Trump administration is departing from decades of precedent by sending Americans exposed to Ebola to Kenya for observation and potential treatment, a significant shift from the standard practic...

Sarah Mitchell May 26, 2026 0 comments 4 min read

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Paxton Dominates Texas GOP Runoff, Edges Cornyn in Polling

Ken Paxton has maintained a consistent edge over incumbent Senator John Cornyn throughout the Republican primary runoff in Texas, according to independent polling data. The former Texas attorney ge...

Sarah Mitchell May 26, 2026 0 comments 3 min read

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Trump pushes sweeping NDA mandate for all federal workers

The Trump administration is moving to require federal employees across government to sign nondisclosure agreements, a dramatic expansion of workplace confidentiality restrictions that would apply t...

Sarah Mitchell May 26, 2026 0 comments 6 min read

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Texas Runoff Hinges on 10 County Battleground

Senator John Cornyn faces an uphill climb in today's Republican primary runoff against Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, but his path to survival runs through a familiar set of urban and suburban ...

Sarah Mitchell May 26, 2026 0 comments 7 min read

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Trump's Iran deal posts create whiplash, leaving diplomacy in murk

President Trump spent Memorial Day weekend broadcasting contradictory messages about Iran negotiations, leaving the status of any potential agreement unclear and forcing reporters to chase moving t...

Sarah Mitchell May 26, 2026 0 comments 7 min read

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Defense Lawyers Attack Trump DOJ for Using Prosecutions as Political Weapon

A growing chorus of defense attorneys is challenging the Justice Department's prosecutorial priorities under President Trump, arguing that the agency has subordinated impartial justice to serve the...

Sarah Mitchell May 26, 2026 0 comments 6 min read

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High Court Snubs Florida Bid to Block Migrant Driver Licenses

The Supreme Court has declined to take up Florida's challenge to licensing policies in California and Washington that extend commercial driver privileges to immigrants regardless of legal status. F...

Sarah Mitchell May 26, 2026 0 comments 3 min read

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Texas Redraw Pits 11-Term Veteran Against Freshman in GOP Power Play

Republican mapmakers in Texas have engineered a collision course in Congress, forcing a pair of Democrats into a brutal primary fight over a single district.Representative Al Green, who has held hi...

Sarah Mitchell May 26, 2026 0 comments 7 min read

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Texas GOP Spending Hits $130 Million Barrier in Cornyn-Paxton Showdown

Texas Republicans have poured nearly $130 million into their primary battle between Senator John Cornyn and Ken Paxton, making it one of the most expensive intra-party fights in recent memory. The ...

Sarah Mitchell May 26, 2026 0 comments 5 min read

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Texas AG Race Turns Nasty as Roy Blasts Middleton with Fresh Millions

The Republican primary battle for Texas attorney general descended into a high-stakes fight in recent weeks, with candidate spending climbing sharply and personal attacks intensifying between rival...

Sarah Mitchell May 26, 2026 0 comments 3 min read

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Trump Claims Clean Bill of Health After Walter Reed Checkup

Donald Trump reported receiving a clean assessment following a medical examination at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, describing the evaluation as having gone "perfectly." The visit m...

Sarah Mitchell May 26, 2026 0 comments 4 min read

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Cornyn's gamble: Trump-backed Paxton forces Texas GOP showdown

Senator John Cornyn faces the fight of his career on Tuesday as he battles Ken Paxton in a Texas Republican runoff that has become the marquee race of the day. Cornyn, the state's senior senator, i...

Sarah Mitchell May 26, 2026 0 comments 10 min read

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Trump's redistricting push crumbles in South Carolina Senate

South Carolina Republicans dealt a stunning rebuke to President Donald Trump on Tuesday, blocking a last-minute effort to redraw the state's congressional map just as early voting was beginning for...

Sarah Mitchell May 26, 2026 0 comments 5 min read

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Federal court strikes down Alabama redistricting map, forcing state back to drawing board

A federal court has blocked Alabama from using its current congressional redistricting map, delivering a setback to the state over how it divides voting districts among its population. The ruling m...

Sarah Mitchell May 26, 2026 0 comments 4 min read

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Trump Reports Clean Bill of Health After Walter Reed Checkup

President Trump visited Walter Reed National Military Medical Center on Tuesday for a physical examination, declaring afterward that doctors gave him a clean bill of health. The 78-year-old preside...

Sarah Mitchell May 26, 2026 0 comments 6 min read

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Texas GOP Map Backfires: Republicans Face Brutal Primary Showdowns

Texas Republicans designed their new congressional map to entrench party power, but the strategy has touched off a civil war within GOP ranks as incumbents and challengers collide in contentious pr...

Sarah Mitchell May 26, 2026 0 comments 5 min read

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Supreme Court Shuts Down Florida's Bid to Sue California and Washington Over Immigrant Licenses

The Supreme Court rejected Florida's attempt to directly sue California and Washington over the issuance of commercial truck driver's licenses to undocumented immigrants, dismissing the case withou...

Sarah Mitchell May 26, 2026 0 comments 4 min read

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Top Court Kills Immigration Judges' Free Speech Case

The Supreme Court has reversed a lower court decision that sided with immigration judges challenging workplace restrictions on their public speech, dealing a defeat to judicial officers who argued ...

Sarah Mitchell May 26, 2026 0 comments 7 min read

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Paxton's Trump Card: Can Texas AG Topple Cornyn in High-Stakes Runoff?

Ken Paxton is one win away from a stunning upset. The embattled Texas attorney general narrowly trailed Senator John Cornyn in March's Republican primary, and now Trump's endorsement has thrust him...

Sarah Mitchell May 26, 2026 0 comments 7 min read

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UFC Plans Birthday Bash Fight Card for Trump's 80th

The Ultimate Fighting Championship is scheduling a major event for June 14, which marks President Trump's 80th birthday. The organization has built the fight card around this significant date, crea...

Sarah Mitchell May 26, 2026 0 comments 3 min read

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Comey seashells case heads to October trial, if charges survive legal hurdles

Former FBI Director James Comey will face trial in October over an Instagram post featuring seashells arranged in a numerical pattern, a federal judge ruled this week. U.S. District Judge Louise Fl...

Sarah Mitchell May 26, 2026 0 comments 7 min read

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Federal judges torpedo Alabama GOP map, block race-based redistricting scheme

A three-judge federal panel on Tuesday halted Alabama's newly drawn congressional map, ruling that Republican legislators deliberately structured the districts to dilute Black voting power in viola...

Sarah Mitchell May 26, 2026 0 comments 7 min read

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Supreme Court lets excessive force case move forward against Michigan cop

The Supreme Court declined to shield a Grand Rapids police officer from a civil rights lawsuit stemming from a volatile moment during the 2020 George Floyd protests, allowing the case to proceed de...

Sarah Mitchell May 26, 2026 0 comments 5 min read

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Judge to Rule on Torture's Shadow Over 9/11 Case

A federal judge at Guantánamo Bay is preparing to decide a central question that has haunted the prosecution of accused 9/11 conspirators for nearly two decades: how deeply did CIA torture poison t...

Sarah Mitchell May 26, 2026 0 comments 5 min read

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Federal Court Blocks Alabama's Redrawn Districts, Citing Racial Bias

A federal court has rejected Alabama's latest congressional map, determining it would dilute the voting power of Black constituents in a way that violates the Voting Rights Act. The ruling halts th...

Sarah Mitchell May 26, 2026 0 comments 4 min read

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Emanuel Eyes 2028 Bid With College Cost Crackdown

Rahm Emanuel, the former Chicago mayor now eyeing a potential 2028 presidential run, is pushing Democrats to tackle college affordability as Republicans continue to gain ground on education policy....

Sarah Mitchell May 26, 2026 0 comments 5 min read

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US Launches Iran Strikes as Diplomatic Path Grows Uncertain

The United States carried out military strikes against Iranian targets, framing the action as a defensive measure even as behind-the-scenes negotiations remain in a delicate state. The timing of th...

Sarah Mitchell May 26, 2026 0 comments 7 min read

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Trump's Health Under Fresh Scrutiny After Third Doctor Visit in Over a Year

Donald Trump made his third visit to a physician in just over 13 months, reigniting questions about the former president's medical condition and drawing renewed attention to his health as he moves ...

Sarah Mitchell May 26, 2026 0 comments 6 min read

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Trump's Justice Dept. Faces Grand Jury Credibility Crisis

Federal judges and grand juries are losing confidence in the Justice Department as the White House leans on prosecutors to serve political ends, rewarding allies while targeting rivals. The erosion...

Sarah Mitchell May 26, 2026 0 comments 6 min read

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Trump Ally Leads Georgia Governor's Race Despite Election Denial History

Burt Jones has emerged as the frontrunner in Georgia's Republican gubernatorial primary, despite his documented efforts to challenge the 2020 presidential election results in the state. Jones worke...

Sarah Mitchell May 26, 2026 0 comments 4 min read

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Texas Runoffs Set for Tuesday: Senate Showdown and Beyond

Texas voters head to the polls Tuesday for a slate of runoff elections that will reshape several key races, with attention laser-focused on the Republican Senate contest between incumbent John Corn...

Sarah Mitchell May 26, 2026 0 comments 3 min read

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Trump's Paxton Gamble Tests Power in Texas Runoffs

Donald Trump's last-minute endorsement of Ken Paxton over John Cornyn in Tuesday's Texas Republican Senate runoff marks the latest test of the former president's influence within GOP ranks. The end...

Sarah Mitchell May 26, 2026 0 comments 8 min read