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Trump asks Sen. Darline Graham to run for full term, ‘honor the legacy of her beloved brother’
President Trump has asked new South Carolina Sen. Darline Graham, who was appointed to temporarily fill her late brother’s seat, to run for a full term and offered his endorsement. If she complies, the president’s support could prevent other potential Republican candidates from jumping into the special primary race to become the party’s new Senate…
Read MoreNovember in mind: Trump works in a midterm campaign pitch into a primetime address
President Trump promised a speech Thursday night on pitfalls in election security. He did that, but only after offering a full-throated commendation of his second-term agenda that served as a primetime ad for Republicans heading into a tough midterm election season. With Democrats savoring the chance to retake the House and Senate, Mr. Trump led…
Read MoreTrump willing to wipe out the IRGC as he did ISIS
President Trump confirmed Wednesday he would be willing to wipe out the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps as he did to the Islamic State in 2019 if necessary. Mr. Trump during an interview on Fox Business was asked about how he concluded that he could not negotiate with the IRGC during previous talks with Iran and…
Read MoreJack Smith’s ‘Arctic Frost’ team spied on lawmakers’ texts without shielding privileged info
Newly released records show that investigators working for former special counsel Jack Smith directly accessed text messages belonging to 44 current and former members of Congress. Mr. Smith’s investigators bypassed a “Filter Team” process meant to screen out privileged material before investigators could see it, said Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Charles E. Grassley and Senate…
Read MoreMan with firearm arrested outside of U.S. Capitol
U.S. Capitol Police on Monday arrested an armed motorist at a security stop. Police stopped the man in his vehicle outside of the north security barricade on Constitution Avenue NE that leads to the Senate side of the Capitol building. Photos of the stop posted on social media show police officers surrounding a gray SUV.…
Read MoreRep. Nancy Mace reportedly pondering Senate run to fill Sen. Lindsey Graham’s seat
Rep. Nancy Mace of South Carolina is considering a bid to fill the Senate seat left vacant by Sen. Lindsey Graham’s sudden death on Saturday. Ms. Mace, a Republican who recently lost a primary for South Carolina governor, will reportedly begin polling for her exploratory committee within days. The three-term Republican congresswoman still has money…
Read MoreGraham Platner officially withdraws from Maine Senate race with a parting expletive
Graham Platner officially withdrew from the U.S. Senate race in Maine, ending a tumultuous campaign capped by a former girlfriend’s rape allegation against him that shattered the left-wing coalition that powered his run. Mr. Platner, who cast himself as a working man’s hero, signed off the letter that formally ended his candidacy with “F—- Ice.…
Read MoreFlorida officially opens President Donald J. Trump Airport
The airport in Palm Beach County officially changed its name to President Donald J. Trump International Airport on Thursday. The airport, previously known as Palm Beach International Airport, was renamed by legislation signed into law by Gov. Ron DeSantis in March. The name change will cost an estimated $5.5 million, which covers signage, branding, technology…
Read MorePlatner ends whirlwind Senate bid after rape allegation
Graham Platner finally relented to intense pressure, announcing he was bowing out of the Maine Senate race. In a video posted to social media on Wednesday evening, a defiant Mr. Platner blamed his campaign woes on the Democratic Party establishment, including in Washington, trying to crush the left-populist movement that swept him to victory in…
Read MoreSouthern Poverty Law Center pleads not guilty in federal fraud case
MONTGOMERY, Ala. — The Southern Poverty Law Center, best known for monitoring hate groups, pleaded not guilty Tuesday to federal charges that it defrauded donors by not disclosing that some of the money would be used to pay informants in extremist organizations. Attorney Abbe Lowell entered the not guilty plea on behalf of the organization…
Read MoreSchumer urges Platner to quit Maine Senate race after sex-assault claim
Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer is urging Graham Platner to bow out of the Maine Senate race after a new allegation of sexual assault surfaced — the most serious blow yet to a campaign already defined by controversy. Mr. Schumer and Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, chair of the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, the campaign arm for…
Read MoreDemocrat Mallory McMorrow suspends her Michigan Senate campaign and scrambles the pivotal race
Michigan Democrat Mallory McMorrow suspended her campaign for the U.S. Senate on Sunday, abruptly reshaping the party primary just a month before the election and leaving a two-person contest between moderate Haley Stevens and progressive Abdul El-Sayed. McMorrow’s exit comes after many Democrats increasingly viewed her as a long shot for the nomination. It also…
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