DOJ warns Kennedy Center could be knocked down if renovations blocked
The Trump administration said it may need to demolish the Kennedy Center if a plan to close the building for two years as part of a controversial renovation...
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Internal watchdog finds FEMA crew violated Hatch Act by skipping homes with Trump signs
A Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) crew broke the law when it skipped houses with President Trump signs during Hurricane Milton recovery efforts in...
El-Sayed distances from Piker amid high-stakes Senate race
Michigan Democrat Abdul El-Sayed is taking steps to distance his Senate campaign from far-left Twitch streamer Hasan Piker, who’s facing blowback for suggesting that American Jews’ support for Israel could make antisemitism worse. El-Sayed, who faces Republican former Rep. Mike Rogers (Mich.) this fall in a must-win Senate race, had raised the hackles of some fellow Democrats…
Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library says it will keep sending free books to kids. Here’s how to sign up
The Imagination Library will continue sending books to eligible children in Parton’s absence, a spokesperson for the Dollywood Company confirmed.
GOP election law expert: Many more ‘low propensity voters in Republican Party’ after Trump mail-in voting ruling
Election law attorney Ben Ginsberg said Monday that President Trump’s executive order imposing restrictions on mail-in voting will largely impact Republican voters. “One thing is, I think you’re going to see some blowback from Republicans in the coming weeks, because after all, Republicans are the older party and older folks like to vote by mail.…
Democrats see an opening in Texas. Is it déjà vu or a breakthrough?: From the Politics Desk
In today’s edition, Natasha Korecki breaks down the Democratic and the Republican theory of the case in the Texas Senate race.
Newsom promises new legal fight after Trump gets Supreme Court victory on mail-in voting
California Gov. Gavin Newsom says the state will sue again after the Supreme Court's 6-3 ruling allowed Trump's mail-in voting restrictions.
Report kept from residents now revealed, shows toxic levels in East Palestine
East Palestine residents participating in a class-action settlement say lawyers suppressed their expert’s environmental report to convince them to take the money.
Live results: Trump seeks primary win in Oklahoma governor’s runoff
President Trump’s pick to succeed term-limited Gov. Kevin Stitt in Oklahoma is duking it out in a Tuesday GOP runoff for the party’s nod. Mike Mazzei, a former state senator and state budget secretary, is facing off against state Attorney General Gentner Drummond. Trump has called Drummond a “fake Republican,” ripping the candidate for not…
Live results: Georgia holds special election runoff for David Scott’s House seat
Voters in Georgia’s 13th Congressional District are at the polls Tuesday for a special election to fill late Rep. David Scott’s (D) seat through the rest of the year. Scott’s daughter, Marcye Scott, and Everton Blair, a former Gwinnett County board of education member, advanced from the runoff after no candidate secured more than half…
Live results: Graham, Norman square off for GOP nod in South Carolina Senate runoff
Sen. Darline Graham is squaring off against Rep. Ralph Norman for the GOP nod in the South Carolina Senate race. The pair advanced to the runoff earlier this month after neither candidate garnered more than half the vote in the crowded primary field. Graham, who notched President Trump’s support, led Norman by 8 percentage points…
Georgia redistricting battle revived after appeals court overturns federal court decision
The 11th Circuit said Georgia’s 2021 redistricting maps must be reevaluated under the Supreme Court’s newly clarified racial-discrimination standard.
Air Force officer who called for Trump impeachment criminally charged
An Air Force officer who twice called for President Trump’s impeachment publicly on the steps of the Capitol has been criminally charged. Air Force Maj. Jason Watson is accused of breaking multiple military laws — allegedly committing three Article 88 violations for making “contemptuous” remarks about Trump, five Article 92 violations for disobeying orders and…
Secret Service aware of Iranian video threat targeting Barron Trump, agency says
A video aired on Iranian state media depicts locations tied to Barron Trump and offers a suggested $10 million reward for his exact location.
Trump admin says Kennedy Center 'to be taken down' without renovations
Justice Department lawyers argued that without President Donald Trump’s support for renovating the Kennedy Center the “decrepit” venue “cannot be saved.”
Pelosi: Trump’s effort to control mail-in voting ‘threatens to silence’ voters
Former Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) bashed a recent Supreme Court decision to lift an injunction on President Trump’s mail-in ballot plan, saying it “threatens to silence” voters. “The right to vote is the foundation of our Democracy, and the Supreme Court’s decision allowing the President to move forward with this assault on that right is…
Tim Scott says candidates like El-Sayed ‘coming after our culture’
Sen. Tim Scott (R-S.C.) on Monday said that candidates like Abdul El-Sayed, the Democratic nominee in Michigan’s Senate race, are “coming after our culture.” Scott told Fox News host Sean Hannity that “radical” candidates “don’t just want new policies.” “They want to change the very DNA of what it means to be American,” he continued.…