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Dolly Parton — a country music songwriting legend and philanthropist who captured and united fans across the generational and political spectrum — has died. The “9 to 5” star “died peacefully” at 80 on Tuesday in Nashville, Tenn., her publicity team announced. “A rhinestone life that shone bright enough for the world to see, Dolly…
Usha Vance responded to Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed's remark that seemingly questioned whether JD Vance's Papaw would have accepted her Indian ethnicity.
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul (D) said she believes New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani (D) will give a boost to her reelection campaign. “I think he’ll be helpful,” Hochul said Monday after Politico asked about the chance of the New York City mayor stumping for her. In a recent poll, Hochul led Republican Bruce…
Scott Singer says Florida's redrawn 25th Congressional District gives Republicans a path to flip Jared Moskowitz's seat in a narrowly divided House.
"Who decided this is a way we should be living?"
The Republican Senate candidate announced the plan with a graphic flagged as ‘Made with AI’
Justice Department attorneys called the Kennedy Center “structurally unsound, fundamentally unsafe, and embarrassing to the Nation’s Capital.”
President Trump said renaming Lake Ontario is under “serious consideration.” It wouldn’t be the first place renamed during his second term.
Trump's FDA nominee Heidi Overton could bring renewed scrutiny to mifepristone, says Americans United for Life CEO who calls her a "pro-life" pick.
Natalie Harp's name was mentioned over 700 times on CNN and MS NOW over the past several days after Jon Ossoff's viral stump speech sparked a firestorm.
DOJ sues to stop Ohio court blocking courthouse arrests
MyPillow founder Mike Lindell (R) announced Monday he will file a temporary restraining order against Minnesota Secretary of State Steve Simon amid his ongoing efforts to fund a private recount of the state’s gubernatorial primaries. His campaign said in a statement that Simon’s office had put Lindell “in an untenable position” by placing restrictions on…
MyPillow founder Mike Lindell (R) announced Monday he will file a temporary restraining order against Minnesota Secretary of State Steve Simon amid his ongoi...
Flock Safety's automatic license plate readers face bipartisan backlash as lawmakers warn AI-powered cameras threaten Fourth Amendment privacy rights.
Flock Safety's automatic license plate readers face bipartisan backlash as lawmakers warn AI-powered cameras threaten Fourth Amendment privacy rights.
Rep. Debbie Dingell (D-Mich.) on Tuesday took a jab at President Trump over his threat to rename Lake Ontario to Lake America amid his trade war with Canada, saying the U.S. should “just call it Lake Natalie” after White House executive assistant Natalie Harp. Dingell shared on the social platform X a screenshot of Trump’s…
Abdul El-Sayed, the Democratic nominee for Senate in Michigan, tangled with Fox News host Jesse Watters in an interview Monday, repeatedly pivoting from “culture war” questions to refocus on affordability in his state.
Plus:🍁 Canada fires back ‘dollar-for-dollar’ {beacon} It’s Tuesday, the last one in the month of August. 🎵 Queue Noah Kahan’s “End of August”🎵 In today’s issue: Supreme Court’s mail-in voting ruling South Carolina, Oklahoma runoffs USS Lincoln finally heads to port Lake America? Programming note: We’re Joshua Feldstein and Claire Leibowitz, filling in…
