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Grand jury in Trump classified documents case expected to meet this coming week after hiatus — A grand jury that has been hearing evidence in the case against former President Donald Trump is expected to meet this coming week in Washington after a lull. — The federal grand jury …
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Chuck Todd to leave NBC's ‘Meet the Press’; Welker will become host — The transition will happen in September, a major change at one of broadcast television oldest institutions — Chuck Todd, who has served as moderator of NBC's Sunday-morning talk show “Meet the Press” since 2014 …
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Trump-appointed judge rejects Tennessee's anti-drag law as too broad, too vague — Tennessee's first-in-the-nation law designed to place strict limits on drag shows is unconstitutional, a federal judge says. The law is both “unconstitutionally vague and substantially overbroad” and encouraged …
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Federal judge tosses Tennessee's controversial anti-drag law, declares it unconstitutional
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Federal judge rules Tennessee drag law unconstitutional
Federal judge rules Tennessee drag law unconstitutional
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DeSantis Relied Heavily on Big Donors in Initial Money Haul — Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida made a splash when he announced that he had raised a record $8.2 million in his first 24 hours as a presidential candidate. New figures disclosed by the campaign reveal that he relied heavily on larger contributors to set that record.
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Franklin Man Arrested And Charged With Threatening To Kill A U.S. Senator — For Immediate Release — U.S. Attorney's Office, District of New Hampshire — CONCORD - A Franklin, NH man has been charged in connection with threatening to kill a United States Senator.
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New Hampshire Man Is Arrested After Threatening to Kill U.S. Senator
New Hampshire Man Is Arrested After Threatening to Kill U.S. Senator
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DeSantis suggests Trump doesn't understand the ‘woke’ threat to America — 2024 Republican presidential nomination showdown: Trump and DeSantis trade verbal fire over the term ‘woke’ — DES MOINES, IOWA - The current top two contenders for the Republican presidential nomination are trading verbal fire over the term “woke.”
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Ron DeSantis's Joyless Ride
Ron DeSantis's Joyless Ride
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What Republicans and Democrats are missing about threats to democracy — Political scientists are finally getting a better handle on how modern democratic systems can break down. But the best research doesn't support the self-serving account the Western establishment has been offering since the Brexit and Donald Trump shocks of 2016.

Kamala Harris is a Biden fall away from being in the Oval Office — It was alarming to watch Joe Biden take a tumble Thursday at the Air Force Academy commencement. — But the really scary thought is that if he had landed head-first, Kamala Harris would be sitting in the Oval Office.
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To address the migration crisis, state governments should hire the migrants — With the end of the COVID-19 emergency on May 11, the Title 42 border restrictions have been officially lifted. Although the situation at the border is not the chaotic scene that many had predicted …
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NATO-trained units will serve as tip of spear in Ukraine's counteroffensive — When Ukraine's long-awaited counteroffensive finally begins, the fight will be led by brigades armed not only with Western weapons but also Western know-how, gleaned from months of training aimed …
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Temecula school board president calls Harvey Milk ‘pedophile’ before book banning vote — An ugly scene played out at the Temecula Valley School Board meeting as they voted 3-2 to reject an elementary school social studies book that contained information about pioneering California gay rights figure Harvey Milk.
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'You don't have another option': Inside the Biden, McCarthy debt ceiling deal — A frantic and acrimonious month of talks between GOP lawmakers and White House aides staved off default — with little lasting change to the nation's fiscal picture — The U.S. government was as few as 10 days away …
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California is investigating after a private jet carrying migrants arrived in Sacramento, officials say — An investigation is underway after over a dozen migrants arrived in Sacramento, California, by private jet “with no prior arrangement or care in place,” Gov. Gavin Newsom and Attorney General Rob Bonta said Saturday.
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'It's like watching a snuff film': Media elites shocked by The Atlantic's surgical dismantling of CNN boss Chris Licht — Holy moly did CNN boss Chris Licht get smoked by The Atlantic. — I was at a conference with other media bosses when the story dropped. I asked them what they thought. - “He needs a handler — fast.”
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DNA Test Proves Ex-Wrestler Not Lauren Boebert's Father — Stan Lane has been dogged by accusations that he got the congresswoman's mother pregnant during a brief affair. … For years, Rep. Lauren Boebert's mother has maintained that a retired professional wrestler named Stan Lane …
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