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Ex-counterterrorism official Joe Kent endorses GOP Senate primary challenger as Trump backs Lindsey Graham

Former National Counterterrorism Center Director Joe Kent endorsed South Carolina Republican U.S. Senate primary candidate Mark Lynch, calling incumbent GOP Sen. Lindsey Graham a "war hawk, neocon."So...

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GOP senators torch scandal-plagued Platner while Dems stay silent on candidacy

As scrutiny of Maine Democratic Senate candidate Graham Platner mounts ahead of Tuesday’s primary, Republican senators are openly denouncing his candidacy while many Democrats are declining to weigh i...

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Republicans face ticking midterm clock as Iran fallout keeps pressure on gas prices

As the Trump administration weighs diplomacy and military pressure against Iran, a political clock is ticking at home.Even if the Strait of Hormuz — the global oil choke point largely shuttered since ...

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Dem senator bankrolling Platner's campaign ripped for downplaying abuse allegations in bombshell report

A sitting Democratic senator, who is one of Graham Platner’s top donors, is now drawing backlash for shrugging off the most recent allegations of misconduct that have followed the controversial Maine ...

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Trump scores victory despite growing GOP divide after Senate passes $70B ICE, Border Patrol funding package

Senate Republicans managed to stitch together a unified front to advance President Donald Trump's roughly $70 billion immigration enforcement package, but divisions over the president’s agenda were la...

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Rubio sanctions Cuban groups with ties to US nonprofit network funded by communist donor Neville Roy Singham

Secretary of State Marco Rubio put U.S. organizations on notice: they can no longer do business with a key Cuban organization that has spent over six decades – since the launch of Fidel Castro's commu...

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Trump announces 'rally to end all rallies' in DC to celebrate America's 250th anniversary

President Donald Trump announced Thursday that he will hold a massive rally in Washington, D.C., later this month to kick off the nation’s 250th anniversary celebration.Trump said in a Truth Social po...

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AOC dodges questions on abuse allegations, Nazi tattoo claims rocking Platner's campaign

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., says she needs time to review new reporting surrounding Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner before giving her thoughts on new allegations of aggressive behavio...

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Four Senate Republicans again unite with Dems to block Trump's SAVE America Act

Four Senate Republicans broke ranks to kill another effort to pass President Donald Trump's marquee voter ID and election integrity legislation as the GOP marches to fund immigration enforcement. Just...

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Hunter Biden could mount a successful White House bid given recent Democrat picks: Trump

Hunter Biden could possibly mount a successful White House bid despite his shaky past, given some of the congressional candidates recently backed by Democrats, President Donald Trump said Thursday.Spe...

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Bessent spars with Dem in fiery Trump tax showdown until claim crosses the line: ‘Slanderous’

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Rep. Linda Sánchez, D-Calif., traded barbs during a Thursday congressional hearing after she pressed him over a DOJ settlement requiring the IRS to end any existin...

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AOC-backed Dem connected to Twin Towers bombing terrorist faces congressional pressure after primary win

FIRST ON FOX: A top Republican confirmed he will seek a "full investigation" of a likely Democratic colleague whose ties to the 1993 World Trade Center bombing mastermind roiled the 2026 midterm lands...

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