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Republicans Gain Edge as Voters Worry About Economy, Times/Siena Poll Finds — With elections next month, independents, especially women, are swinging to the G.O.P. despite Democrats' focus on abortion rights. Disapproval of President Biden seems to be hurting his party.
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Exclusive: Republican JD Vance has slight lead on Democrat Tim Ryan in Senate race in Ohio — Republican J.D. Vance has opened a narrow edge over Democrat Tim Ryan in the Senate race in Ohio, a USA TODAY/Suffolk University Poll finds, as President Joe Biden's unpopularity complicates …
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GOP wants to push to extend Trump tax cuts after midterm elections — Republican lawmakers gear up to push 2017 tax law after midterm elections, despite potential impact on inflation — Republicans plan to push to extend key parts of President Donald Trump's tax cuts if they take control …

The sleeper state Republicans are targeting to win the Senate
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The Problem of Marjorie Taylor Greene — What the rise of the far-right congresswoman means for the House, the G.O.P. and the nation. — “There's going to be a lot of investigations,” Marjorie Taylor Greene said, describing what she anticipates if the Republicans regain the House majority this November.
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The End of the Good Republicans — Say goodnight: The party's over. — Ben Sasse is retiring from the Senate at the youthful age of 50. We know why. Politicians who thought they could wait out Trump now see the writing on the wall. — The party's over.
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Tulsi Lobs a Bomb in NH: She Compares Biden to Hitler — Gabbard, who is campaigning for Republican Senate hopeful Don Bolduc in the Granite State, has endorsed several GOP candidates since her departure from Democratic Party last week. … In her first weekend on the campaign trail …
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Trump charged Secret Service ‘exorbitant’ rates at his hotels, records show — Former president Donald Trump's company charged the Secret Service as much as five times more than the government rate for agents to stay overnight at Trump hotels while protecting him and his family, according to expense records newly obtained by Congress.
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Trump Hotels Charged Secret Service Exorbitant Rates, House Inquiry Finds — Records obtained by the House Oversight Committee show the former president's properties charged more than $1.4 million to agents protecting him and his family. — WASHINGTON — The Trump Organization charged …
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Kanye West plans to acquire Parler — Ye, formerly known as Kanye West, plans to acquire Parler, a Twitter-like social media app that has become a haven for conservatives. — Why it matters: In a statement, Ye said he's buying the platform to ensure people with conservative opinions …
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Ye Says He Bought Parler Because Instagram, Twitter Penalized Him
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Trump and Kanye West speak amid rapper's antisemitic rants, acquisition of Parler
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Ye, formerly known as Kanye West, to acquire Parler platform
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Exclusive: Gisele Fetterman calls for NBC to apologise following ‘shocking’ interview with husband John Fetterman — John Fetterman's wife speaks to Eric Garcia about closed captioning and the controversy after Senate candidate's interview with NBC News — Pennsylvania Democratic Senate …
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Fiona Hill: ‘Elon Musk Is Transmitting a Message for Putin’ — It's been nearly eight months since Russian President Vladimir Putin sent troops and tanks over the border into Ukraine, and a lot has changed in that time. Ukraine has shown itself to be a far more robust military force than pretty much anyone predicted.
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The Sources of Russian Misconduct … For three years, my workdays began the same way. At 7:30 a.m., I woke up, checked the news, and drove to work at the Russian mission to the United Nations Office in Geneva. The routine was easy and predictable, two of the hallmarks of life as a Russian diplomat.
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Jury gets Danchenko case in what may be Durham's swan song — A federal jury in Virginia began deliberating Monday in the criminal case expected to be the final courtroom test for Special Counsel John Durham's investigation into the FBI's inquiry of ties between Russia and Donald Trump's 2016 presidential campaign.
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Jury begins deliberating in case of Steele dossier source
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Durham slams FBI for botching Trump-Russia investigation in closing Danchenko arguments
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Saudi Arabia sentences U.S. citizen to 16 years in prison for tweets — The Saudi government has sentenced a 72-year-old U.S. citizen to 16 years in prison for tweets he posted while inside the United States, some of which were critical of the Saudi regime.


Oath Keepers Trial Rocked by Wacky Sexts Between Militia Boss and Lawyer — The case against the far-right group for its role in the Capitol riot was already disturbing. Then came evidence of what prosecutors say is an inappropriate relationship. — Oath Keeper founder Stewart Rhodes …
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New poll shows Hofmeister leading Stitt in Oklahoma Governor's race — New polling from Oklahoma-based political consulting firm Ascend Action shows a close gubenetorial race just weeks ahead of November's midterm elections.
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Johnson's campaign is paying the law firm of a Trump attorney allegedly connected to Jan. 6 fake elector plot — Sen. Ron Johnson recently made two payments to a law firm led by a Wisconsin attorney embroiled in the Justice Department's Jan. 6 probe, tapping the firm in part to assist in a possible recount …


DOJ Seeks 6 Month Prison Sentence For Steve Bannon — The ex-Trump adviser was convicted of criminal contempt of Congress after defying a subpoena related to the assault on the U.S. Capitol last year. — The Department of Justice is recommending a six-month prison sentence and $200,000 fine …
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Trump-backed congressional candidate Bo Hines says he 'can't afford' to give up his salary. But federal records show he has no salary. — Bo Hines, a congressional candidate from North Carolina, twice claimed that he and his wife “can't afford to give up a month's salary.”


Right-Wing Leaders Mobilize Corps of Election Activists — Officials are prepared for aggressive challenges in midterm elections. “We're going to adjudicate every battle,” Stephen K. Bannon said. — On the eve of a primary runoff election in June, a Republican candidate for secretary …
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Furrygate: A Litterbox of Lies — A friend's wife's CrossFit trainer's mom saw a post on a Facebook group about kids identifying as cats and using litterboxes at school. — (THE BULWARK / SHUTTERSTOCK) — What are the teachers doing with their students' poo poo?
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White House calls Trump's attack on American Jews antisemitic — The White House on Monday called Donald Trump's attack on American Jews antisemitic after the former president wrote online that American Jews need to “get their act together” and show more appreciation for the state of Israel “before it is too late.”
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The country is edging towards an abyss — American democracy is both severely threatened and more resilient than her attackers — like Kari Lake — may imagine. — Today, Kari Lake is simply a conspiracy theorist and certified liar who jumped from the local news chair to the fame and adulation of MAGA stardom.
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Boston University CREATES a new Covid strain that has an 80% kill rate — echoing dangerous experiments feared to have started pandemic — Researchers added Omicron's spike protein to the original Wuhan Covid strain — Omicron's spike is highly mutated which made it the most infectious variant ever
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Peltola trounces Palin and Begich in September fundraising, wins over Don Young loyalists — Campaign contributions are flooding in for Democratic Rep. Mary Peltola to keep the U.S. House seat she won in a special election this summer. — Peltola raised $2.3 million in September …
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Embattled GOP Candidate J.R. Majewski Also Exaggerated Academic Credential — Majewski, the Ohio Republican accused of misrepresenting his military record, also fudged information about his degree. — A GOP congressional candidate from Ohio who is accused of embellishing his U.S. Air Force record …
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Special Forces vet charged in Jan. 6 riot accuses Biden of ‘poisoning jury pool’ — WASHINGTON D.C. — A former 3rd Special Forces Group soldier accused of assaulting officers with a flagpole during the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot is blaming President Joe Biden for impacting his ability to receive a fair trial.
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