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‘I Would Underscore the Seriousness Of the Violation Here’ Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco’s election meddling scheme was declared unlawful...

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Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has escorted his dangerous vaccine skepticism into the homes of every American through his role as...

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The Supreme Court will weigh in a third time on Missouri Republicans’ attempts to ram through a maximal gerrymander after...

Pay No Attention to That Man Inside the White House Florida gubernatorial candidate Byron Donalds, the Miami Herald noticed yesterday,...

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But Will Lawmakers Finally Act to Rein Vought In? Top appropriators in Congress responded yesterday to White House OMB Director...

Trump Manages to Silence Himself The news outlets that make up the TV pool that covers the White House and...

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Russ Vought Wants to Veto NIH Funding The White House’s attempts to clamp down on government funding — in direct...

NEW YORK, NEW YORK – Greg Bovino knows Minneapolis is a problem.  The former CBP sector chief, who now styles himself...

I want to flag this poll for you. It’s a poll of the Florida Senate race by St. Pete Polls,...