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“Rep. Max Miller has kicked campaign cash to more than a dozen fellow Republicans competing in some of the midterm’s tightest races,” Politico reports. “Few are saying whether they now have plans to return the money as the Ohio lawmaker seeks reelection despite serious allegations of domestic abuse.”

Rep. John Larson (D-CT) became the 7th House Democrat ousted in their primary this year, Axios reports. “Only one other election cycle in the 21st century has seen this many incumbent losses in primaries.” NOTUS: Longtime Rep. John Larson loses reelection bid in Connecticut.

More than 700 wines entered the 2026 New York Wine Classic, and two local wineries walked away with some of the highest honors on the board. Continue reading…

If you rely on your phone to tell you when severe weather is headed toward the Hudson Valley, you may want to double-check the forecast today. Continue reading…

Punchbowl News: “Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan beat Rep. Angie Craig (D-MN) in a significant win for the progressive left. Sens. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) and Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) backed Flanagan in the Democratic Senate primary over the more centrist Craig, a four-term House member.” “Craig had pitched herself as the more electable Democrat statewide, but she […]

Wired: “A man wearing a trash can on his head dances on the beach, silver cape glinting in the sun as he spins beneath a wheel-topped pier, singing ‘England needs a new hope’ from under an enormous helmet. The scene is Clacton-on-Sea, the centre of one of the east of England’s poorest constituencies and home […]

ST. PETERSBURG, Florida (August 12,2026) — PolitiFact, the Pulitzer Prize-winning fact-checking news organization, today announced its most extensive partnership network to date for the 2026 midterm election cycle. Building on […]

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"Stormy Morse lost two partners to gun suicide. Then the NRA came to collect."

The Life of P.T. Barnum, Not Written By Himself.

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“Minnesota House Speaker Lisa Demuth fended off MyPillow founder and Trump loyalist Mike Lindell to win the state’s Republican primary for governor,” NPR reports.

“The Justice Department has convened a special grand jury in Washington, a rare legal body that officials say could pave the way for federal prosecutors in the nation’s capital to investigate some of its biggest and most controversial cases,” the Washington Post reports. “Unlike a typical grand jury, a special grand jury can release a […]