#Trump-backed Daniel Cameron wins Kentucky GOP governor’s primary

#Trump-backed Daniel Cameron wins Kentucky GOP governor’s primary

State Attorney General Daniel Cameron (R), who’s backed by former President Trump, is projected to win Kentucky’s GOP gubernatorial primary, according to The Associated Press. Cameron’s toughest opponents in the crowded GOP field were former U.N. Ambassador Kelly Craft and Agriculture Commissioner Ryan Quarles. He was widely seen as the front-runner in the race and…

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#DeSantis, Trump endorsement fight takes bizarre turn

#DeSantis, Trump endorsement fight takes bizarre turn

The endorsement battle between Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and former President Donald Trump is reaching a boiling point.  Never Back Down, the main super PAC backing DeSantis for the 2024 Republican presidential nod, rolled out a list of endorsements from more than 50 New Hampshire state lawmakers on Tuesday, including four who previously announced their…

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#Five things to know about where debt ceiling talks stand

#Five things to know about where debt ceiling talks stand

Less than two weeks stand between Congress and a fast-approaching deadline from the Treasury Department forecasting the earliest the nation could risk a federal default.   Negotiations between the White House and Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) have picked up in recent days, but McCarthy told reporters this week that he thinks both parties are still “far…

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#Title 42 mania undercut by drop in encounters

#Title 42 mania undercut by drop in encounters

The frenzy set off over the end of Title 42 has so far been a misfire, as the policy’s end precipitated a pause — not a rush — in migrant encounters at the U.S.-Mexico border. In the week preceding the end of the pandemic-inspired policy, the media ran countdowns and surged coverage at the border,…

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#Connolly staffers attacked in district office by baseball bat-wielding assailant

#Connolly staffers attacked in district office by baseball bat-wielding assailant

Two staffers for Rep. Gerry Connolly (D-Va.) were hospitalized Monday after a person armed with a baseball bat entered the congressman’s district office and committed “an act of violence.” Connolly, who represents Virginia’s 11th Congressional District, said the assailant asked for him before attacking his staffers. The staffers were taken to the hospital with non-life…

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