#DeSantis sees both endorsed candidates lose

#DeSantis sees both endorsed candidates lose

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) saw both of his endorsed candidates lose their races on Tuesday, as the Florida governor is rumored to be readying for a possible presidential bid. DeSantis stepped into the Kentucky GOP’s gubernatorial primary to back former U.N. ambassador Kelly Craft  — endorsing Craft just a day before the election in…

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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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#Rudy Giuliani sued for  million over sexual assault allegations

#Rudy Giuliani sued for $10 million over sexual assault allegations

A former associate of Rudy Giuliani accuses the ex-Trump attorney of demanding sexual favors from her in a bombshell lawsuit alleging “unlawful abuses of power, wide-ranging sexual assault and harassment, wage theft and other misconduct.” Noelle Dunphy, former director of business development for several Giuliani-owned companies, filed a lawsuit Monday before the Supreme Court of…

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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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#Cardona confirms student loan payments will resume this year: ‘The emergency period is over’

#Cardona confirms student loan payments will resume this year: ‘The emergency period is over’

Education Secretary Miguel Cardona confirmed this week that the Department of Education is preparing to restart student loan payments later this year. “The emergency period is over, and we’re preparing our borrowers to restart,” Cardona said at a Senate Appropriations hearing on Thursday, as the national COVID-19 public health emergency was set to expire at…

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#White House, House GOP eye asylum limits

#White House, House GOP eye asylum limits

Asylum protections were the target of the left and the right this week, as both the White House and the House GOP laid out plans for limiting pathways for those fleeing persecution. While Republicans rolled out a plan to severely limit asylum rights — arguing such a move is necessary with the lifting of Title…

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#Former Trump prosecutor slams GOP ‘political theater,’ takes the Fifth at deposition

#Former Trump prosecutor slams GOP ‘political theater,’ takes the Fifth at deposition

Former Trump prosecutor Mark Pomerantz invoked his Fifth Amendment rights during his deposition before the House Judiciary Committee on Friday, slamming the GOP-led panel’s investigation as “political theater” in his opening statement. Pomerantz, who investigated Trump at the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office, said he was appearing before the committee “as required” because “I respect the…

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