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Republican Rep. Kevin Hern Appears to Have Tardy Stock Disclosures. His Office Disputes He’s Late.

A Judge Is Again Ordering FEMA to Restore a Key Disaster-Prevention Program

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Republicans Want to Protect the AI Industry as the Pentagon Cracks Down on Anthropic

Oil Tycoon and GOP Donor Harold Hamm Asked Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt for Senate Appointment

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Robert Garcia on the Epstein files and working with anti-gay lawmakers

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Congress

Moderate Republicans Back War in Iran Despite Democratic Midterm Threats

GOP Congressman Calls Top Pentagon Official’s Testimony ‘Gross’ and ‘Disingenuous’
Democrats Say ‘Good Riddance’ to Noem
Ken Paxton Offers Terms for His Potential Exit from Texas Senate Race

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White House

FEMA leadership Gregg Phillips Kristi Noem

FEMA Staff Are Happy to See Kristi Noem Go

Democrats Join Deported DACA Recipient to Push for Her Return
Trump Is Removing Kristi Noem as DHS Secretary
Can Trump Convince Americans War With Iran Is Worth It?

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Elections

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One Year After Musk’s Wisconsin Spending Blitz, the State’s Supreme Court Race Falls Quiet

Oklahoma Republicans Are Already Eyeing Markwayne Mullin’s Senate Seat
Republican Leaders Call on Tony Gonzales to Withdraw from Reelection
Republicans Say the NRSC Isn’t Taking the Midterms Seriously

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Texas

Ken Paxton Offers Terms for His Potential Exit from Texas Senate Race

Republican Leaders Call on Tony Gonzales to Withdraw from Reelection
‘He Torched His Career’: Republicans Blast Wesley Hunt After His Texas Senate Bid

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Ohio

Vivek Ramaswamy’s Deep Pockets Overshadow Democrat’s Fundraising in Ohio’s Governor Race

Former ICE No. 2 Raises Over $450,000 Since Announcing Run for Congress
Marcy Kaptur Faces Her Toughest Race Yet After Ohio’s Republican Redistricting

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Georgia

Democrats Are Field-Testing New Ways to Talk About the Epstein Scandal

The Retired MAGA Doctor Whose Years Long Crusade Led to the FBI’s Fulton County Elections Raid
Does Marjorie Taylor Greene’s Old District Want to Do All That Again?

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California

Trump May Have Inadvertently Invited a Wave of Climate Action From Blue States

President Donald Trump speaks with CA Gov. Gavin Newsom and media.

California Democrats Encouraged to Drop Out of Governor’s Race by State Party Chair
After a Redistricting Scramble, a California Republican Has Finally Picked Where He’s Running

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Maine

Republicans Are Using Fraud Scandals Against Democrats in Key Races

Susan Collins Announces Reelection Bid
Susan Collins Says ICE Ended Its Enforcement Surge in Maine

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Oklahoma

Republican Rep. Kevin Hern Appears to Have Tardy Stock Disclosures. His Office Disputes He’s Late.

Oil Tycoon and GOP Donor Harold Hamm Asked Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt for Senate Appointment
Oklahoma Republicans Are Already Eyeing Markwayne Mullin’s Senate Seat

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