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Laughs were flowing in a Charleston, South Carolina, banquet hall last week to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day, and oddly enough, they were caused by the jokes of Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent. Which, sure, is as weird as it sounds, as the man is known for his wooden delivery. But the jokes that Bessent decided to crack are even weirder. Sen. Lindsey Graham “The reason Lindsey Graham isn’t married…

After an embarrassing confirmation hearing , GOP Sen. Markwayne Mullin of Oklahoma was appointed Homeland Security Secretary Monday night, replacing the catastrophically corrupt Kristi Noem. Like his boss, Mullin first gained political attention as a promoter of the racist birther conspiracy theory , and he hasn’t built a better reputation since. You might remember the time when Mullin got into i…

Industry money has been pouring into the congressional campaign of Michael Alfonso, a 26-year-old political unknown from Wisconsin. The candidate’s father-in-law happens to be the U.S. secretary of transportation. By Megan O’Matz for ProPublica The $16 billion Hudson Tunnel Project, under construction between Manhattan and New Jersey, will improve passenger rail service, an important issue for Ne…

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Sen. John Kennedy of Louisiana appeared on Fox News to do damage control over the disastrous Republican government shutdown, which has led to hours-long security lines at airports nationwide. His pitch: Take credit for a “solution” Democrats proposed weeks ago. Kennedy outlined what he called a “two-step process.” “Step one, we would open up everything at DHS except ICE, including TSA, which the …

More American troops prepared Tuesday to head to the Middle East, a person with knowledge of the plans said, as President Donald Trump said for a second day that the U.S. was in talks with the Islamic Republic to end the war . The troops, from the 82nd Airborne Division, will be sent in the coming days, a person with knowledge of the plans told The Associated Press. Thousands of Marines are alrea…

Wisconsin is a perennial purple state, with the last three presidential cycles seeing the victor come out on top by just 1 point. But this year it feels like tectonic plates are shifting below the Badger State, with multiple signs of an incoming blue wave that could devastate the GOP, possibly delivering Democrats unified control of the state government and ousting two of the six House Republican…

During Tuesday’s Senate Judiciary Committee hearing , GOP Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas delivered a perfectly oblivious self-own, after the Republican-led committee framed former special counsel Jack Smith’s investigation into President Donald Trump’s attempt to overthrow the 2020 election as a “deep state” conspiracy. “I'll tell you one of the big differences of Watergate versus Arctic Frost,” Cruz sai…

The 2000s pop girl group The Pussycat Dolls is making their 20-year reunion tour with half of its original members—partly because one of them says she got cut due to her MAGA views. “I align with [Health and Human Services Secretary] Bobby Kennedy, which is aligning with MAGA,” Jessica Sutta said on “ The Maverick Approach ” podcast. “Do I love what Trump is doing? Absolutely not. I do not believ…