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Republican Sen. Steve Daines of Montana pulled a bait-and-switch on GOP primary voters on Wednesday, withdrawing his name from the ballot minutes before the filing deadline and thus denying potential successors the chance to prepare to enter the race. Meanwhile, behind the scenes, Daines had coordinated with his successor of choice—U.S. Attorney Kurt Alme of the Montana office—to ensure Alme was …

You can get away with a lot as a member of the Trump administration. You can be objectively bad at your job—looking at you, U.S. Attorney for Washington, D.C. Jeanine Pirro . You can be stupid enough to discuss military operations on Signal and not notice a journalist is there—howdy, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth . But the one thing you cannot do, ever, is put the blame on Trump. When it comes t…

While all eyes are on the war in Iran, which is rapidly spiraling out of control with no real plan for what comes next, the Trump administration decided that now is a great time to kick off another war. Sure, it kind of looks like we might run out of munitions in Iran, but why should that stop the administration from the fun and excitement of bombing yet another country? Smoke rises up behind Aza…

The Department of Justice has reportedly given up on pursuing a criminal case over Joe Biden’s use of an autopen during his presidency. President Donald Trump has spent months pushing conspiracy theories over Biden’s use of the device to sign presidential orders, despite Trump himself using the same tool. The New York Times reported on Thursday that the inquiry by the U.S. attorney office in Wash…

Attorney General Ken Paxton on Wednesday said not even President Donald Trump could push him out of the Texas Senate contest, telling a right-wing cable news show that he still plans to stay in the GOP primary runoff against Sen. John Cornyn even if he does not earn Trump's endorsement. “I'm staying in this race," Paxton told Real America's Voice. "I owe it to the people of Texas. I've spent a ye…

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is gearing up for war. No, not the Iran war . He’s picking a fight on the domestic front … with Dunkin’ Donuts. Yes, the largest donut chain in the country—with more than 14,000 stores across nearly 40 countries—which is so iconically associated with Boston that its most recent Super Bowl ad featured Matt Damon, Tom Brady, and Ben Affleck …

On Tuesday, in one of the most closely watched Senate primaries of the cycle, Democratic voters nominated Texas state Rep. James Talarico to take on whichever Republican emerges from the toxic GOP runoff between Sen. John Cornyn and crooked Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton. That choice immediately makes this race real . Texas is our white whale, perpetually teasing us Democrats with potential co…

Testifying before the Senate Judiciary Committee, Noem denied that Corey Lewandowski had any role in approving contracts. But internal DHS records and interviews with current and former agency staffers contradict her testimony. By Joshua Kaplan and Justin Elliott for ProPublica Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem misled Congress on Tuesday about the powers of her controversial top aide Corey …

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Americans seeking help from the government to get out of countries affected by President Donald Trump’s Iran war were told by the Pentagon to just add themselves to a list, a limp recommendation that’s unlikely to reassure those in the potential line of fire. A plume of smoke rises after a strike in Tehran, Iran on March 1. On Monday, the State Department advised Americans in 14 Middle Eastern co…

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