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Trump-Backed Pastor Quits After Kissing Scandal
6+ hour, 11+ min ago (160+ words) A Trump-backed pastor has dropped out of Oklahoma's Republican House primary after his intimate relationship with a campaign aide was exposed, the Daily Mail reports. The astonishing collapse comes after an investigation that exposed Jackson Lahmeyer's intimate relationship with campaign…...
Trump Pushes Limits of Election Investigations
6+ day, 10+ hour ago (209+ words) New York Times: "Speaking to a conservative radio host on Monday, the top federal prosecutor in Los Angeles made an unusually pointed prediction that cast doubt on the results of California's primary races, even as votes were still being counted....
Why Democrats Can't Learn Much from the 2024 Election
2+ week, 5+ day ago (188+ words) G. Elliot Morris: "Donald Trump won the "tipping-point" state (the one whose electoral votes push the winner past 270, if you order the states by Democratic/Republican vote margin) by just 1. 7 percentage points in 2024. Trump defeated Kamala Harris by just 120, 000 votes in…...
Families Going Hungry After Food Stamp Cuts
1+ mon, 6+ day ago (365+ words) NBC News: "Since the One Big Beautiful Bill Act was enacted last summer, about 3. 5 million people have fallen off the SNAP rolls nationwide as of January, according to federal data. No state has seen a more dramatic drop than Arizona,…...
Appeals Court Poised to Reject Hegseth's Action
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (153+ words) A federal appeals court appeared ready Thursday to reject Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's effort to punish Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly over his call to US service members to refuse illegal orders," CNN reports. Filed Under: Judiciary, Senate A recent report…...
Why Ruben Gallego Put Himself in the Barrel
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (203+ words) Ruben Gallego's friends told him to, "lay low,' as he put it, "and this will pass over.' He didn't agree," Semafor reports. The Arizona Democratic senator was right about one thing: This month's sexual assault allegations against Eric Swalwell, Gallego's…...
How Trump Is Moving to Control Elections
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (143+ words) Reuters uncovered "a broader'than'previously known Trump administration effort to gain federal control over elections." "In Ohio, federal investigators have collected voter records in at least six counties" In Nevada, the FBI sought voter information from the secretary of state's office…...
No Labels Arizona Wants to Change Its Name
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (709+ words) New York Times: "Democrats and Republicans alike have waged legal and rhetorical war over the name of the would-be Arizona Independent Party, underscoring the tension in the state as it enters a midterm election season with a lot on the…...
Ruben Gallego Weighs a Presidential Bid
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (688+ words) Sen. Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) is teasing a presidential run, NBC News reports. Said Gallego: "Obviously, like any other elected official, especially ones that won red states in 2024, we have to look at it." He added: "No matter who runs, even…...
Arizona Says Political Parties Can't Change Their Name
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (656+ words) Just for members: The latest issue of Ballot Access News. An Arizona state court ruled that political parties cannot change their names without explicit permission from state law, forcing the Arizona Independent Party to revert to its previous "No Labels…...