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Darline Graham fumbles again over $500K donation from politically toxic group

Sen. Darline Graham Nordone (R-SC) has given her runoff opponent more attack fodder after a voter question-and-answer appearance.

The sister of the late Sen. Lindsey Graham, who was appointed to his seat after he passed away suddenly, is currently reeling from a debate performance where she appeared out of her depth on a simple national security question.

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Woman's DoorDash bag hid chilling plot to kill blue state lawmakers

A woman was arrested in New York on Thursday for allegedly plotting to bomb the New York State Capitol building and kill lawmakers, according to reports.

Jessica Bowie, 35, of Albany, was arrested by the FBI and charged with providing material support to ISIS, Fox News reported. Her arrest happened after she was caught allegedly surveilling the building and buying materials for an explosive device, according to the report. She had also discussed carrying a bomb into the building in a DoorDash bag, the report added.

Trumpworld walloped by new contempt threat after undercover church spy op

Religious groups want President Donald Trump's Department of Homeland Security officials to be held in contempt, according to a new report.

A federal judge has been asked to consider this punitive move after a recording device found in a Minnesota church raised concerns Immigration Control and Enforcement agents had violated a court order barring enforcement in places of worship, according to court records Politico revealed Thursday.

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Right-wing group exempted from voting lie ban by court — and no one else

A federal appeals court has exempted the Minnesota Voters Alliance, a conservative election-integrity group, from Minnesota's election misinformation law ahead of the November midterms.

The Eighth Circuit issued its ruling Thursday, reversing a lower court that had denied the group a preliminary injunction.

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Furious GOP senator thrusts Trump nominees into chaos after Biden-era conservation torched

President Donald Trump suffered a blow on Thursday when a senator from one of the most conservative states in the US placed a hold on all future administration nominees.

According to a report from The Hill, Sen. Kevin Cramer (R-ND) put the White House on notice over the administration's refusal to alter wetland stewardship as promised.

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Hegseth hit by probe threat as snitch accusations circulate at 'Stars and Stripes'

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth was given notice by Senate Democrats Thursday that they intend to launch a probe over his alleged misuse of active-duty personnel.

The Democrats claim Hegseth installed loyalist inside Stars and Stripes, an independent news source that dates back to the Civil War, correspondent Scott McFarlane was among the first to report.

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Treasury chief dubbed 'amoral greedmonster' as 'unbearably dumb' admission spurs uproar

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent was presented a real head-scratcher on Thursday, he admitted at a press conference.

"We've got a spike in oil prices today that I don't really understand," Bessent said during a White House address.

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'Snowballing catastrophes' threaten to collide even if Dems win in November: journalist

Even if Democrats sweep the midterms, the country could be barreling toward a cascade of crises that no election can head off.

That's the warning from national security journalist Marcy Wheeler, the independent reporter behind the long-running blog emptywheel.

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Desperate Scott Jennings resorts to sending White House clips of himself itching for a job

In yet another stab at making a bid to assume White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt's job, GOP strategist turned CNN pundit Scott Jennings is sending clips of himself to members of Donald Trump's inner circle.

According to a report from Politico Playbook, the controversial conservative gadfly has ramped up his bid for a new job by rushing to the defense of Trump aide Natalie Harp, and he is not shy about letting the White House know he has their back as reporting on Trump's constant younger companion has become a media obsession.

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'People will be shocked': Michael Cohen teases fireworks as he buries hatchet with Trump

Michael Cohen, the former fixer who once vowed to "take a bullet" for Donald Trump before helping to convict him, has done the once-unthinkable: he sat down and interviewed the president.

Cohen spoke with Trump by phone for roughly 40 minutes Thursday morning, with portions set to air that evening on his 77WABC radio show, "When You Know, You Know," and the rest on Sunday. It is, Cohen said, "the first public conversation between the president and myself in eight years."

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Scott Bessent's shock move earns derision: 'Rearranging deck chairs on the Titanic'

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent's shock bond buyback plan unraveled Thursday as yields climbed back to their pre-announcement levels.

On Wednesday, Bessent announced the Treasury would at least double its buybacks of long-dated bonds — from $2 billion to at least $4 billion per operation, starting Sept. 9.

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Trump secretly sends thousands of horses to their deaths: 'Slaughter in plain sight'

Wild horses couldn't keep President Donald Trump away from the chance of making a kill, according to a new report.

Under his administration, thousands of wild horses have been rounded up with helicopters, packed into metal trailers, trucked hundreds of miles, and sold off to be slaughtered, the New York Times reported Thursday.

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CBS insiders infuriated by Bari Weiss's refusal to 'learn' and 'utter incompetence'

As CBS News head Bari Weiss helps ready the next season of "60 Minutes," there are complaints that she has refused to understand how segments are produced.

In a deep dive by New York Magazine into the turmoil under the controversial Weiss, who has driven the CBS Evening News to horrific low ratings since she took over, there are worries she will also damage the venerable Sunday night newsmagazine.

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