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Dire warning as 'lightning' strike forecast in MAGA's epicenter: analyst

A political analyst on Tuesday revealed that despite the challenge, the conditions could be right to flip red-state Florida blue.

As Florida voters cast their ballots on primary election day, Newsweek national political correspondent Alex J. Rouhandeh took a deeper dive into the competitive race among Democrats and how President Donald Trump's low approval rating could "create the kind of climate" ripe for a swing.

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Speculation swirls after love letters from Trump’s ‘human binky’ resurface

Sen. Jon Ossoff (D-GA) ignited an online firestorm over the weekend after taking a jab at President Donald Trump’s unusually close relationship with his 35-year-old female aide Natalie Harp, leading to a trove of adoring letters she wrote the president to resurface.

Speaking at a rally in Atlanta, Georgia, Ossoff argued that Trump would rather “build his ballroom and travel with Natalie” than “do his job,” a remark that created an explosion of online interest in Harp, who has been referred to as Trump's "human binky." Search queries on Google for Harp’s name increased by 1,600% this week compared to the previous week, and an increase of 5,000% when compared with the same period last year, resulting in Harp’s unnerving letters resurfacing.

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​FCC official breaks rank as Brendan Carr's bullying rebuked in new legal battle

Disney is fighting back against the Trump administration — and FCC Chair Brendan Carr in particular -- and at least one federal regulator is cheering it on.

The Walt Disney Co. and ABC sued the Federal Communications Commission Tuesday, seeking to block an "unusual early license renewal process" the companies call a "free-speech attack." It's one of the most aggressive legal challenges a media corporation has mounted against the Trump administration, reports NBC News.

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Jeanine Pirro's jail demand backfires as judge uses it to release alleged DC 'vandal'

U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro's push to jail an alleged World War II Memorial vandal backfired when the judge cited her own filing to deny the demand.

Magistrate Judge Matthew Sharbaugh on Monday ordered Melissa Farris, 41, released from custody on two felony charges stemming from the Aug. 13 spray-painting of the World War II Memorial. Farris was sent home to Kentucky under court supervision.

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MAGA Congressman caught on camera committing ‘strange’ act at stranger’s doorstep: report

Rep. Randy Fine (R-FL), who on Tuesday is hoping to win his GOP primary election, was caught on a Floridian’s doorbell camera committing what TMZ described as a “pretty strange” act while reportedly canvassing for votes.

“Florida Congressman Randy Fine was going door to door looking for votes ... and somehow ended up rifling through a voter's mail,” TMZ reported Tuesday.

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Florida Republican could face death penalty under child abuse law he championed

A Florida Republican from Donald Trump's home district could potentially face the death penalty under a law he had championed as a state legislator.

Mike Caruso, the Palm Beach County clerk of courts and a staunch ally of Gov. Ron DeSantis, was arrested Tuesday morning on child sexual abuse charges, and a plugged-in reporter in the state pointed out a morbid irony in the case.

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MAGA declares movement dead as telling omens rock superfans: 'Might burn my MAGA hat'

In the wake of a “Trump Superstore” in Tennessee shuttering due to a lack of business, several former supporters of President Donald Trump took the shop’s imminent closure as an omen that the MAGA movement had officially died.

“I can’t remember the last time I saw someone wearing a MAGA hat or Trump shirt,” wrote former Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA), previously one of Trump’s most loyal followers before their split last year amid disputes over Jeffrey Epstein.

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Kash Patel's lawyers admit 'breaching equipment' claim in unreachable drinking lawsuit

FBI Director Kash Patel's legal team acknowledged in a court filing that his security detail possessed "breaching equipment" after a report about his alcohol use claimed the director had been unreachable.

Last month, The Atlantic moved to dismiss a $250 million lawsuit brought by Patel in April after the magazine reported he had alarmed colleagues with excessive drinking and unexplained absences as FBI director.

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Trump 'miscalculated badly' as BBC nightmare threatens to expose his kids: analysis

President Donald Trump's own words could come back to haunt him — and his children and son-in-law.

Salon's Sophia Tesfaye discussed how the president's BBC lawsuit could reveal more information about his statements on Jan. 6, 2021, and his family's connection to the events that day. It's tied to the question around Trump's statement and what he meant when he told a crowd "fight like hell" before a group of insurrectionists attacked the U.S. Capitol.

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'Thirst traps' with bare biceps and unbuttoned shirts set to juice midterms: report

Democrats have found a new midterm tool, and it involves a lot more skin.

According to Axios, the party is leaning into sex appeal across its social feeds, serving up unbuttoned shirts on CNN, bare biceps on the rally stage, made-for-TikTok b-roll and the return of the tan suit.

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Ex-Trump attorney's tale of Epstein absolution unraveled by lawyer: 'Give me a break'

Alan Dershowitz, the attorney who represented both Donald Trump and his friend, sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein, says he was personally vouched for by the lawyer representing one of Epstein's most prominent accusers.

That lawyer says it never happened.

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Spitfire Trump spokesman fiends for an 'atta boy' from infatuated aide: ex-GOP insider

White House communications director Steven Cheung provided a characteristically scenery-chewing response to Sen. Jon Ossoff (D-GA), and a former Republican insider shed light on his antics.

The Georgia Democrat kicked off a political firestorm by highlighting rumors about President Donald Trump and his close personal aide Natalie Harp, and the White House issued an official response through Cheung that rudely misspelled Ossoff's name and casually mixed in sexual innuendo.

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Disgusted Jim Acosta shames Trump staffers after 'disgraceful' smear: 'There is no bottom'

Former CNN anchor Jim Acosta expressed his shock and disgust Tuesday following the White House’s “deeply personal attack” on a reporter that invoked their children, an attack that Acosta argued reached a “new low” even for the Trump administration.

President Donald Trump snapped at CNN’s Kristen Holmes on Monday after she asked about his especially close relationship with his 35-year-old female aide Natalie Harp, a relationship so close that it’s reportedly “unnerved people around” the president. Trump’s staffers followed suit, attacking Holmes online.

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