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A legal expert flagged what she described as "flat-out voter suppression" that took place during the Texas primary election.

The election featured multiple high-profile races, like the Texas Senate race between Democrats Rep. Jasmie Crockett and state Rep. James Talarico, and Republicans Sen. John Cornyn and Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton. It was the first election under the state's new election laws, which changed the designated polling places for many voters.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's latest remarks about the war in Iran paint an "unsettling" picture of his leadership, according to one expert.

On Wednesday, Hegseth was asked during a press briefing about an Iranian drone that struck the U.S. embassy in Kuwait, killing six Americans over the weekend. Hegseth dismissed the question by saying "tragic things happen" before launching into a tirade about how the "fake news" media covers the Trump administration.

Democratic Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA) angered progressives again Wednesday with his attempt to mock Muslim journalist Mehdi Hasan, founder of Zeteo, telling a reporter he wanted to offer his "condolences" because Hasan was "all broke up about the Ayatollah."

Zeteo, a progressive independent media outlet and Substack newsletter, shared a clip on X in which reporter Prem Thakker asked Fetterman his thoughts on a U.S. attack submarine sinking an Iranian Navy frigate off the coast of Sri Lanka using a torpedo. It marked the first time since World War II that a U.S. submarine had sunk an enemy vessel in combat.

With the Texas Republican Senate primary headed to a runoff between incumbent Sen. John Cornyn and Attorney General Ken Paxton, President Donald Trump's advisers are pushing him heavily to endorse Cornyn and pressure Paxton to drop out of the race, avoiding another several weeks of expensive, messy, and damaging fighting as Democrats get a head start with their own nominee.

But Paxton has some bad news for Trump: he's not going anywhere.

Insiders revealed to Middle East Eye on Wednesday that two of the Trump administration's top cabinet members are "at each other's throats" over the recent bombing campaign in Iran.

According to the report, Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth have been described as being “at each other's throats” over whether to send U.S. troops to Iran. The report was published at a time when the White House had said putting troops on the ground in Iran is "not part of the plan" for now, although it has signaled that it plans to stay in the fight until the U.S. achieves its objectives.

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement appears poised to shutter a troubled $1.2 billion tent detention facility near El Paso, Texas, that opened just eight months ago, according to internal documents reviewed by The Washington Post.

An ICE memo circulating among staff this week indicated the agency is drafting a termination letter for the sprawling Camp East Montana, operated by Acquisition Logistics LLC.

A newly revealed series of group chats obtained by The Floridian shows Republican officials in Miami fantasizing about genocide and spamming racial slurs.

"In a disturbing series of group chat obtained by The Floridian, Miami GOP Secretary Abel Alexander Carvajal ran a group chat in which the N-word was used over 200 times and members celebrated the removal of an African-American activist from the FIU College Republicans," said the report. "Carvajal’s chat, titled 'Uber R------ Yapping Inc.,' gives a shocking glimpse into the GOP’s younger element of college students who espouse hateful ideas. Even more concerning are the chat’s members: Carvajal, who is Secretary of the Miami-Dade GOP; Dariel Gonzalez, who is the FIU College Republicans Membership Director; and Ian Valdes, the FIU Turning Point chapter president."

A MAGA Republican candidate for Florida governor claimed on Wednesday that he had been "criminally trespassed" by Waffle House after a series of campaign stops.

James Fishback, a MAGA firebrand who is running for governor, posted a statement on X that claimed Waffle House had revoked his campaign's "explicit" permission to visit their restaurants and meet voters. Fishback also claimed that Waffle House corporate had "criminally trespassed" him from all of their restaurants in Florida.

President Donald Trump is threatening to cancel the May 26 Texas Republican Senate runoff between incumbent Sen. John Cornyn and Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, demanding the race stop immediately. After neither candidate secured 50 percent in Tuesday's primary, a runoff became necessary. Trump, who didn't initially endorse either candidate, posted that the race "cannot be allowed to go on any longer" and "must stop now." He promised an endorsement conditional on the losing candidate immediately dropping out, effectively eliminating voter choice in the runoff. Trump boasted that his endorsements are "virtually insurmountable" and that he wins "by a lot, especially in Texas." The winner will face Democrat James Talarico, who defeated U.S. Rep. Jasmine Crockett in the Democratic primary.

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Rep. Sydney Kamlager-Dove (D-CA) tore apart Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem on MS NOW's "The Weeknight" Wednesday, following a contentious hearing in Congress in which she evaded tough questions about the recent killings of Renee Good and Alex Pretti by federal agents in Minneapolis.

In one exchange, Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD) repeatedly demanded Noem clarify whether she still believes, as she initially told the public, that Good and Pretti were "domestic terrorists," only for her to dodge and deflect.

A Nevada congressional candidate and a former celebrity car dealer has been slapped with a sweeping ban from MGM Resorts properties across the country after months of fiery social media attacks on the casino giant, according to TMZ.

MGM fired off a cease-and-desist letter threatening Republican Bobby Khan with arrest, fines, and jail time if he sets foot at any of their Vegas Strip locations, including the Bellagio, Aria, Cosmopolitan, MGM Grand, Mandalay Bay, Luxor, New York-New York, Excalibur, and Vdara.

Another GOP lawmaker is calling it quits in November, according to multiple reports.

Sen. Steve Daines (R-MT) officially withdrew his paperwork to run for another term on Wednesday, NBC Montana reported. Daines was first elected to the Senate in 2015 and has been a staunch ally of President Donald Trump's.

Rep. Tony Gonzales (R-TX) finally admitted to a long-reported extramarital affair with a congressional staffer who died by suicide last year, during an interview on Wednesday on the right-wing Joe Pags Show.

However, he blasted the way the media has covered the story, saying he has been reputationally harmed by “certain outlets only sharing certain information that is beneficial to them,” and that for these outlets, it is just “about power and money.”