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Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton tried to turn his Senate opponent's brief disappearance into a scandal, but critics quickly flipped it back on him.

Paxton, the Republican Senate nominee in Texas, questioned on Saturday whether Democrat James Talarico really had the flu during his nearly two-week absence, prompting a wave of critics to call him a coward for ducking debates and to point to his own personal baggage.

"James Talarico claims he was missing for 13 days because he had the 'flu,'" Paxton wrote on X. "Who actually believes that? He was only seen for the first time in 13 days during a staged 15-minute appearance at a music festival. He owes Texans answers."...

An ex-GOP pollster says one MAGA Senate candidate's disastrous debate night previews a much bigger problem for the GOP in November.

Sarah Longwell, the anti-Trump Republican strategist who publishes The Bulwark, said Friday on "The Secret Podcast" that Rep. Mike Collins (R-GA) was left "sputtering in a pool of his own urine" during Thursday's Georgia Senate debate, and she warned the performance reflects a slate of GOP candidates that could keep Republican voters home.

"Now, I had not seen a lot of Mike Collins," Longwell told co-host Jonathan V. Last. "But he was left sputtering in a pool of his own urine as Jon Ossoff scared the living daylights out of him with his level of competency."...

The leaks dribbling out daily from Texas Senate candidate Ken Paxton's campaign aren't an accident, political strategist Chai Komanduri speculated to MS NOW's Ari Melber on Friday's edition of "The Beat."

Rather, he said, they're part of a concerted effort to sink his campaign — for a very roundabout reason.

"I know this is not the Joe Rogan Show, so I don't want to do conspiracy theory, but we seem to get a lot of leaked audio about Ken Paxton," said Komanduri. And as to why, "I kind of have a theory that part of it has to do with the fact that Texas is an extremely expensive state."...

Rep. Max Miller (R-OH), who is accused of abusing his ex-wife, faces a new headache after his girlfriend of two years was indicted on theft-related charges, Mother Jones reported on Friday.

Jaclyn Alatrash, an anesthesia assistant and bodybuilder who has been dating Miller for roughly two years, was charged by a Cuyahoga County grand jury this week. She faces grand theft, telecommunications fraud and credit card misuse counts, based on claims from her former husband, Matthew Kampert, that she charged more than $9,000 in groceries and other goods to his card once their marriage had ended. Kampert said she was never an authorized user, even while they were married.

The accusations were first aired in May by The Rooster, a progressive Ohio blog. Instacart records Mother Jones reviewed show many of the orders went to Miller's northeast Ohio home. They include purchases from Spirit Halloween, Ulta Beauty, the Vitamin Shoppe, and Costco....

A Colorado Republican’s embarrassing night out is getting a second life on voters’ screens as she fights for reelection.

A renewable energy super PAC has launched ads reminding voters that Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-CO) was thrown out of a 2023 performance of the musical “Beetlejuice” after complaints about her behavior, The Daily Beast reported Friday.

The spots, paid for by the Invest in Tomorrow Coalition, run a news anchor’s narration over grainy surveillance video from inside the theater. “She and her companion, explicitly groping each other repeatedly,” the narrator says....

CNN conservative commentator Scott Jennings pleaded with fellow panelists to stop laughing after he tried to defend President Donald Trump's backhanded praise of Ken Paxton.

The exchange unfolded on CNN's "The Arena" after host Kasie Hunt played a clip of Trump talking about Paxton, the Texas attorney general who is running for the U.S. Senate.

In the clip, Trump ran through a list of Paxton's apparent shortcomings before praising his loyalty....