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A Senate Republican gave President Donald Trump's nominee to lead the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, or FDIC, a tongue-lashing on Thursday over allegations of widespread misconduct at the agency.

Sen. John Kennedy (R-LA) expressed his annoyance that acting FDIC Chair Travis Hill — who Trump wants to lead the agency permanently — said no changes were underway after an external investigation in 2024 revealed "pervasive sexual harassment and discrimination," according to Politico.

“I have had enough of this, and if your name came up in front of me right now, I wouldn’t vote for you,” Kennedy said to Hill during a Senate Banking Committee hearing. “Got nothing to do with your policy chops, but I have had enough.”...

An ally in a New Jersey Republican gubernatorial candidate's "inner circle" is under fire for antisemitic and homophobic comments.

Jack Ciattarelli's ally and Muslim relations advisor, Ibrar Nadeem, apparently held an event Saturday where he made comments about banning gay marriage and Jewish people, Politico reports Wednesday.

The unpaid adviser allegedly said "that people in his community accuse him of 'taking money from Jews,'" and he replied, "I check my bank account every day, brother, it is not there."...

Florida Rep. Cory Mills (R) is firing back at accusations he threatened to release nude photos and videos of a woman after she says she broke up with the married lawmaker, according to Politico.

Lindsey Langston, a Florida Republican state committee member and 2024 winner of the Miss United States beauty pageant, told police that following the break-up, "Mills contacted her multiple times threatening to release nude images and videos of them having sex, according to the report, which said she provided law enforcement with messages that allegedly backed up her claims."

Langston also told authorities that Mills "threatened to harm any of her future romantic partners," according to the police report obtained by Politico....

Police have arrested a 36-year-old man in what they're calling a "road rage incident" involving Ohio Rep. Max Miller (R), according to WKYC-TV.

The suspect was identified as Feras Hamdan of Westlake, Ohio. The charge is a misdemeanor count of aggravated menacing.

"In details released Friday morning...Hamdan voluntarily turned himself in with counsel. An arrest warrant had been issued after Miller signed a criminal complaint for aggravated menacing and motion for a protection order," the news station reported....

Self-described moderate Republican Rep. Mike Lawler (R-NY) had his hands full during a Sunday night town hall in his suburban Hudson Valley swing district, according to reporting inThe New York Times and a variety of videos posted to social media.

Local police expected more than 1,200 constituents to jam the high school auditorium where Lawler was speaking in Rockland County, but first they had to follow Lawler's rules as posted outside the venue: participants were required to provide proof of residency for New York's 17th district; were warned against shouting, screaming, or yelling; and were forbidden from making "audio or video recordings."

But the rowdy constituents ignored those last two directives, as evidenced by cell phone video posted to X....

A Republican lawmaker fighting to hold onto his competitive Texas seat said Thursday he'd force a daughter to have her baby if she'd been impregnated by rape.

Texas House Rep. John Lujan made this claim on Texas Public Radio during a lengthy interview about key campaign issues in his race against Democratic candidate Kristian Carranza.

“If I had a daughter, and that would have been, you know, it would have been a rape," Lujan said. "I would say no, we're going to have the baby.”...