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Two weeks into the surge of pro-Palestine protests that swept college campuses across the United States, a new, heroic archetype captured the imagination of right-wing media influencers: throngs of casually attired “frat bros” who jeered and laughed at activists, and in one case, a solitary Black woman.

Fraternities — whose reputations have taken repeated hits for sexual assault, hazing deaths, drug dealing and alcohol abuse — are being lionized by prominent conservatives who celebrate them as a cultural counter-force to liberals whose anti-Israel protests and encampments have roiled dozens of American college campuses this spring.

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WASHINGTON — Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene is making the Republican Party look ridiculous.

That’s according to Republican senators.

In exclusive interviews with 22 Republican U.S. senators, Raw Story found a trend — ranging from annoyance to anger to alarm — over the Georgia Republican congresswoman’s plan to formally deploy her motion to vacate House Speaker Mike Johson this week. ...

WASHINGTON — Some of former President Donald Trump’s fiercest allies in Congress may be multi-millionaires, but that doesn’t mean they’re opening up their wallets for the reality TV star turned contestant for America's most indicted.

“There’s only so much money,” Sen. Thom Tillis (R-NC) told Raw Story.

With creditors demanding a $454 million bond as his appeals slowly wind through the courts, Trump’s personal deficits have been the talk of the Capitol in recent days. ...

WASHINGTON – Most Senate Republicans didn’t tune in to watch Chris Christie formally exit the Republican Party presidential primary this week, but the former New Jersey governor landed a verbal blow that’s left many of the Capitol’s top GOPers smarting.

On his way out the door, Christie tripled down on his losing anti-Trump campaign theme when he accused Republican elected officials of “cowardice and hypocrisy.”

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WASHINGTON – Henry A. Kissinger is gone, and many lawmakers on Capitol Hill hope he’s soon forgotten.

Kissinger was 100 years old when he died at his Connecticut home Wednesday.

While Kissinger is hailed by many for helping open relations with Maoist China – he was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1977 – he’s also decried as a “war criminal” for orchestrating an illegal bombing campaign in Cambodia that left hundreds of thousands of innocents dead....