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A hotly contested Democratic primary in Nebraska's Omaha-area Second Congressional District is shaping up as one of the more unusual dilemmas of the 2026 midterms: the candidate best positioned to flip the seat could, under certain circumstances, inadvertently put the district's coveted electoral vote at risk in a future presidential race, according to the New York Times.

The district, known nationally as the "blue dot" for the speck of Democratic blue it can produce on an otherwise red map, awards a single Electoral College vote to its presidential winner. Nebraska and Maine are the only states that split their electoral votes by congressional district, a quirk that made the blue dot a potential tipping point in 2024.

Critics across the political spectrum erupted Sunday after the Trump administration's stunning move to clear a path for major tobacco companies to flood gas stations and convenience stores with flavored e-cigarettes — a policy shift that benefits some of President Donald Trump's most reliable donors.

The Food and Drug Administration's Friday guidance, issued without public comment or rule-making, drew immediate outrage from public-health advocates and political commentators who framed the move as a straightforward payoff to tobacco giants Reynolds American and Altria, both of which have donated heavily to Trump's MAGA Inc. PAC and pet projects, including his planned White House ballroom.

President Donald Trump lashed out at two of his own Supreme Court picks in a rambling Truth Social post this week, suggesting he should pack the nation's highest court after Justices Neil Gorsuch and Amy Coney Barrett joined the 6-3 majority that struck down his sweeping tariff agenda as unconstitutional.

"I 'Love' Justice Neil Gorsuch! He’s a really smart and good man, but he voted against me, and our Country, on Tariffs, a devastating move. How do I reconcile this? So bad, and hurtful to our Country ," Trump wrote, before turning his ire on Barrett with equal frustration. "I have, likewise, always liked and respected Amy Coney Barrett, but the same thing with her. They were appointed by me, and yet have hurt our Country so badly!"

President Donald Trump launched a second furious rant against Fox News on Sunday afternoon, hours after a first explosive Truth Social post attacking Rep. Ro Khanna (D-CA) for an interview the California Democrat gave on the network earlier in the day.

In an evening post, Trump broadened his target beyond Khanna to include comedian Bill Maher, House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY), and the network itself — claiming that "MAGA Republicans, who are actually close to 100% of the Party, hate Fox."

A former top Food and Drug Administration tobacco regulator who served under both Democratic and Republican administrations unloaded on the Trump administration's stunning new policy opening the door to flavored e-cigarettes.

In guidance issued Friday, as President Donald Trump reportedly signed off on a plan to fire FDA Commissioner Marty Makary, the agency said it would stop enforcing rules against illicit vapes and allow products already in advanced stages of review onto the market, according to The New York Times.

Right-wing voices erupted Sunday over a report that congressional Democrats had privately floated ousting Virginia's entire state Supreme Court, a long-shot idea that came up during a Saturday call with House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) following Friday's ruling that voided the state's Democratic-drawn congressional map.

The Virginia GOP led the charge, accusing Democrats of trying to "pack the court with activist judges who will simply ignore Democrats' violations." The state party called the discussion "totally shameful and dangerous."

President Donald Trump exploded on Truth Social on Sunday after Rep. Ro Khanna (D-CA) appeared on Fox News to discuss redistricting, the Iran war and competition with China, with Trump calling the congressman a "sleazebag" and accusing him of trying to steal credit for the steel industry's revival.

The apparent trigger was Khanna's comments about Chinese steel, where the California Democrat told Fox News anchor Jacqui Heinrich that he was "horrified" to see Chinese steel at the Port of Cleveland and called for protecting American steel manufacturing.

President Donald Trump declared Iran's latest peace proposal "totally unacceptable" in a blistering Truth Social post on Sunday, signaling that negotiations to end the Iran war remain deeply deadlocked.

"I have just read the response from Iran's so-called 'Representatives,'" Trump wrote. "I don't like it — TOTALLY UNACCEPTABLE!"

A Democratic strategist's nightmare vision of an all-Republican governor's race has ballooned into a full-blown campaign to overhaul California's primary system.

Steven Maviglio, a longtime Democratic consultant, filed a ballot initiative Friday to scrap California's 15-year-old "top-two" open primary, the system that lets the two highest finishers advance to the general election regardless of party, and revert to a traditional partisan primary, according to The New York Times.

Congressional Democrats are quietly kicking around a long-shot scheme to clear out Virginia's entire Supreme Court, which just torched their gerrymandered congressional map.

During a private Saturday call that included Virginia's Democratic House delegation and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY), lawmakers vented over Friday's ruling and floated what The New York Times described as "an audacious and possibly far-fetched idea" to replace every sitting justice and reinstate their map, according to a Sunday report.

President Donald Trump took to Truth Social on Sunday to demand federal agencies stop buying foreign-made products and rail against bureaucrats handing out waivers — but his all-caps tirade glossed over the awkward reality that American manufacturing has actually shed tens of thousands of jobs since he returned to office.

"ALL FEDERAL AGENCIES MUST BUY AMERICAN — NO EXCUSES!" Trump wrote in a vintage all-caps post, accusing Washington politicians of having spent "decades" sending taxpayer dollars overseas and allowing foreign countries to "rip us off" while American workers and factories were left behind.

President Donald Trump lashed out at Iran on Sunday with a menacing remark amid Washington and Tehran’s ongoing, back-and-forth peace negotiations, and critics believe they’ve identified a potential reason for the president’s latest outburst.

The United States and Iran agreed to a ceasefire last month that remains ongoing, despite both sides having lobbed attacks on each other within the past week. While peace talks between the two nations have largely stalled, the Trump administration sent Tehran a proposal to end the war last week, with Trump telling the press that he expected a response by Friday night.

Actor Randy Quaid posted a rambling message on social media that drew connections between his own legal battles and Michael Jackson's prosecution, while tagging FBI Director Kash Patel in an apparent call for federal intervention.

"My career was one film after another, sometimes two at once. I didn't have time to know Michael Jackson or his work until I was maliciously prosecuted by the same office he was," Quaid wrote on Sunday, referencing Jackson's 2005 acquittal in Santa Barbara.