California Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom said last week that he has a backup plan if Democrats get locked out of November's gubernatorial election. California's jungle primary system is somewhat unique in that the top two vote-getters advance to the general election despite party affiliation. This framework, passed over 15 years...

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After spending most of the 21st century in the U.S. Senate, losing the endorsement of President Donald Trump isn't going to make John Cornyn leave. The Texas Republican on Tuesday issued a defiant public response to news that Trump had endorsed Cornyn's challenger in next week's Lone Star State primary...

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Comparing the NBA champion Oklahoma City Thunder to Israel did not go over so well. A Monday op-ed in The Oklahoman, the state's largest daily newspaper, made that comparison and was quickly sent into limbo. “On May 18, we mistakenly published a guest opinion piece that did not meet our...

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Tuesday's White House news briefing contained some very bad news for Rep. Ilhan Omar. Filling in at the podium was Vice President J.D. Vance, the Trump administration's point man on rooting out fraud. And Vance made it clear that the Minnesota Democrat is in the Department of Justice's sights. VP...

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Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson went after all eight of her judicial colleagues Monday over the Voting Rights Act case of Louisiana v. Callais.  She suggested that the court acted politically by speeding up the case's final ruling so that Louisiana would have time to craft a new map...

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Tragedy has rocked the college football world. Sam Houston State University, a public research university in Texas, announced on Sunday that one of its standout young men had passed away. The Bearkats football program confirmed the tragic news in an X post. We are deeply saddened by the passing of...

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Rep. Thomas Massie of Kentucky became the latest Republican to fall in the midterm primaries, losing to President Donald Trump-backed Ed Gallrein. Gallrein led Massie by approximately a 9 percentage point margin on Tuesday night, NBC News reported. Massie -- who voted against some of Trump's highest-profile legislation, including the...

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Would you rather have your home be at risk for a Chernobyl-style catastrophe? Or would you rather have your home near Grok? That question was effectively at the heart of a new Gallup Poll -- and it appears Americans are overwhelmingly in favor of the former. In a pair of...

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One of the more peculiar topics in current American politics actually emanates from sleepy little Maine. The Pine Tree State, like all 49 of its peers, is getting ready for what should be a raucous and hotly contested November midterm election. And in one Senate race in the state, one...

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Costco shoppers making a routine run for bulk paper towels and rotisserie chickens may want to take a second look at what’s sitting in their kitchen. The warehouse giant has issued a recall of a very popular kitchen gadget, creating the sort of “did I buy that?” panic familiar to...

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Ask anyone in the South, and they can confirm to you that college football is more or less a religion there. In particular, the Southeastern Conference -- better known by its acronym of SEC -- has become one of the crowning jewels for Southern football fans. The conference is known...

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There are obvious upsides to living in a culture where miracle drugs originally meant to help diabetic patients are effectively being repurposed as highly effective weight loss drugs. But there are some major downsides, too. Chiefly, it's the manner in which suspicion is immediately cast on any public figure who...

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On Nov. 14, 2004, two F/A-18F pilots from the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz, on a routine training mission over the Pacific about 100 miles west of San Diego, were asked to investigate a strange radar signal. The account of what the pilots saw was featured in a story published Dec....

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Sixteen years ago, California voters passed Proposition 14, the “top-two” primary, with 54 percent of the vote. The theory was democratic moderation. The machine -- both parties, initially -- hated it. Now that it threatens to produce two Republicans in the November gubernatorial runoff, Democrats have suddenly rediscovered the same...

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GOP Rep. Thomas Massie may be out of the running for the 120th Congress, but that doesn't mean the controversial Kentucky legislator is going to stop rankling his critics -- even in defeat. After losing a Republican primary where critics had charged Massie's anti-Israel sentiment had morphed into anti-Semitism, Massie...

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Sen. Josh Hawley, a Republican from Missouri, proposed legislation on Monday that would temporarily pause the federal gas tax. There is currently a tax of $0.184 imposed on every gallon of gasoline, as well as a $0.244 tax on each gallon of diesel. The bill from Hawley, entitled the "Gas...

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Tuesday's Republican primary results prove President Donald Trump still runs the show. Most notably, farmer and retired Navy SEAL Ed Gallrein ousted Kentucky Republican Rep. Thomas Massie in that state's primary for its 4th Congressional District, but that wasn't a one-off. As Newsweek noted, a host of Trump-backed candidates were...

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A New York man’s Saturday began with good intentions to help out a friend. It ended with him facing multiple motor vehicle-related charges. Sheriff Jeffery T. Smith of the Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office told the tale in a news release. Antone Glionna, 25,  drove from the small, rural community of...

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If your crime is notorious enough that it earns you a nickname, you should be behind bars for a reasonable chunk of a decade. If that crime is sexual abuse, maybe make that most of the decade. And if that nickname is "Pee Pee Poo Poo Man," I think we'd...

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President Donald Trump on Tuesday issued an executive order to protect U.S. financial institutions from illegal immigrants and foreign fund transfers that support crime. “My Administration will not tolerate national security and public safety risks caused by illicit cross-border financial activity, nor will it permit risks to our financial system...

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Kentucky Rep. Thomas Massie is supposed to be a Republican. He just lost a Republican primary to keep the House seat he's held since 2012. The man who will replace him, military veteran Ed Gallrein, won by nearly 10 points, 54.8 percent to 45.2 percent. Granted, a lot of this...

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