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Texas Secretary of State Jane Nelson announced Tuesday that she would step down, leaving the position charged with managing Texas’s midterm elections vacant. Nelson’s resignation comes after a slew of high-profile upsets in the May 26 Texas primary runoff elections. Trump-endorsed state Attorney General Ken Paxton bested incumbent Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX), and progressive stalwart Rep.

President Donald Trump has suggested that the UFC arena under construction at the White House for the looming MMA event could be a permanent fixture. Trump made the unusual remark in a TikTok video late Tuesday, comparing the UFC “claw” stage on the White House South Lawn to a famous landmark in Europe. “Many don’t

An NBC reporter abruptly pulled her microphone away from a supporter of Republican Los Angeles mayoral candidate Spencer Pratt after he started to discuss in detail what he saw in the city. During the network’s coverage of Tuesday’s primary elections, NBC’s Liz Kreutz interviewed a group of Pratt supporters about the former reality star possibly

LOS ANGELES — California voters on Tuesday took the first step in what could become the most consequential House battleground fights in the country, casting ballots in five newly redrawn congressional districts that Democrats view as critical to their effort to reclaim the chamber. The races are unfolding against the backdrop of California’s top-two primary system, which sends the two highest

FBI RAIDS $35 MILLION CALIFORNIA MANSION — Tech CEO Arrested for Allegedly Supplying U.S. Equipment to Iran’s Nuclear and Military Programs While Reporting Just $20K Income by Jim Hᴏft Jun. 3, 2026 5:51 pm Jun. 3, 2026 4:30 pm Screenshot The FBI has arrested a California tech CEO living in a lavish $35 million mansion

President Donald Trump appeared uncertain Wednesday about the future of the Justice Department’s proposed $1.776 billion “anti-weaponization fund,” which has caused some consternation on Capitol Hill. A day after acting Attorney General Todd Blanche told Congress the DOJ would not move forward with the fund, Trump was equivocal on whether the White House was officially

JUST IN: Senate Republicans Advance ICE Funding Reconciliation Without White House Ballroom Funding After Trump Scrapped Weaponization Fund by Jordan Conradson Jun. 3, 2026 4:20 pm John Thune Senate Republicans voted to advance a reconciliation package that will finally fund Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Customs and Border Protection (CBP) on Wednesday after the

A Southern Poverty Law Center employee allegedly used donor money to fund a romantic relationship with an informant in a “neo-Nazi” organization, according to a Justice Department superseding indictment filed Tuesday. The indictment alleges that the employee was secretly paid more than $1.2 million in donor money from the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC). Roughly

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent denied threatening to punch now-Director of National Intelligence Bill Pulte “in the fucking face” during a summer 2025 spat. At a Wednesday Senate Finance Committee hearing, Bessent denied threatened to punch Pulte, director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency, but confirmed that he threatened to “kick his ass.” Republican North Carolina Sen.

The two candidates named Dan Sullivan running for Alaska’s U.S. Senate seat will be distinguished on the ballot by their middle initials, a move required under state law to reduce voter confusion. The unusual situation has injected a fresh dose of controversy into one of the country’s most competitive Senate races. Incumbent Sen. Dan Sullivan