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Nick Freitas, Rand Paul-Backed Green Beret, Wins Virginia GOP Primary
(Headline USA) Virginia Republicans have picked state Del. Nick Freitas as their candidate to face off against U.S. Rep. Abigail Spanberger this fall in one of the country's marquee congressional races.
News outlets report Freitas won a convention Saturday to be the GOP nominee for a Richmond-area congressional district.
Freitas, defeated...
Justice Ginsburg Says Cancer Has Returned, But Won’t Retire
(Associated Press) Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg said Friday she is receiving chemotherapy for a recurrence of cancer, but has no plans to retire from the Supreme Court.
The 87-year-old Ginsburg, who spent time in the hospital this week for a possible infection, said her treatment so far has succeeded in...
NeverTrump Rep. Amash Officially Won’t Seek Reelection to Congress
U.S. Rep. Justin Amash of Michigan, a former Republican who backed the impeachment of President Donald Trump, is officially not running for reelection.
Amash had suspended his congressional campaign in February and later explored seeking the Libertarian Party's nomination for president.
Thursday was Michigan's deadline to run as an independent, though some were also holding...
Defense Secretary Bans Confederate Flag w/out Mentioning It
UPDATE: After weeks of wrangling, the Pentagon on Friday will ban displays of the Confederate flag on military installations, in a carefully worded policy that doesn't mention the word ban or that specific flag. The policy, laid out in a memo obtained by The Associated Press, was described by...
POMPEO: US Should Limit Which Human Rights It Defends
(Associated Press)Secretary of State Mike Pompeo argued Thursday for a more limited U.S. view of global human rights advocacy based on the principals laid out by America's Founding Fathers, a suggestion critics assumed meant stepping away from more modern concepts such as support for women and the LGBQT communities...
PUTIN’S PUPPET? Trump Warns US Firms About Work on Russian Pipelines
(Associated Press) The Trump administration on Wednesday hardened its efforts to prevent the completion of new German-Russian and Turkish-Russian natural gas pipelines by warning companies involved in the projects they'll be subject to U.S. penalties unless they halt their work.
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced the administration is ending grandfather...
MO. GOV.: Trump Watching Soros-Funded DA’s Treatment of St. Louis Couple
(Headline USA) Missouri Gov. Mike Parson said President Donald Trump is focused on and concerned about the possibility that a St. Louis couple could face criminal charges for displaying guns as they defended their home during a racial injustice protest that broke into and invaded their private community.
Parson told reporters...
Trump’s Lawyers May Claim Harassment to Defy Tax Returns Quest
(Associated Press) A week after losing a Supreme Court ruling, President Donald Trump’s lawyers said Wednesday they're considering challenging a subpoena for his tax records by criminal prosecutors on grounds that it's a fishing expedition or a form of harassment or retaliation against him.
The plans were outlined in a letter to...
Trump Rips Pro-China Biden as He Announces Measures Against ChiComs
(Headline USA) President Donald Trump signed legislation and an executive order on Tuesday that he said will hold China accountable for its oppressive actions against the people of Hong Kong, then quickly shifted his policy speech into a political one, hurling broadsides against Democratic rival Joe Biden.
The legislation and order...
UPDATED: US Carries Out 1st Federal Execution in Nearly 2 Decades
UPDATE VIA AP: The U.S. government on Tuesday carried out the first federal execution in almost two decades, putting to death a man who was convicted of killing an Arkansas family in a 1990s plot to build a whites-only nation in the Pacific Northwest. The execution came over the...
MURDOCK: Appeals to Base Won’t Suffice; Trump Must Inspire Apathetic Independents
President Donald J. Trump likely finds the latest Gallup poll neither very special nor particularly beautiful. If it’s incredible, that’s because it’s incredibly alarming.
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