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A lawyer said his client was allegedly paid to have sex with Matt Gaetz at a 2017 party. A man accused of three fatal stabbings in New York City has an extensive criminal history. Gaetz, a former Republican U.S. representative from Florida, has long denied the allegations against him and has claimed he was the target of an extortion plot. A Trump transition team spokesperson called the allegations “baseless.” Gaetz resigned from Congress last week after Trump announced plans to nominate him for attorney general. The stabbings happened yesterday morning at three separate locations.

Persons: Matt Gaetz, Donald Trump’s, Gaetz, Joel Leppard, Leppard, ” Gaetz, Ramon Rivera, Rivera, it’s, Maya Huter, Jing Feng, Cynthia Erivo, Ariana Grande, Glinda, Kalhan Rosenblatt, Tony Lee, — Richie Duchon, Elizabeth Robinson Organizations: Justice Department, NBC News, NBC, Republican U.S, Trump, United Nations, Apple, Reebok, REI’s Locations: New York City, Florida —, Orlando, Florida, stabbings, New York, United

Donald Trump and Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., at the Iowa State Fair in Des Moines in August 2023. That “seemed to matter” to the committee, Leppard said, adding that committee members were concerned about illegal drug use and payments for sex. On at least two occasions, Leppard said, his clients had sex with Gaetz outside Florida. The women were not paid for sex during the trips, but Gaetz paid for their flights, lodging and entertainment, Leppard said. The two women are private people, who have no political leanings and no motivation to take down Gaetz, Leppard said.

Persons: Matt Gaetz, Donald Trump’s, Joel Leppard, Orlando . Leppard, Gaetz, ”, Leppard, Donald Trump, Al Drago, “, Trump, Alex Pfeiffer, He’s, ” Pfeiffer Organizations: Justice Department, NBC, Fair, Bloomberg, Getty, The Justice, FBI, Gaetz, Republican U.S, Trump, Committee Locations: Florida, Orlando, Iowa, Des Moines, New York City, Bahamas

☆ Trump picks Dr. Oz to lead massive Medicare, Medicaid agency CMS
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-19 | by ( Dan Mangan | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

President-elect Donald Trump on Tuesday said he would nominate Dr. Mehmet Oz — celebrity TV host and former U.S. Senate candidate — as Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services administrator. Oz previously hosted "The Dr. Oz Show," a syndicated daytime television program for more than a dozen years. "America is facing a Healthcare Crisis, and there may be no Physician more qualified and capable than Dr. Oz to Make America Healthy Again," Trump said in a statement Tuesday. Dr. Oz will work closely with Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to take on the illness industrial complex, and all the horrible chronic diseases left in its wake. "He will also cut waste and fraud within our Country's most expensive Government Agency, which is a third of our Nation's Healthcare spend, and a quarter of our entire National Budget."

Persons: Mehmet Oz, Donald Trump, —, Trump, Oz, Robert F, Kennedy Jr, Sen, John Fetterman, Dr, Chiquita Brooks, LaSure Organizations: Republican U.S, U.S, Senate, Medicare, CMS, Children's Health Insurance, Health, Human Services Department, Republican, Healthcare, Agency Locations: Rockledge , Pennsylvania, U.S, Pennsylvania, America

A woman told the House Ethics Committee that she saw Matt Gaetz, who is President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for the U.S. attorney general, have sex with a minor, her lawyer said Friday. “My client testified to the House Ethics Committee that she witnessed Rep. Gaetz having sex with a minor at a house party in Orlando in 2017,” Joel Leppard said. Then-Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., on Capitol Hill, on April 30. Chip Somodevilla / Getty Images fileLeppard said the woman he represents testified before the House Ethics Committee in April. A House Ethics Committee investigation was launched in April 2021.

Persons: Matt Gaetz, Donald Trump’s, “, ” Joel Leppard, Chip Somodevilla, Leppard, ” Leppard, “ Merrick, Garland, Gaetz, reauthorized, Mike Johnson, Trump Organizations: U.S, Republican U.S, Wednesday, Trump, Capitol, NBC News, ABC News, Florida Panhandle, Department of Justice, Republican, Republican Senate Locations: Orlando, Florida’s, Florida

☆ Gaetz faces rocky road to confirmation as pressure builds for release of House ethics probe
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-14 | by ( Manu Raju | Lauren Fox | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

Sen. John Cornyn, a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, said he “absolutely” wants to see the House Ethics Committee’s findings on Gaetz. “I think there should not be any limitations on the Senate Judiciary Committee’s investigation, including whatever the House Ethics Committee has generated,” he said. Trump has pushed to keep all options on the table to greenlight his nominees, including recess appointments, which would bypass the typical Senate confirmation process. However, Sen. Rick Scott told CNN, “I believe in recess appointments.” Scott had supported recess appointments during his bid for GOP leader, which he lost to Thune. The Supreme Court has ruled on questions about recess appointments, which makes the outcome of taking these questions to court uncertain.

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☆ Tim Sheehy will defeat Sen. Jon Tester in Montana Senate election, NBC News projects
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-06 | by ( Dan Mangan | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Montana Republican U.S. Senate candidate Tim Sheehy walks up to the stage during a rally for Republican presidential nominee, former U.S. President Donald Trump at the Brick Breeden Fieldhouse at Montana State University on August 9, 2024 in Bozeman, Montana. Former President Donald Trump won a decisive victory over Vice President Kamala Harris in the presidential race , taking multiple key battleground states, and Republicans made gains in the Senate. Sheehy, a former Navy SEAL and wealthy businessman, was heavily touted by the GOP as one of its strongest chances to pick up a Senate seat. Republican nominee Tim Sheehy will defeat incumbent Democratic Sen. Jon Tester in the election for a Senate seat from Montana, NBC News projects. Tester, a farmer who had been elected to three terms in the Senate, was facing strong headwinds in winning reelection.

Persons: Tim Sheehy, Donald Trump, Kamala Harris, Sheehy, Democratic Sen, Jon Tester, Megyn Kelly Organizations: Montana Republican U.S, Republican, Montana State University, Navy, GOP, Democratic, NBC, Senate Locations: Bozeman , Montana, Montana, Afghanistan

The base GOP voters Trump is most focused on aren’t necessarily the same voters who are key to the coalition Snyder is trying to build. Gretchen Whitmer, and two-seat majorities in both the state House and the state Senate (Democrats also hold a majority on the state Supreme Court). “The only advantage they have is old notions,” Whitmer said last week at her own event to support state House candidates in Oakland County. All the districts he’s targeting “can swing either way,” Snyder said. Rick Snyder is openly trying to get MAGA extremists elected to the state House,” Kubitschek said.

Persons: Rick Snyder, ” Snyder, “, Donald Trump, There’s, Snyder, Kamala Harris, Fred Upton, Trump, Peter Meijer, ”, Tommy Brann, ” Paul Hudson, Hillary Scholten, Meijer, “ I’ve, ” Hudson, Mike Rogers, ’ “, Gretchen Whitmer, Whitmer, —, ” Whitmer, Geoff Robins, Joe Biden, I’ve, ‘, ’ ” Snyder, Ron Robinson, Tom Kuhn, Tommy Kubitschek, Snyder’s, It’s, MAGA, ” Kubitschek, Jennifer Conlin, Ann Organizations: Michigan Gov, GOP, Republicans, Trump, Republican, NBC News, White, Michigan’s Republican U.S, Senate, Democratic, Michigan, Getty, Pepsi, Michigan ”, Council, Brann, Affordable, Democrats, Michigan Democratic Party, ”, Republican Party Locations: WYOMING, Mich, —, Michigan, There’s, Grand, Detroit, Battle, Traverse City, Grand Rapids, ”, Lansing, Oakland County, Flint, AFP, Utica, Troy, Ann Arbor

☆ ‘Cubans do not deserve this’: José Martí statue vandalized in Miami
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-25 | by ( Jessenia Hatti Barrett | Nbc South Florida | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +2 min

A statue of José Martí was found vandalized in Miami, prompting a response from Republican U.S. Rep. Carlos A. Giménez. Pictures shared by the organization and Giménez show the statue on the floor, completely removed from the top of a monument, which also sustained damages. The vandalized bust of the Cuban poet José Martí in Miami. It is vandalism, and we Cubans do not deserve this. “There are many bad people who have come here and others who live here and who do not want freedom for this country,” Sánchez added.

Persons: José Martí, Carlos A, ”, Giménez, Sánchez, ” Sánchez Organizations: Republican U.S . Rep, ., NBC6 South, NBC6 South Florida Miami police Locations: Miami, Martí, Cuban, Spain, Cuba, el Exilio, Exile, NBC6, NBC6 South Florida

☆ Supreme Court rebuffs challenge to job protections for consumer watchdog leaders
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-21 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

The Supreme Court is visible on July 29, 2024 in Washington, DC. In an op-ed in The Washington Post, U.S. President Joe Biden laid out his proposed reforms to the Supreme Court including 18 year term limits for Supreme Court Justices and a new code of ethics for the court ahead of a speech tonight at the Lyndon B. Johnson Presidential Library in Austin, Texas. Lawyers for Democratic President Joe Biden's administration had urged the Supreme Court to turn away the appeal, arguing that the plaintiffs lacked the required legal standing to sue the agency and that their claims are foreclosed by Supreme Court precedent. The current Supreme Court, with a 6-3 conservative majority, has taken an expansive view of presidential powers in recent years and has shown skepticism toward broad authority for federal agencies. This case gives the conservative justices a chance to rein in or depart from Humphrey's Executor.

Persons: Joe Biden, Lyndon, Joe Biden's, Jeremy Kernodle, Donald Trump, Kernodle's, Franklin Roosevelt's, Ted Cruz, Darrell Issa Organizations: Washington Post, Supreme, Johnson Presidential, The U.S, Consumers, Research, U.S . Consumer Product Safety Commission, Consumers ' Research, Democratic, Republican, Circuit, Appeals, U.S . Federal Trade Commission, Republican U.S Locations: Washington , DC, Washington, Washington Post , U.S, Austin , Texas, The, Texas, United States of America, New Orleans, United States

☆ These 2024 Republican candidates disputed the 2020 election results
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-05 | by ( Daniel Dale | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +43 min

The success of so many 2020 election deniers in Republican primaries this year demonstrates that Trump’s ongoing campaign of election lies continues to have a strong hold on his party. Even four years later, candidates’ views on the 2020 election are relevant in important practical ways. Lake also baselessly advocated the imprisonment of Katie Hobbs, who was Arizona’s election chief during the 2020 election and went on to defeat Lake in the 2022 race for governor. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images/FileSen. Rick Scott voted to object to the congressional count of Biden’s victory in Pennsylvania, though he voted in favor of counting Biden’s victory in Arizona. Pennsylvania: Dave McCormickSenate candidate Dave McCormick of Pennsylvania speaks during the second day of the 2024 Republican National Convention in Milwaukee on July 16, 2024.

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☆ JD Vance's Wall Street allies raise millions for the Trump campaign
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-11 | by ( Brian Schwartz | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +7 min

Wall Street relationshipsOne of Vance's earliest interactions with Wall Street came shortly after the November 2016 presidential election, when he headlined a lunch in New York to discuss his newly published memoir. John Underwood, a longtime managing director at Goldman Sachs, encouraged his allies to support and raise money for Vance's Senate campaign, according to people familiar with the matter. He told them the Trump campaign would need "hundreds of millions of dollars" to compete with Vice President Kamala Harris' fundraising surge. The Ohio Republican's opposition to Wall Street was on full display during the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee in July. "Wall Street barons crashed the economy and American builders went out of business," Vance said in his nomination acceptance speech.

Persons: Vance, Marco Bello, Sen, JD Vance, Donald Trump's, Scott Bessent, Morgan Stanley's Jonathan Burkan, Cantor Fitzgerald, Howard Lutnick, Norm Champ, Keith Rabois, Jacob Helberg, J.D, Champ, Sander Gerber, Gerber, Goldman Sachs, Ohio Republican Sen, Rob Portman, John Underwood, Underwood, Steve Case, Trump, Omeed Malik, Emil Henry, Henry, Bush, Ted Virtue, Woody Johnson, Clifford Sobel, Richard Kurtz, Kamala Harris, Harris, Malik, John Paulson, Reuben Jeffery III Organizations: Republican U.S, Reuters, Ohio, Trump, Vance, Securities and Exchange Commission, CNBC, Hudson, Hudson Bay Capital, Netflix, Allen & Company, Ohio Republican, Senate, AOL, Tiger Infrastructure Partners, New York Jets, Hamptons, Valor Capital, Rockefeller & Co, Wall, Republican National Convention Locations: Kenosha, Kenosha , Wisconsin, U.S, New York City, Hudson Bay, New York, Ohio, Sun Valley , Idaho, Washington, Milwaukee

☆ Biden gives Samsung $6.4 billion in grants to boost Texas chip output
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-15 | by ( ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

Reuters —The Biden administration will award up to $6.4 billion in grants to South Korea’s Samsung Electronics to expand its chip production in central Texas as part of a broader effort to boost US chipmaking, the Department of Commerce said on Monday. The funding from the 2022 Chips and Science Act will support two chip production facilities, a research center and a packaging facility, in Taylor, Texas, the agency said, as previously reported by Reuters. It will also enable Samsung to expand its Austin, Texas, semiconductor facility, Commerce Department Secretary Gina Raimondo added, while boosting chip output for the aerospace, defense and auto industries and bolstering national security, administration officials told reporters. Samsung is expected to invest roughly $45 billion in building and expanding its Texas facilities through the end of the decade, said senior administration officials. Intel won $8.5 billion in grants last month while Taiwan’s TSMC clinched $6.6 billion in April to build out its American production.

Persons: Reuters —, Biden, Gina Raimondo, ” Raimondo, Kyung Kye Hyun, “, Samsung, ”, John Cornyn, Taiwan’s TSMC Organizations: Reuters, South, Samsung Electronics, Department of Commerce, Samsung, Commerce, Samsung Electronics Co, Analysts, Semiconductor Industry Association, SIA, Lawmakers, Texans, Republican, US Commerce Department, ” SIA, Intel Locations: Texas, Taylor , Texas, Austin , Texas, United States, China, Taiwan, Republican U.S

Some Nevada Republicans say the story demonstrates Brown’s deeper understanding of the complexities of reproductive healthcare in a state where voters guaranteed the right to abortion through a referendum. They also hope it illuminates a gray area that many Republican women feel extends beyond “yes” or “no” answers on abortion rights. She said Nevada Republicans have no desire to overturn the state’s existing protections, unlike in Republican-led states like Texas and South Carolina. She also hopes the Browns’ announcement helps move abortion access, largely a winning issue for Democrats, “off the table” in the Senate race. When left to the states, women in Texas facing the same circumstances today would not have the options his wife had in the state in 2008.

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☆ Biden to raise concern over Nippon Steel's deal for U.S. Steel: Reuters
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-14 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

This picture taken on Feb. 16, 2024 shows a logo of Nippon Steel Corp. at the company's Kyushu manufacturing base in Kitakyushu city of Fukuoka Prefecture. U.S. President Joe Biden plans to express concern over Nippon Steel's proposed $14.9 billion purchase of U.S. Steel, a person familiar with the matter said on Wednesday, pushing the U.S. company's stock nearly 13% lower on bets the deal could face greater political opposition. U.S. President Joe Biden plans to express concern over Nippon Steel's proposed $14.9 billion purchase of U.S. Steel, a person familiar with the matter said on Wednesday, pushing the U.S. company's stock nearly 13% lower on bets the deal could face greater political opposition. In December, Nippon Steel clinched a deal to buy the 122-year-old iconic U.S. steelmaker for a hefty premium, betting that U.S. Steel would benefit from the spending and tax incentives in Biden's infrastructure bill. The White House declined to comment on Wednesday, but a person familiar with the matter said Biden would issue a statement about the planned acquisition before Kishida arrives for his state visit.

Persons: Joe Biden, Biden, Fumio Kishida, Donald Trump, Kishida Organizations: Nippon Steel Corp, Nippon Steel's, U.S . Steel, U.S, Japanese, Nippon Steel, Steel, Democratic, Republican U.S Locations: Kyushu, Kitakyushu, Fukuoka Prefecture . U.S

Mike DeWine of Ohio parted ways with Donald Trump on Monday and endorsed state Sen. Matt Dolan over Trump-backed businessman Bernie Moreno in the state's three-way GOP primary for a U.S. Senate seat. In breaking ranks with the former president, DeWine called Dolan the party's best shot at defeating Democratic incumbent Sherrod Brown in November. Ohio’s state GOP was the first in the nation to endorse Trump for president this year. Only about two weeks ago, DeWine told reporters he didn’t plan any endorsement in the GOP primary, which also features Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose, his fellow state officeholder. Moreno campaigned Monday throughout central Ohio with Trump-backed South Dakota Gov.

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Mark Harris has won the Republican nomination for a U.S. House seat in North Carolina, giving the pastor a second chance to go to Washington after a 2018 absentee ballot scandal. Harris will face Democrat Justin Dues in November in a district running from Charlotte east to Lumberton that was drawn to heavily favor Republicans. While the investigation led to charges against several people and some convictions, Harris wasn’t charged, cooperated with investigators and called for a new election. Harris did not run again, however, and the seat was won by Republican U.S. Rep. Dan Bishop. In addition, Republicans Bishop and U.S. Rep. Patrick McHenry decided not to run again, opening their Republican-dominated districts to new representation.

Persons: Mark Harris, Harris, Allan Baucom, Justin, Harris wasn’t, Dan Bishop, Bishop, ”, Kelly Daughtry, Brad Knott, Daughtry, Addison McDowell, Mark Walker, Patrick McHenry Organizations: Republican, U.S, Union, U.S . House, State Board, Republican U.S . Rep, Blue Shield, U.S . Rep, Democratic, Republicans, Assembly, Republicans Bishop Locations: North Carolina, Washington, state's, Union County, Charlotte, Lumberton, District, Smithfield, Raleigh, 6th, North Carolina's

So when Taft accused Truman — not long after his “special” train had stopped in Crestline — of going around the country on this campaign train tour “blackguarding (attacking) Congress at every whistle-stop,” Truman embraced the opportunity. Altogether, Segal has cataloged about 180 campaign train trips throughout U.S. history — from William Henry Harrison to Joe Biden, with dozens of presidents, vice presidents, first ladies, representatives, senators and governors in between. The project was inspired by Segal's personal experience organizing a whistle-stop campaign tour for Republican U.S. Rep. Mickey Edwards of Oklahoma, for whom he was serving as press secretary in 1984. Sometimes campaign trains were used in creative ways, too, as when comedian Gracie Allen pretended to run for president in 1940, as the nation was recovering from the Great Depression. In 1972, Winnie the Pooh launched a bid for the White House from Disneyland's Main Street, U.S.A., then went on a two-week whistle-stop tour with his trusted advisers, Tigger and Eeyore.

Persons: Crestline, Harry S, — Ohio's, Sen, Robert Taft —, Edward Segal's, ” Segal, toots, ”, Taft, Truman —, “, ” Truman, Truman, Segal, William Henry Harrison, Joe Biden, Mickey Edwards of, ‘, ’ ” Segal, George McGovern, Adlai Stevenson III, Jody Powell, —, Robert Kennedy, Richard Nixon, George Bush, Barack Obama, Jack Bell, Theodore Roosevelt's, Roosevelt, Gracie Allen, “ Gracie, Winnie, Tigger, Linda Horning Pitt, Crestline —, Pitt Organizations: Republican, ”, Democratic, Democratic National Committee, Republican U.S . Rep, Technology, Associated Press, Surprise Party, Democrat, White, Amtrak, Ohio, Federal Railroad Administration Locations: CRESTLINE, Ohio, Crestline, ” U.S, Mickey Edwards of Oklahoma, congressman’s, ”, pranksters, Disneyland's, U.S.A

☆ US 'Very Confident' Australia and Britain Will Be Eligible for AUKUS Exemptions
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-14 | by ( Feb. | At P.M. | ) www.usnews.com time to read: +2 min

By David BrunnstromWASHINGTON (Reuters) - The top U.S. official for arms control said on Wednesday she is "very confident" the United States will certify Australia and Britain as eligible for exemptions from export-control regulations under the AUKUS submarine project. The AUKUS project unveiled by the three countries in 2023 involves Australia acquiring nuclear-powered attack submarines as part of efforts by the allies to push back against China's growing power in the Indo-Pacific region. This is provided for in the 2024 U.S. National Defense Authorization Act passed in December, but requires Biden's final signoff by mid-April. "We have to keep showing that we're all-in and ... people are watching what's happening with the supplemental," she said. "We need to pass a supplemental because of all the things in here, including AUKUS, that shows the U.S. wants to continue to be a leader."

Persons: David Brunnstrom WASHINGTON, Joe Biden, Bonnie Jenkins, Jenkins, Mike Johnson, David Brunnstrom, Sandra Maler Organizations: U.S, Arms, U.S . International, . National Defense, Foreign Affairs, Senate, Republican, Republican U.S . House Locations: United States, Australia, Britain, U.S, Mexico

Johnson isn't buying arguments from the bill's Republican backers that she didn't inspire the proposed change to a longstanding law. Republican state lawmakers who favor the ban have argued that winning twice often means abandoning the lower office, creating a costly special election. Johnson narrowly escaped expulsion last year for her role in a pro-gun control protest inside the Tennessee House chamber. Republican lawmakers are considering changes that target Jones and Pearson, too. In California, a judge ruled Republican state Assemblymember Vince Fong could run for Congress and reelection to his state seat at the same time.

Persons: Johnson, David Hawk, Republican Sen, Marsha Blackburn, “ That’s, Ron DeSantis, Rand Paul, Paul, Sen, Cory Booker, Paul Ryan, Mitt Romney's, Joe Lieberman, Al Gore's, Blackburn, Gloria Johnson, ”, Abigail Sigler, Blackburn's, she’s, Randy McNally, Justin Pearson, Justin Jones, Pearson, Jones, Vince Fong, State Shirley Weber, Marc Levy, Adam Beam, Sean Murphy, Amy Beth Hanson, John Hanna Organizations: Republican, National Conference of State Legislatures, Republican Gov, Republican U.S, Sen, Kentucky GOP, Democratic, Former U.S . Rep, statehouse, Covenant, Tennessee, Congress, State, Democrats, Associated Press Locations: Tennessee, Knoxville, Kentucky, Montana , Kansas, Oklahoma, Arizona , Florida, Hawaii, Georgia, Texas, Florida, New Jersey, Wisconsin, U.S, Connecticut, Washington, California, Pennsylvania, Harrisburg , Pennsylvania, Sacramento , California, Oklahoma City, Helena , Montana, Topeka , Kansas

“My fellow Marylanders: you know me," Hogan begins in a video released by his Senate campaign. When he announced his decision not to run for Senate two years ago, Hogan expressed confidence he could win. The rarely open Maryland Senate seat already has drawn U.S. Rep. David Trone into the Democratic primary, as well as Angela Alsobrooks, the county executive of Prince George's County in the suburbs of the nation's capital. Hogan was only the second Republican governor to ever win reelection in Maryland, a state where Democrats outnumber Republicans 2-1. Running on fiscal concerns as a moderate Republican businessman, Hogan tapped into voter frustration over a series of tax and fee increases to defeat then-Lt. Gov.

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Republican U.S. Rep. Victoria Spartz announced Monday that she intends to seek reelection for Indiana's 5th Congressional District, reversing an announcement a year ago that she would forgo another run. Last February, Spartz said she wanted to spend more time with her family and would not be running in 2024. But the two-term congresswoman now says she doesn't want her work in the Capitol to end in January. In January, Republicans U.S. Rep. Larry Bucshon of Indiana and U.S. Rep. Greg Pence, brother of former Vice President Mike Pence, both announced their decision to forgo reelection in 2024. U.S. Rep. Jim Banks is running for Indiana's U.S. Senate seat vacated by GOP Sen. Mike Braun, who is running for Indiana governor.

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Now Republicans are making similar arguments in calling for her to not hear the congressional redistricting challenge. The current congressional maps in Wisconsin were drawn by Democratic Gov. Tony Evers and approved by the state Supreme Court. The U.S. Supreme Court in March 2022 declined to block them from taking effect. The Wisconsin Supreme Court is under an extremely tight deadline to consider the challenge.

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☆ Political Pressure Builds on Biden to Strike Iran After US Deaths
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-29 | by ( Jan. | At A.M. | ) www.usnews.com time to read: +5 min

That allowed Biden the political space to mete out U.S. retaliation, inflicting costs on Iran-backed forces without risking a direct war with Tehran. Republicans accused Biden of letting American forces become sitting ducks, waiting for the day when a drone or missile would evade base defenses. In response, they say Biden must strike Iran. "The only answer to these attacks must be devastating military retaliation against Iran's terrorist forces, both in Iran and across the Middle East." "Unless the U.S. prepared for an all out war, what does attacking Iran get us," the official said.

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☆ Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley targeted in swatting incident
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-27 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +6 min

"It was determined to be a hoax ... Nikki Haley is not on the island and her son is with her." Law enforcement agencies have not publicly identified a suspect in the Haley case or in other high-profile swatting cases. Reuters has documented at least 27 swatting incidents of politicians, prosecutors, election officials and judges since November 2023, ranging from Georgia Republican state officials to hoaxes this month against Democrat Joe Biden's residence at the White House. Senator Rick Scott on Dec. 27, weeks after he endorsed Trump, according to records from the Naples Police Department. A caller identifying himself as "Jamal" also targeted Georgia Republican state senator John Albers on Dec. 26, according to an incident report from the Roswell Police Department.

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☆ Rep. Nancy Mace of South Carolina backs Donald Trump over Nikki Haley in the 2024 Republican primary
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-22 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Donald Trump has picked up another endorsement from Nikki Haley's home state of South Carolina, with Rep. Nancy Mace backing the former president in this year's GOP presidential primary. Mace had stayed out of the 2024 Republican primary as two fellow South Carolinians — former Gov. Over the weekend, Trump was joined by a slew of South Carolina leaders as he campaigned in New Hampshire, seen as yet another blow from South Carolina against Haley. Just two years ago, Mace and Haley were aligned in a congressional primary that tested Trump's heft in South Carolina, where his own 2016 presidential primary win helped cement his nomination. During a pre-primary rally in South Carolina, Trump called Mace "crazy" and "a terrible person."

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