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  Trump voted by mail in Florida primary election: Report

  Aug 17, 2026 ·The Hill(Center)

  President Trump last week returned a mail-in ballot ahead of Florida's primary election on Tuesday, Politico reported Monday, the second time he has done so amid his unfounded claims that mail-in voting contributes to election fraud. The outlet added that Trump requested his ballot in late July and it was returned on Aug. 13, citing...

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  Milwaukee's Latest Election Mess a Bit of History Repeating

  Aug 17, 2026 ·RealClearPolitics(Lean right)

  Milwaukee has a way of coming up with just enough votes the Democrat machine needs to win swing state Wisconsin. Call it a 'lair for drama.'

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  Kushner urges Netanyahu to test Hamas disarmament in Gaza

  Aug 17, 2026 ·Axios(Lean left)

  President Trump adviser Jared Kushner told Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday that the U.S. wants Israel to take "small steps" in Gaza to test whether Hamas' commitment to start disarming is genuine, a U.S. official said. Why it matters: The four-hour meeting took place amid deep skepticism from Netanyahu about the U.S. plan for Gaza — and ahead of an October election that makes t

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  One of Congress’ Most Scandal-Plagued Republicans May Be About to Lose His Primary

  Aug 17, 2026 ·Mother Jones(Left)

  On Tuesday, Republican primary voters in central Florida will decide whether Rep. Cory Mills should once again be their party’s nominee for Congress. In doing so, they will weigh the value of the congressman’s “Complete and Total Endorsement” from President Donald Trump versus the reality of voting for a man whose past 18 months look like this: February 2025: Washington, DC, police nearly arrest M

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  ‘Parasites’: Puerto Rican-Born Man Torches Dems’ Socialist Takeover

  Aug 17, 2026 ·The Daily Wire(Right)

  A growing rift between Democrats and their growing socialist wing is threatening to alienate the very voters the party needs to win elections — including people who have lived under communist regimes. On Mark Halperin’s The Morning Meeting platform , a Puerto Rican-born voter with Cuban heritage living in Florida sounded the alarm Monday over the Democrats’ far-left drift and announced a permanent

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  A Trump-allied radio station owner banned election denial but has now changed his tune

  Aug 17, 2026 ·Straight Arrow News(Center)

  One of the oldest radio stations once removed Rudy Giuliani from the air over election fraud claims. Now, it’s commonly heard on the station.

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  The International Underwear Model Who Stormed the Capitol Is Now Running for Congress

  Aug 17, 2026 ·Mother Jones(Left)

  When Florida congressional candidate John Strand introduces himself to potential voters, he starts with his criminal record. “I’m John Strand, patriot for Congress, the J6 hostage who went to prison on principle so that you don’t have to,” he said at a January debate hosted by the Women’s Republican Club of Naples Federated. The former international underwear model spent about a year in federal pr

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  What Our Spies Cut Out of the China File

  Aug 17, 2026 ·RealClearPolitics(Lean right)

  The story is not that China declined to fire every weapon it built. It is that China built them, still holds them, and can deploy them in the next election.

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  El-Sayed and the Ongoing Conflict Within Democratic Party

  Aug 17, 2026 ·RealClearPolitics(Lean right)

  The Michigan Senate race will likely be decided by voters who dislike both President Donald Trump and socialist candidate Abdul el Sayed.

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  Simple Reason Gas Prices Could Cost GOP in November

  Aug 17, 2026 ·RealClearPolitics(Lean right)

  The combination of a midterm election and high gas prices could be difficult for Republicans to overcome - but there's good reason to believe it could actually be worse this year for the GOP.

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  An 'insane' job: Election heats up for next UN secretary-general

  Aug 17, 2026 ·The Hill(Center)

  The United Nations Security Council is set to elect the next secretary-general in the fall, a high-stakes contest for a thankless job. It is the first changing of the guard in 10 years, from the tenure of Portugal's António Guterres. The election is taking place under a dark cloud: The organization is fighting for relevancy, desperately...

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  With Troy Jackson at the Helm, Maine Senate Democrats' Campaign Arm Took Hundreds of Thousands From Corporate PACs and Lobbyists

  Aug 17, 2026 ·Washington Free Beacon(Lean right)

  Before he was running for U.S. Senate as an opponent of "greedy corporations" and "high-priced lobbyists," Troy Jackson was the leader of Maine Senate Democrats' campaign arm, which accepted hundreds of thousands of dollars in campaign contributions from corporate PACs and lobbyists as Jackson led the upper chamber in the Pine Tree State, a Washington Free Beacon review found. The Free Beacon revi

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  Can a student ID be used for voting? More Republican-led states are banning it

  Aug 17, 2026 ·NPR(Lean left)

  New bans on using student IDs for voting in Indiana and New Hampshire have sparked lawsuits after creating the latest hurdles to the ballot box for the U.S. voting-age group least likely to vote. (Image credit: Joseph Prezioso)

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  Almost 1/4 Trump voters say they're worse off since he took office: Poll

  Aug 17, 2026 ·Just the News(Lean right)

  Among Harris voters, just 6% said they were better off, while 79% said they were worse off and 15% reported no change.

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  Blanche says DOJ fight over voter rolls could go to the Supreme Court: 'absolutely' a possibility

  Aug 17, 2026 ·Just the News(Lean right)

  The Justice Department filed 30 lawsuits against states that refused to turn over their rolls, and it's lost 22 of those cases so far.

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  This week on The Hill: Florida governor’s race, embattled lawmakers to take spotlight

  Aug 16, 2026 ·The Hill(Center)

  With Congress out of session for the August recess, lawmakers are fanning out across their districts and states to campaign and meet with constituents as the 2026 midterms enter a critical stretch. In Florida, the political spotlight is especially bright, with voters preparing to choose a successor to GOP Gov. Ron DeSantis, whose final term...

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  Republicans won the redistricting competition. Don't tell that to this California congressman

  Aug 16, 2026 ·PBS NewsHour(Lean left)

  President Donald Trump last year told GOP-controlled states to redraw their maps before this year's midterm elections to increase the number of winnable seats for Republicans in order to help the party hold onto the U.S. House.

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  New York Republican says DSA candidates will make up 'commie caucus' if elected to Congress

  Aug 16, 2026 ·The Hill(Center)

  Rep. Nicole Malliotakis (R-N.Y.) on Sunday said that Democratic candidates aligned with the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) will make up the "commie caucus" if the party reclaims Congress after the fall midterm elections. Malliotakis started off by criticizing New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani's (D) rollout of a new tax on second homes worth...

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  The only map you need to see as California's billionaire tax fight heats up

  Aug 16, 2026 ·Fox News (Politics)(Right)

  California voters are set to decide whether to slap a new tax on the state's billionaires as IRS data show thousands of taxpayers, and billions of dollars in income, are already flowing out of the Golden State. The outflow is adding fuel to the debate over California's proposed billionaire tax, with Mark Cuban warning Saturday the measure could drive not only wealthy residents but investment and s

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  Supreme Court emergency docket roars back

  Aug 16, 2026 ·The Hill(Center)

  The Supreme Court’s emergency docket has flared up in the thick of the justices’ summer recess. President Trump is urging the justices to revive his mail ballot restrictions and allow White House ballroom construction to resume. It again puts the high court in the hot seat after its string of key rulings on other aspects of...