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GOP Rep. Dan Crenshaw loses primary to Texas state Rep. Steve Toth, CBS News projects
- Republican Rep. Dan Crenshaw has lost the GOP primary race in Texas' 2nd Congressional District to Texas state Rep. Steve Toth, CBS News projects. Crenshaw, who has served in the House since 2019, is the only sitting House Republican in Texas who did not receive President Trump's endorsement. Toth, 65, is a small business owner with a background in construction and business consulting. He's an avid supporter of the ...

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DOJ reverses decision to voluntarily withdraw appeal in case against law firms
- News , via Wikimedia Commons DOJ reverses decision to voluntarily withdraw appeal in case against law firms The US Department of Justice (DOJ) revived proceedings against four law firms on Tuesday, continuing its appeal of lower court decisions that invalidated President Donald Trump's executive orders targeting the firms. After filing a motion to drop the consolidated case against law firms Jenner & Block , ...

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Thom Tillis Torches Kristi Noem Over ICE And Killing Her Dog
- Like this article? Keep independent journalism alive. . "You decided to kill that dog because you had not invested the appropriate time and training!" shouted Tillis, as Noem sat silently, shaking her head. "And then you have the audacity to go into a book and say it's a leadership lesson about tough choices!" Before his time was up, the North Carolina senator vowed to block action on all Trump nominees unless he ...

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Hillary Clinton Destroys Nancy Mace and Lauren Boebert at Epstein Hearing
- Hillary Clinton lost it on MAGA lawmakers Nancy Mace and Lauren Boebert as the former first lady's Epstein deposition went off the rails. Clinton's deposition before the House Oversight Committee on Thursday was released on YouTube by the GOP Oversight Committee on Monday. The upload revealed the moment Clinton, 78, stormed out of the meeting when it was revealed that Boebert, the U.S. representative for Colorado's ...

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Supreme Court bans California gender privacy rule in public schools
- California public schools can now inform parents if students identify as transgender or nongender conforming without getting the child's approval, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled Monday in response to an emergency appeal from a conservative legal group. The high court's order blocks a 2024 California law denying automatic parental notification from schools if students change their gender expression or pronouns in ...

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Supreme Court Jumps In to Save Nicole Malliotakis's Job
- The U.S. Supreme Court has halted an attempt to redraw New York's 11th Congressional District, likely ensuring that the city's lone Republican representative, Nicole Malliotakis , will keep her seat through this year's midterm elections. On Monday, the Court sided with Malliotakis when it issued an emergency stay of a lower court's ruling, which dictated that the boundaries of the congresswoman's district are ...

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Ticketmaster and Live Nation could be divorcing. What to know about the ongoing antitrust trial
- By Cerys Davies, Los Angeles Times After years of ticketing complaints and frustrations , the trial for the Department of Justice's antitrust lawsuit against Live Nation officially is underway. As part of its case, the DOJ accused Live Nation of requiring music artists to use its promotional services when they play at one of its venues. Because so many venues are owned by the entertainment company, the government ...

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The Sanders-Khanna 'billionaire tax' would make all Americans poorer
- After spending the better half of last year touring the country to "fight oligarchy," Sen. Bernie Sanders (I–Vt.) has introduced legislation to confiscate billionaires' property. On Monday, Sanders introduced the Make Billionaires Pay Their Fair Share Act . The bill, which was also introduced by Rep. Ro Khanna (D–Calif.) in the House, would impose a 5 percent annual wealth tax on 938 American ...

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Father of Georgia school shooting suspect found guilty of murder and manslaughter
- Prosecutors argued Colin Gray gave 14-year-old son, who is accused of killing four in 2024 shooting, access to firearm The father of a teenage boy accused of killing two students and two teachers in a mass shooting at a Georgia high school in 2024 was found guilty on Tuesday of second-degree murder and other charges. After roughly two weeks of testimony , jurors deliberated for just a few hours before convicting ...

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Jury finds father of accused Apalachee High School shooter guilty of murder, all other charges
- The jury has found  Colin Gray , the man whose teenage son is accused of killing two students and two teachers in a shooting at Georgia's Apalachee High School , guilty of second-degree murder and all other charges. On Tuesday, after just a few hours of deliberating and two weeks of witness testimony, the jury announced that they had come to a verdict. Gray was charged with 29 counts, including second-degree ...

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US appeals court denies Trump bid to delay tariff refund lawsuits
- Beiyi SEOW 2 min read Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Companies have filed hundreds of lawsuits seeking refunds on tariffs paid to US President Donald Trump's administration (Mandel NGAN) A US federal appeals court on Monday rejected President Donald Trump's push to delay legal proceedings linked to tariff refunds, allowing the battle to proceed in a lower court. The Supreme ...

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