The Hill reports: Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas) trails Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R) by 22 points in the state’s Republican Senate primary, according to a new poll released on Tuesday. The survey, which was conducted by pollster Robert Blizzard on behalf of the Educational Freedom Institute and first obtained by Punchbowl News, showed Paxton leading Cornyn 50 percent to …

Newsweek reports: President Donald Trump lashed out at Sen. Rand Paul, a libertarian Republican from Kentucky, calling his ideas “actually crazy” over his criticism of the big tax bill for its potential impact on the bloating U.S. debt pile. “Rand Paul has very little understanding of the BBB, especially the tremendous GROWTH that is coming,” Trump posted to Truth Social …

Politico reports: After Latino voters moved toward President Donald Trump in November, a new in-depth survey of this demographic shows their support for him could be breaking, according to polling shared first with POLITICO. Throughout the president’s first few months in office, his favorability among Latinos is crashing, especially among independents and women, according to a new poll conducted by …

The Telegraph reports: A senior official who dismantled the US government’s Russian disinformation unit is married to a Russian woman with links to the Kremlin, The Telegraph can reveal. Darren Beattie has provoked alarm within the State Department since being appointed in February for his ardent pro-Russian views. He has been noted for his focus on destroying the agency tasked with …

“So many false statements are being made about ‘THE ONE, BIG, BEAUTIFUL BILL,’ but what nobody understands is that it’s the single biggest Spending Cut in History, by far! But there will be NO CUTS to Social Security, Medicare, or Medicaid. In fact, they will be saved from the incompetence of the Democrats. The Democrats, who have totally lost their …

Mediaite reports: Fox & Friends co-hosts were openly angered by Democrats insulting President Donald Trump as ‘TACO,” which stands for Trump Always Chickens Out. “Democrats are really off-kilter,” said Rachel Campos-Duffy as she introduced the segment, saying that her political foes are so bereft of ideas to attack President Trump that “they’ve come up with this really cringy response, which …

The New York Times reports: The National Park Service will close the park at Dupont Circle, a gathering place for the city’s L.G.B.T.Q. community, during a major Pride Month event this weekend that is already grappling with cancellations and pulled corporate sponsorships. The Park Service will fence off the Dupont Circle park during WorldPride celebrations from Thursday to Monday as …

The Miami Herald reports: A South Florida man sentenced to 50 years in prison for ripping off tens of millions of dollars from Medicare was among the more than two dozen people whom President Donald Trump granted clemency to this week. Lawrence Duran — the former co-owner of American Therapeutic Corp., a Miami-based company that ran seven healthcare clinics between …

Entertainment Weekly reports: Michael Flynn Jr., son of retired Army lieutenant general Michael Flynn, who served as U.S. national security advisor for 22 days during Donald Trump’s first term before resigning in disgrace, shared a clip depicting Nick Offerman’s Parks & Recreation character, Ron Swanson, throwing a rainbow flag into a dumpster on Sunday, the first day of LGBTQ Pride …

The Associated Press reports: President Donald Trump on Monday implored voters in New Jersey’s primary for governor to support Republican Jack Ciattarelli when early in-person voting begins Tuesday and said the state was ready for a change after years of Democratic control. The president, who has golf clubs around the state and frequently stays at his Bedminster property, announced his …

CNN reports: The far-right Party for Freedom (PVV) is leaving the Netherlands’ government over its policy for asylum-seekers, its leader Geert Wilders said on Tuesday, toppling the governing coalition. “I signed up for the strictest asylum policy, not for the downfall of the Netherlands,” Wilders told reporters Tuesday morning. “And our responsibility for this cabinet therefore ends here.” Wilders’ decision …

Politico reports: The Pentagon is poised to shift its oversight of Greenland by putting it under U.S. Northern Command, a symbolic gesture that would more closely align the island territory with the U.S. as President Donald Trump continues to show interest in taking control over the Arctic landmass. The shift in oversight, which could come as soon as this week, …

“Michael Wolff, a Third Rate Reporter, who is laughed at even by the scoundrels of the Fake News, recently stated that the only reason I’m ‘beating up’ on Harvard, is because I applied there, and didn’t get in. That story is totally FALSE, I never applied to Harvard. I graduated from the Wharton School of Finance at the University of …

Axios reports: U.S. marijuana use among those 65 and older surged nearly 46% from 2021 to 2023, according to new research in JAMA Internal Medicine. The rapid adoption of state marijuana laws and commercialization of cannabis helped drive much of the increase. But there also are changing social dynamics that make marijuana more acceptable for dealing with chronic pain, stress …

Raw Story reports: A Texas bill that could slap warning labels on popular snack foods like Doritos and M&Ms is one step away from becoming law – and is poised to be among “the most substantive victories yet for the Make America Healthy Again movement.” Texas Senate Bill 25 would require that packaged foods sold in the Lone Star State …

The Washington Post reports: President Donald Trump is posting on the internet with a velocity and ferocity far beyond that of his first term, surprising aides with predawn messages fired off at a blistering pace. As of Sunday, Trump had posted 2,262 times to his company’s social network Truth Social in the 132 days since his inauguration, a Washington Post …

The Hill reports: The Justice Department disclosed that Secretary of State Marco Rubio is leading negotiations for the return of a Venezuelan man sent to a Salvadoran prison. The disclosure, made in Monday court filings, is no guarantee the Trump administration will secure the return of a man known only in court documents as Cristian, who was deported in spite …

The Washington Post reports: In the latest presidential portrait revealed Monday by the White House, President Donald Trump is wearing a red tie and a blue suit against a black backdrop. He stares at the camera with a serious gaze, in a similar vein to his notable mug shot from two years ago. The White House website and Trump’s official …

The Daily Beast reports: Donald Trump unapologetically promoted Kid Rock’s latest restaurant venture Monday, just weeks after another of the musician’s venues sent staff home to avoid an ICE raid. The president plugged Kid Rock’s new “very friendly MAGA establishment”, The Detroit Cowboy, on his Truth Social account, along with a website link. A bib salad is $15.00, a 10oz …

Billboard Magazine reports: Lizzo is dreaming of a better future for members of the LGBTQ+ community, specifically Black trans women. During her performance at WeHo Pride‘s OUTLOUD Music Festival on Saturday, the hitmaker dedicated a soulful cover of “Somewhere Over the Rainbow” to some of society’s most vulnerable members before penning a heartfelt message on Instagram. Sharing a clip of …