Republicans

Florida Politics reports: Florida’s Governor is honoring the ultimate Florida Man and the biggest star in the history of professional wrestling. Ron DeSantis is ordering flags at half-staff on Friday, August 1, a date that will be known as “Hulk Hogan Day in Florida” from now on. “Rest in peace, brother,” DeSantis posted to X Thursday. In the wake of …

“I believe that accountability is coming. I believe you called it perp walks. I’d like to see justice, is what I call it. And that means if you’ve been found guilty, if you’ve done something wrong, you’re investigated, and you’re actually sentenced to time. And I think it’s going to come starting with maybe even potentially Barack Obama. That might …

The Christian Post reports: A Texas father is suing a California doctor for “wrongful death” after he illegally mailed abortion pills that were used by his married lover to end two of their pregnancies, according to a lawsuit filed in federal court. The Galveston man is also suing the woman’s husband, from whom she is separated, and her mother for …

“The House rules and the Senate rules both allow for these people to be arrested if they leave and they try to break the quorum. If I were the Speaker of the House, if I were leading the Senate, I’d put rules in place, depending on which group they think is going to leave. I’d put rules in place that …

First a reminder from earlier this week: President Trump was asked on Tuesday when he expected to be flying on the “new Air Force One” as a luxury jet gifted from Qatar is being retrofitted for the president’s use. “They say February, maybe. Much sooner than the others. The others are being built,” Trump responded. Asked how much it will …

NBC News reports: The suspect, whom the FBI identified as Jeffrey Dorsey, 60, of Dayton, left a nearly 90-second expletive-laden voicemail on the main line of a lawmaker’s Washington, D.C., office last month, according to a criminal complaint filed in federal court Tuesday. Court documents did not name the member of Congress, but a House Republican aide confirmed it was …

The Associated Press reports: A Florida man convicted of killing his wife and two children with a machete in 1994 is set for execution Thursday, which would be the ninth death sentence carried out in 2025 to set a new state record for a single year. A 10th execution is scheduled for Aug. 19 and an 11th on Aug. 28. …

Mediaite reports: Alan Dershowitz said he is suing a Martha’s Vineyard food vendor who refused to serve the former Harvard Law professor pierogi because of his politics. Dershowitz, a former Democrat who represented President Donald Trump in the first impeachment trial, has frequently lamented his pariah status on Martha’s Vineyard, the posh vacation spot for the wealthy and often liberal. …

CBS News reports: Republican Sen. Josh Hawley of Missouri joined Democrats Wednesday to advance legislation that would ban members of Congress from buying, selling or owning individual stocks. “I practice what I preach,” Hawley said in an awkward exchange with fellow Republicans on the panel. “I don’t have individual stocks, I don’t trade in stocks. I’m not a billionaire, unlike …

“They’re a cost, they’re a tax. And it’s something that will elevate the prices of things that you tariff. So if you put a 50% tariff on steel and aluminum, the people who buy steel and aluminum inevitably are going to pay more. I don’t think there’s enough votes to rein in executive authority. It’s funny how when there’s a …

Florida Politics reports: Gov. Ron DeSantis continues to tubthump for a rare mid-decade census and Congressional redistricting, as he maintains Florida should have more seats than it does now. “I had some people in the (Donald Trump) administration tell me they thought Florida would get like three to five more seats if they did it properly. Like, I haven’t seen …

“Last night, I was surprised to see President Trump on Truth Social go after me and Senate Republicans over what we call the ‘blue slip.’ Now, to people in the Real America – not here in Washington, D.C., an island surrounded by reality – the people in Real America don’t care about what the ‘blue slip’ is, but, in fact, …

Politico reports: Texas Republicans would create five House seats that President Donald Trump carried by 10 or more points in November through a redrawn Congressional map to be released Wednesday. Four of the GOP’s pickup opportunities reside in majority-Hispanic districts. The new map — created at Trump’s urging — stands to upend the midterms next year and give Republicans an …

“If you wanna stop violent crime, the way you do it is you support law enforcement. And I gotta say, every time I hear Democrats posturing after there is a mass murder, their immediate answer is not to go after the criminals, not to stop the violent murderers, but instead, to disarm law-abiding citizens. “And the position of today’s Democrat …

NBC News reports: The House Oversight Committee on Tuesday declined a request from Ghislaine Maxwell’s lawyers to grant her immunity in exchange for testifying to Congress. Maxwell’s lawyers said in a letter Tuesday that Maxwell, an associate of the late financier Jeffrey Epstein, would be willing to testify if she received formal immunity, alongside other requests. But a spokesperson for …

Politico reports: Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene will not run for Georgia governor next year, she said Tuesday, after already ruling out a campaign for the Senate earlier this year. But that’s not to say she doesn’t think she’d win. “If I was running for governor the entire world would know it because I would be all over the state of …

Knoxville’s Fox affiliate reports: Representative Tim Burchett (R-Knoxville) is on the road to recovery after being kicked by a horse. Burchett was accidentally kicked by a horse over the weekend while working on his farm, according to Will Garrett, Burchett’s press secretary. While Burchett suffered a broken rib and some bruising, his office said he hasn’t missed a beat. This is …

Gizmodo reports: Somehow, Elon Musk keeps convincing cities to allow him to dig under them. The latest locale to give The Boring Company the rights to displace dirt directly under their feet is Nashville, Tennessee, which announced an agreement this week to allow Musk’s firm to build a 10-mile “loop” that will connect the city’s airport and convention center—an arrangement …

Politico reports: Ghislaine Maxwell, a convicted co-conspirator of the deceased sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, is asking to postpone her scheduled congressional deposition — and making a series of other demands as conditions of her cooperation with Hill investigators. It comes following a recent vote by a House subcommittee to subpoena Maxwell amid mounting pressure from House Republicans to release materials …

The Washington Post reports: A third whistleblower has come forward to challenge the federal judicial nomination of Emil Bove, sharing evidence with lawmakers suggesting the controversial former attorney for Donald Trump and current top Justice Department official misled lawmakers about his handling of the dismissal of public corruption charges against New York Mayor Eric Adams. The whistleblower — whose existence …