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Karl Rove writes for the Wall Street Journal: We’re seeing what happens when conspiracy collides with reality. There’s hell to pay when those who hyped the conspiracy have closed the books on the case. Team Trump is now in damage control mode. They’ve also fought among themselves. That will leave scars. Other conspiracies await action by the White House. Team …

“Americans, I think, are over the Epstein case. They have been over it for a long time. We got a lot more important things to do for the American people than what happened eight, ten, twenty years ago. It’s already been resolved in court. The man was found guilty. He did some heinous things to young girls and he paid …

Florida Politics reports: Gov. Ron DeSantis offered tribute in the wake of the death of Hulk Hogan, the pro wrestler, actor and beer impresario who made Florida his home. The Governor, who has used Hogan’s former “Real American” theme as entrance music before speeches, described Hogan as a “major icon for anybody in Gen X” and a “superhero.” DeSantis was …

The Washington Post reports: After four months of a near-total Israeli siege, Gaza’s few remaining hospitals now have wards for the growing number of malnourished children whose tiny bodies are just the width of their bones. Doctors are famished to the point that they have dizzy spells as they make their rounds, medics say, and the journalists documenting their caseloads …

“Look, here’s the truth. Yes, look at the evidence. Here’s a report from the Oval Office. Barack Obama is given a report from the intelligence agency saying that Russia had minimal impact on the election, and Barack says, ‘Oh no, let’s change that narrative. Let’s go out there and delegitimize the election and tell the American people that Russia interfered …

Fox News reports: Sens. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., and John Cornyn, R-Texas, are asking Attorney General Pam Bondi to appoint a special counsel to investigate newly declassified information about the Obama administration’s intelligence assessments about Russian interference in the 2016 election. Graham and Cornyn’s call for a special counsel, which Fox News Digital learned they are announcing Thursday morning, comes the …

The Ohio Capital Journal reports: Ohio House Bill 249 would ban drag performers from performing anywhere that is not a designated adult entertainment facility. State Reps. Angie King, R-Celina, and Josh Williams, R-Sylvania Twp., introduced the bill, which has had sponsor testimony.  Ohio House Bill 190 would require parental permission for schools to use different pronouns or different names for …

The Dallas Morning News reports: Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton and his wife, Angela, are longtime owners of a $1.5 million house in a gated community outside Dallas. In 2015, they snapped up a second home in Austin. Then another. The problem: Mortgages signed by the Paxtons contained inaccurate statements declaring that each of those three houses was their primary …

Florida Politics reports: Florida’s First Lady hasn’t committed to a run for Governor. But a new poll says she’s in good shape if she decides to make that move. A survey of Florida Republicans by the University of North Florida Public Opinion Research Lab (PORL) shows Casey DeSantis narrowly leading U.S. Rep. Byron Donalds. DeSantis has 32% support, while the …

Politico reports: Republican National Committee chair Michael Whatley will run for Senate in North Carolina and will have the blessing of President Donald Trump after his daughter-in-law, Lara Trump, opted not to seek the seat, two people familiar with the decision told POLITICO. Whatley’s entry into the race sets up the prospect of a highly-competitive and well-funded election in a …

The Washington Post reports: Kari Lake, the Arizona Republican politician tasked with overseeing the Trump administration’s dismantling of Voice of America, has taken new steps to consolidate power at the agency. On Tuesday, Lake had Victor Morales — the acting CEO of the U.S. Agency for Global Media, VOA’s parent agency — locked out of his email and electronic systems, …

Axios reports: Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) is standing in the way of Mike Waltz’s nomination as ambassador to the United Nations, dealing a serious setback to Trump’s former national security adviser, sources familiar with the matter tell Axios. Paul’s resistance to Waltz forced the Senate Foreign Relations Committee to delay an expected Wednesday vote on the nomination. The committee is …

The Associated Press reports: Democrats on a subcommittee of the powerful House Committee on Oversight made a motion for the subpoena Wednesday afternoon, just hours before the House was scheduled to end its July work session and depart Washington for a monthlong break. Three Republicans on the panel voted with Democrats for the subpoena, sending it through on an 8-2 …

Just in via press release: House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) today issued a subpoena to Ghislaine Maxwell for a deposition to occur at Federal Correctional Institution Tallahassee on August 11, 2025. The Department of Justice is cooperating and will help facilitate the deposition at the prison. Yesterday, Representative Tim Burchett (R-Tenn.) made a motion …

Just in via press release: Today, Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey announced that his Office has filed a lawsuit against the national Planned Parenthood Federation of America for violating the Missouri Merchandising Practices Act. The suit alleges that Planned Parenthood has systematically misled women about the dangers of chemical abortions in order to cut costs and drive up revenue at …

The Hill reports: Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.), chairman of the Senate Homeland Security Committee, is calling on the Justice Department (DOJ) to charge former senior national health adviser Anthony Fauci with lying to Congress to test whether former President Biden’s pardon of Fauci will hold up in court. “I do believe Anthony Fauci committed a felony by lying to Congress,” …

NBC News reports: Rep. Mike Lawler, R-N.Y., is skipping a bid for governor and will instead run for re-election after President Donald Trump urged him to do just that, giving Republicans a battle-tested incumbent in one of the most competitive House races in the country — and clearing the way for one of Lawler’s House colleagues to run for governor …

Florida Politics reports: One of Florida’s most outspoken supporters of Israel just landed a spot on the House Foreign Affairs Committee. The House Republican Conference appointed U.S. Rep. Randy Fine to the committee responsible for oversight and legislation on foreign aid, national security, war powers and other international affairs. “It is an extraordinary honor to join the House Foreign Affairs …

Axios reports: Majority Leader John Thune warned senators in a closed-door lunch Tuesday to be ready for possible votes on nominations next weekend — potentially taking them into August, three sources familiar with the discussion tell Axios. Thune is caught between President Trump’s demand to cancel the August recess and a conference desperate to campaign, fundraise and talk to voters …

“James Comey’s FBI rigged the Hillary Clinton investigation so we would, you know, we would never know how badly she damaged our national security when they didn’t probe those crucial thumb drives. What a colossal cover-up this has been. It is a huge cover-up. They’ve tried to push a narrative that basically they want to change our country that’s something …