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The Missouri Independent reports: A Clay County judge on Friday refused to reverse her order from earlier this month that Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey answer questions under oath about conversations with a local official that may have violated legal ethics rules. Judge Karen Krauser ordered Bailey to sit for a deposition after it was discovered he and a deputy …

The Washington Post reports: The Republican vice-presidential nominee, Sen. JD Vance (R-Ohio), privately told donors that running against Vice President Harris instead of President Biden made the race more challenging — an admission at odds with the Donald Trump campaign’s public projections of confidence. “All of us were hit with a little bit of a political sucker punch,” Vance said …

“She’s a member of the loon wing of the Democratic Party. The polls that I have seen, the most recent polls, you can’t just look at the top lines, Neil. “You’ve got to look at the crosstabs. And if you look at the crosstabs and really drill down and see what people think, let me say that again. “The polling …

Mesa Mayor John Giles writes for the Arizona Republic: Since 2014, I have had the honor of being mayor of Mesa, the nation’s 36th-largest city and one of the most conservative. Under Trump, American cities didn’t get the support they deserved. Infrastructure week was made into a joke. But under the Biden-Harris administration, Mesa has seen historic federal funding for …

“This proposal is the logical conclusion to the Biden-Harris Administration and Congressional Democrats’ ongoing efforts to delegitimize the Supreme Court. Their calls to expand and pack the Court will soon resume. It is telling that Democrats want to change the system that has guided our nation since its founding simply because they disagree with some of the Court’s recent decisions. …

The Ohio Capital Journal reports: The U.S. Senate campaign of Republican Bernie Moreno took to X last week to claim that because of the current administration’s policies, migrants have “destroyed” Ohio communities. However, the campaign didn’t answer when asked to identify a single Ohio city that had been harmed by migration, where the migrants doing the destruction came from, and …

Law & Crime reports: Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis often says the Sunshine State is the place where “woke goes to die.” But a federal judge on Friday killed part of the Stop W.O.K.E. Act championed as standing up against “indoctrination.” Judge Mark Walker of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Florida issued a permanent injunction, saying the …

“I do think that being a parent actually has a profound effect on somebody’s perspective and we should honor and respect that. “But a whole host of people who don’t have children for a whole host of reasons and they certainly are great people who can participate fully in the life of this country and that’s not what I said, …

“We have a very important Republican Primary Election on Tuesday for Arizona’s 8th Congressional District, with two spectacular America First Candidates. “Blake Masters is a very successful businessman, and an incredibly strong supporter of our Movement to Make America Great Again – He is smart and tough! “Likewise, Abe Hamadeh, a Veteran, former prosecutor, and fearless fighter for Election Integrity, …

The Hill reports: Former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows’s attorneys asked the U.S. Supreme Court to intervene in the Georgia election racketeering case and move it to federal court, pointing to the high court’s recent ruling granting former President Trump some immunity in his federal election subversion case. In a petition to the Supreme Court, Meadows’s lawyers said …

The Hill reports: Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) said Sunday that President Trump was “obviously making a joke” when he urged Christian voters to vote for him in November and that, if they do, they “won’t have to vote anymore” because “everything” will be “fixed.” “I think he’s obviously making a joke about how bad things had been under Joe Biden, …

Axios reports: A bill inspired by the assassination attempt against former President Trump would require most House staffers to undergo mandatory active shooter training. The shooting had ripple effects on Capitol Hill, heightening lawmakers’ safety fears amid a general rise in threats targeting them and their offices. Rep. Anthony D’Esposito (R-N.Y.), a former police officer, introduced legislation “requiring each full-time …

“The Biden-Harris policies put the Democratic Party in a very precarious situation this election. They tried to do the basement for three and half years. “Now what you see is all the arteries of the left – the corporate media, Hollywood, academia – they’re using all the king’s horses and all the king’s men to put the Democratic Party back …

Florida Politics reports: Police escorted congressional candidate Eddie Speir out of a Sarasota Republican rally after he disrupted the event. The Bradenton Republican’s supporters shouted in protest as U.S. Rep. Vern Buchanan, who Speir is challenging in an Aug. 20 GOP Primary, took the stage to speak. Some of them wore American revolutionary war outfits, including one who was walked …

The Arizona Mirror reports: Two Arizona Republican state lawmakers have shared a debunked conspiracy theory that alleges, in part, that President Joe Biden is using body doubles. Sen. Wendy Rogers, R-Flagstaff, shared a now deleted post on X falsely claiming that Jill Biden was in Paris and Washington, D.C., at the same time. Rogers shared the post adding “Body double?” …

Charleston’s ABC affiliate reports: The South Carolina Republican Party has joined a complaint to the Federal Election Commission against Vice President Kamala Harris, the presumptive Democratic Party nominee. The complaint accused Harris and her campaign of misappropriating $96 million. Sixteen other state parties, Citizens United and David Bossie joined the complaint. “The South Carolina Republican Party hopes that the FEC …

Florida Politics reports: U.S. Sen. Rick Scott told supporters at a Sarasota rally that he’s trying to end abuse of power in the Senate. And it’s not just the Democratic majority he wants out, he said, as he trashed Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell by name. “In the Senate, there’s two dictatorships,” the Naples Republican said. “There’s a McConnell dictatorship …

Courthouse News reports: Fossil fuel industry groups and over two dozen Republican-led states on Friday asked the Supreme Court to block the Environmental Protection Agency’s emissions regulations for power plants. In hopes of ushering in climate-friendly energy alternatives, the Biden administration’s rule would force fossil fuel power plants into retirement, West Virginia said. Joined by 24 other states, the Mountain …

The Daily Beast reports: J.D. Vance’s long friendship with a transgender friend who attended his wedding has been revealed—including how he spoke about hating cops and disparaged Donald Trump and conservative icon Antonin Scalia. Sofia Nelson, a Yale Law School contemporary of Trump’s running mate, revealed how they corresponded by text and email for years until falling out over his …

NC Newsline reports: The N.C. Department of Health and Human Services on Friday ordered Balanced Nutrition Inc., a nonprofit led by Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson’s wife, to repay more than $132,000 in federal funding following a finding of “serious deficiencies” against the organization earlier this week. Friday’s letter notes that Hill did not respond to multiple attempts by the state …