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NBC News reports: President Donald Trump was incorrect when he said that Russia will accept European peacekeeping troops in Ukraine, the Kremlin signaled Tuesday. While Trump said Monday during a White House meeting with French President Emmanuel Macron that he had “specifically asked” Russian President Vladimir Putin about peacekeepers and that Putin “has no problem with it,” the Kremlin contradicted …

Florida Politics reports: Florida’s First Lady sounded like a candidate for her husband’s job during a speech to the Global Liberty Institute. Casey DeSantis delivered a dire warning about how Florida could become a “purple state” sooner than later, mirroring rhetoric from Gov. Ron DeSantis. “While we are leading here in the state of Florida, I would say, and this …

The Daily Beast reports: Tennessee Rep. Andy Ogles, largely known for his attempts to hand President Donald Trump a third term and to impeach Former Vice President Kamala Harris, filed an impeachment resolution on Monday against a federal judge who countered Trump’s efforts to censor information on gender. U.S. District Judge John Bates, originally appointed by former President George Bush, …

The New York Times reports: Vivek Ramaswamy, the biotech entrepreneur and former Republican presidential candidate who briefly aided President Trump’s government-restructuring efforts, announced his candidacy for governor of Ohio on Monday, vowing to place the state at the forefront of a “second industrial revolution” in the United States. Several hours after his announcement, Mr. Trump offered his endorsement in a …

The North Dakota Monitor reports: The North Dakota House of Representatives passed a resolution Monday proclaiming the interpretation of marriage as between one man and one woman. The measure passed on a 52-40 vote and will advance to the Senate for its consideration. House Concurrent Resolution 3013, sponsored by Rep. Bill Tveit, R-Hazen, urges the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn …

The New York Times reports: Speaker Mike Johnson revealed on Monday why Representative Elise Stefanik of New York has yet to have her confirmation vote to serve as ambassador to the United Nations: He cannot afford to lose another Republican vote in the House. Mr. Johnson is under pressure this week to hold his fractious conference together to pass a …

Politico reports: House Judiciary Chair Jim Jordan subpoenaed the FBI for a trove of new materials related to the Biden administration’s activities, including investigations around the Jan. 6 Capitol riot and communications with Big Tech companies. The letter to new FBI Director Kash Patel is the first subpoena request from Jordan this Congress, as the Ohio Republican’s key ally and …

The St. Joseph News-Press reports: During an extraordinarily heated town hall on Monday, Rep. Mark Alford praised Trump and defended Musk as he slashes his way through the federal workforce – including firings in the Kansas City region. At every turn, an angry crowd of dozens shouted their displeasure with the second-term Missouri Republican. “Just because you have a government …

The Floridian reports: Gov. Ron DeSantis weighed in on the 2026 governor’s race on Monday by lashing out at Donald Trump’s candidate, Byron Donalds, for failing to help defeat “the left” in Florida while suggesting his wife, Casey DeSantis, would be the stronger pick in the 2026 race. This is the first time DeSantis hasn’t brushed off rumors that his …

Kansas City’s ABC affiliate reports: Police arrested former Clay County Republican Election Director Patty Lamb in Gallatin County, Montana, on Wednesday, five months after she failed to appear in a Clay County court on two felony financial crime charges. A probable cause statement filed on July 17, 2024, accuses the longtime county election co-director of more than $15,000 in financial …

The Alabama Reflector reports: A House representative is bringing back an attempt to expand Alabama’s ‘Don’t Say Gay’ law, which critics say infringe on teachers’ and students’ free speech. HB 244, sponsored by Rep. Mack Butler, R-Rainbow City, would prohibit public school teachers at all grade levels from teaching or discussing gender identity or sexuality. The law currently bans such …

The Hill reports: The Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear a challenge to a Tennessee law restricting some drag performances, allowing the first-in-the-nation law to remain largely intact. In a brief, unsigned order, the justices denied a Tennessee theater company’s request to intervene in its challenge to the state’s limits on drag, first enacted in 2023 by the Republican-dominated Legislature. …

Florida Politics reports: Gov. Ron DeSantis is promoting a state version of the Elon Musk-led spending slash in Washington that will reach into all areas of state administration and local governments. “We were DOGE before DOGE was cool,” DeSantis said in Tampa. He praised the DOGE in Washington while noting that Florida has already been on a similar track in terms …

From the New York Times editorial board: The volume of misinformation and betrayal here is breathtaking. The very act of discussing an end to the war without the presence of Ukraine or any other ally at the table violates the fundamental principle the United States has proclaimed from the outset of its support for Ukraine, “nothing about Ukraine without Ukraine.” …

Newsweek reports: Sen. Susan Collins warned that Trump and Elon Musk’s widespread firings of the federal workforce are a “big problem,” expressing concern about how they could affect her home state. Collins told CNN that she is “very concerned” about the firings and their “impact on the state of Maine, on everything from our national parks to biomedical research.” Maine …

The Hill reports: Sen. Markwayne Mullin (R-Okla.) said Sunday that President Trump was joking when he floated running for a third term, adding he could not seek to change the Constitution without the consent of voters. “First of all, he joked. And so I think we need to take that as a joke, not being literal,” Mullin said when asked …

Politico reports: Special envoy Steve Witkoff said Sunday that Russia should not necessarily be blamed for sparking the war in Ukraine — a position that aligns with President Donald Trump’s recent strikes against Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy as the three-year anniversary of the fighting looms. “The war didn’t need to happen — it was provoked. It doesn’t necessarily mean it …

Fox News reports: Conservative voters believe Vice President JD Vance will become the Republican Party’s presidential nominee in the 2028 election cycle, a straw poll conducted at the 2025 CPAC found. “You guys are the conservative movement, you guys are the thought leaders, the opinion leaders. We asked folks who they thought would be the Republican nominee, who they preferred …

First, a reminder from yesterday: The Department of Homeland Security has budgeted up to $200 million to run anti-immigrant ads in the United States and overseas that repeatedly thank President Donald Trump for leading an immigration crackdown. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said Friday night that these ads were Trump’s idea, and during the administration’s transition to power, the president …

Miami’s ABC affiliate reports: Florida is facing off with a retail giant over claims the store’s political correctness cost the state’s public employees retirement fund millions. Newly sworn-in Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier, whose predecessor Ashley Moody replaced Marco Rubio in the Senate, filed a class-action lawsuit against Target Corporation, accusing the retailer of misleading and defrauding investors by concealing …