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Raw Story reports: Republican Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost grew testy on Monday when CNN host Brianna Keilar fact-checked him for promoting false claims about Haitian immigrants. During an interview about bomb threats that have been leveled against schools in Springfield, Ohio in the wake of Trump’s attacks on the community there, Keilar asked Yost about his own role in …

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“This rhetoric against President Trump, this narrative that he will be the next dictator, that he is the next Hitler coming, it has got to stop. Enough is enough. And when you have this narrative coming from the left, from [the] media, from elected officials, even, that Trump has to be stopped by any means necessary, it shouldn’t surprise anyone …

The Hill reports: All eyes are on Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) this week as lawmakers await his next move in the fight over government funding, after Republican resistance foiled his initial strategy for avoiding an end-of-the-month shutdown. Johnson — amid opposition from multiple corners of the GOP conference — scrapped plans last week to vote on a partisan funding plan, …

“He fell hook, line, and sinker for every piece of anti-MAGA propaganda the media and the left have been spewing. Thankfully they captured this man alive. I’m curious to hear more about what he’s all about. “But it looks like he’s been very much a Trump Derangement Syndrome patient for a long time. You know, from what we know based …

The Louisiana Illuminator reports: U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson and his wife were at former President Donald Trump’s home in Florida when the Republican presidential nominee was targeted a few miles away in an apparent assassination attempt Sunday afternoon, according to a post from Johnson on X. Trump was playing golf at his course near Mar-a-Lago when U.S. Secret Service …

Axios reports: Florida will be “conducting its own investigation regarding the attempted assassination” of former President Trump at the Republican presidential nominee’s golf club in West Palm Beach, state Gov. Ron DeSantis announced Sunday. The FBI is investigating what it says “appears to be an attempted assassination” of Trump after his campaign said gunshots were fired in his vicinity on …

“The Haitians who are in Springfield are legal. They came to Springfield to work. Ohio is on the move, and Springfield has really made a great resurgence with a lot of companies coming in. These Haitians came in to work for these companies. What the companies tell us is that they are very good workers. They’re very happy to have …

Newsweek reports: In a Sunday morning interview on CNN’s State of the Union, Ohio Senator JD Vance, Donald Trump’s vice-presidential pick, was confronted about putting his constituents “at risk” due to his claims about Haitian immigrants eating pets. In a contentious, 17-minute interview on the topic, host Dana Bash pressed Vance about those claims, along with Trump’s mention about the …

The Hill reports: Sen. JD Vance (R-Ohio), the GOP vice-presidential nominee, declined to say on Sunday whether former President Trump, if elected, would veto a federal abortion ban, saying, “I’ve learned my lesson” after answering a similar question last week. “Kristen, I think that I’ve learned my lesson on speaking for the president before he and I have actually talked …

The Ohio Capital Journal reports: A social media post by Ohio Lt. Gov. Jon Husted on Friday appeared to joke about a racist conspiracy theory that continues to rock an Ohio community. A day after a Springfield school and other public buildings were evacuated and closed due to bomb threats, and the same day that two other Springfield elementary schools …

The New York Times reports: Amid fallout from Donald J. Trump’s debunked claim about immigrants from Haiti stealing and eating people’s pets in a small Ohio city, the former president’s oldest son weighed in with his own aspersions on Haitians. Donald Trump Jr. suggested on Thursday that Haitian immigrants were less intelligent than people from other countries, and claimed that …

The Ohio Capital Journal reports: Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost did his bit to amplify a conspiracy theory that Haitian immigrants legally present in Springfield, Ohio are stealing and eating pets, ducks and geese. The conspiracy has been debunked by the Springfield mayor, city manager and chief of police, as well as by Republican Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine. Yost is …

The Texas Tribune reports: A nonprofit focused on increasing Latinos’ civic participation sued Attorney General Ken Paxton in federal court Friday so it could continue its voter registration efforts after the Republican official targeted them in an investigation last month. The organization Jolt said in its request for a temporary restraining order that Paxton’s investigation would irreparably harm the organization …

The New York Times reports: Pennsylvania’s highest court on Friday threw out a lower-court ruling that would have required election officials in the state’s two most-populous counties to count otherwise valid mail-in ballots that had the incorrect date or no date at all on the outer envelope. In a brief, two-page order, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court declined to rule on …

The Nashville Banner reports: Republican Congressman Mark Green has filed for divorce from his wife of 35 years after having an affair, according to a dispatch from his wife. In a note obtained by the Banner, Camilla Green accuses her husband of having an affair with a 32-year-old woman after being corrupted by his time in Congress, warning that his …

The Hill reports: North Carolina Sen. Thom Tillis has joined other Republican leaders in voicing concerns about former President Trump’s close relationship with far-right provocateur Laura Loomer in the final stretch of his presidential campaign. “Laura Loomer is a crazy conspiracy theorist who regularly utters disgusting garbage intended to divide Republicans. A DNC plant couldn’t do a better job than …

Law & Crime reports: A Colorado town council member is accused of shooting a teenager — who was hoping to use the man’s property for a high school homecoming photo shoot — in the face. Brent Metz, 38, allegedly opened fire as two teens sat in a car on the other side of his property line on Tuesday, the Jefferson …

The Texas Tribune reports: An effort by some Republican officials to curb access to early voting on college campuses in Tarrant County failed Thursday, after Tarrant County Commissioners Court voted to keep the polling sites in place. The push to limit the voting locations was led by Judge Tim O’Hare, a Republican and the chief elected official of the county. …

Politico reports: Rep. Anna Paulina Luna is the lone Republican member of the Florida House delegation who won’t say how she’ll vote on the state’s abortion ballot referendum — even when pressed about it by POLITICO. “I think it’s a state’s rights issue,” she said in a brief interview on Capitol Hill in Washington on Thursday. Pressed again, she said, …