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NBC News reports: Tim Sheehy, a former Navy SEAL running for the Senate in Montana, has said he was discharged from the military for medical reasons because of injuries he sustained on duty, but his discharge paperwork tells a different story. The heavily redacted, two-page document obtained by NBC News indicates that Sheehy voluntarily resigned his commission and does not …

The Associated Press reports: In a rare move, the Pentagon strongly pushed back Thursday against misinformation spread on social media that falsely suggests U.S. troops have been authorized to use force against American citizens during the election. The misinformation — spread online by former Trump administration national security adviser Michael Flynn and Robert F. Kennedy Jr., among others — suggests …

Florida Politics reports: Florida’s Governor may have wanted people to support him for President this time last year during his attempt to get the GOP presidential nomination. But with that option long since foreclosed to him, Ron DeSantis is discouraging Republicans and others who may be dispirited about Donald Trump from marking his name down as a misguided protest vote. …

The Washington Post reports: A super PAC with Republican Party ties has spent hundreds of thousands of dollars in recent days to support the Green Party presidential candidacy of Jill Stein in Wisconsin, in another sign that the supporters of the major parties believe her campaign could affect the election result. Badger Values PAC, a new federal PAC founded by …

NBC News reports: The top Republican on a key House subcommittee issued a subpoena Thursday to the Biden administration as her panel probes whether the federal government is attempting to limit information being shared on social media platforms ahead of November’s elections. Rep. Nancy Mace, R-S.C., chair of the House Oversight Subcommittee on Cybersecurity, Information Technology and Government Innovation, is …

The Detroit News reports: West Michigan Republican and former U.S. Rep. Fred Upton is endorsing Vice President Kamala Harris’ 2024 bid for the White House, saying his party’s nominee, former President Donald Trump, is divisive, unhinged and has “not changed his colors.” “Watching Trump day after day, he’s ignored the advice of many senior, respected Republicans to stay on the …

Florida Politics reports: Florida’s Attorney General is fuming as the state is sidelined from probing a potential assassination attempt on Donald Trump’s life. Ashley Moody, who previously said “dual sovereignty” dictates the federal government allowing the subordinate levels of government to allow an investigation, said that “while we hoped this day would not come,” Tallahassee is suing because the feds …

The Huffington Post reports: Vice presidential candidate Sen. JD Vance (Ohio) crossed a virtual picket line by publishing an opinion piece in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette on Thursday, according to the union whose workers are on strike at the newspaper. Jon Schleuss, president of the NewsGuild-CWA, told HuffPost that there was no excuse for Vance, the running mate of former President …

The Texas Tribune reports: The City Council on Tuesday banned transgender people from using restrooms outside of the sex assigned to them at birth, following an emotionally charged exchange between residents and city leaders. In a 5-2 vote, members of the council expanded a 1989 ordinance that prohibits individuals from entering restrooms of the opposite sex, suggesting they were doing …

CNN reports: Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell delivered a scathing assessment of the modern Republican Party in an upcoming biography, saying the “MAGA movement is completely wrong” and that Ronald Reagan “wouldn’t recognize” the party today. “I think Trump was the biggest factor in changing the Republican Party from what Ronald Reagan viewed and he wouldn’t recognize today,” McConnell told …

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From the Justice Department: The District One Supervisor on the Orange County Board of Supervisors has agreed to plead guilty to a felony federal charge for accepting more than $550,000 in bribes for directing and voting in favor of more than $10 million in COVID funds to a charity affiliated with one of his daughters, Rhiannon Do, the Justice Department …

Florida Politics reports: Gov. Ron DeSantis is alleging that legalizing marijuana inevitably means police won’t stop weed smokers lighting up at commercial restaurants. “Law enforcement is not going to,” DeSantis said. “They’re not going to spend time policing whether it’s being used in a restaurant or not if it’s a constitutional right. They’re just going to want to stay out …

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports: An audit uncovered 20 noncitizens out of 8.2 million registered voters in Georgia, according to findings announced by Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger on Wednesday. Nine of those 20 noncitizens cast ballots years ago, before ID verification checks were in place, while the other 11 were registered but never actually voted, the audit showed. Election officials …

Courthouse News reports: Represented by several civil liberties groups, including the American Civil Liberties Union, the ACLU of Louisiana, Americans United for Separation of Church and State and the Freedom from Religion Foundation, the plaintiffs brought in Steven Green, a professor of law, religious studies and history at Willamette University in Salem, Oregon, as a witness in their bid for …

Axios reports: A policy proposed by former President Trump to round up and deport undocumented immigrants — even if it requires using military-guarded encampments — has Americans divided, per a new survey. The survey results come as Trump is promising to carry out mass deportations using a 226-year-old law that allows the federal government to detain “enemy aliens” in times …

The Associated Press reports: After a month of updating Floridians on hurricanes, Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis is now focusing his official office on fighting an abortion rights amendment, holding a campaign-like rally at state expense two weeks before the election. DeSantis’ event Monday, which was capped with a prayer from the archbishop of Miami and the lieutenant governor asking people …

The Huffington Post reports: One of two rural Arizona county supervisors who faced criminal charges for refusing to certify the 2022 midterm results by a state deadline pleaded guilty Monday to a misdemeanor of failing to perform her duty as an election officer. Coming two weeks before the Nov. 5 general election, the acknowledgment of guilt by Cochise County Supervisor …

Politico reports: Elon Musk is doing a good job of drawing attention with his $1 million giveaways to Pennsylvania voters. But will the project actually boost Donald Trump? Two Pennsylvania voters have won the billionaire’s super PAC lottery so far — and both are Republican voters who had participated in recent non-presidential elections and already cast their ballots by mail …

The Washington Post reports: Former Republican lawmakers, advisers and Justice Department officials have called on Attorney General Merrick Garland to investigate tech billionaire Elon Musk for awarding cash prizes to voters in swing states if they sign his political organization’s petition, according to a letter obtained by The Washington Post and sent to Garland on Monday. The letter argues that …