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From the Justice Department: An indictment charging Russian nationals Kostiantyn Kalashnikov, 31, also known as Kostya, and Elena Afanasyeva, 27, also known as Lena, with conspiracy to violate the Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA) and conspiracy to commit money laundering was unsealed today in the Southern District of New York. Kalashnikov and Afanasyeva are at large. “The Justice Department has …

Fox News reports: Naples, Florida, police arrested Mayor Teresa Heitmann on Aug. 28 for allegedly driving under the influence. Police initially responded to a residence in the 500 block of 16th Avenue South after receiving a call from a man and his wife saying an unknown woman in a silver vehicle had followed them from 12th Avenue South and 3rd …

NBC News reports: The House Education and Workforce Committee issued subpoenas Wednesday to Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, the Minnesota Department of Education and the U.S. Department of Agriculture for how they responded to what federal prosecutors have called the largest pandemic fraud schemes in the country. The subpoenas demand that Walz, Minnesota Commissioner of Education Willie Jett, U.S. Agriculture Secretary …

Notes From The Chalkboard reports: According to public records obtained from Guilford County Court, the wife of Republican gubernatorial candidate Mark Robinson was sued by Tarheel Triad Girl Scouts over “money owed” in Guilford County Small Claims Court in 2003–and the Girl Scouts won. In September of 2003 the Girl Scouts filed suit against Yolanda Hill due to a $2,956.03 …

“Didn’t he go on his honeymoon over to China? He has all these relationships with communist Chinese officials and he’s going to be the vice president? “Isn’t that a national security risk for our country when our top officials have all these close ties to the Communist Party? “Trump is going to win the White House In my state, there …

Via press release from GOP Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds: Gov. Kim Reynolds today announced that Lt. Governor Adam Gregg is stepping down from his position to pursue a career opportunity that allows him to focus more on his family. “It has been a great honor to serve alongside Governor Reynolds for seven years. I have enormous respect for her and …

The Assembly NC reports: In his 2022 memoir, We Are the Majority, Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson wrote that he committed his life to Jesus in the late 1980s. “I did not, however, experience a drastic conversion like some do,” wrote Robinson, now the Republican nominee for governor. “My behavior did not immediately reform. They say sin is fun for a …

“I was looking at the leaders of the Democrats and realized how many of the next-gen leaders of the Democrats — It’s Kamala Harris, it’s AOC, it’s a lot of folks like that — they’re not planning to have kids. They don’t have kids. “And I noticed that, you know, not having children, I think, changes the way you think …

The New York Times reports: About three hours after former President Donald J. Trump was nearly assassinated, on a Saturday evening in mid-July, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. got a phone call: Would he consider joining forces with Mr. Trump? What about serving as his running mate? The caller was Calley Means, a health care entrepreneur who had advised Mr. Kennedy …

Mediaite reports: X/Twitter CEO and Trump booster Elon Musk posted a shocking AI image of Vice President Kamala Harris that echoes a favorite attack from former President Donald Trump. The post is a reference to a December interview during which Trump made a provocative promise to be a “dictator” but “only on day one,” in response to Sean Hannity’s extremely …

Axios reports: Former Freedom Caucus Chair Scott Perry’s (R-Pa.) support for a strict anti-abortion measure is coming back to haunt him in a new Democratic ad, Axios has learned. Democrats’ fight to retake the House has homed in on reproductive rights and singled out lawmakers like Perry with long anti-abortion records. Democrats are looking at it as a prime pickup …

The Hill reports: Republican Voters Against Trump launched a $11.5 million ad buy in key swing states on Tuesday, marking the group’s largest ad buy so far this cycle. The group is targeting voters in Pennsylvania, Michigan, Wisconsin, and Arizona. Additionally, the ad buy will also run in Nebraska’s competitive second congressional district. $4.5 million of the ad buy will …

The Washington Post reports: Former Maryland governor Larry Hogan is running a new ad describing himself as one of the few Republicans who “never caved” to Donald Trump and touting his record sending National Guard troops to the Capitol during the Jan. 6, 2021 attack. Scenes of the rioting that day have littered ads for Democratic candidates over the years, …

Politico reports: Republicans are racing to plug a massive money hole — before it’s too late. Panic is starting to set in. “The only thing preventing us from having a great night in November is the massive financial disparity our party currently faces,” said Jason Thielman, the executive director of the National Republican Senatorial Committee. “We are on a trajectory …

CNN reports: A Pennsylvania judge has determined that three 2020 election deniers must pay nearly $1 million in fees as the result of a years-long legal dispute with state officials over voting equipment used during the last presidential race, according to recent court filings. Recommendations from the judge, who was appointed to serve as a special master overseeing the case, …

Courthouse News reports: Unlike the First through 14th Courts of Appeals, which have jurisdiction over cases filed in particular locations, the 15th Court of Appeals will instead preside over all civil cases involving the state, as well as any appeals from Texas’s newly created business courts. But support for the change has been notably partisan, and legal experts have questioned …

Florida Politics reports: Jimmy Buffett’s lyrics and themes are literally being taught and analyzed in the classroom in a University of Florida (UF) course that began Aug. 30, nearly one year to the day Buffett passed away on Sept. 1, 2023. “Uncommon Arts: Son of a Sailor” is the title of the academic course, which counts for one credit hour …

NBC News reports: President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris were not invited to Arlington National Cemetery by Gold Star families last week to commemorate the third anniversary of the attack at Abbey Gate, a White House official and a Harris aide told NBC News, refuting separate claims made Sunday by GOP Sen. Tom Cotton and former Rep. Tulsi …

“He [Trump] didn’t take campaign photos there. These families, Gold Star families, whose children died because of Joe Biden and Kamala Harris’ incompetence, invited him to the cemetery. “And they asked him to take those photos because, as they told me yesterday when I spoke to Kelly Barnett and Darin Hoover, the parents of Taylor Hoover, who has Arkansas ties, …

“Well, all Republicans, to my knowledge, support IFV in the Congress. And there’s no state that prohibits or regulates IVF in a way that makes it unaccessible. “It is expensive for many couples, I understand that. So it’s something I’m open to that most Republicans would be open to. I think we’d have to evaluate the fiscal impact, whether the …