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Miami’s ABC News affiliate reports: A local political candidate slapped one teenager and choked another in public at a restaurant Sunday in Miami-Dade Count and it was all caught on camera, according to police. George Bardmesser is a Russian-American attorney who is campaigning for Sunny Isles Beach commissioner. Police officers responded and handcuffed Bardness, 59, who wore a shirt promoting …

“They’re playing politics. Some people don’t want to do money to help victims of natural disaster in our own country because they want more money for things like Ukraine and things halfway around the world. And I think they need to stop playing politics with it and just get it done. We are way more proactive than any other state …

Florida Politics reports: “Minnesota was ground zero for the Black Lives Matter riots of 2020. Harris egged it on and Walz sat by and let Minneapolis burn,” DeSantis posted on Tuesday. Then he amplified the same themes at a press availability, saying Minneapolis “has been gutted as a result of those riots” and the Democratic ticket “really represents the spirit …

The Daily Beast reports: J.D. Vance wasted no time in going on the offensive as Kamala Harris named Minnesota Governor Tim Walz as her running mate. Donald Trump’s number two claimed Harris’ decision to overlook another top contender Josh Shapiro was evidence of “antisemitism” in the Democratic Party. “I think that they have not picked Shapiro, frankly, out of anti-Semitism …

CNBC reports: The North Carolina Attorney General’s Office said Monday that it is eyeing a political action committee created by billionaire Elon Musk following a complaint to the state election board over the PAC’s collection of personal data while failing to help users register to vote as promised. The North Carolina Board of Elections later Monday told CNBC that it …

CBS News reports: States that ban or restrict abortion have flooded anti-abortion counseling centers with nearly $500 million in taxpayer funding since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade two years ago, according to a new report. Equity Forward, a nonprofit advocacy group focused on issues including reproductive rights, analyzed budgets from 23 states that dedicate public funding to what …

The Hill reports: Former Trump adviser Kellyanne Conway has registered to lobby on behalf of a Ukrainian oligarch, according to a new foreign agent disclosure filing. Conway registered Friday to represent Ukrainian billionaire Victor Pinchuk’s foundation as a lobbyist, according to a filing uploaded by the Justice Department under the Foreign Agents Registration Act. The filing included an agreement between …

The Washington Post reports: For the first time in as long as anyone can remember, Arizona’s largest public school district isn’t opening its schools to voters as polling sites. The reasons have been building for years, but the final straw came last November with a small, low-turnout election that became mired in misinformation and menace.  Voters confused school staff for …

NBC News reports: The Supreme Court on Monday declined to intervene in a long-shot lawsuit brought by Missouri attempting to block legal proceedings in former President Donald Trump’s hush money case in New York. The court rejected Missouri’s bid to sue the state of New York, meaning the justices will not lift the gag order or delay sentencing in the …

Baton Rouge’s ABC affiliate reports: Governor Jeff Landry and Attorney General Liz Murrill held a joint news conference Monday morning to address Louisiana’s controversial Ten Commandments law. Murrill says the state will be filing a brief asking U.S. District Judge John DeGravelles to dismiss the case, arguing the lawsuit is premature because no posters of the Ten Commandments have been …

The Hill reports: Usha Vance, vice presidential hopeful Sen. JD Vance’s (R-Ohio) wife, in a new interview addressed the wave of criticism over his resurfaced comments saying the country was being run by “childless cat ladies.” In a pre-recorded interview with Ainsley Earhardt that aired on “Fox and Friends” Monday morning, Vance said her husband “would never ever, ever want …

CNBC reports: A political action committee backed by billionaire Elon Musk is being investigated by the Michigan secretary of state’s office amid efforts to collect voter data. The committee has been acquiring detailed voter information from those living in Michigan and other battleground states after people submit their personal data through a section on the PAC’s website that says “register …

“I mean, we’ve got a cycle here. You have trumped-up charges against Americans. You accuse them of things they didn’t do. You put them in jail, and you only release them when we have to release Russian spies and killers. Yeah. This cycle needs to stop. Absolutely. “You know, all I can say is I don’t think Russia would’ve invaded …

The Hill reports: Vice President Harris’s campaign launched “Republicans for Harris” with more than 25 GOP endorsements, including former secretaries Chuck Hagel and Ray LaHood, as well as former GOP governors and lawmakers. Additionally, former Reps. Christopher Shays (R-Conn.), Joe Walsh (R-Ill.) and Susan Molinari (R-N.Y.) put their support behind Harris in November, along with Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-Ill.). Other …

ProPublica reports: On Friday, four days after Georgia Democrats began warning that bad actors could abuse the state’s new online portal for canceling voter registrations, the Secretary of State’s Office acknowledged to ProPublica that it had identified multiple such attempts — including unsuccessful efforts to cancel the registrations of two prominent Republicans, Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene and Georgia Secretary of …

Mediaite reports: George Stephanopoulos abruptly cut off a wild interview with Rep. Byron Donalds (R-FL) Sunday — after the Florida congressman repeatedly dodged a question about former President Donald Trump potentially pardoning Jan. 6 rioters who have been convicted of assaulting law enforcement officers. In the first part of their heated clash on ABC’s This Week, Stephanopoulos and Donalds battled …

The South Carolina State reports: U.S. Sen. Tim Scott is now a married man. The lifelong bachelor on Saturday married Charleston-area interior designer Mindy Noce in a private ceremony at Seacoast Church in Mount Pleasant. “Tonight, we promised to cherish and nourish each other and our marriage for the rest of our lives,” Scott said in a post on X. …

Phoenix’s NBC affiliate reports: Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes [photo] plans to announce next week that one of the 18 defendants in her investigation of the so-called “fake electors” scheme will become a cooperating witness for the prosecution. “We are going to have a very significant announcement to make early next week,” Mayes said during Friday’s taping of this weekend’s …

Florida Politics reports: Three Florida professors are suing Florida over a new law abolishing tenure. A suit filed in Leon County circuit court is backed by NCF Freedom, a group formed after Gov. Ron DeSantis replaced the majority of the New College of Florida (NCF) Board of Trustees with conservative appointees. The lawsuit, from tenured professors Sarah Hernandez, Adriana Novoa …

“We’re elated to have these prisoners returned back home, they should never been taken prisoner in the first place. But let’s remember that there’s another side to this equation. Essentially, we’ve traded journalists for murderers and thieves, and it’s like trading a rifle for a spoon. These people should have never been taken hostage and prisoner in the first place, …