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The Associated Press reports: Utah’s Republican Gov. Spencer Cox came under criticism Wednesday for sending a campaign email that featured a photo of him and former President Donald Trump at Arlington National Cemetery during a wreath-laying ceremony. Federal law prohibits campaign or election-related activities within Army National Military Cemeteries, and that rule was widely shared before the Monday ceremony, Arlington …

The right wing Daily Caller reports: Speaker of the House Mike Johnson had to intervene to get former President Donald Trump into Arlington National Cemetery for the third anniversary of the Afghanistan withdrawal with Gold Star families, a family told the Daily Caller. Another source familiar with the conversations between the Gold Star families and Arlington National Cemetery said that …

Newsday reports: Former Rep. George Santos’ campaign has $562 in cash on hand but also owes $786,932 in debt, federal records show. The debt includes $156,932 owed to Republican campaign staffers and companies and $630,000 in loans he allegedly made to the campaign. In announcing Santos’ federal indictment in October, U.S. Attorney Breon Peace called the loans “nonexistent” and fabricated. …

Raleigh’s ABC affiliate reports: A viral social media post claims that North Carolina’s ballot for the November election has been “manipulated” to hurt former President Donald Trump. North Carolina state law requires the order of candidates’ names to be determined by a drawing, and election officials have used the same process for many years. First, election officials place 26 balls, …

“There hasn’t been a single investigation or a single firing. I don’t know. I don’t, look, sometimes mistakes happen. That’s just the nature of government, the nature of military service. “But to have those 13 Americans lose their lives and not fire a single person is disgraceful. Kamala Harris is disgraceful. We’re going to talk about a story out of …

The New York Times reports: Elon Musk, the world’s richest person, has hired a Republican operative with expertise in field organizing to help steer his political work, a move that suggests that Mr. Musk is preparing to become even more involved in Republican politics and get-out-the-vote efforts specifically. Chris Young, most recently a senior political official at PhRMA, the trade …

NBC News reports: The Supreme Court on Wednesday rebuffed a Biden administration plea seeking to revive the latest plan to tackle federal student loan debt. The court in a brief order denied an emergency request filed by the administration seeking to lift a nationwide injunction imposed by an appeals court. The Education Department issued a regulation finalizing its Saving on …

Reuters reports: Sarah Palin on Wednesday won her bid for a new trial against the New York Times over an editorial that the former Alaska governor said was defamatory. The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said Palin can try again to prove that the Times should be liable for a 2017 editorial that incorrectly linked her to a mass …

Posted to Newt Gingrich’s website: On June 5, astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams went to the international space station for an eight-day visit. They now face an eight-month stay. This debacle has brought long overdue attention to Boeing’s and NASA’s incompetence. However, this failure also belongs to Vice President Kamala Harris. She is the Chair of the National Space …

Florida Politics reports: U.S. Sen. Rick Scott said regarding the Joe Biden and Kamala Harris administration, that “all they want to do is do everything they can to indict Trump, convict Trump, put Trump in jail, whatever it is to try to win the election. They’ll go to any means.” “We’ve watched what Nicolás Maduro did, wouldn’t let María Corina …

From Trump campaign spokesman Steven Cheung: We are prepared to release footage if such defamatory claims are made. The fact is that a private photographer was permitted on the premises and for whatever reason an unnamed individual, clearly suffering from a mental health episode, decided to physically block members of President Trump’s team during a very solemn ceremony. The New …

“I think our conservative idea is that parents and families should determine what children learn, what values they are brought up with. “You know, it’s so many of the leaders of the left — and I hate to be so personal about this — but they’re people without kids trying to brainwash the minds of our children. And that really …

The Hill reports: Republican vice presidential candidate Sen. JD Vance (R-Ohio) on Tuesday ripped special counsel Jack Smith for his superseding indictment against former President Trump, accusing it of being “an effort to influence the election.” Vance told reporters he had not read the full document, but that “it looks like Jack Smith doing more of what he does, which …

CNN reports: Republican officials in 24 states asked the Supreme Court on Tuesday to halt a Biden administration effort to reduce emissions of the planet-warming gas methane, adding to a series of emergency appeals challenging environmental regulations. Led by Oklahoma, the states are asking the high court to pause an Environmental Protection Agency rule that went into effect earlier this …

The Associated Press reports: Facing widespread opposition across the political spectrum, Gov. Ron DeSantis’ plan to develop state parks with business ventures — such as golf courses, pickleball courts and large hotels — has hit a snag after a key supporter pulled the plug. The Department of Environmental Protection confirmed in an email that one group is no longer pursuing …

The Tampa Bay Times reports: After defending his office’s vast spending as University of Florida president, Ben Sasse stands to receive more than $1 million per year through at least 2028, according to a severance agreement released Monday. The former U.S. senator from Nebraska had more than tripled his office’s expenditures, which went from $5.6 million to $17.3 million, according …

The Lincoln Project is out with a new ad this morning that depicts a father and his young daughter pulled over in a traffic stop in an unnamed state. The reason for the stop is soon made clear when the cop grills the young woman, who nervously claims that they are traveling to visit her sister. The cop then reveals …

The Hill reports: A new lawsuit brought by the Democratic Party and backed by the Harris-Walz campaign was filed Monday to challenge recent changes to Georgia’s election certification rules. Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger [photo] called the board’s actions an “11th-hour effort to impose new activist rulemaking” and said earlier this month that refusing to certify election results is …

The Daily Beast reports: Days after Ann Coulter was widely criticized for her comments about Gus Walz, the controversial author is offering Donald Trump some sage advice. “ATTN DONALD TRUMP: The Harris campaign is demanding a rule change of NOT muting mics at the debates. Why? They’re betting you won’t STFU and will lose the debate – as you did …

The New York Times reports: A federal judge in Texas temporarily blocked on Monday a Biden administration program that could offer a path to citizenship for up to half a million undocumented immigrants who are married to U.S. citizens, ruling in favor of 16 Republican-led states that sued the administration. Judge J. Campbell Barker of the U.S. District Court for …