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Fortune reports: Postmaster General Louis DeJoy was a major Republican Party donor and Trump fundraiser—and was also the first postmaster general in two decades without prior USPS experience. Under DeJoy, the USPS has been bleeding money. In the first quarter of fiscal 2024 alone, USPS reported a $2.1 billion net loss, more than double its $1 billion net loss during …

The Associated Press reports: It will be a state crime for a person to be in Iowa if previously denied admission to or removed from the United States under a bill signed into law by Gov. Kim Reynolds on Wednesday. The law, which takes effect July 1, has elevated anxiety in Iowa’s immigrant communities and has prompted questions among legal …

The New York Daily News reports: Former president, presumptive 2024 GOP nominee and fast food lover Donald Trump stopped by an Atlanta Chick-fil-A on Wednesday, where he reportedly ordered 30 milkshakes and gave them out to patrons in an apparent attempt to woo local voters. The 77-year-old right-winger made his lunchtime visit en route to a fundraiser. “Hello everybody,” Trump …

The Hill reports: Mpox cases have been elevated since October, with an average of roughly 200 monthly cases detected per month, spurring efforts to avoid a summer surge like what was seen in 2022. Recent numbers from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) showed a startling difference between the first quarter of 2023 and 2024, with the first …

The Louisiana Illuminator reports: The Louisiana House Committee on Education advanced House Bill 121 by Rep. Raymond Crews, R-Bossier City, which prohibits the use of transgender and nonbinary youth’s chosen names and pronouns in public K-12 schools without parental permission, along a party line 9-3 vote. House Bill 122 by Rep. Dodie Horton, R-Haugton, which limits discussion of gender and …

Mediaite reports: Former Trump national security adviser John Bolton revealed to CNN host Kaitlan Collins on Wednesday that he voted for former Vice President Dick Cheney in the 2020 presidential election and would write him in again this year. Collins asked, “Who did you write in in 2020? You’ve never revealed that before.” Bolton replied, “Well, I might as well …

The Albany Times Union reports: On Oct. 10, Alison Esposito, a former Republican candidate for lieutenant governor, announced she was running for Congress in New York’s 18th Congressional District against incumbent Democratic U.S. Rep. Pat Ryan. But according to her most recently available campaign finance records, Esposito did not pay anyone on her campaign in the three months after launching …

“The people on the left are so desperate attacking Trump, now for an Arizona Supreme Court ruling that upholds what is a Civil War-era law banning abortion. This will be fixed in the next week or two. “Let not your heart be troubled. I can pretty much assure that that will happen. And you know what? Arizona’s governor is a …

Reuters reports: The FBI is concerned about the possibility of an organized attack in the United States similar to the one that killed scores at a Russian concert hall last month, the bureau’s director plans to tell a House of Representatives panel on Thursday. “Looking back over my career in law enforcement, I’d be hard pressed to think of a …

NBC News reports: Kyle Benjamin Douglas Calvert, 26, of Irondale, was charged with malicious use of an explosive and possession of an unregistered destructive device, the Justice Department said. The explosion outside Attorney General Steve Marshall’s office occurred around 3:42 a.m. on Feb. 24. No injuries or major damage were reported. “That device had the characteristics of an IED, and …