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Bloomberg News reports: Missouri Republicans are mulling a redistricting plan similar to one taking shape in Texas that President Donald Trump has pushed to bolster the chances for the GOP to maintain control of Congress after the 2026 midterm elections. Missouri Governor Mike Kehoe is considering a redistricting plan, said State Senator Cindy O’Laughlin, the Republican president pro tem. A …

CNBC reports: The White House announced Wednesday that it is imposing an additional 25% tariff on India, bringing the total levies against the major United States trading partner to 50%. “I find that the Government of India is currently directly or indirectly importing Russian Federation oil,” President Donald Trump said in an executive order. “Accordingly, and as consistent with applicable …

The Florida Phoenix reports: Attorneys for the Pulitzer Prize Board are before the Florida Supreme Court trying for a delay of a defamation lawsuit Donald Trump filed after it recognized reporting about alleged collusion between his 2016 campaign and Russia. Trump filed the defamation lawsuit against the Pulitzer board, the group that decides who wins Pulitzer prizes, after it bestowed …

The New York Post reports: An attorney for Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs confirmed Tuesday that his legal team has approached the Trump administration about a pardon — even as the president has signaled he’s leaning against letting the rapper off the hook. Nicole Westmoreland, a member of Combs’ defense team, said his legal posse has reached out to the Trump administration …

CNN reports: Top Trump administration officials will gather at the vice president’s residence Wednesday evening as they continue to weigh whether to publish an audio recording and transcript of Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche’s recent conversation with Jeffrey Epstein accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell. The administration’s handling of the Epstein case, as well as the need to craft a unified response, is …

Nashville’s ABC affiliate reports: Republican U.S. Senator Marsha Blackburn announced on Wednesday that she will run for governor of Tennessee. “It’s official! I’m running for Governor to ensure Tennessee is America’s conservative leader for this generation and the next,” Blackburn posted to social media. Blackburn joins Tennessee Congressman John Rose (TN-06), who announced his plan to run for the open …

PIERS MORGAN: “Last time we discussed this on Uncensored, I bet you $150,000 that you were wrong and that she’s a woman. On X, when we discussed this further, I doubled it, this is for charity, to $300,000. You haven’t accepted that yet. So right now, $300,000 to charity, I say she’s a woman. Are you prepared to take that …

The New Republic reports: Last week, Representative Delia Ramirez, a Guatemalan American representing Illinois’s 3rd district, spoke at the second Panamerican Congress in Mexico City. A snippet of her remarks has infuriated MAGA commentators, lawmakers, and even the Department of Homeland Security. But the outrage stems from an apparent mistranslation by right-wing news site The Blaze, which reported that Ramirez …

The Hill reports: Rep. Mike Lawler (R-N.Y.) said what Texas Republicans are doing is “wrong” after they forwarded a gerrymandered congressional map, which would result in five new GOP seats in the House ahead of next year’s midterm elections, as he seeks reelection in his New York swing district. “I think it’s wrong, what Texas is doing,” he said of …

“We’re gonna move it forward and, working with the speaker, whether it’s this month, our special session is 30 days and ends in two weeks and we’re halfway through. We’re either gonna do it now, we’re gonna do it in later August, we’re gonna do it in September, we’re gonna do it in October. “Whatever it takes, Sean, whatever it …