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“There’s not a single human being who has publicly accused me of any wrongdoing of any kind. At what point after these things have been said about me, for years and years, and not a single person has even accused me of wrongdoing, does this sort of become a strange urban legend?” – GOP Rep. Matt Gaetz, who is currently …

The Associated Press reports: Vladimir Putin began his fifth term Tuesday as Russian leader at a glittering Kremlin inauguration, setting out on another six years in office after destroying his political opponents, launching a devastating war in Ukraine and concentrating all power in his hands. At the ceremony inside the gilded Grand Kremlin Palace, Putin placed his hand on the …

“I’ve also written a couple of books and I know how the process works. You write some chapters, you don’t write the whole book at once. You write a chapter or two, you send it to the editors, and they edit, they read it, they add, they subtract, and here’s my question. The editor, the editor, was she possibly a …

The Washington Post reports: Former president Donald Trump mocked Sen. Jon Tester’s (D-Mont.) weight at a fundraiser Saturday night in Palm Beach, Fla., comparing his appearance to that of a pregnant woman, according to a recording of the event obtained by The Washington Post. “He’s now in a tough campaign, and he could very well lose. We ought to go …

USA Today reports: Americans by nearly 3-1 predict that former President Donald Trump will be convicted on all or some of the felony charges he faces in a New York courtroom, an outcome never before seen in U.S. history. In an exclusive USA TODAY/Suffolk University Poll, 65% expect a guilty verdict on at least some of the 34 charges that …

“What most people don’t realize is that in South Dakota they’ve used that story to attack me and my political campaigns for years. I wanted people to know the truth. This dog was vicious, it was dangerous, it was killing livestock for the joy of it and attacking people. “I had a choice between keeping my family safe, I had …

The Washington Post reports: Rep. Jennifer Wexton (D-Va.) stepped to the microphone on the House floor Monday to speak about one of her latest pieces of legislation, as she has done many times before during her five years in Congress. But the voice that gave the speech wasn’t hers — it was from a text-to-voice application, an assistive device she …

Deadline reports: Zendaya, Jennifer Lopez, Chris Hemsworth, Bad Bunny and Anna Wintour serve as the Met Gala co-chairs this year, so they’ll be in attendance. It’s a pretty good bet they’ll be joined on the red carpet by regulars like Rihanna, Jennifer Lopez, Jared Leto, Kristen Stewart, Blake Lively, Ryan Reynolds, Nicole Kidman, Kerry Washington, Cara Delevingne, Serena Williams and …

ABC News reports: House Speaker Mike Johnson and Republican Reps. Marjorie Taylor Greene and Thomas Massie met privately on Monday, amid Greene’s looming threat to try to oust him. Emerging from a nearly two-hour meeting inside the speaker’s office, Greene said on camera they will have another meeting with Johnson on Tuesday morning. When pressed by ABC’s Rachel Scott if …

Axios reports: South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem (R) pitched herself for a top NRA job as early as last fall, two sources told Axios. Noem offered to step down early as governor for the role, according to a person familiar with her conversation with former NRA CEO Wayne LaPierre. Late last fall, Noem called LaPierre to advocate to be the …