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The Daily Beast reports: Billionaire mega-donor Timothy Mellon, who has poured millions into a super PAC supporting Donald Trump, gave another $5 million to Robert F. Kennedy Jr. in April, according to newly released campaign finance filings. The gift is sure to stoke speculation that Mellon believes Kennedy’s presence as an independent in the race could siphon votes away from …

The New York Post reports: Hundreds of nursing homes in Florida have been forced to shut their doors over the past five years because of the soaring cost of commercial property insurance in the state. In the five-year period ending in 2023, an average of 146 nursing homes or assisted-living facilities in Florida have closed each year, according to the …

The Associated Press reports: Montana’s attorney general told supporters he skirted the state’s campaign finance laws by inviting another Republican to run against him as a token candidate in next month’s primary so he could raise more money for the November general election, according to a recording from a fundraising event. “I do technically have a primary,” Attorney General Austin …

CNBC News reports: Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito sold shares of beer giant Anheuser-Busch InBev as conservatives were ditching the Bud Light brewer over its partnership with a transgender social media influencer. On the same day that Alito sold Anheuser-Busch, he then bought the same amount of stock in Molson Coors, a company with a history of facing political boycotts …

Indianapolis’s PBS affiliate reports: Indiana’s education department is telling school districts not to adopt new federal protections for LGBTQ+ students and sex-based discrimination until several lawsuits challenging the regulations, including one by the state’s attorney general, are settled. The new Title IX guidelines, released by the U.S. Department of Education forbids discrimination on the basis of sex stereotypes, sexual orientation, …

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports: Two days before ultraconservative activist Amy Kremer won a surprise victory for a coveted party post, Georgia GOP leaders received an email from a veteran Republican consultant. The letter from Patrick Krason of FEC Compliance Services warned that Kremer had been fined 10 times by the Federal Election Commission for not submitting reports. He also accused …

Politico reports: House Republicans are already deriding the Senate’s bid for a vote on bipartisan immigration legislation as a political ploy that’s doomed — in the extremely unlikely event it even reaches their chamber. “Leader Schumer is trying give [sic] his vulnerable members cover by bringing a vote on a bill which has already failed once in the Senate because …

“Pastor Mark Burns is running for Congress in South Carolina’s 3rd Congressional District, and has been with me from the very beginning of our Movement to Make America Great Again. In Congress, Mark will help me Secure the Border, Stop Illegal Immigration, Uphold the Rule of Law, Grow the Economy, and Protect and Defend our always under siege Second Amendment. …

The Hill reports: Republican Sens. Ted Cruz (Texas) and Katie Britt (Ala.) announced Monday that they are introducing legislation to protect legal access to in vitro fertilization (IVF) nationwide in the wake of an Alabama Supreme Court ruling that embryos created by the treatment are children. Cruz and Britt said they will unveil the bill to clear up the “confusion …

The Dakota Scout reports: The publisher of Gov. Kristi Noem’s controversial new book is conceding that it will have to fix another factual error made by the governor, this one about South Dakota Sen. Mike Rounds. Hachette Book Group will amend future editions of “No Going Back” to clarify Noem’s allegation that Rounds called on Donald Trump to drop out …

CBS News reports: Republican Sen. J.D. Vance of Ohio, rumored to be one of former President Donald Trump’s vice-presidential contenders, said Sunday that the U.S “could learn from” some decisions made by authoritarian Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, including controversial policies related to dealing with dissidents at universities. Orbán, who is revered in some hardline conservative circles, seized control of …

“The truth of the matter is you saw the State of the Union and you watched that performance. It was surreal. There was something going on and if we can find the truth of what it was, we are all better off. “Because if it takes artificial stimulation to make the president of the United States perform, how often can …

Politico reports: Rep. Elise Stefanik took exception to being asked about her loyalty to former President Donald Trump by a Fox News host Sunday. The New York Republican got into a heated exchange with “Fox News Sunday” host Shannon Bream over a question about how her support of Trump has changed over time. “It’s a disgrace you would quote the …

“You could tell that when Joe Biden comes in, he’s jacked up, and then, as the hour goes by, he slowly winds down. So the American people need to understand if they’re giving him some injection so that he can actually look like he’s coherent and he’s with us, because the other parts of the time he’s not. This is …

NBC News reports: Florida GOP Sen. Marco Rubio, widely seen as a potential vice presidential pick for former President Donald Trump, on Sunday refused to say whether he would accept the results of the 2024 presidential election, instead blaming Democrats for sowing doubts about the election. The senator, appearing on NBC News’ “Meet the Press,” said, “I think you’re asking …

“The Secret Service — they use their criteria, they set this plan — and now the director of Secret Services saying, well, they have the authority to set the plan, they don’t have the authority to change it. “They put the protest zone a block away from the actual convention site. Thee initial plan had the entrances on the north …

CNN reports: Alice Stewart, a veteran political adviser and CNN political commentator who worked on several GOP presidential campaigns, has died. She was 58. Law enforcement officials told CNN that Stewart’s body was found outdoors in the Belle View neighborhood in northern Virginia early Saturday morning. No foul play is suspected, and officers believe a medical emergency occurred. Stewart served …

The Times Of Israel reports: US Rep. Elise Stefanik is set to address the Knesset today and according to The New York Times, is expected to deliver a “forceful rebuke of President Biden and his fellow Democrats while presenting her party as the true allies of the Jewish state.” Stefanik will be the highest-ranking House Republican to speak at the …

USA Today reports: A wave of sweltering temperatures continues to swamp South Florida with heat index, or “feels like” temperatures, expected to reach 109 degrees in West Palm Beach today and continue with triple digits into Sunday. The National Weather Service in Miami issued a heat advisory for its entire coverage area today, which includes Palm Beach, Broward, Collier, Glades, …

Politico reports: Ron DeSantis has more than two years left as Florida governor. Yet Donald Trump is itching to find his successor. During a high-dollar fundraiser at the Pierre in Manhattan on Tuesday night, Trump pointedly asked Rep. Byron Donalds if he planned on running for governor. A smiling Donalds told POLITICO he answered Trump: “That’s what I hear.” Trump, …