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Austin’s NBC affiliate reports: Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton escalated a brewing conflict between Texas and New York’s abortion laws. On Monday, Paxton announced he filed legal action against New York Acting Ulster County Clerk Taylor Bruck for refusing to enforce a $100,000 penalty against Dr. Margaret Carpenter. In February, a Texas district court ruled in favor of the state …

The New York Times reports: Senator Richard J. Durbin of Illinois, the top Democrat on the Senate Judiciary Committee, on Monday demanded all recordings and transcripts of the July 24 and 25 Justice Department interviews with Ghislaine Maxwell, the longtime partner of Jeffrey Epstein who is serving a 20-year sentence for sex trafficking. In a letter to Deputy Attorney General …

The Hill reports: A House Republican’s bill would strip former President Kennedy’s name from the Washington institution created in the 35th commander in chief’s honor and instead have it known as the “Trump Center for the Performing Arts.” Dubbing the bill the Make Entertainment Great Again (MEGA) Act, Rep. Bob Onder said, “I cannot think of a more ubiquitous symbol …

NOTUS reports: Multiple Democratic lawmakers and staffers described to NOTUS a struggle to reserve rooms on Capitol Hill for committee or caucus meetings, shadow hearings and constituent gatherings. “From gutting resolutions of inquiry seeking answers on Trump’s unlawful actions in office to making it harder for Democrats to reserve rooms to hold spotlight hearings,” a Democratic committee aide told NOTUS, …

The Associated Press reports: Georgia Republican Mike Collins on Monday joined the field challenging Democratic U.S. Sen. Jon Ossoff in the state the GOP has named as their top target to add a Senate seat in 2026. A second-term member of Congress from a district east of Atlanta, Collins became the newest top Republican to get into the primary race. …

“New sheriff in town and I have to tell you that one of my favorite things to watch on YouTube these days are the court hearings where illegals are in court and ICE shows up to drag them out of court and deport them. I can think of nothing more American today than keeping our streets safer by getting those …

KRISTEN WELKER: “Now, Senator, as you are well aware, this actually contradicts a bipartisan Senate intelligence report led by Marco Rubio — which found that Russia did in fact interfere in the election. Do you actually believe that former President Obama committed treason?” LINDSEY GRAHAM: “Well, I think somebody needs to look at what we found. The intel committee looked …

The Hill reports: House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) on Sunday called an effort from Reps. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) and Ro Khanna (D-Calif.) on files related to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein “reckless” as controversy over the disgraced financier roils Washington. “House Republicans insist upon the release of all credible evidence and information related to Epstein in any way,” Johnson told …

MULLIN: “Remember, there was a sweetheart plea deal that was struck in 2009, way before I was in office, way before Trump was even considering to be in office, way before Pam Bondi was in office, way before Kash Patel was FBI director. In 2009 there was a sweetheart plea deal that was made underneath the Obama administration with Epstein …

“Even though Anthony Fauci has been pardoned, there is some question whether it’s a legitimate pardon. His pardon wasn’t signed by President Biden. It’s unclear whether President Biden is mentally cognizant enough of the situation to know who he pardoned. Hundreds and hundreds of people were pardoned in a day by a mechanical signature from a machine. “We do know …

Semafor reports: Rep. Ronny Jackson met with White House officials in recent days about Texas politics — including the state’s 2026 Senate race — according to two people familiar with the meeting. The Republican congressman, a potential candidate for Texas’s already-ugly Senate GOP primary, discussed what he’s hearing about that race as well as the broader congressional map with White …

The Denver Westword reports: According to records obtained from the Windsor Police Department and confirmed by the Weld County District Attorney’s office, Tyler Boebert, 22, the eldest of controversial Republican Congresswoman Lauren Boebert’s four sons, was cited on Friday, July 11, and faces a misdemeanor charge of child abuse. Details about the circumstances that led to the criminal citation were …

Colorado Newsline reports: “Without my family, I’m nothing,” read the subject line of an email sent by then-state Rep. Gabe Evans to supporters on Sept. 10, 2023. The email announced Evans’ candidacy for Colorado’s toss-up 8th Congressional District, and it began with a story the Fort Lupton Republican has told countless times throughout his political career — the story of …

The New York Post reports: Sen. Rick Scott (R-Fla.) is taking aim at socialist Big Apple mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani – with aerial ads urging fed-up New Yorkers to flee to Florida. “Hate Socialism? Us too! Move 2 FL,” read the banners the Sunshine State senator will fly over New York beaches this weekend. In a Florida flex, the ad …

The San Antonio Current reports: A month after unveiling his reelection campaign, Texas House Republican and state DOGE Committee Chairman Giovanni Capriglione shocked the Texas capitol Tuesday by announcing he no longer plans to run. The about-face came just before a bombshell interview surfaced Friday with an exotic dancer who maintains she had a 17-year affair with the conservative Dallas-Fort …

West Palm Beach’s ABC affiliate reports: Bond was set at $360,000 for Fort Pierce Commissioner James Taylor during his first appearance at the St. Lucie County Courthouse on Friday. Taylor is facing 24 felony counts related to a multistate investigation of child exploitation. In court, the judge read out charges that range from solicitation of child pornography to harmful communication …

CNN reports: Disgraced former Rep. George Santos reported to a federal prison in New Jersey on Friday to begin serving a seven-year sentence for the fraud charges that got him ousted from Congress. The federal Bureau of Prisons confirmed that the New York Republican was in custody at the Federal Correctional Institution in Fairton, in southern New Jersey. The ever-online …

The Barbed Wire reports: State Rep. Giovanni Capriglione, who authored Texas’ “trigger ban” on abortion, said in a statement on Friday that he has never paid for an abortion. The statement, posted on X, came after Alex Grace — who describes herself as a mother of four, political news curator, and exotic dancer — alleged that the Southlake-based Republican has …

The Texas Tribune reports: Legislation identical to two failed regular session bills seeking to restrict what bathrooms transgender people can use in government and school buildings have been filed in the Texas House and Senate after Gov. Greg Abbott outlined the restrictions as a special session priority. State Sen. Mayes Middleton filed Senate Bill 7 on Thursday, days after Lt. …

The Hill reports: Sen. Katie Britt (R-Ala.) and 13 other Senate Republicans are urging the Trump administration to release National Institutes of Health (NIH) funding that has been held up for months. The GOP senators warned in a letter to White House budget chief Russell Vought that the “slow disbursement of funds” that Congress appropriated in March “risks undermining critical …