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Yahoo News reports: President Trump has amended his lawsuit against CBS, effectively doubling the damage claim to $20 billion for what he says was a deceptive edit of the network’s interview with Kamala Harris. Trump sued late last year, saying “60 Minutes” favorably arranged the then-Vice President’s answers on the war in Gaza, a violation of state consumer protection law. …

Politico reports: The House Ethics Committee closed investigations into at least four members Monday for violating campaign finance rules. The investigations involved Reps. Sanford Bishop (D-Ga.), Wesley Hunt (R-Tex.), Ronny Jackson (R-Tex.), Alex Mooney (R-W.Va.) and “other confidential matters that have been under review.” The committee declined to disclose further details on those cases. In a statement, Jackson hailed the …

NOTUS reports: Trump’s grudge against Tester goes back to 2018. Back then, Tester, the top Democrat on the Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee, opposed Trump’s nominee to run the Department of Veterans Affairs. The pick — then-White House physician Ronny Jackson — faced allegations that he inappropriately prescribed pain medication and created a toxic work environment. (An Inspector General report later …

“During the Congressional Hearing two days ago, FBI Director Christopher Wray suggested that it could be a bullet, shrapnel, or glass. “There is absolutely no evidence that it was anything other than a bullet. Congress should correct the record as confirmed by both the hospital and myself. Director Wray is wrong and inappropriate to suggest anything else. “I have reviewed …

Courthouse News reports: Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones abruptly settled his $1.6 million breach of contract federal lawsuit Tuesday against a woman claiming to be his daughter on the second day of trial. Jones, 81, and Alexandra Davis, 27, agreed to abide by the terms of their original settlement and confidentiality agreement signed in 1998 when she was two years …

The Washington Post reports: Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump shared a letter signed by Rep. Ronny Jackson (R-Tex.) on Saturday detailing the care he has received since last weekend’s assassination attempt at a campaign rally in Pennsylvania. The letter, written by a political ally whose actions as a medical provider have come into question over the years, marks the most …

“I think everyone is seeing what we saw early on. And [Biden’s allies] knew it, too. Don’t kid yourself. They knew this man had issues early on as well. They covered it up. And that’s why I don’t think it matters at this particular point if he backs out or not and she [Harris] becomes the nominee. She has got …

The Texas Tribune reports: U.S. Reps. Ronny Jackson, R-Amarillo, and Wesley Hunt, R-Houston, are under investigation for using campaign funds for private club memberships in a potential violation of campaign finance rules, according to reports released Monday by Congressional investigators. Jackson spent nearly $12,000 since 2020 on membership at the tony Amarillo Club, and Hunt spent over $74,000 between April …

“It’s embarrassing that I have to do this, and it’s really embarrassing as a former White House physician to have to do something like this, but we don’t have any choice based on what’s going on. “But I’m gonna be demanding on behalf of many millions of concerned Americans right now that he submit to a drug test before and …

The Washington Post reports: House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) on Wednesday appointed Reps. Scott Perry (R-Pa.) and Ronny Jackson (R-Tex.), two Trump loyalists who denied the results of the 2020 election, to the House Intelligence Committee, granting them oversight of the U.S. intelligence community and sensitive government material. eats on the committee are highly sought after in Congress and closely …

The Texas Gazette reports: The House Ethics Committee revealed ongoing investigations Thursday of U.S. Reps. Ronny Jackson, R-Amarillo, and Wesley Hunt, R-Houston. The committee included no details of allegations against the Texans, and it was unclear whether their cases are related. The committee said in May 2022 that Jackson was the subject of a probe into whether he used campaign …

The Washington Post reports: Ronny Jackson, the former White House physician turned GOP congressman, regularly touts his military bona fides. “As a retired U.S. Navy Rear Admiral with nearly three decades of military service I understand the commitment and sacrifices made by servicemen and servicewomen to serve our country,” the two-term Texas representative writes on his congressional website, posted to …

Rolling Stone reports: As one of the former officials tells Rolling Stone, the White House at that time was “awash in speed.” Knowledgeable sources say that samples of the stimulant were passed around for those contributing lines to major Trump speeches, working late hours on foreign policy initiatives, responding to Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s probe, coping with the deluge of …

Raw Story reports: Rep. Ronny Jackson (R-TX) did not take kindly to reports that his fellow right-wing Texas lawmaker, Rep. Chip Roy, could make a move to oust House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) from the gavel, KSDK’s Mark Maxwell reported on Wednesday. “I love Chip Roy, but Chip Roy is a major pain in the ass for all of us …

“It’s no longer breaking news when I tell the American people that there is something wrong with Joe Biden. Everyone can see that now. It’s not in question anymore. It’s what are the Democrats going to do about it? The natural course of any of these illnesses, I don’t know if it’s Alzheimer’s, dementia, or multi-infarct dementia. I’m not making …

The Hill reports: Rep. Ronny Jackson (R-Texas) said Tuesday that a threat to Rep. Kevin McCarthy’s (R) Speakership is “inevitable” if he does not meet conservative demands and requires help from Democrats to avert a government shutdown. “It’s going to be detrimental to leadership in the House, if they blow off the concerns of the people like myself and the …

The Texas Tribune reports: Newly released video shows U.S. Rep. Ronny Jackson, R-Amarillo, being slammed to the ground by police and angrily confronting a state trooper with profanity during a hectic altercation late last month at a rodeo outside Amarillo. “You are a fucking full-on dick!” Jackson told the trooper after being brought off the ground, according to bodycam footage …

The Texas Tribune reports: U.S. Rep. Ronny Jackson, R-Amarillo, threatened to beat up a state trooper and take down the Carson County sheriff in the next election after deputies detained the congressmen at a rodeo outside of Amarillo in July, according to a sheriff’s incident report released Friday night. The report said that Jackson screamed profanities at deputies who were …

“Our hearts go out to the people down there. That’s just a few miles, actually, southeast of the district that I represent, so I know those folks down there really well. But I hope we can figure this out. “This is a problem with our society. This is a societal problem and, you know, trying to disarm law-abiding citizens is …

“No one trusts the FBI or the DOJ anymore. I don’t trust them any further than I can throw that entire building. So this is just their attempt to try to stave off the special master. Who knows what they got out of there. I don’t trust these people at all. “They came in, they spent nine hours in there. …