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A disabled man in a wheelchair and a conservative podcaster, Matt Kim, were removed from Ron DeSantis’s campaign event on the eve of the Iowa caucuses. The reasons behind this unexpected removal remain unclear, sparking confusion and frustration among the individuals involved. The incident, which was caught on video, shows the disabled attendee, who had just entered the venue, being promptly escorted out by security personnel. The individual was reported to be wearing a hat bearing the name of Brenden Dilley, host of The Dilley Show and a Trump supporter. Dilley took to social media to express his disbelief.

The hunt is on for two prisoners — one of them a convicted murderer from Harris County — who escaped today from a state prison in Frio County. Authorities believe the two men, both Mexican citizens, cut through a perimeter fence. Around 7 a.m., officials at the Briscoe Unit in Dilley noticed the men were not in the prison’s furniture factory where they worked, said Jason Clark, spokesman for the Texas Department of Criminal Justice. A search in the unit began. Then officials realized the men had likely left the prison by cutting through a fence, Clark said. It appears...