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Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg slammed recent attacks against Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D) by former President Trump as “mushy and lazy” on Friday, suggesting Trump’s heart may not be in the race anymore. “It’s also pretty mushy and lazy for Donald Trump’s best attack to be, what was it, ‘He’s heavily into lotsa different worlds,’ like?” Buttigieg said on CNN’s “The Source” with anchor Kaitlan Collins.

While appearing on CNN’s The Source with Kaitlin Collins, Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg criticized former President Donald Trump’s recent public appearances, saying he’s “lost a step.”“Sometimes you get the feeling that Trump’s heart isn’t in this anymore, the laziness of his attacks, not to mention the, again, lack of any coherent account of what he’s actually going to do to make Americans lives better,” Buttigieg said. “You can just tell that he’s lost a step. You know, he’s getting mushy or fuzzy or more confused.” Discussing a Thursday press conference Trump held, after which he was accused of rambling...

Opposition leader Benazir Bhutto described Pakistan on Saturday as a pressure cooker about to explode, as President Pervez Musharraf's government tightened screws on media by ordering out three British journalists. Having invoked emergency powers a week ago, General Musharraf has sacked most of the country's judges, put senior ones under house arrest, and ordered police to round up most of the opposition leadership and anyone else deemed troublesome. He has also placed curbs on media. Private news channels are off the air and transmissions of BBC and CNN have been blocked, though newspapers are publishing freely. "Pakistan under dictatorship is...

Wavering Voters Anti-Iraq, Wary of Kerry 12 minutes ago By RON FOURNIER, AP Political Writer WASHINGTON - In an election where most voters have already chosen sides, the presidency could be decided by a small slice of America in the mushy middle — wavering voters who are more likely than others to question President Bush's honesty and think the war in Iraq was a mistake. An Associated Press study of 1,329 "persuadable" voters, conducted by Knowledge Networks in advance of the presidential debates, suggests these people are deeply conflicted about change in the White House. While they have problems with...

I wrote both my Senators and my Representative about the mideast conflict, strongly supporting Israel. Here's the full text of the letter I received today from Sen. Bayh's office. (I apologize for any typos, which are my fault and not the fault of anyone in the Senator's office.):Dear Mr. ____:Thank you for contacting me regarding the ongoing problems between the Palestinians and the Israelis. I appreciate your concerns -- a peaceful resolution through peaceful negotiations must be the primary goal.As you may know, the series of negotiations between the Israel and the Palestinian Authority has gone through many stages, starting...