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The competitive Republican primary for Senate in Texas is headed to a runoff, according to a Decision Desk HQ projection. The race will head to a May 26 showdown between incumbent Sen. John Cornyn and Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton as Republicans scramble to keep the seat in GOP hands. Neither Cornyn nor Paxton won the 50 percent-plus-one support they needed to avoid a runoff against a third competitor, Rep. Wesley Hunt, who was pulling in double-digit support in polls ahead of the race. Polls had also shown Paxton with a slight lead. The upcoming runoff will pit the four-term...

California Democrats are panicking as a crowded and uninspiring field of gubernatorial candidates is raising the real possibility two Republicans to advance out of the June primary. The prospect of the “zombie campaigns” leading to a Republican governor for the first time since Arnold Schwarzenegger left office in 2011 has created a “sh—show,” one Democratic state legislator told The Post. “I’ve never seen a big race like this before,” the legislator said. “And I am worried that we’re going to have two really whacko Republicans.” As hundreds gathered this weekend for the California Democratic Party convention in San Francisco, another...

Conservative organizations across the state have released recommendations for candidates running in the March Republican primary for statewide office.The endorsements considered include: True Texas Project (TTP), Texas Gun Rights (TGR), Texas Family Project (TFP), Grassroots America: We The People (GAWTP), Texas Right to Life (TRL), and Texans Uniting for Reform and Freedom (TURF).Early voting has begun and ends on Friday, February 27. Election day is Tuesday March 3.Click on this link for complete list of endorsements by all of the above organizations: Texas Scorecard.Click on the links of the individual organizations above for commentary on the endorsements.

The heated exchange centered around a recent resolution criticizing ICE officers — a move critics say was rushed through without public awareness.

The daughter of Republican Minnesota gubernatorial candidate Jeff Johnson was stabbed to death in a botched murder-suicide over the weekend — leading her father to abruptly suspend his 2026 campaign. Hallie Marie Tobler, 22, was discovered dead with multiple stab wounds inside her locked apartment in St. Cloud after cops responded to a medical emergency Saturday evening, according to the St. Cloud Police Department. Tobler’s husband, 23-year-old Dylan Michael Tobler, was also critically injured inside the home with what investigators believed to be self-inflicted stab wounds, police said.

The daughter of a Minnesota gubernatorial candidate was found stabbed to death at her home over the weekend, leading to a tragic shakeup in the state's 2026 election.

In November, Minaj appeared at the United Nations in support of the Trump administration to speak on the persecution of Christians in Nigeria. In December, she was interviewed by Erika Kirk, the widow of Charlie Kirk and the chairwoman of Turning Point USA, the conservative youth organization. Then, after sharing increasingly supportive social media posts of conservative politics and the Trump administration, Minaj met with Trump and described herself as “probably the president’s number one fan." The move has been met with backlash from many of the rappers’ fans. Videos of her music being booed in clubs have gone viral,...

Report Highlights: • Republicans are 2.25 times more likely to own firearms than Democrats. • Independent voters reported 29% ownership rate in 2000 and 2023, lower than Republicans and higher than Democrats. • Republican women are 14% more likely to own guns than Democrat men. • Protection is the main reason for gun ownership across all political parties.

Now over a year into the new congressional term and moving toward the midterms, the Republican-controlled U.S. Congress has been racking up one major victory after another. Don't believe it? Just look at the facts. The Babylon Bee has the receipts with the following list of things the GOP has accomplished while in power: 1. Got Little Debbie Zebra Cakes added to the Capitol cafeteria: The far-reaching magnitude of this cannot be overstated. 2. Thought long and hard about doing something: They're not sure what it was, but they definitely considered it. 3. Added a cool light show to the...

Back in 2016, I, along with a lot of people, made the argument that that election was critical to the future of the country. It was and America made the right choice. I made the same argument in 2020 and while America made the right choice the Democrats ran a coup d'état and we suffered through four years of watching whoever was controlling Joe Biden basically run the country into the ground. Then, two years ago I made the same argument, that basically, if America made the wrong choice the Republic was going to soon find its end. Thankfully America...

Braveheart is great entertainment, if less than perfect history. Mel Gibson plays the hero, William Wallace, who battles to deliver the Scots from the hated English, who had brutally murdered his father, brother, and wife. Wallace attracts a growing following as he begins to defeat the English in several skirmishes and battles. Following the Battle of Stirling Bridge, where his heavily outmatched and outnumbered troops defeated the English, Wallace became something of a legend and demanded that the nobility join him in the fight. The nobles, who have holdings in both Scotland and England, while not enthusiastic about English occupation,...

Ella Cook, a 19-year-old sophomore from Birmingham, Alabama, was a student at Brown University, tragically killed in the December 13, 2025, campus shooting. An active parishioner at the Cathedral Church of the Advent, she was remembered as a grounded, faithful, and bright light in her community. She served as Vice President of the Brown University Republican Club and was described by peers as a staunch conservative unafraid to express her views on a liberal campus. Prior experience included work at Oxbridge Academic Programs and Mountain Brook Creamery

Republican Virginia state Del. Carrie Coyner, who was the recipient of the infamous violent text messages sent by Democratic Attorney General-elect Jay Jones, lost her bid for reelection to the House of Delegates on Tuesday. Jones, who defeated incumbent Jason Miyares on Tuesday, drew backlash for lost by more than five percentage points by Democrat Lindsey Dougherty. “Tonight’s results mark the end of my time serving our community in elected office, but not the end of my love for this community or my commitment to its people,” Coyner wrote in a statement. “For 14 years, it has been the greatest...

In an upset, Democrats ousted two Republican members of Georgia’s utility board on Tuesday, according to preliminary results from the secretary of state's office. The closely watched races for two of the five seats on the Georgia Public Service Commission had been viewed not only as a referendum on rising electric bills but also as a bellwether for next year’s contests for governor and U.S. Senate. Since 2007, no Democrat has served on the commission, whose members have six-year terms. But the two Democratic candidates tapped into anger over rising electric bills at a time when prices have risen sharply...

Republican candidates lost across Virginia on Tuesday night, including losing to a Democrat who fantasized about murdering Republicans and their children. But one silver lining popped up in a most unexpected place: Infamous Loudoun County elected a school board member opposed to transgender ideology. Amy Riccardi just unseated trans-crazed incumbent Arben Istrefi, who recently voted in favor of keeping Policy 8040, which allows students to use restrooms and locker rooms of the opposite sex and requires the use of “preferred pronouns” to start grooming children into pursuing irreversible medical “transition” procedures. Loudoun County Public Schools’ (LCPS) “transgender” policies have led...

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene showed a softer side Tuesday as she broke repeatedly with President Trump and the GOP during an interview on “The View” — calling for “women of maturity” to unite in a surprisingly warm appearance.. *** The populist conservative, calling herself “unapologetically America first,” trashed Trump’s endorsement of ex-Gov. Andrew Cuomo in the New York City mayoral race — saying she backs Republican Curtis Sliwa, despite his slim chances against socialist Democratic nominee Zohran Mamdani. “I wouldn’t vote for Andrew Cuomo. All these women came out with accusations against him, which I found pretty disgusting, and then...

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Louisiana Gov. Huey Long, Democrat and Depression-era populist, predicted in 1935, “When fascism comes to America, it will come under the guise of anti-fascism.” This prophecy is coming true before our eyes. This year, Democrats are calling everyone who disagrees with them a Nazi or a fascist while facilitating evil. Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz charges that President Trump is “a fascist to his core.” Former Vice President Kamala Harris agrees. Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and the silver-tongued Rep. Jasmine Crockett, who calls Mr. Trump a “Temu Hitler,” are among the Democrats who have twisted reality to reach...

The head of a county elections board in North Carolina resigned after police said they found video of him hiding drugs in his grandchild’s ice cream. James Yokeley Jr., who led the Surry County Board of Elections in North Carolina, reportedly warned police officers that two teens found hard items in their Dairy Queen ice cream, according to a report from NC Newsline. The teenagers were his step-granddaughter and her friend. Video footage seen by Wilmington Police allegedly showed that Yokeley was the one who placed the small blue pills in the desserts. Field tests showed that the pills contained...

NJ Councilwoman Eunice Dwumfour fatally shot outside her home: reports New Jersey Councilwoman Eunice Dwumfour was gunned down outside her home late Wednesday, crashing her car after being repeatedly shot while behind the wheel, officials said. Dwumfour, 30, was found dead in her white Nissan SUV after it crashed near the Camelot at La Mer apartment complex in Sayreville, NJ, ABC 7 News reported. The Republican councilwoman was found with multiple gunshot wounds, and pronounced dead at the scene, officials told the outlet. Some locals told RLS Media that the gunman was spotted racing off to the Garden State Parkway,...