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Establishment Republican Congressman Van Taylor (Texas — 3rd District) is dropping out of his re-election race after NATIONAL FILE exclusively broke the story that Van Taylor had an extramarital affair with an ISIS bride, abusing his power by requesting a “slow rim job” from the woman and trying to keep her quiet with lavish money offers. Van Taylor was held to less than 50 percent of the vote in his primary on Tuesday night and forced into a runoff against second-place challenger Judge Keith Self and now the Republicans do not see any path forward for the sitting Congressman. Van...

Rep. Van Taylor (R-TX) suspended his campaign on Wednesday upon admitting he had an affair with “ISIS bride” Tania Joya, which Breitbart News reported earlier in the week. “About a year ago, I made a horrible mistake that has caused deep hurt and pain among those I love most in this world. I had an affair, it was wrong, and it was the greatest failure of my life,” he said in a public statement.

President Trump hosted a border security meeting at the White House Tuesday afternoon. In an effort to make progress on the government shutdown, Trump invited Republican and Democrat lawmakers to attend with ideas. Not a single Democrat showed up. Their leaders, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, were also missing. “As Senator Schumer and Speaker Pelosi refuse to negotiate, President Donald J. Trump and his team are working hard to find solutions to solve the humanitarian and national security crisis at the border and reopen the government. The President has a proposal on the table...

Financial support for Republican congressional candidate Van Taylor will not be coming from the Republican National Committee. An Associated Press report says the RNC has withdrawn its pledge for funds to buy advertising in the Dallas-Fort Worth area. That was first revealed by the campaign for Taylor's opponent, Congressman Chet Edwards. Taylor's campaign doesn't dispute the story. But campaign manager Casey Phillips says they're prepared to move forward, even without the national party's money. Edwards and Taylor face off in another congressional forum, Monday at 6 p.m. here on WTAW. It's brought to you by the Bryan-College Station Chamber of...

KBTX-TV, Bryan-College Station is partnering with KWTX-TV, Waco and KAMU-TV, Texas A&M University to host a live hour-long District 17 candidate forum Saturday, October 7. This is the first meeting of Republican Van Taylor and incumbent Democrat Chet Edwards in this type forum. KBTX-TV weekend anchor Chace Murphy will moderate the forum. Panelists include KBTX-TV six and ten o'clock anchor Joe Brown, KBTX-TV five o'clock anchor Crystal Galny, and KWTX-TV six and ten o'clock anchor Julie Shelton. The candidate forum is closed to the public, however, it will air live on KBTX-TV, KWTX-TV, KAMU-TV, KAMU-FM, KBTX.com, and KWTX.com from 7...

In an interview with News 3, Democratic Congressman Chet Edwards made an offer to Republican candidate Van Taylor to end the negative political ad campaigning. "I would offer to Mr. Taylor to take down all of our television ads and from here forward, run nothing but positive ads about what we're going to do for this country, and what we believe we can do, positively, for our district," Edwards said. Late Wednesday afternoon, Taylor's campaign manager, Casey Phillips, made the following statement: "To me, this offer really reminds me of a school yard bully backing down from a fight once...

April 10, 2006 — When John Kerry took the stage to formally accept the Democratic Party's nomination in the summer of 2004, he did so highlighting a portion of his biography he hoped would resonate positively with the American people. "I'm John Kerry and I'm reporting for duty," said the former naval lieutenant, with his saluting hand to his forehead. Biography is not destiny, or so goes the political adage. "When candidates introduce themselves through biography, it invites voters in in a unique way, a way of relating to people in their own lives and experiences," said Tad Devine, a...