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Tuesday on ABC’s “The View,” Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT) said the so-called MAGA movement was a “divisive, hateful community.” Murphy said, “It’s not enough to be just against Trump. And this is, frankly, getting us to what this book is about. I want the Democratic Party to really speak to where the people of this country are emotionally right now. Trump, frankly, has done a better job than Democrats of speaking to people about the way they feel powerless today, the way they feel lonely and adrift. MAGA, whether you like it or not. It is a place where people…

Washington will reportedly make fewer jets, warships, and drones available to the bloc’s European members The US has told NATO’s European members that it will reduce its military contributions to the bloc as Washington’s military planners set their sights on China, Der Spiegel reported on Tuesday.Delivered by senior Pentagon adviser Alexander Velez-Green at a confidential NATO meeting in Brussels last week, the message from Washington marks the latest step in US President Donald Trump’s slow disengagement from Europe.Trump has reportedly drawn up a “naughty and nice” list of NATO members based on their support for his policies, and earlier this…

“How cheap is it going to be? And I said, well, cheap is probably not the right word for World Cup, but there are definitely some good buys to be had right now,” said Lodes. “With the high prices, I think a lot of people are waiting to see and they see the trends on the pricing but I think once you get within you know seven to ten days of the events you’re going to see a spike as people decide no I really want to go and this is what the prices are going to be,” he added.…

Rep. Christian Menefee decisively defeated fellow Democrat Rep. Al Green in Tuesday’s Texas 18th Congressional District primary runoff, taking more than two-thirds of the vote when the Associated Press (AP) called the race. The Associated Press called the race for Menefee at 7:33 p.m. with an estimated 61 percent of votes counted. Menefee led with 21,678 votes, or 68.6 percent, while Green had 9,930 votes, or 31.4 percent, according to the AP race call. The result marks a major intraparty defeat for Green, who has served in Congress for more than 21 years, and advances Menefee after a cycle in…

A US senator says he was pepper-sprayed during a rally held in support of detainees in New Jersey US federal agents have used tear gas against protesters outside the immigration detention center in Newark, New Jersey after days of unrest.The rally was held on Monday in solidarity with detainees reportedly staging a hunger strike at the Delaney Hall facility.A sweeping immigration enforcement campaign launched by US President Donald Trump shortly after taking office has led to thousands of arrests across the country. Public support for the crackdown has steadily declined, with most Americans saying the tactics used by the Department…

A Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) trooper recovered 20 illegal aliens, including four minors, hidden inside the sleeping compartment of a truck tractor on Monday evening. The stop took place near Laredo, Texas, close to where a group of illegal aliens was found dead, locked inside a Union Pacific railcar. According to DPS, the stop occurred on May 18, 2026, just after 6:00 p.m., when a Trooper pulled over a white Volvo tractor-trailer on IH‑35 near mile marker 28 in Webb County as part of Operation Lone Star. As the Trooper approached, the driver attempted to flee on foot…

Democrat Texas candidate for U.S. Senate James Talarico asked supporters of the defeated Republican incumbent, Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX), to join his campaign as he prepares to face the GOP nominee, Attorney General Ken Paxton. The Tuesday night Republican runoff was called by the Associated Press for Paxton at 9:00 p.m., giving Cornyn the boot after serving in the U.S. Senate for over two decades. As of 10:00 p.m., Paxton had 63.2 percent of the vote over Cornyn’s 36.8 percent, with 60 percent of the votes counted.  Talarico, the far-left state legislator who beat U.S. Rep. Jasmine Crockett (R-TX) in…

Donald Trump just ousted another Republican he viewed as insufficiently loyal. Two years from now, his revenge list could be even longer. The president has already lashed out at two House Republicans due to perceived slights, with the White House floating a longer list of potential targets over the past year. Trump could also take aim at several GOP senators up for reelection in 2028 — including Alaska’s Lisa Murkowski, Kentucky’s Rand Paul and Indiana’s Todd Young — as he seeks to make a lasting mark on the Republican Party in the final stretch of his presidency. The prospect that…

The former president is seeking to block the release of interviews with his ghostwriter Former US President Joe Biden is suing the US Department of Justice (DOJ) in an effort to block the release of interviews he gave to his ghostwriter, which later became part of a special counsel investigation into the mishandling of classified documents.According to the Daily Intelligencer, the records include 70 hours of audio recordings and transcripts of conversations between Biden and ghostwriter Mark Zwonitzer, recorded while Zwonitzer was working on Biden’s 2017 memoir.The recordings were obtained by special counsel Robert Hur, who was appointed to investigate…

There is no “alternative” for Ukraine other than a fast-tracked E.U. accession process and full membership into the bloc. Taras Kachka, Ukraine’s Deputy Prime Minister for European and Euro-Atlantic Integration, made the declaration of alignment on Tuesday. Speaking with Euronews, Kachka asserted that E.U. membership for Ukraine is a “starting point” for all discussions about the country’s figure. He argued that there are “no alternatives for the fast, merit-based, but full membership in the European Union.” “Any type of alternative is simply not acceptable and not worth any discussion,” he stressed. Kachka delivered his assertions referring to a proposal from…