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Sunday on NBC’s “Meet the Press,” Rep. Ro Khanna (D-CA) said he regretted his endorsement of now-former Maine U.S. Senate candidate Graham Platner. Host Kristen Welker said, “I want to ask you about something else that has been under a microscope. Your endorsement of Senate candidate Graham Plattner in Maine. He has since dropped out amid a swirl of controversies. Congressman, you stood by him through a series of previous controversies, from a tattoo resembling a Nazi symbol to his online posts blaming survivors of sexual assault, even after The New York Times published allegations from ex-girlfriends describing a pattern of…

Republicans are mourning the death of Sen. Lindsey Graham while grappling with his absence’s sweeping impact on their agenda. Funeral arrangements for the four-term South Carolina lawmaker have not yet been set, and could further disrupt lawmakers’ brief voting schedule in Washington before leaving for August recess. But Graham’s position as a power broker between the Senate and President Donald Trump puts the fate of several legislative priorities in question. Most immediately this week, GOP leaders had been counting on Graham to help rally support behind Trump’s nominee for attorney general, Todd Blanche, with a handful of fellow Republicans at risk of…

Spain’s former Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy has found himself at the center of an international controversy with France after he wrote an opinion piece stating the French national soccer team has no Frenchmen. The comments, issued by Rajoy through a recently-published opinion piece, sparked outrage among French government officials and politicians. Spain’s socialist Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez accused his predecessor of xenophobia. Rajoy served as Prime Minister of Spain between 2011 and 2018, when Sánchez succeeded him as head of the Spanish government. Over the past weeks, the former Prime Minister has published several opinion pieces at the Spanish outlet El…

Sunday on NBC’s “Meet the Press,” President Donald Trump said Sen. Lindsey Graham’s (R-SC) death was a “big blow” to the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) America Act. Host Kristen Welker said, “President Trump, thank you for joining us and my condolences to you.” Trump said, “Well, thank you. He’s a tough one to lose. He was great. He was unique in every way, actually.” He continued, “He called and said, ‘We’re all set for the Save America Act. He was pushing the Save America Act like crazy. Got back, said he just landed from Ukraine.” He added, “He was a…

From Boris Johnson to Emmanuel Macron: why Western Europe’s political class appears less capable than previous generations The first time I saw Boris Johnson, he was dangling in mid-air in a safety helmet, Union Jack flags fluttering above him and his polished shoes tucked awkwardly beneath him. He looked like Mr. Bean after being accidentally ejected from an aircraft.I couldn’t believe that this was the new prime minister of Britain, so I checked other photographs, assuming it might be Photoshop. But it wasn’t, and there he was, sitting in the same office once occupied by Winston Churchill and Margaret Thatcher.That…

President Donald Trump on Sunday expressed his sadness over the sudden passing of Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) at 71 years old and called Graham “a true American Patriot.” Trump took to Truth Social early in the morning, a short time after Graham’s office announced his death. “Senator Lindsey Graham, one of the greatest people and Senators I have ever known, is dead! He was always working, and was a true American Patriot. Lindsey will be greatly missed!!!” Trump added. He said Graham’s passing is “so sad” and that details and arrangements will come later. Graham’s office said the senator died…

Republican leaders on Capitol Hill have high hopes they can use the dwindling pre-midterm legislative calendar to bolster their case for reelection. First, they’ll have to put down a weekslong internal revolt that has ground the House floor to a halt. Taking cues from President Donald Trump, hard-liners are falling in behind Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-Fla.) and her crusade to press for passage of the SAVE America Act, the partisan elections bill that has stalled for months in the Senate. Before the July 4 holiday break, she blocked votes on the annual defense policy bill in protest, frustrating GOP…

In the fall of 2022, a paramedic named Kaleb sent a message to a woman named Jenna on a dating app called Unjected, the world’s first and largest dating app for people that chose NOT to take the experimental mRNA death jab.  Kaleb had just left Oregon for Tennessee to get out from under a vaccine mandate that would have ended his career and betrayed everything he believed in. He landed in a new state with no friends and no family close by. Jenna nearly didn’t write back. Jenna had never trusted online dating and only built a profile because…

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Sam Neill, a smoothly elegant and versatile actor whose career moved from art film to blockbuster as he dodged velociraptors in “Jurassic Park” to playing Holly Hunter’s husband in “The Piano,” has died. He was 78. In 2023, Neill disclosed he had been diagnosed with angioimmunoblastic T-cell lymphoma, a rare type of non-Hodgkin lymphoma. Neill died on Monday in Sydney, according to a statement posted to the actor’s social media page. His death was “sudden and unexpected,” the statement said, adding that he “remained cancer free” when he died. A cause of death wasn’t specified.…

Several officials within the Trump administration remembered Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) after his office shared that he died at the age of 71 from a “brief and sudden illness,” describing Graham as a “devoted public servant” and “great American and Patriot.” Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Director Kash Patel, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, and Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Markwayne Mullin were among the officials in the Trump administration who took to X to express that their prayers are with Graham’s family, loved ones, and colleagues. “Senator Lindsey Graham was a devoted public servant, a fierce defender of our…