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Capitol Police Arrest Democrat House Staffer

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On Monday, capitol police arrested a Congressional staffer for Rep.ย Joe Morelleโ€™sย (D-NY) office.

The staffer was identified in a statement as 38-year oldย Michael Hopkins and he was arrested for allegedly carrying ammunition, including a high-capacity magazine, into the Cannon House Office Building.

Chad Pergram, senior congressional correspondent for Fox News.ย posted a statement from Capitol police to X,ย formally Twitter:

At approximately 8:45 a.m., a House staffer entered the Cannon House Office Building and put his bag through screening. USCP officers noticed what appeared to be ammunition on the x-ray screen. After a hand search of the bag, officers found four ammunition magazines and eleven rounds of ammunition. The staffer told the officers that he forgot the ammunition was in the bag. 38-year-old Michael Hopkins was arrested, and he is facing charges for unlawful possession of ammunition, including one charge for possession of a high-capacity magazine.

Fox5 Washington reported that Hopkins โ€œhas been a guestโ€ฆseveral times over the years,โ€ as a Democratic strategist on their show The Hill, and posted video of the staffer on-air.

Morelleโ€™s office also released a statement, saying theyโ€™re fully cooperating with the investigation:

This morning, our office was informed that a member of our staff was arrested by Capitol Police. We are currently gathering more information regarding the circumstances of the arrest. Our office is fully committed to cooperating with the investigation. As Ranking Member of the Committee on House Administration, Congressman Morelle is devoted to ensuring a safe and secure workplace for all.

Man Arrested After Theatening To Bomb White House and Kill Trump, Marco Rubio, Pam Bondi

President Donald Trump participates in a welcome ceremony with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman Al Saud at the Royal Court Palace in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Tuesday, May 13, 2025. (Official White House Photo by Daniel Torok)

Federal agents hauled in a Florida man accused of unleashing a string of violent online threats against President Trump, Secretary of State Marco Rubio and former Attorney General Pam Bondi โ€” including chilling posts about bombing the White House and using a gun against the commander in chief.

Nathaniel Sanders II, 32, appeared in federal court Monday after prosecutors say he spent months posting alarming threats on social media targeting top officials, according to the U.S. Attorneyโ€™s Office for the Southern District of Florida.

The feds say Sanders repeatedly threatened to kill Trump, Rubio and Bondi in posts shared between January and April.

One of the most disturbing messages allegedly posted to X read: โ€œImma bomb the (expletive) White House.โ€

In another alleged video posted to Instagram, Sanders invoked first lady Melania Trump while talking about owning a firearm.

โ€œI don’t know what to do Melania, like, all I got is a gun. It’s the only thing I can use now is a gun,โ€ Sanders allegedly said, according to the criminal complaint.

Rubio was also allegedly targeted in a separate video.

โ€œLike when I get my hands on him, I’m gonna hurt him. Simple as that,โ€ Sanders allegedly said.

Federal prosecutors didnโ€™t mince words about the seriousness of the threats.

โ€œThreats against public officials are not political speech,โ€ U.S. Attorney Jason A. Reding Quiรฑones said in a statement.

โ€œThey are serious federal crimes that endanger public safety and the rule of law. The complaint alleges that this defendant repeatedly threatened to assassinate the President of the United States and other senior officials,โ€ he added.

โ€œThose allegations will now be tested in court. Our Office will continue working with the U.S. Secret Service and our law enforcement partners to investigate threats, protect public officials, and ensure that those who violate federal law are held accountable.โ€

Sanders has been charged with threatening the president of the United States and transmitting threats in interstate commerce. If convicted, he faces up to 10 years in federal prison.

The investigation involved the U.S. Secret Service, U.S. Capitol Police, U.S. Diplomatic Security Service and the Miami Beach Police Department.

โ€œMaking threats against the President of the United States is a federal crime, and we treat it with the seriousness it deserves every time,โ€ said Michael Townsend, special agent in charge of the Secret Serviceโ€™s Miami Field Office.

โ€œIt does not matter where the threat is made or what platform is used, our agents will identify you, investigate you, and work alongside our federal and local partners to bring charges when appropriate,โ€ Townsend added. โ€œWe remain relentless in our mission to protect the President and to act swiftly against anyone who puts others at risk.โ€

A Secret Service spokesperson told Fox News Digital that Sandersโ€™ arrest stemmed from a โ€œprotective intelligence investigationโ€ designed to identify dangerous threats before suspects can act on them.

Trump Accuses Adam Schiff Of Mortgage Fraud

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On Tuesday morning, President Donald Trump accused former impeachment leader Sen. Adam Schiff (D-Calif) of committing mortgage fraud.

โ€œI have always suspected Shifty Adam Shiff (sic) was a scam artist,โ€ Trump wrote. He then claimed that Fannie Maeโ€™s Financial Crimes Division had determined that Schiff had improperly declared a Maryland home as his primary residence to secure better mortgage terms, despite representing California in Congress.

โ€œAdam Schiff said that his primary residence was in MARYLAND to get a cheaper mortgage and rip off America, when he must LIVE in CALIFORNIA,โ€ Trump alleged, before outlining what he described as a fraudulent timeline beginning in 2009 and ending in 2020.

According to Trumpโ€™s post, the alleged โ€œfraudโ€ began on February 6, 2009, with the refinancing of a property in Maryland, and continued โ€œthrough multiple transactionsโ€ until October 13, 2020, when the property was finally โ€œcorrectly designated as a second home.โ€ He concluded the post with a familiar refrain: โ€œCrooked Adam Schiff (now a Senator) needs to be brought to justice.โ€

As of Tuesday morning, no independent confirmation of such an investigation has been reported.

Schiffโ€™s ownership of the Maryland property was reported on during his Senate campaign by CNN, which at the time reported that the then-House member wasnโ€™t likely to face any legal repercussions because the law at issue is ambiguous when it comes to the definition of a primary residence.

However, Schiffโ€™s spokesperson during the campaign and his current press secretary, told CNN last year that he has claimed both his properties as primary residences for mortgage purposes โ€œbecause they are both occupied throughout the year and to distinguish them from a vacation property.โ€

The animosity between Trump and Schiff has been swirling for year and dates back to at least 2017, when the California lawmaker emerged as one of Trumpโ€™s most vocal critics during the House Intelligence Committeeโ€™s investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election. Schiff later served as the lead impeachment manager during Trumpโ€™s first impeachment trial in 2020, drawing attacks from the former president, who routinely referred to him as “Pencil Neck” and โ€œShifty Schiff.โ€

FAA Employee Charged With Threatening President

A Federal Aviation Administration contractor from New Hampshire is accused of threatening to assassinate President Trump after allegedly sending a chilling email to the White House promising to โ€œneutralize/killโ€ the commander in chief over the ongoing conflict with Iran.

Dean DelleChiaie, 35, was arrested Monday and charged with sending a threat against the president after authorities say he used both a government-issued computer and email account to make violent threats tied to his anger at the Trump administration.

โ€œI, Dean DelleChiaie, am going neutralize/kill you โ€“ Donald John Trump โ€“ because you decided to kill kids โ€“ and say that it was War โ€“ when in reality โ€“ it is terrorism,โ€ DelleChiaie allegedly wrote in an April 21 email addressed to the White House. โ€œGod knows your actions and where you belong.โ€

Federal investigators say the disturbing message came months after DelleChiaie allegedly searched the phrase โ€œI am going to kill Donald John Trumpโ€ on his FAA work computer.

According to court documents first reported by CBS News, Secret Service agents and local police questioned DelleChiaie at his Nashua apartment earlier this year after discovering a string of alarming online searches.

โ€œDELLECHIAIE stated he realized he should not search these subjects and that it was crazy for him to do this on his work computer,โ€ the affidavit stated.

โ€œDELLECHIAIE expressed, in substance, that what motivated him to conduct these searches was that he upset with the current administration based on multiple subjects, including the election, presidential pardons, and the โ€˜Epstein files.โ€™โ€

Investigators say DelleChiaie also searched for information on how to smuggle a firearm into a federal building and researched previous assassination attempts targeting Trump.

Authorities further alleged that he looked up information related to Vice President JD Vanceโ€™s family and the family of Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth โ€” a discovery likely to intensify concerns about politically motivated threats against top administration officials.

DelleChiaie appeared in federal court Tuesday and now faces a charge of interstate communication of a threat against the president. If convicted, he could face up to five years in prison and a $250,000 fine.

The arrest comes amid heightened security fears surrounding Trump after multiple threats and assassination attempts over the last two years.

Most recently, authorities say 31-year-old Cole Tomas Allen attempted to gun down Trump and several administration officials during the White House Correspondentsโ€™ Dinner on April 25. Investigators said Allen appeared to be driven by conspiracy theories involving Jeffrey Epstein and anti-Trump rhetoric.

In a manifesto uncovered after the attack, Allen allegedly described Trump as a โ€œpedophileโ€ and โ€œrapistโ€ who needed to be killed.

The shocking incident marked the third known assassination attempt against Trump since 2024.

The first came during a campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, when a gunman opened fire and wounded Trump in the ear while killing a rally attendee behind him. Months later, another suspect was arrested after allegedly attempting to target Trump at his Florida golf course.

The latest case is likely to add even more scrutiny to political rhetoric and online extremism as federal authorities continue investigating a growing number of threats against the president and senior members of his administration.

Woman Arrested After Traveling To D.C. While Threatening To Assassinate Trump

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An Indiana woman has been arrested after threatening to assassinate President Donald Trump.

On Monday,ย U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro announced Nathalie Jones, 50, of Lafayette, Indiana, was arrested in the District of Columbia on Saturday in connection with making a series of threats on social media in which she threatened to kill President Trump.

โ€œHi everyone, itโ€™s Judge Jeanine. I just wanted to let you know here from the United States Attorneyโ€™s Office in D.C. that an individual by the name ofย Nathalie Rose Jonesย is now in custody, charged with two federal crimes for knowingly and willfully threatening to take the life of the President of the United States,โ€ย Pirroย said in a clip she released on social media.

โ€œShe did come from New York to Washington, D.C. and she has been threatening and calling for the removal of the president and even worse as she got to D.C. Her threats were on Facebook and Instagram and she continued to call the president a terrorist and was working to have him eliminated. She is now in custody. She will be prosecuted to the full extent of the law. Make no mistake about that,โ€ Pirro said with a hint of a smile.

On Facebook between August 6 and August 15,  โ€œNath.Jonesโ€ allegedly continued to post threatening comments about President Trump. In an August 6 post directed at the FBI, Nath.Jones wrote that โ€œI am willing to sacrificially kill this POTUS by disemboweling him and cutting out his trachea with Liz Cheney and all The Affirmation present.โ€

            On August 14, in a post directed to U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, Nath Jones allegedly wrote โ€œplease arrange the arrest and removal ceremony of POTUS Trump as a terrorist on the American People from 10-2pm at the White House on Saturday, August 16th, 2025.โ€

            On August 15, the U.S. Secret Service conducted a voluntary interview with Jones, during which she stated the President was a โ€œterroristโ€ and a โ€œnazi,โ€ that if she had the opportunity, she would take the Presidentโ€™s life and would kill him at โ€œthe compoundโ€ if she had to, that she had a โ€œbladed object,โ€ which she said was the weapon she would use to โ€œcarry out her mission of killingโ€ the president, and that she wanted to โ€œavenge all the lives lost during the Covid-19 pandemic,โ€ which she atrributed to President Trumpโ€™s administration and its position on vaccinations.

            On August 16, Jones joined a protest demonstration that started at Dupont Circle, and circumnavigated the White House complex. Following the march, the U.S. Secret Service interviewed Jones for a second time, during which she admitted that she had made threats towards President Trump during her interview the previous day. She denied having any present desire to harm the President of the United States. Law enforcement arrested her and she confirmed that she was the owner of the Facebook user account โ€œNath Jonesโ€ and that she had posted the threatening statements.

Pirro, who was best known in recent years for her hot takes on The Five, is now the U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia. Her office also put out a statement on the arrest, which read, โ€œNathalie Rose Jones, 50, of Lafayette, Indiana, was arrested in the District of Columbia on Saturday, August 16, and charged in connection with making a series of threats on social media in which she threatened to kill President Trump, announced U.S. Attorney Jeanine Ferris Pirro.โ€

โ€œJones was charged in a complaint in U.S. District Court with threatening to take the life of, kidnap, or inflict bodily harm upon the President of the United States, and transmitting in interstate commerce communications containing threats to kidnap any person or any threat to injure the person of another,โ€ added the statement.

Musk Trolls Trump Over Epstein Case As Feud Escalates

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Dรฉtente is over…

Elon Musk reignited his very public, and very messy, feud with President Donald Trump, announcing plans to launch a third major political party just hours after Trump signed the $3.3 trillion One Big Beautiful Bill Act into law.

But Musk didnโ€™t stop there.

By early Monday, the billionaire tech mogul was back to openly mocking the president following new reporting on the Department of Justiceโ€™s investigation into Jeffrey Epsteinโ€™s death.

On X, the platform he owns, Musk posted a meme titled โ€œThe Official Jeffrey Epstein Pedophile Arrest Counter.โ€ The image read โ€œ0,โ€ with Musk captioning it:

โ€œWhatโ€™s the time? Oh look, itโ€™s no-one-has-been-arrested-oโ€™clock again โ€ฆโ€

The DOJ and FBI concluded their joint probe into the disgraced financier’s 2019 death, reaffirming the official narrative that the child sex offender died by suicide and that thereโ€™s no evidence of a blackmail scheme or a so-called โ€œclient list.โ€ The two-page memo, first reported by Axios late Sunday, noted that no further arrests are expected.

According to the memo, surveillance footage revealed no unauthorized access to Epsteinโ€™s cell, aligning with the medical examinerโ€™s determination of suicide. The administration is also releasing footage showing no movement in Epsteinโ€™s section of the jail the night of his death.

But millions remain skeptical.

Dr. Michael Baden โ€” a former New York City chief medical examiner hired by Epsteinโ€™s brother โ€” disputes the ruling. Baden said several fractures in Epsteinโ€™s neck, including to the hyoid bone and thyroid cartilage, were โ€œextremely unusualโ€ in suicide cases and more consistent with homicide. He also said he had never seen injuries like Epsteinโ€™s in his 50 years of investigating prison deaths.

Despite that, the DOJ insists the matter is closed.

Musk himself added to the speculation last month, claiming in a now-deleted tweet that Trump was implicated in the Epstein files.

โ€œ[Trump] is in the Epstein files. That is the real reason they have not been made public,โ€ Musk wrote.

He followed with: โ€œMark this post for the future. The truth will come out.โ€

Trump has vigorously denied any involvement with Epstein’s nefarious activities, insisting, โ€œI was never on Epsteinโ€™s Plane, or at his โ€˜stupidโ€™ Island.โ€

Responding to Muskโ€™s Epstein files claim, the president reposted a statement from Epsteinโ€™s former lawyer David Schoen, who insisted Epstein had โ€œno information to hurt President Trump.โ€

While Trumpโ€™s name does appear in Epsteinโ€™s flight logs, no documented evidence of impropriety has emerged. Trump has acknowledged a past friendship with Epstein, which he says ended in the mid-2000s.

Unlike last monthโ€™s spat, Trump hit back immediately at his former ally.

In a post Sunday, the president called Muskโ€™s behavior โ€œoff the rails,โ€ accusing him of becoming a โ€œTRAIN WRECK over the past five weeks.โ€ He slammed third parties as agents of โ€œComplete and Total DISRUPTION & CHAOSโ€ and said the U.S. system isnโ€™t built to accommodate them.

โ€œWe have enough of that with the Radical Left Democrats, who have lost their confidence and their minds!โ€ Trump wrote.

Trump turned up the heat over the weekend, threatening to revoke Musk’s government contracts โ€” a bold strike at the heart of his rivalโ€™s wallet.

So far, Ghislaine Maxwell remains the only person convicted in connection with Epsteinโ€™s sex trafficking operation. She is currently serving a 20-year sentence.

Mike Lindell Appears To Be Served Lawsuit During Live Interview

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Mike Lindell, the MyPillow CEO and a prominent Trump ally, appeared to be served with legal papers during a live interview at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) on Thursday, in an interruption that quickly drew attention online.

Lindell was speaking on camera with Michael Casey, a correspondent for Oโ€™Keefe Media Group, at the event in Grapevine, Texas, when a woman stepped into frame holding documents. In footage shared by Casey, the woman approached Lindell mid-interview and said: โ€œHi, sorry to interrupt. I have this for you. Youโ€™ve been served.โ€

Casey described the woman as a โ€œderanged leftist,โ€ though her identity and the nature of the documents have not been independently confirmed.

Lindell attempted to continue the interview, repeatedly asking the woman to move out of the shot. โ€œWeโ€™re on TV here, please. Weโ€™re on TV, please. OK, weโ€™re on TV,โ€ he said, gesturing for her to step aside.

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As Casey pressed the woman about what she was delivering, Lindell added: โ€œIโ€™m not accepting it.โ€ The woman insisted the papers had been served regardless. Lindell briefly took the documents before tossing them off camera behind him and continuing the interview.

It remains unclear whether the incident involved a legitimate legal filing or was a staged disruption. No details about the alleged lawsuit were immediately available.

Lindell has been a close ally of former President Donald Trump and one of his most vocal supporters since the 2020 election. He has repeatedly promoted Trumpโ€™s false claims that the election was stolen, using his platform, LindellTV, to amplify those assertions. Trump has publicly praised Lindell in the past, often highlighting his loyalty and willingness to fund efforts challenging the election results.

That alignment has also placed Lindell at the center of multiple legal battles. He has faced defamation lawsuits from voting technology companies over his election claims, and earlier this week, he lost a bid to overturn a related defamation verdict.

West Virginia Librarian Charged For Allegedly Recruiting People To Assassinate Trump

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A West Virginia woman was arrested in Ripley over the weekend after authorities said she used social media to issue threats against President Donald Trump.

Police arrested 39-year-old Morgan L. Morrow and charged her with making terroristic threats. Investigators allege Morrow attempted to recruit others online to help carry out violence against the president. (RELATED: Suspect Held Without Bail After Alleged Assault On Congressman)

According to the New York Post, Morrow was arrested over a TikTok video suggesting that finding a terminally ill sniper among 343 million Americans should not be difficult. The remark was cited in a criminal complaint obtained by Charleston-Huntingtonโ€™s WOWK.

Morrow is being held at the South Central Regional Jail. No bond has been set, and the investigation remains ongoing.

The Post continues:

The Jackson County Public Library staffer was detained at her home and allegedly admitted to police that the TikTok was โ€œintended as a threat directed toward President Donald J. Trump.โ€

Morrow revealed her โ€œpersonal reasons for wishing harm upon the president,โ€ according to the complaint, which did not elaborate on what they were.

Morrow claimed she had no intention to personally carry out the threat, the complaint said.

But deputies said such statements are โ€œdesigned to encourage, inspire or entice others to carry out the threatened act, regardless of whether the speaker publicly intends to personally do so.โ€

โ€œWhen you saddle up on the horse of stupidity, you have to be prepared for the ride that follows,โ€ Jackson County Sheriff Ross Mellinger told local media(RELATED: Shot In The Butt: Fighting The Wrong Guy At The Wrong Apartment)

The arrest comes amid heightened scrutiny of threats against public officials. In recent years, federal authorities have prosecuted multiple cases involving threats, plots, or attempts targeting President Trump.

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Iranian Hackers Threaten to Leak 100GB of Stolen Trump Team Emails

A stunning escalation…

An Iran-linked hacker group is claiming to be in possession of a trove of stolen emails from Presidentย Donald Trumpโ€™sย inner circle is threatening to publish the material in what U.S. officials describe as a politically motivated โ€œsmear campaign.โ€

The group, operating under the alias โ€œRobert,โ€ said it has over 100 gigabytes of emails from key Trump allies, including White House chief of staffย Susie Wiles, longtime confidantย Roger Stone, Trump attorneyย Lindsey Halligan, and even adult film actressย Stormy Daniels.

Reuters broke the story Tuesday after direct communication with the hackers, who hinted at potentially selling the material, though the group offered no specifics.

The threat comes just days after Trump abruptly reversed a tentative effort to ease sanctions on Iran, following Supreme Leader Ayatollahย Ali Khameneiโ€™sย downplayingย of U.S. and Israeli airstrikes on Iranian nuclear facilities. A top Iranian cleric hasย issued a fatwaย against Trump and Israeli Prime Ministerย Benjamin Netanyahu, calling the pair โ€œenemies of God.โ€ (RELATED: Iranian Grand Ayatollah Issues Fatwa Targeting Trump)

Grand Ayatollah Naser Makarem Shirazi, a leading Shiite cleric in Iran with authority to issue legal rulings under Islamic law, has issued a fatwa โ€” an Islamic legal decree โ€” escalating regional tensions and offering religious justification for violence against Western and Israeli leaders.

As Newsweek rightly notes, the development highlights the Islamic Republicโ€™s ongoing use of religious decrees as political tools โ€” a strategy Iran has long used to project power beyond its borders.

While a fatwa is not legally enforceable, it can influence judicial decisions in countries with Sharia-based legal systems.

Khosro K. Isfahani, senior research analyst at the National Union for Democracy in Iran wrote on X, formerly Twitter, that the fatwa issued by Shirazi against Trump was similar to the murder fatwa issued against the author Salman Rushdie for his novel The Satanic Verses which led to a number of assassination attempts.

โ€œThis so-called cyber โ€˜attackโ€™ is nothing more than digital propaganda,โ€ said Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) spokespersonย Marci McCarthy. She described the effort as a โ€œcalculated smear campaignโ€ designed to โ€œdamage President Trump and discredit honorable public servants.โ€

According to Mediaite, the hackers claim the breach was triggered by recent U.S. involvement in the 12-day conflict between Israel and Iran, a war Trump claimed credit for ending via a negotiated ceasefire. Despite claiming to have halted new attacks, the group says it resumed operations in response to that military intervention.

Federal prosecutors have already linked the hacker group to Iran.

Former Congressman Madison Cawthorn Arrested

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Former Congressman Madison Cawthorn was briefly arrested this week in Cape Coral, Florida โ€” yet the setback may not slow what many believe is a mounting effort to reenter national politics.

Authorities took Cawthorn into custody on a warrant stemming from an August 19 citation for driving without a valid license in Naples. He was released shortly thereafter on a $2,000 bond and is expected to appear in court to resolve the matter. Supporters have dismissed the incident as a minor technicality, unlikely to derail his ambitions.


From Conservative Trailblazer to Political Lightning Rod

Cawthorn burst onto the national stage in 2020 as one of the youngest Republicans ever elected to Congress, winning his North Carolina seat at just 25 years old. He quickly became a symbol of youthful conservative energy and unapologetic defiance of the Washington establishment.

But his meteoric rise ran into turbulence during his lone term. In early 2022, he alleged that some D.C. elites had invited him to a cocaine-fueled โ€œorgy,โ€ a claim that drew sharp criticism from GOP leadership. Weeks later, police body camera footage showed him being pulled over while driving a car he mistakenly believed he owned, and he was also cited for bringing a firearm through airport security โ€” his second such incident in less than a year.

Republican leadership, once supportive, gradually distanced themselves. The controversies overshadowed his legislative work and contributed to his loss in the 2022 Republican primary.


Florida Could Offer a Second Act

Now, Cawthorn may be plotting a political revival โ€” this time from Floridaโ€™s 19th Congressional District, where Rep. Byron Donalds (R-FL) is expected to step down to run for governor. Axios recently reported that Cawthorn has been exploring a run to fill the soon-to-be-open seat, potentially offering him a clean slate and new political base in one of the countryโ€™s most Republican-leaning regions.

If he enters the race, Cawthorn could return to Washington older, more seasoned, and still armed with the anti-establishment instincts that made him a grassroots favorite. For many conservatives, his resilience โ€” and willingness to challenge entrenched power โ€” could be the very qualities the GOP needs in its next generation of leadership. for the second time in nine months.