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    Top Republican Opens Door To Trump Wall Street Probe

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      President Donald Trump’s plan to sell Wall Street firms lightning-fast access to Truth Social posts is drawing new scrutiny from inside his own party.

      Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas) told CNN that Congress should examine whether Trump Media’s new data service creates a conflict between the president’s official duties and his sprawling business empire.

      CNN congressional correspondent Manu Raju pressed Cornyn about the arrangement after several other prominent Republicans pleaded ignorance or brushed aside questions about it.

      “I think it does raise some questions about conflicts of interest,” Cornyn said, before adding that Congress has an oversight role in ensuring Trump’s business dealings do not interfere with his responsibilities as president.

      When Raju asked directly whether lawmakers should investigate, Cornyn did not hesitate.

      “Yes. I suspect that we will do that,” he said, according to Mediaite.

      Cornyn’s answer stood out from the responses Raju received from other Republicans.

      House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) said it was the first he had heard of the arrangement and that he did not have a legal opinion about it. Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) also said he could not comment because he knew nothing about the service.

      Rep. Nancy Mace (R-S.C.) dismissed questions about Trump reportedly making billions of dollars since returning to office, joking that the president’s gains could have come from “a high-yield savings account.”

      Cornyn, who is serving out his term after losing to a Trump-backed primary challenger, was the rare Republican willing to acknowledge that the deal could present an ethical problem.

      The controversy centers on Truth API, a new Trump Media product scheduled to launch Aug. 1.

      The service will provide paying customers with real-time access to posts from Truth Social’s highest-ranking accounts. Trump Media says the feed will deliver information within milliseconds and operate around the clock—features designed to appeal to high-frequency trading firms capable of buying or selling securities almost instantly.

      “Markets already move on Truth Social posts,” Trump Media interim CEO Kevin McGurn said when announcing the product, according to CBS News.

      That is precisely what has critics sounding the alarm.

      Trump routinely uses Truth Social to announce tariff decisions, military actions and other policy changes capable of sending stocks, commodities and currencies soaring or plunging. Traders receiving those posts even milliseconds faster than the public could potentially gain a lucrative advantage.

      Trump Media executives reportedly pitched access for as much as $100,000 per month, Axios reported. Trump reportedly retains an approximately 41% stake in the company through a revocable trust.

      Democratic Rep. Ritchie Torres of New York has already asked the Securities and Exchange Commission to investigate whether the service raises concerns involving market manipulation, securities law or investor protection.

      Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) has also predicted that the unprecedented arrangement will receive some form of regulatory or legal review.

      Trump Media has fiercely defended the product, arguing that it merely provides faster access to information that is already public. The company accused critics of trying to damage a publicly traded business and dismissed claims that the service resembles insider trading.

      The dispute, however, is no longer coming solely from Democrats or media critics.

      With Cornyn now predicting congressional scrutiny, Trump’s lucrative new Wall Street venture may soon face an uncomfortable examination from lawmakers in his own party.

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      McConnell’s Office Publishes New Images After Dramatic Ultimatum Hits His Desk

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      Mitch McConnell via Gage Skidmore Flickr

      Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear escalated pressure on Sen. Mitch McConnell this week, demanding that the longtime Republican lawmaker publicly demonstrate that he remains capable of serving—or resign from office.

      In a letter dated Monday and reported Tuesday, the Democratic governor called on McConnell to “directly and verbally address the people of Kentucky” and prove his capacity to continue representing the state.

      Beshear’s ultimatum came one day after McConnell’s office released a new photograph of the 84-year-old senator alongside his wife, Elaine Chao, and confirmed that he remains in a rehabilitation facility more than six weeks after being hospitalized.

      “It has now been 43 days since news of your hospitalization,” Beshear wrote, according to Mediaite.

      McConnell has missed 38 consecutive Senate votes since his hospitalization, according to the Daily Caller News Foundation.

      “As Governor of the state you serve, I am calling on you to directly and verbally address the people of Kentucky and provide proof of your capacity to serve, or resign,” Beshear wrote.

      The governor also sent the letter to Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) and urged him to investigate McConnell’s ability to remain in office if the senator declines to speak publicly.

      Beshear said he would press Thune to report his findings to the American people and begin the process of removing McConnell if an investigation determined that such action was warranted.

      “All of this speculation and even this letter could have been avoided with a minimal amount of transparency,” the governor added.

      Beshear acknowledged McConnell’s right to medical privacy but argued that elected officials surrender a degree of that privacy when they accept responsibility for representing the public.

      The Senate can expel one of its members only with a two-thirds vote. Such action is exceedingly rare: Only 15 senators have been expelled since 1789, with 14 of those removals occurring during the Civil War, according to the Senate Historical Office.

      Beshear’s letter represents his second formal request for more information about McConnell’s condition. On July 8, the governor asked the senator to provide Kentuckians with a full health update and clarify whether he remained capable of fulfilling his duties.

      McConnell was hospitalized June 14 after suffering a fall at his Washington, D.C., residence that left him briefly unconscious. In a July 12 written statement, the senator said doctors had ruled out a heart attack, stroke, concussion, broken bones, tumors and hemorrhaging. He also disclosed that he had developed a mild case of pneumonia while receiving treatment.

      McConnell was eventually transferred from the hospital to a rehabilitation facility, where he has been undergoing multiple physical-therapy sessions each day.

      His office released its latest update Monday, accompanied by a photograph that it said was taken July 26 and showed McConnell sitting beside Chao.

      The Office of the Attending Physician said McConnell has not been medically cleared to leave the facility and return to his Senate office. Doctors said the lingering effects of the senator’s childhood battle with polio remain a significant factor affecting his mobility.

      McConnell said he was still “working hard” to resume his schedule but announced that he would miss Kentucky’s Fancy Farm picnic Saturday. The annual political gathering is a major tradition in the state and one McConnell first attended 42 years ago.

      “As always, I appreciate all of your continued well wishes, and I’m looking forward to getting back to the Senate and to Kentucky soon,” McConnell said in the official update.

      A spokesman previously said McConnell continued meeting with staff and discussing defense appropriations, foreign policy, the farm bill, constituent services and federal grant requests during his recovery. Republican leaders, including Thune and Senate Majority Whip John Barrasso of Wyoming, have also said they spoke with McConnell by telephone.

      The senator has not, however, participated in a live video interview or addressed Kentuckians directly since his hospitalization, leaving Beshear and other critics dissatisfied with the written statements and photographs released by his office.

      McConnell has experienced several highly publicized health scares in recent years, including falls, two on-camera freezing episodes in 2023 and an intensive-care hospitalization earlier this year for flu-like symptoms.

      The seven-term senator has already announced that he will not seek reelection and plans to leave office when his current term expires in January 2027. If the seat becomes vacant before then, Kentucky law calls for a special election to fill the remainder of the term.

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      Trump Suggests Pulling His Own Nominee Amid Bitter GOP Standoff

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      Gage Skidmore from Surprise, AZ, United States of America, CC BY-SA 2.0 , via Wikimedia Commons

      President Donald Trump threatened Thursday to temporarily withdraw Todd Blanche’s nomination for attorney general and wait for two Republican holdouts to leave Washington before trying again.

      The extraordinary maneuver would allow Blanche to remain acting attorney general while Trump attempts to outlast Sens. John Cornyn, R-Texas, and Thom Tillis, R-N.C., whose opposition forced Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, to postpone Thursday’s scheduled vote.

      “Todd Blanche is a STAR, and everyone knows it!” Trump wrote on Truth Social. “He has the potential to go down as one of the Greatest Attorney Generals of All Time.”

      Trump then turned his fire on Cornyn and Tillis, accusing the departing senators of blocking a nominee they know is qualified.

      “John Cornyn, of Texas, and Thom Tillis, of North Carolina, both of whom I refused to Endorse, and whose political careers have been ended by my action, are refusing to vote for this Great Nominee, who will remain, in any event, as Acting,” Trump wrote.

      “I have no objection to temporarily withdrawing Todd’s name, if they do not do the right thing, and putting him back after Cornyn and Tillis are out of office,” he added.

      Tillis announced last year that he would not seek reelection, while Cornyn lost the Texas Republican primary to state Attorney General Ken Paxton, who received Trump’s endorsement.

      Trump had already suggested Wednesday that Cornyn’s resistance could be rooted in lingering resentment over the primary.

      “He’s outstanding,” Trump told reporters when asked about Blanche’s nomination. “Maybe John Cornyn’s upset with me because I didn’t endorse him,” according to The Associated Press.

      Cornyn laughed off that suggestion, calling it “a convenient excuse” for the administration’s failure to cooperate with the Judiciary Committee, ABC News reported.

      The standoff centers on a controversial settlement of Trump’s $10 billion lawsuit against the Internal Revenue Service over the leaking of his tax returns.

      That agreement created a proposed $1.776 billion “Anti-Weaponization Fund” to compensate people who claim they were targeted by the federal government. It also included protections shielding Trump, members of his family and affiliated businesses from certain tax audits.

      The Justice Department announced in June that it would no longer move forward with the fund after bipartisan backlash. Blanche also testified at his July 15 confirmation hearing that the fund was “dead.”

      Cornyn and Tillis, however, want those assurances put in writing and the settlement language amended so the fund cannot be revived later. Cornyn also wants confirmation that Trump will not receive immunity from audits of future tax returns.

      “We want to make sure that it remains dead, and that the president isn’t given any immunity from future audits that the ordinary taxpayer would not enjoy,” Cornyn told CBS News Thursday.

      Cornyn said the Justice Department sent him proposed language Wednesday night, but he found it inadequate and responded with a counterproposal Thursday morning. He blamed “higher ups” at the White House for resisting the changes.

      “Basically I get the sense that Todd Blanche is not the problem, it’s other folks at the White House who are resistant to any changes, any additional documentation,” Cornyn told The Hill. “But they need to make a fundamental decision whether they want him confirmed or not.”

      Tillis similarly suggested that an unnamed White House adviser may be urging Trump to preserve the fund as an option.

      “The only reason why we wouldn’t move forward with this language is because that same adviser wants to bring it back to life at some point,” Tillis told CBS News.

      “That is horrible policy and it’s horrible politics,” he told The Hill.

      Tillis acknowledged that Trump is “perfectly entitled” to hold Blanche’s nomination until January but warned the strategy could backfire if Republicans lose Senate seats—or control of the chamber—in November.

      Cornyn also disputed Trump’s portrayal of the fight as a two-senator rebellion.

      “POTUS is mistaken if he believes concerns about the provisions in his tax lawsuit settlement are limited to me and Senator Tillis,” Cornyn wrote on X.

      Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-La., another outgoing Republican, declined Thursday to say whether he would support Blanche if the nomination came up for a vote, telling CBS News he was still gathering information.

      For now, Blanche can continue overseeing the Justice Department in an acting capacity because he was previously confirmed as deputy attorney general. The White House has also highlighted support for his nomination from major law enforcement organizations, Republican state attorneys general and former Attorney General William Barr. The administration called Blanche a proven leader committed to fighting violent crime, fraud and transnational gangs.

      Cornyn said Blanche’s nomination could advance as soon as next week if the administration agrees to clarify the settlement. Otherwise, the confirmation fight could stretch into September—or Trump could carry out his threat

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      Alex Jones Goes Nuclear On Trump, Demands Impeachment Over Iran War

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      President Donald Trump gestures to the crowd after delivering remarks at the House GOP Member Retreat, Tuesday, January 6, 2026, at the Donald J. Trump- John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C. (Official White House Photo by Daniel Torok)

      The MAGA civil war over Iran just took an explosive new turn.

      Alex Jones, one of President Donald Trump’s earliest and loudest supporters, is now demanding his removal from office—accusing the president of secretly preparing to revive the military draft and send American troops into a full-scale ground war.

      In a fiery video posted Tuesday to his more than 4 million followers on X, Jones called for Trump’s impeachment, floated using the 25th Amendment and even demanded “Nuremberg-style trials” for administration officials.

      “The big issue is how to stop Trump,” Jones declared, according to Mediaite. “This is a war; they’re getting the draft ready. If this isn’t a war, nothing’s a war.”

      Jones then issued his most direct challenge yet to the president he once championed.

      “And so I’m calling for it right now: 25th Amendment, impeachment, whatever needs to happen to get this front and center, to get control of our country,” he said.

      The conspiracy broadcaster claimed Trump was preparing to use “total war” as a pretext to censor Americans, seize greater control over the economy and accelerate the displacement of workers through artificial intelligence.

      “We are facing tyranny,” Jones warned. “We’ve got to come together and transcend left and right, and we have to say no to an expanded war that will definitely destroy the economy and kill a bunch of our troops.”

      “They’re preparing a massive ground invasion,” he added. “It’s all confirmed.”

      Jones presented no evidence supporting that claim.

      The Selective Service System says there is currently no military draft. Reinstating one would require Congress to amend federal law and authorize the president to begin inducting Americans into the armed forces.

      White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said in March that ground troops and a draft were “not part of the current plan,” although she stressed that Trump was unwilling to remove military options from the table, according to PolitiFact.

      Jones nevertheless urged Americans on both sides of the political divide to pressure Congress into ending the conflict.

      “Americans, left and right, must come together now and demand Congress invoke the war powers and end this war now,” he said.

      The tirade represents a stunning reversal for a man who helped boost Trump during his first campaign for the White House. Trump appeared on Jones’s program in December 2015 and praised his host, telling him, “Your reputation is amazing.”

      But Jones’s relationship with Trump has steadily deteriorated as the Iran conflict has deepened. He joins prominent right-wing voices including Tucker Carlson, Candace Owens and former Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene in accusing the president of abandoning the “America First” movement’s opposition to prolonged foreign wars.

      Jones has now pushed the rupture further than most, openly demanding that Trump be driven from the White House.

      His outburst also comes as opposition to the conflict spreads beyond conservative media.

      The House voted 214-208 last week to approve a war-powers resolution directing Trump to withdraw U.S. forces from unauthorized hostilities with Iran. Four Republicans joined Democrats in supporting the measure, although a similar resolution failed in the Senate. The White House strongly opposed the House measure, arguing that it would interfere with Trump’s authority to defend American personnel and respond to Iranian attacks.

      For Jones, however, a congressional rebuke is no longer enough.

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      Trump Recalls Final Call And ‘One Bad Moment’ With Lindsey Graham

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        [Photo Credit: The White House from Washington, DC, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons]

        President Donald Trump will help Washington bid farewell to Sen. Lindsey Graham on Tuesday, weeks after revealing that the South Carolina Republican spent their final conversation fighting for one last political priority.

        Graham called Trump shortly after returning from Ukraine on July 11, the night he died unexpectedly at 71.

        “We’re all set for the SAVE America Act,” Graham told the president, according to Trump’s July 12 interview on NBC’s “Meet the Press.”

        Trump said Graham sounded tired following the lengthy overseas trip but otherwise appeared fine. The senator remained focused on advancing the Republican election-integrity bill and expected to see the president again soon.

        “I’ll see you soon,” Trump remembered telling him.

        Hours later, Trump received word that Graham had died. Preliminary findings from the District of Columbia medical examiner later identified the cause as an aortic dissection stemming from arteriosclerotic cardiovascular disease.

        “It could have been his last call,” Trump said.

        The conversation was vintage Graham: back in Washington after another international trip and immediately pressing the president about unfinished business.

        Trump recalled that the senator’s relentless commitment to politics made it nearly impossible to imagine him doing anything else. He had endorsed Graham’s reelection bid and believed the veteran lawmaker was cruising toward another decisive victory.

        The president also offered an unusually Trumpian assessment of his late friend during a subsequent “Fox & Friends” interview, rating Graham a 99.9 out of 100.

        Trump said Graham lost a fraction of a point over “one bad moment”: his brief break with the president following the events of Jan. 6, 2021.

        Graham took to the Senate floor that night and declared that he had reached the end of his journey with Trump. According to the president, however, Graham called him less than an hour later and immediately expressed regret over what he had said.

        Trump therefore gave him “a 99.9 instead of 100,” according to People.

        The remark captured the unconventional friendship between the two Republicans, who began as bitter rivals during the 2016 presidential campaign.

        Graham warned Republicans against nominating Trump, while Trump routinely mocked Graham’s struggling campaign. Their relationship changed after Trump easily defeated him and the rest of the Republican field.

        Trump said Graham respected his victory, and their friendship gradually grew. Graham eventually became one of Trump’s most reliable allies and advisers, particularly on judicial nominations and foreign policy.

        Despite frequently teasing Graham, Trump offered rare praise for the senator’s political abilities.

        Trump called him one of the “top 10 in politics” and said Graham possessed a nearly unmatched ability to win over both Republicans and Democrats. While recalling his friend’s effectiveness in the Senate, Trump acknowledged that viewers had “probably never heard me say that about anybody.”

        Graham was a frequent visitor to the White House, where Trump relied on him as a gauge of the Senate’s mood and a go-between when the administration needed help winning over resistant lawmakers.

        Trump also credited Graham’s fiery defense of Brett Kavanaugh with helping save the Supreme Court nominee’s confirmation. The president described the exchange as one of the most consequential performances in Senate history.

        Beneath the jokes and political reminiscing, Trump made clear that Graham’s death represented a personal and national loss.

        “The real loser was the United States of America,” Trump said in remarks later collected by the White House.

        Trump predicted that Graham would receive greater appreciation after his death and told Fox News that a “special type of funeral” was being arranged for the senator.

        That farewell will begin Tuesday at the U.S. Capitol, where Graham’s remains will be carried into the Rotunda by an Armed Forces Body Bearer Team in recognition of his decades of military service.

        The casket will later be taken to Washington National Cathedral for an invitation-only service beginning at 2 p.m. Eastern. Trump is scheduled to deliver a tribute, while Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy are expected to attend.

        Sen. Tim Scott (R-SC), who served alongside Graham for more than a decade, called his friend “irreplaceable.” Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) remembered him as a “Senator. Warrior. Patriot. Statesman.”

        Every member of the Senate also co-sponsored a resolution honoring Graham’s life, which passed unanimously.

        Following the Washington service, Graham’s remains will return to South Carolina. A public procession, F-16 flyover and funeral service will be held Wednesday before a private family burial in Pickens County, according to the official funeral schedule.

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        Trump Moves to Ground Senate’s Summer Escape Over Election Bill

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        Ted Eytan from Washington, DC, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0 , via Wikimedia Commons

        President Donald Trump just handed Senate Republicans an ultimatum: Pass his election integrity bill — or forget about summer vacation.

        Trump turned up the heat on Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) Monday morning, demanding that senators remain in Washington until the SAVE America Act clears the chamber.

        “John Thune should not allow the United States Senate to ‘leave town’ until it passes The Save America Act,” Trump wrote on Truth Social.

        The president said an even better option would be for Republicans to terminate the legislative filibuster, allowing the party to pass the election bill — along with its budget and debt-ceiling priorities — by a simple majority.

        Trump warned that Democrats would scrap the 60-vote threshold themselves as soon as they regained power, adding, “stupidity always brings LOSING & DEATH!”

        The pressure campaign lands as senators return to Capitol Hill for their final two weeks of work before an extended August recess. The chamber is scheduled to leave after Aug. 7 and not return until Sept. 14.

        Trump’s gambit is clear: Force Thune to either keep senators in Washington or explain why Republicans went home with one of the president’s biggest legislative priorities still collecting dust.

        The Trump-backed package would require documentary proof of citizenship to register for federal elections and photo identification at the polls. The White House is also pushing restrictions on mail-in voting, with exceptions for illness, disability, military service and travel, according to its official summary of the legislation.

        The House passed its latest version of the measure last week after tying it to legislation banning members of Congress from trading stocks. The combined package passed 232-198, with 13 Democrats joining Republicans, The Daily Wire reported.

        But the Senate remains the brick wall.

        The legislation needs 60 votes to overcome a filibuster, and Democrats have remained united against it. Thune says supporters are still well short of that mark — and he has repeatedly rejected Trump’s demands to blow up Senate rules.

        Trump is no longer alone in demanding that senators sacrifice their summer escape.

        “The Senate doesn’t need a summer vacation as much as the country needs the SAVE America Act. Let’s cancel recess,” Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah) wrote on X over the weekend.

        Lee later pledged to object to any attempt to send the Senate into recess before the bill passes and requested a recorded vote, according to Democracy Docket.

        Sen. Rick Scott (R-Fla.) also drew a line in the sand.

        “I will vote to stay in session unless we have passed the SAVE America Act,” Scott wrote on X. “The American people expect us to deliver. They deserve secure elections.”

        Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) joined the revolt Sunday, arguing that the Senate should remain in session for “a few extra days” to try to break the stalemate.

        Thune, however, has shown little appetite for scrapping the filibuster — or accepting blame for the stalled legislation.

        White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said last week that Trump’s “patience is running out” and accused the Republican-controlled Senate of failing to do its job.

        Thune fired back.

        “Maybe she or somebody else ought to get on the phone and get the votes,” he told reporters. “It’s 50 around here.”

        The clash has been building for months. In March, Thune said eliminating the filibuster was “not a realistic option” because Republicans did not have enough votes to change the rules, ABC News reported.

        Keeping the Senate in session would not magically produce the missing votes. It would, however, make the standoff impossible to ignore — and give Trump more time to turn up the pressure on Thune and wavering senators.

        With fewer than 100 days before the midterm elections, Trump appears determined to make Republicans choose between their vacation plans and a public showdown over election security.

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        Trump-Backed Mike Lindell Surges Ahead In Minnesota Governor’s Race

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        Mike Lindell via Gage Skidmore Flickr

        Mike Lindell is no longer merely the most famous Republican running for governor of Minnesota. The MyPillow founder is beginning to pull away from the pack.

        A new KSTP/SurveyUSA poll found Lindell leading the Republican primary with 35 percent support—an eight-point jump since June and a nine-point advantage over his closest rival.

        Minnesota House Speaker Lisa Demuth climbed four points to 26 percent, while Kendall Qualls, who secured the state Republican Party’s endorsement in May, fell six points to 11 percent.

        The survey of 478 Republican voters was conducted from July 15 through July 20 and carried a margin of error of plus or minus 5.4 percentage points.

        Lindell’s gains stretched across several important voting blocs. According to KSTP-TV, his support among Republican women climbed nine points, while his backing among voters 65 and older surged by 17 points.

        The latest results mark a clear acceleration for Lindell. A June KSTP/SurveyUSA survey placed him at 27 percent, followed by Demuth at 22 percent and Qualls at 17 percent.

        At the time, Carleton College political analyst Steven Schier said Lindell’s national profile would make him competitive but warned that he would need additional money to preserve his advantage.

        Instead, Lindell has widened his lead just weeks before the Aug. 11 primary—and he is doing it despite the state party establishment lining up behind someone else.

        Qualls secured the Minnesota Republican Party endorsement after a chaotic 10-ballot convention marked by lengthy delays and problems with its electronic voting system. But that endorsement has not translated into momentum among the broader Republican electorate.

        Lindell received another, far more powerful endorsement on the first day of the new poll’s surveying period: President Donald Trump’s.

        Trump threw his “complete and total endorsement” behind his longtime ally in a July 15 Truth Social post, calling Lindell “one of America’s greatest and most hard working Patriots.” (RELATED: Trump Endorses Mike Lindell In Minnesota Governor’s Race)

        “Mike will be SPECTACULAR!!!” Trump wrote, adding that Lindell would “MAKE MINNESOTA GREAT AGAIN.”

        Lindell welcomed the endorsement and made it clear that his campaign was not a publicity exercise.

        “I wanted everyone in Minnesota to know I’m serious,” Lindell told KSTP-TV. “I’m running this campaign. I’m 100% all in.”

        The primary winner is expected to face Democrat Sen. Amy Klobuchar in November for the seat being vacated by Gov. Tim Walz.

        Walz abandoned his bid for a third term in January as Minnesota faced mounting scrutiny over fraud involving government-funded social-service programs. In his withdrawal statement, Walz acknowledged that the state had a serious problem and declared that “the buck stops with me,” while insisting his administration was taking action.

        Fraud and government accountability have since become central issues in the race. Lindell has proposed halting payments to providers flagged as high-risk, expanding audits and data analysis, strengthening protections for whistleblowers and cooperating with federal investigators.

        Republican voters now appear increasingly willing to entrust that fight to the outspoken businessman.

        Early voting for Minnesota’s primary began June 26, according to the Minnesota Secretary of State’s Office. With less than three weeks remaining before Election Day, Lindell has transformed his celebrity and close relationship with Trump into a commanding—though not yet insurmountable—lead.

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        Trump’s Handpicked Graham Successor Draws Challenge From Old GOP Nemesis

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        [Photo Credit: The White House from Washington, DC, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons]

        Mark Sanford is back — and once again running headlong into President Donald Trump’s political machine.

        The former South Carolina governor and congressman announced Thursday that he is seeking the Senate seat previously held by the late Sen. Lindsey Graham, joining a rapidly expanding Republican field despite Trump already throwing his support behind Graham’s sister, Sen. Darline Graham.

        “Our country is at a financial tipping point, and I can’t sit on the sidelines while Washington adds a trillion dollars to the debt every 100 days,” Sanford wrote on social media.

        “I’ve spent my entire time in politics fighting this fight, and I’m running for U.S. Senate to keep the American dream alive for our sons, my grandson, and those you love. Join us,” he added.

        Sanford’s announcement included a video in which he reflected on Graham’s death and described the loss as a reminder of “how short and precious life is.”

        “My own dad got Lou Gehrig’s disease when I was in high school, and this notion of all of us having just a little time has always hit me hard,” Sanford said. “We’re stewards of our lives and the things that we love for just a short time.”

        The campaign gives Sanford another opportunity to revive his longtime crusade against federal spending — but it also places him squarely against Trump’s preferred candidate.

        Trump announced last week that Darline Graham would receive his “Complete and Total Endorsement” if she entered the race, enthusiastically declaring: “RUN, DARLINE, RUN!” (RELATED: Trump Speaks Out On Potential Lindsey Graham Replacement)

        Graham, who was appointed by Gov. Henry McMaster to temporarily fill her brother’s seat, confirmed during an interview with Sean Hannity that she would seek the full six-year term. Her appointment made her the first woman to represent South Carolina in the Senate.

        Sanford’s entry creates an especially combustible matchup because he and Trump have already fought — and Trump won.

        Sanford repeatedly criticized Trump during his first administration, drawing the president’s wrath while seeking another House term in 2018. Just hours before polls closed in that year’s Republican primary, Trump endorsed Sanford’s opponent, state Rep. Katie Arrington, and declared that Sanford had been “very unhelpful” and was “better off in Argentina.”

        The jab referenced Sanford’s infamous 2009 disappearance while serving as governor. His staff initially said he was hiking the Appalachian Trail, but Sanford later acknowledged that he had traveled to Argentina to visit a woman with whom he was having an affair.

        Arrington narrowly defeated Sanford, handing him his first loss in a South Carolina election. Arrington had spent much of the campaign portraying Sanford as a “Never Trumper.”

        Sanford returned the challenge the following year by launching a long-shot campaign against Trump for the 2020 Republican presidential nomination. That effort, which also focused heavily on the national debt, lasted roughly two months before Sanford pulled the plug after struggling to gain traction.

        His latest campaign also represents a reversal from the position he took only months ago.

        Sanford briefly launched a campaign for his former House seat earlier this year but withdrew in April, saying “the most effective way I can contribute right now is not by seeking office.” At the time, he said he planned to build a nonprofit and grassroots movement focused on the country’s growing debt.

        Graham’s death, however, opened a rare statewide opportunity — and Sanford is now arguing that Washington’s spending binge demands his return to elected office.

        The 66-year-old served as South Carolina’s governor from 2003 through 2011. He represented the state’s 1st Congressional District from 1995 through 2001 and again from 2013 through 2019.

        Sanford joins a Republican field that already includes Graham, Reps. Russell Fry and Ralph Norman, businessman Mark Lynch and attorney Duke Buckner. Norman has secured support from several prominent conservatives, including Rep. Nancy Mace and former Sen. Jim DeMint, underscoring the resistance to Trump’s effort to consolidate the party behind Graham.

        The compressed campaign leaves Sanford little time to rebuild his political organization or convince Republican voters to look past his long-running feud with Trump.

        Candidate filing closes July 28. The special Republican primary will be held Aug. 11, followed by an Aug. 25 runoff if no candidate receives a majority. The winner will advance to the Nov. 3 general election against Democrat nominee Annie Andrews, according to the South Carolina Election Commission.

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        Jim Jordan Demands DOJ Probe Jack Smith Over Trump Testimony

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        House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan is calling on the Justice Department to investigate former Special Counsel Jack Smith, accusing the longtime prosecutor of misleading Congress about his pursuit of lawmakers’ private communications during the Trump election case.

        Jordan sent a criminal referral Wednesday to Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche after newly released Justice Department records appeared to conflict with testimony Smith gave under oath in December 2025.

        The referral does not compel the DOJ to open an investigation or bring charges, but it formally places Smith’s testimony before federal prosecutors for review.

        At the center of the explosive dispute are text messages involving members of Congress.

        During a closed-door deposition, Smith was asked whether telephone records subpoenaed by his office included the contents of lawmakers’ calls or text messages. Smith answered “no” to both questions.

        Those answers were technically accurate when applied specifically to toll records, which generally contain information such as telephone numbers, dates and call durations—not the substance of communications.

        But Jordan argues Smith left lawmakers with a deeply misleading impression.

        Records recently released by Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley indicate Smith’s team separately obtained the contents of text messages through a subpoena issued to the National Archives and Records Administration. According to Jordan, the material included communications involving dozens of lawmakers.

        “The responses provided by Mr. Smith gave the impression that neither Mr. Smith nor his team had access to the content of Members’ privileged text messages. We now know this to be false,” Jordan wrote.

        Smith’s attorneys fired back, accusing the Republican chairman of twisting their client’s words to manufacture a criminal allegation.

        Peter Koski and Lanny Breuer argued that Smith answered the precise questions he was asked about toll records, which did not contain message content. They said Jordan was improperly conflating those subpoenas with a separate legal process used to obtain communications from another source.

        “During his testimony, Mr. Smith provided truthful, responsive answers, and candidly discussed his work as Special Counsel,” the attorneys wrote in a letter to Jordan and Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Jamie Raskin.

        They characterized the referral as an effort to “weaponize the justice system” against a career prosecutor.

        The Justice Department confirmed that it received Jordan’s referral and said it “will investigate all evidence of criminal conduct.” The department did not say whether it has formally opened an investigation into Smith.

        Jordan alleges the former special counsel may have violated federal law by knowingly making materially false statements to Congress. Prosecutors must now determine whether Smith merely answered a narrowly worded question—or deliberately concealed the full reach of his investigation.

        The referral opens another front in the long-running battle over Smith’s prosecutions of President Donald Trump involving classified documents and challenges to the 2020 election results.

        Smith abandoned both cases following Trump’s 2024 election victory, citing Justice Department policy against prosecuting a sitting president. He resigned shortly before Trump returned to the White House.

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        Trump’s New DHS Chief Already Ruffling Feathers Inside White House: Report

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        Indian Affairs Committee Hearings to examine Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act successes and opportunities at the Department of the Interior and the Indian Health Service, in Washington, DC on September 17, 2025. (Official U.S. Senate photo by Ryan Donnell)

        Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin has been on the job for just four months — and he is reportedly already stepping on toes inside President Donald Trump’s White House.

        Tensions between Mullin and senior administration officials have been building after a string of policy disputes, public missteps and concerns surrounding his preferred candidate to lead Immigration and Customs Enforcement, NBC News reported Thursday.

        The first major collision reportedly came when Mullin ordered ICE to temporarily halt most vehicle stops following fatal shootings involving immigration agents in Houston, Texas, and Biddeford, Maine.

        The Wall Street Journal reported that Mullin and acting ICE Director Dave Venturella made the call without first briefing Trump. News of the pause began leaking before the president could be informed, leaving him caught off guard. The Wall Street Journal and ABC News separately confirmed that Mullin directed the suspension.

        Trump wasted little time reversing it.

        “We CANNOT give up one of I.C.E.’s most important and effective Crime Fighting tools, THE TRAFFIC STOP!” the president wrote on Truth Social.

        The episode apparently did not sit well inside the West Wing.

        “Every Cabinet secretary knows that they have to come to the White House for major policy decisions,” a senior administration official told NBC News. “The president sees, hears, reads everything.”

        Mullin also reportedly irritated officials with a recent CNN interview concerning the Supreme Court’s decision allowing the administration to move forward with ending Temporary Protected Status for immigrants from Haiti and Syria.

        The secretary suggested that hundreds of thousands of affected immigrants could apply for another legal status. They could not automatically do so under the ruling, according to NBC News, which described Mullin’s remarks as a misstatement that “annoyed” some administration officials.

        The Supreme Court ruled on June 25 that lower courts could not continue postponing the administration’s termination of the two countries’ TPS designations while litigation moved forward.

        Another potential fault line involves Richard “Lance” Schroyer, Trump’s nominee to lead ICE.

        Schroyer, a former Marine and Oklahoma Highway Patrol veteran, is a longtime Mullin ally whom the secretary previously called “a good friend of mine.” Mullin brought Schroyer into DHS to advise local law enforcement agencies participating in a federal immigration enforcement program before Trump nominated him for the top ICE post in June.

        But the nomination has reportedly drawn resistance from officials who question whether Schroyer possesses enough federal management experience to run the agency spearheading Trump’s deportation campaign.

        Trump border czar Tom Homan was among those who objected to the selection, according to The Wall Street Journal.

        “Homan and others aren’t particularly thrilled with him,” the administration official told NBC News.

        The White House publicly played down any suggestion of a widening rift, insisting Mullin remains committed to carrying out Trump’s immigration agenda.

        “Secretary Mullin is working hard to implement the President’s immigration enforcement agenda,” White House spokeswoman Abigail Jackson said. “Thanks to President Trump and Secretary Mullin, the border is totally secure, dangerous illegal immigrants are being deported, and Americans are safer.”

        “Secretary Mullin will continue to enforce federal immigration law as effectively as possible,” she added.

        Trump selected Mullin to replace Kristi Noem, and the former Oklahoma senator was sworn in on March 24 after receiving bipartisan Senate confirmation.

        During his confirmation process, Mullin said his goal was to keep DHS from dominating the daily news cycle.

        “My goal in six months is that we’re not in the lead story every single day,” he told senators.

        Four months later, the reported turbulence inside Trump’s team is threatening to make that promise harder to keep.

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