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Politics
Texas Voters Put Candidates’ Family Record to the Test
As Texas races take shape, voters can see whether candidates defend children and parental rights or repeat the 2020 mistake of avoiding these issues.
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Republicans outspend Democrats as Senate cash fight grows
The spending gap is forcing Democrats to choose between defending must-win Senate races and betting on red-state pickups.
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Senate vote tests state women’s-sports protections
The Senate is set to vote Monday on a bill that Alliance Defending Freedom warns could override state laws keeping men off women’s teams.
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Young men put affordability first as Republicans face a warning
With November approaching, POLITICO calls young men’s lack of enthusiasm a warning sign for Republicans, while the poll puts inflation and living costs atop their concerns.
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AOC Weighs a 2028 White House Run
With no candidate formally launched, Ocasio-Cortez says she will decide after the 2026 midterms between a presidential bid and a Senate run.
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Supreme Court Keeps Missouri’s Map Fight Alive
The stay keeps Missouri’s congressional-map dispute in play as the midterms approach, with House control at stake.
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Mary Peltola reportedly wished a Planned Parenthood leader dead
As Alaska voters weigh a close Senate race that may decide control of the chamber, a reported 2024 text has resurfaced.
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Musk PAC targets four Senate races over men in women’s sports
Its ads put girls’ sports and taxpayer-funded sex-change procedures for children into four Senate contests as James Talarico faces scrutiny over his qualified shift on girls’ sports.
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News
Talarico Called Teaching Bible Stories ‘Propaganda’
A resurfaced 2025 clip puts his words about Bible instruction—and the families who teach Scripture—before Texas Senate voters.
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Newsom signs new rules for kids’ social media and AI
California’s law adds chatbot safeguards and bars addictive social-media features for users under 16.
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McKenna West loses Supreme Court bid in custody fight
Justice Elena Kagan denied West’s emergency bid, leaving the infant’s custody and care before the courts as the Texas mandamus petition remains pending.
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Florida sues Netflix over children’s data and parental control
Florida’s lawsuit puts children’s viewing data and parents’ authority at the center of its legal fight with Netflix.
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James Copenhaver dies two years after Butler shooting
His death brings the Butler attack’s human toll back into focus as The Federalist cites a poll on Democrats’ reactions to a hypothetical assassination.
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Jones, Smolak and Bock Detail Failures in Women’s Sports
Their written testimony puts girls’ athletic opportunities, safety and fair competition before senators—and calls for sex verification and accountability.
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WNBA Faces Eligibility Dispute as Engelbert Prepares to Leave
Engelbert says the decision is hers, but the next leader will take over as the WNBA’s eligibility debate continues and its April draft approaches.
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