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Washington — Republican Sen. Marsha Blackburn on Wednesday announced a bid for Tennessee governor, pledging to make the state “America’s conservative leader for this generation and the next.””Trump is back, America is blessed and Tennessee — better than ever,” Blackburn said in a video announcement Wednesday. “Here in the Volunteer State, we always lead the way. And that’s why I am announcing my candidacy for governor.”Blackburn came to the Senate in 2019, after representing Tennessee in the House since 2003. Her 2018 Senate bid gained added national attention when Taylor Swift, who had previously stayed out of politics, criticized Blackburn’s…

Politics / August 6, 2025 At first, the right wanted to claim progressives were delusional for seeing a slide back into white supremacy in the American Eagle ad. Now they’re boasting about it. Ad Policy An advertisement featuring actress Sydney Sweeney outside an American Eagle store in New York, US, on Aug. 4,. American Eagle Outfitters Inc. shares surged after US President Donald Trump came out in support of a controversial ad from the company featuring actress Sydney Sweeney.(Photographer: Michael Nagle / Bloomberg) The first thing you notice in actor Sydney Sweeney’s controversial ad campaign for American Eagle blue jeans…

Attorneys for Ghislaine Maxwell are arguing against the Justice Department’s attempt to unseal grand jury testimony against her, writing in a court filing Tuesday that their client “has no choice but to respectfully oppose” the potential release.”Jeffrey Epstein is dead. Ghislaine Maxwell is not,” Maxwell’s attorney David Markus wrote in a nine-page filing. “Whatever interest the public may have in Epstein, that interest cannot justify a broad intrusion into grand jury secrecy in a case where the defendant is alive, her legal options are viable, and her due process rights remain.”In her interview with the Justice Department, Maxwell did not…

A small, dual-propeller medical transport plane crashed and caught fire Tuesday on the Navajo Nation in northern Arizona, killing four people, the tribe said in a statement. A Beechcraft King Air 300 from CSI Aviation, a medical flight service based in Albuquerque, New Mexico, took off with two pilots and two health care providers, according to the Federal Aviation Administration and CSI Aviation. It crashed in the early afternoon near the airport in Chinle, about 300 miles northeast of Phoenix. “They were trying to land there and unfortunately something went wrong,” district Police Commander Emmett Yazzie said. Smoke is seen…

Dana is mom to a son who, when he was 14, experienced a rapid decline in his mental well-being. A few months later, she came to understand that he had become deeply influenced by predatory online networks that encourage vulnerable people, especially minors, to harm themselves and others. NPR is not using Dana’s full name or revealing her identity because it remains unclear whether those who targeted her son continue their activities. Joanna Kulesza for NPR hide caption toggle caption Joanna Kulesza for NPR The beginning of ninth grade was already shaping up to be a bumpy transition for then-14-year-old…

Former Department of Government Efficiency staffer Edward Coristine was allegedly assaulted in an attempted carjacking in Washington, D.C., over the weekend, according to police records obtained by CBS News — an incident that led President Trump to threaten to put the nation’s capital under federal control.19-year-old Coristine — who is known for his online moniker “Big Balls” — was allegedly surrounded and assaulted by a group of approximately 10 teenagers near his car early Sunday morning, according to a report from the Metropolitan Police Department. Two 15-year-olds were arrested and charged with unarmed carjacking.Coristine and his significant other later told…

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Texas Gov. Greg Abbott filed a lawsuit on Tuesday to remove one of the state’s House Democratic leaders, Rep. Gene Wu, calling him “the ringleader” of the dozens of Democratic lawmakers who left the state in an effort to block a redistricting vote. Abbott filed the emergency petition with the Texas Supreme Court to have Wu, who represents Houston and serves as Democratic caucus chair, removed from office. On Sunday, the governor had threatened to seek Democratic lawmakers’ removal from office if they did not attend a Monday afternoon House session.”They have not returned and have not met the quorum…

The Department of Justice building is seen on July 20, 2025 in Washington, D.C. The House Oversight Committee has issued a subpoena to the DOJ for files related to its investigation of Jeffrey Epstein. Eric Lee/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Eric Lee/Getty Images The House Oversight Committee has subpoenaed the Department of Justice for records related to its investigation of convicted sex-offender Jeffrey Epstein and his longtime associate Ghislaine Maxwell. The subpoena, one of 11 formally issued on Tuesday, calls for “all documents and communications relating or referring to” Epstein and Maxwell, including information contained in their respective court…

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