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Trump has pledged to campaign for Ken Paxton and spend significant time in Texas, but the White House has not put a dollar figure on his planned support

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, the state's GOP nominee for Senate, addressed his tight race with state Rep. James Talarico on Fox News.

Democrat James Talarico has dominated the airwaves in the race with Ken Paxton for the open Senate seat that could decide which party controls that chamber.

The president took issue with Welker’s description of the “mixed results” of candidates who have received his endorsement this election cycle.

Kristen is one of the best in the business, and we stand by her,” an NBC News spokesperson said after Trump’s Truth Social attack on the ‘Meet the Press’ moderator

U.S. President Donald Trump said in ⁠a ⁠Truth Social post on Sunday that NBC's ⁠Kristen Welker will be reported to the Federal Communications Commission for "rebuke or punishment," after she ​noted that the Republican president's success in endorsing political candidates has been mixed.

The president fumed at Welker while boasting about his track record in a Sunday morning Truth Social screed. President Donald Trump went into full meltdown mode Sunday morning on Truth Social where he raged at “Meet the Press” host Kristen Welker for saying his endorsements have earned “mixed results” during a local news segment.

The U.S.-Iran war hostilities reignite in the battle for the Strait of Hormuz, roiling oil markets and leading President Donald Trump to tease straits on Kharg Island after Iran attacked U.S. bases in Jordan.

Despite requests from the president for support, many traditional U.S. allies have stayed on the sidelines. Trump has responded with threats and humiliation.

The war in the Middle East has entered another dangerous phase after American forces struck two Iranian rocket launchers on Larak Island near the Strait of Hormuz, prompting Iran's IRGC to launch retaliatory attacks against US military bases in Jordan.

Iran’s Revolutionary Guards responded with strikes on American bases in Jordan, warning of increasingly forceful counter-attacks. The U.S. and Iran have traded strikes for the first time in over a month,

The Minnesota Supreme Court rejected Republican gubernatorial candidate Mike Lindell's requests for a recount in his party's primary.

MyPillow founder Mike Lindell has long denied President Donald Trump’s loss in the 2020 presidential election.

The Minnesota Supreme Court rejected MyPillow founder Mike Lindell’s call for a recount after his loss in the Republican gubernatorial primary by 11 points. Lindell has made a name for himself on the national stage for consistently denying the legitimacy of election results,

The Minnesota Supreme Court on Saturday denied Republican gubernatorial candidate Mike Lindell’s petition for a recount of all 1.1 million ballots in this month’s primary election after he missed a deadline to pay the state.

Donald Trump flew into a Truth Social meltdown after a top Canadian politician delivered a withering Saturday Night Live! diss. Just before 10 am on Sunday, after a bizarre goose-themed AI slop spiral,

President Donald Trump on Thursday signed an ‌Executive Order instructing Interior Secretary Doug Burgum to rename Lake Ontario as “Lake America.” ​

Ontario Premier Doug Ford has unveiled a giant billboard reading: "Lake Ontario — Now and Always." But tech giant Google has said it is renaming the lake for U.S. users, as President Trump demanded.

Mohawks of the Bay of Quinte Chief Donald Maracle on Friday (August 28) called U.S. President Donald Trump's move to rename Lake Ontario "disrespectful and unacceptable."

The Democratic Senate nominee is seeking to make amends over comments he made following a synagogue attack in March.

Sayed, the Michigan Democratic Senate nominee, is scrambling this weekend to try to win over skeptical Jewish Democrats — meeting individually and with groups of Jewish party leaders and apologizing for controversial past remarks as he tries to unite a fractured party before November.

Abdul El-Sayed faced backlash after he said, 'Hurt people hurt people,' following an attack on Temple Israel, a synagogue in Detroit, in March

Sayed, the Democratic Senate nominee in Michigan, faced criticism from Jewish Democrats after remarking, “hurt people hurt people.”