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Anthropic PAC splits Q3 donations down the middle{beacon} Technology Technology The Big Story Anthropic PAC splits Q3 donations down the middle Anthropic’s corporate political action committee poured $161,000 into campaigns across the aisle last month, bringing their total third-quarter spending to more than $250,000, according to spending records first shared with The Hill. © Patrick Sison, Associated…

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Musk bankrolls PAC spending big on Paxton in TexasTech mogul Elon Musk poured $158 million into a key super PAC backing Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton's (R) Senate run as part of his push to keep Republican majorities in Congress. Musk was the single donor to Texas PAC — a political action committee backing Paxton's run — in the third quarter, according to...

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CNN legal analyst: Biden-era inquiry into Omar hurts her case against TrumpCNN anchor Jake Tapper questioned whether Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) should have come forward about any potential issues with her immigration status during the Biden administration rather than face a criminal investigation under President Trump. Federal agents raided Omar's Washington, D.C., home with a court-authorized search warrant Monday as part of a…

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9 former FBI agents sue, saying they were wrongly fired over Mar-a-Lago caseNine former FBI agents sued the Justice Department on Thursday, alleging they were wrongly fired solely because of their work investigating President Trump in the Mar-a-Lago documents case. Attorneys for the agents write that their “fate was sealed by virtue of simply having worked on an investigation into Trump’s wrongdoing,” noting Attorney General…

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Trump berates Cornyn, Rove for not backing Paxton: 'They are hurting Texas'President Trump is once again attacking Republican Sen. John Cornyn (Texas), now saying the outgoing lawmaker is not doing enough to support his state's GOP Senate candidate, Ken Paxton. He also called out Karl Rove, former President George W. Bush’s White House adviser, for supporting a Democrat in one of the Lone Star State's downballot...

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Federal lawsuit accuses Matt Gaetz, 2 others of sex traffickingFormer Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) is being sued by two anonymous women over allegations that he and others sexually exploited them when the women were in their early 20s. The lawsuit, filed Thursday in the Middle District of Florida, also names former Seminole County tax collector Joel Greenberg and former Florida state Rep. Chris Dorworth...

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DOJ sues California after pushing state to match voter list with USB driveThe Department of Justice (DOJ) sued the state of California on Thursday after giving it a USB drive and demanding that within 48 hours it compare 20,000 names its data rolls with information provided by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). The DOJ sent the letter to the state and local election officials Tuesday, threatening...

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Democratic senators set up vote on blocking Saudi nuclear dealSens. Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) and Ed Markey (D-Mass.) introduced a measure Thursday that would block President Trump’s deal to allow Saudi Arabia to build a civilian nuclear program. The Democrats’ measure is a joint resolution of disapproval, a legislative tool that requires a vote after Nov. 29. The senators expressed concern that the deal gives...

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Trump: Musk has 'a little problem'President Trump took a slight jab Wednesday at tech mogul Elon Musk, who remains a close ally despite a rollercoaster relationship between the two. Trump made the swipe while going after Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs (D) while speaking at a rally in the state, calling the Democrat “horrible.” “First of all, she’s a dumb person....

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Trump ballroom donors revealed in Washington Post reportMajor donors to President Trump’s White House ballroom project were revealed in a new list obtained by The Washington Post on Thursday. According to the Post, the list reveals more than $330 million in private donations to fund the ballroom effort, most of which was donated prior to the demolition of the East Wing in...

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5 GOP House members join letter urging Trump to cancel Russia diesel deal, up sanctionsFive House Republicans signed on to a letter Thursday urging President Trump to cancel the Russian diesel deal he announced last week. GOP Reps. Don Bacon (Neb.), Brian Fitzpatrick (Pa.), Michael McCaul (Texas), Dan Newhouse (Wash.) and Joe Wilson (S.C.) joined 17 of their Democratic colleagues in writing they were “particularly concerned” about the deal....

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Hinojosa stages empty lectern at Texas governor's mansion amid Abbott debate snubTexas gubernatorial candidate Gina Hinojosa (D) spoke next to an empty lectern in front of the Lone Star State’s governor’s mansion Thursday after Gov. Greg Abbott (R) did not accept her debate invitation. “I guess the governor is a no-show, which is not surprising because he has been a no-show for Texans for years,” Hinojosa...

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Noem 'confident Ilhan Omar will finally be held accountable'Kristi Noem, the former secretary of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), said she was assured that Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) would be “held accountable” if the lawmaker is found to have committed immigration fraud after federal agents raided her home Monday. Noem, whom President Trump fired in March after a tumultuous stint leading the...

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Zacharia 'tracked every news hit' to capture Trump's attention in press secretary searchWhite House press secretary Katie Zacharia said Thursday that she tracked President Trump’s interests and intentionally discussed them in television appearances ahead of being selected for the role. “I tracked every news hit to be in accordance with what policies he was pushing for, particularly on Truth Social, since I was the senior communications…

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Zacharia says results of bar exam were 'inconsequential'White House press secretary Katie Zacharia said Thursday her California Bar exam results are “somewhat inconsequential” after reporting surfaced that showed she did not pass the examination. In an interview with the conservative outlet Real America’s Voice, Zacharia said she was planning to move to China to be with her husband who was working abroad. ...

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Brit Hume: Republican 'washout' possible in midtermsFox News’s Brit Hume on Wednesday said Republicans may face rough results in the upcoming midterms. “Republicans have to worry that something like that may happen to them in this race, where not only do they lose the close ones, but they lose a lot that weren’t even thought to be close, and you’ve got...

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Judge tosses Brennan suit demanding preservation of records in 'grand conspiracy' probeA federal judge on Thursday agreed to toss a lawsuit from former CIA Director John Brennan, arguing he did not yet have standing to sue over an investigation targeting him for his role in reviewing the 2016 election. Brennan brought the suit in July, seeking to compel the Department of Justice (DOJ) to preserve records...

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Lawmakers 'horrified' by mass shooting plot on Chicago-area Hindu templeSeveral lawmakers have expressed shock and outrage about an alleged racially motivated two-year plot to massacre people at a Hindu temple in Aurora, Ill., which led to the arrest of a 19-year-old Palatine, Ill., man. Alexandros Paporakis was arrested Sunday at an apartment he shares with his mother in the 1300 block of North Baldwin Court...

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RFK Jr.-aligned MAHA group spends big on Iowa governor's raceA political action committee associated with Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s “Make America Healthy Again” (MAHA) movement announced Thursday it is investing more than $1 million in the Iowa governor’s race — the group’s largest contribution to date. MAHA Action PAC, a federal super PAC run by Kennedy ally and...

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Trump’s approval rating hits record low in Fox News pollPresident Trump’s overall approval rating hit a record low for either of his terms, according to a new Fox News survey amid growing voter dissatisfaction with his handling of key issues. The Fox News poll found 36 percent of respondents approved of Trump’s overall handling of the presidency, while 64 percent disapproved. The decline, Fox...

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