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Trump calls in to Dan Bongino’s first show and insists Republicans must ‘take over voting’ in 15 places

Trump has never won Minnesota’s electoral votes and lost Georgia’s electoral votes in 2020

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Texas’ social studies shakeup creates divide over whose histories to teach, and how

Concerned about Texas’ social studies overhaul, Democrats on the State Board of Education used a recent meeting to push for the inclusion of more Black and Indigenous perspectives and for young children to learn about the horrific nature of slavery.

The Texas Tribune

House money race dotted by challengers who outraised incumbents

A handful of vulnerable House lawmakers in both parties were outraised by potential opponents in the final months of 2025, new filings show.

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'Time to clean house': Indian-origin Texas GOP leader under fire, old 'domestic violence case' involving gun comes to surface

Indian-origin Texas GOP leader Abraham George came under fire after Republicans flipped a state Senate seat that historically remained with the Republicans. Democrat Taylor Rehmet defeated Republican Leigh Wambsganss by a decisive 57% to 43% in Tarrant County. The result is insignificant legislation-wise as the new candidate will now serve…

The Times of India

Kristi Noem says all federal agents will begin wearing body cameras on patrols

Ron Johnson says he does not ‘have a problem’ with key demand made by Democrats blocking agency’s funding

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‘A warning sign to Republicans’: The Texas GOP’s decades-long stronghold just collapsed as a Democrat wins special election victory

A massive political shockwave just hit the Texas GOP establishment after Democrat Taylor Rehmet successfully flipped a deeply red state senate district in a special election victory on Saturday. This is a genuinely stunning development because this Fort Worth-area district is one that President Trump won by a massive 17…

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Democrats vow to fight ‘full-blown cover-up’ after release of Epstein files

Democrats and one Republican demanding release of millions more pages they insist are still being deliberately withheld

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MAGA melts down thinking 'Rehmet is Indian' after Democrat flips Texas local election

In a stunning victory, Democrat candidate Taylor Rehmet won the special election at a historically Republican seat in Texas, defeating Republican contender Leigh Wambsganss, sending MAGA online handles into an unprecedented meltdown. So much so that a verified handle on X with 43.1k followers, claiming to be 'heritage American' though…

The Times of India

Republicans look to rebuke DC Council with swing at local tax code

“They are spending more time trying to overturn D.C. laws than they’re doing with a number of pressing issues,” one organizer said of Congress.

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Indian-Americans claim they flipped a deep red seat in Texas because of MAGA's anti-Indian rhetoric

The TOI correspondent from Washington: In a political shock that has rattled Washington, Democrats in deep red Texas flipped a state senate seat in a district that voted +17 for Donald Trump, amid claims from some Indian-Americans that they triggered the turnaround because of toxic MAGA attacks on the community.

The Times of India

First Thing: Todd Blanche says review of Jeffrey Epstein sex-trafficking case ‘is over’

Deputy US attorney general says the government cannot ‘just create evidence’ but victims attorney accuses government of hiding perpetrators while exposing survivors. Plus, the Mormon women who fought a Republican-led redistricting initiative in Utah – and won

The Guardian - UK

'Running on a platform of shutting down temples': Hindu leader says Republican loss in Texas local election not surprising

Democrat Taylor Rehmet defeated Republican Leigh Wambsganss for the open Texas Senate District 9 seat in Tarrant County which is the largest Republican county in the nation. It was a special election to fill the seat after the incumbent Republican resigned to take another office and Rehmet will serve the…

The Times of India

This week: House GOP tries to end partial government shutdown

All eyes will be on the House this week as Republicans seek to bring a quick end to the partial government shutdown that began on Friday.

Roll Call

How Taylor Rehmet upset a MAGA candidate to flip a North Texas Senate district

Observers of the race said Rehmet’s working-class appeal, along with Latino and suburban backlash to GOP policies, fueled his win in a district Donald Trump carried by 17 points.

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Texas land commissioner primary: Who is running and what you need to know

The General Land Office oversees investments that earn billions of dollars for public education, manages state lands, operates the Alamo and distributes benefits to Texas veterans. Here’s a look at who’s running in the 2026 Democratic and Republican primaries and where they stand.

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Democrats continue to outraise Republicans in key Senate races

Democratic Senate candidates continue to outraise their Republican opponents in battleground midterm races, new federal filings show.

The Times of India

Who is Taylor Rehmet? Democrat flips Republican Texas Senate seat Trump won in 2024

Democrat Taylor Rehmet has pulled off a major political upset in Texas, winning a special election runoff for the state Senate and flipping a seat that President Donald Trump had carried by 17 points in the 2024 presidential election.

The Independent UK

Democrat flips reliably Republican seat in Texas in ominous sign for Trump ahead of midterms

Saturday’s result was a blow for the Republicans ahead of the upcoming midterms

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Axios

Mike Johnson warned by Jeffries not to count on Democrats' votes to end shutdown

"We want Republicans to carry the water," one House Democrat told Axios.

The Texas Tribune

Democrat Taylor Rehmet wins solidly red Texas Senate seat in stunning special election upset

With ballots tallied from all but a handful of voting centers, Rehmet had 57% of the vote, besting the 43% for his GOP opponent, Leigh Wambsganss, who had a massive spending advantage.

The Texas Tribune

Dan Patrick lists property tax cuts, preventing Sharia law among priorities for 2027 session

Patrick’s initial five-item to-do list also included assessing risks posed by hostile foreign entities to the grid’s supply chain and preventing fraud in Texas’ health and human services.

The Times of India

'New engineering team in India...': Former Amazon employee shares screenshot with allegation after layoff

Nicholas Lee Plumb, a Texas Republican candidate, who announced that he was affected by the latest layoff of Amazon, shared an internal message claiming that it was sent to him by a former colleague, where a discussion about a new engineering team in India was going on. "We are also…

The Independent UK

Judge refuses to release man charged with planting pipe bombs on eve of Capitol riot

A federal judge has refused to order the pretrial release of a man charged with placing two pipe bombs near the national headquarters of the Democratic and Republican parties on the eve of a mob’s Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol

Axios

Exclusive: House Republican campaign arm raised $117M in 2025

The NRCC raised $13.7 million in December alone.

Fortune

$38 trillion national debt finds Democratic, Republican supermajority as watchdog sees ‘a major problem for America’s economic future’

Michael A. Peterson says the country is racing toward $40 trillion in debt.

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