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Dems Reportedly in Panic Over Graham Platner’s Primary Win in Maine – Could He Be Pressured to Drop Out?

Dems Reportedly in Panic Over Graham Platner’s Primary Win in Maine – Could He Be Pressured to Drop Out?

Fresh off winning the Democrat primary for U.S. Senate in Maine on Tuesday, scandal-plagued Graham Platner is learning his next fight may not be against incumbent Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME) after all. As Platner gears up to face the five-term Republican in a race Democrats widely view as central to their hopes of taking back …

President Trump Announces New DNI Nominee After Acting Pick Bill Pulte Threw Congress into Chaos

President Trump Announces New DNI Nominee After Acting Pick Bill Pulte Threw Congress into Chaos

President Donald Trump announced a new nominee to replace outgoing Tulsi Gabbard as Director of National Intelligence (DNI) after his temporary pick threw Congress into chaos. The Controversial Pick As reported on Friday’s AM Update, President Trump moved to defuse growing backlash over his temporary pick to lead the Intelligence Community on Thursday, nominating U.S. …

6/12 AM Update: Trump Picks New DNI After Pulte Backlash, Dem Party Platner Panic, UFC WH Preview

6/12 AM Update: Trump Picks New DNI After Pulte Backlash, Dem Party Platner Panic, UFC WH Preview

AM Update for 6/12/26: President Donald Trump nominates Jay Clayton for Director of National Intelligence as a fight over temporary pick Bill Pulte derails a FISA surveillance vote hours before the deadline. Maine Democratic Senate nominee Graham Platner faces new pressure from inside his own party as damaging revelations raise questions about whether Democrats will …

CEO of Dem Fundraising Machine Repeatedly Pleads Fifth During House Probe into Illegal Donations

CEO of Dem Fundraising Machine Repeatedly Pleads Fifth During House Probe into Illegal Donations

The Democratic Party’s fundraising machine under fire as ActBlue’s CEO plead the Fifth before Congress nearly two dozen times over allegations of weak fraud controls. As reported on Thursday’s AM Update, ActBlue CEO Regina Wallace-Jones refused to answer questions and invoked the Fifth Amendment on Capitol Hill Wednesday amid a Republican-led House investigation into whether …

6/11 AM Update: Bill Gates Opens Up About Epstein, ActBlue CEO Pleads Fifth, World Cup Ref Barred

6/11 AM Update: Bill Gates Opens Up About Epstein, ActBlue CEO Pleads Fifth, World Cup Ref Barred

AM Update for 6/11/26: Bill Gates testifies behind closed doors in the House Epstein probe, telling lawmakers Jeffrey Epstein tried to use knowledge of his extramarital affairs to pressure him back into his orbit. A new inflation report shows consumer prices rising at the fastest annual pace in three years, as President Donald Trump reveals …

VP Vance Refers Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and Attorney General Keith Ellison to DOJ for Fraud Investigation

VP Vance Refers Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and Attorney General Keith Ellison to DOJ for Fraud Investigation

A new report from the House Oversight Committee accuses Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and State Attorney General Keith Ellison of ignoring years of fraud warnings – and it is now serving as the basis for a referral from Vice President J.D. Vance to the Department of Justice. The Fraud As reported on Wednesday’s AM Update, …

6/10 AM Update: Karmelo Anthony Convicted and Sentenced, Vance Refers Walz and Ellison to DOJ

6/10 AM Update: Karmelo Anthony Convicted and Sentenced, Vance Refers Walz and Ellison to DOJ

AM Update for 6/10/26: Karmelo Anthony is sentenced to 35 years in prison after a Texas jury convicts him of murdering 17-year-old Austin Metcalf at a April 2025 high school track meet – The MK True Crime Show host Dave Aronberg weighs in. Vice President J.D. Vance refers Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and State Attorney …

6/9 AM Update: Karmelo Anthony Defense Implodes, Philippines Earthquake, GLP-1 Cancer Study

6/9 AM Update: Karmelo Anthony Defense Implodes, Philippines Earthquake, GLP-1 Cancer Study

AM Update for 6/9/26: The Karmelo Anthony murder trial takes a dramatic turn after the defense rests without Anthony taking the stand, following a day of witness testimony and cross-examination that saw the defense’s argument implode – The MK True Crime Show host Phil Holloway weighs in. A fragile pause holds between Israel and Iran …

6/8 AM Update: Pratt’s Lead Over Raman Evaporates, Karmelo Anthony Defense Begins, Golden Tempo Wins

6/8 AM Update: Pratt’s Lead Over Raman Evaporates, Karmelo Anthony Defense Begins, Golden Tempo Wins

AM Update for 6/8/26: Spencer Pratt’s lead over Los Angeles Councilwoman Nithya Raman disappears in the L.A. mayor’s race, as late-counted ballots push Raman closer to the final spot in November’s runoff. President Donald Trump’s rainy interview with NBC’s Kristen Welker in Wisconsin ends abruptly after tense exchanges over Iran, farmers, the press, and California’s …

Trump National Security Advisor-Turned-Critic John Bolton Expected to Plead Guilty in Classified Documents Case 

Trump National Security Advisor-Turned-Critic John Bolton Expected to Plead Guilty in Classified Documents Case 

Former Trump National Security Adviser (NSA)-turned-top Trump critic John Bolton is expected to plead guilty to mishandling classified information while working in the first Trump’s administration. The Alleged Plea As reported on Friday’s AM Update, sources telling CNN Bolton intends to plead guilty to one felony count of illegal retention of sensitive national security documents …

Trump Administration Scraps Plan for Controversial $1.8 Billion ‘Anti-Weaponization Fund’

Trump Administration Scraps Plan for Controversial $1.8 Billion ‘Anti-Weaponization Fund’

The Trump administration’s controversial plan to compensate people who were victims of government “weaponization” is over before it ever really began. No More Fund As reported on Thursday’s AM Update, Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche told lawmakers during a Tuesday appearance before a House Appropriations subcommittee that the so-called “Anti-Weaponization Fund” would not be moving …