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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 2h
WSJ: Ken Paxton partied in Dubai on New Year's Eve 2024 with two fugitives from U.S. justice and a woman who wasn't his wife. Paxton is the top law enforcement official in Texas.
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Exclusive | Ken Paxton Partied in Dubai With Fugitives Ahead of High-Stakes Texas Senate Race
Trump backed the scandal-plagued Paxton in one of the riskiest bets of the midterms
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 7h
BREAKING: WASHINGTON (AP) - Federal judge orders Trump administration to halt work on historic DC golf course until Oct. 26, pending court action.
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 9h
BREAKING: KIMBERLY GUILFOYLE HAS RESIGNED.
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 10h
BREAKING: Trump's new press secretary just announced that Kim Guilfoyle has been asked to resign as U.S. Ambassador to Greece.
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
BREAKING: NYT reviewed time-stamped images from a security camera at James Talarico's home, which were provided by his campaign. The images showed Talarico at the home between Oct. 1 and Oct. 8.
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Republicans Promoted a False Rumor That James Talarico Was in Ohio
The Democratic nominee for Senate in Texas spent nine days off the trail with what he and his campaign said was a bad case of the flu. His opponents fueled rumors, including one that spread widely bef...
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
A GOP PAC ran an ad opposing Maine Democrat Troy Jackson — in the wrong Portland. The $25,000 ad ran in Portland, Oregon.
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A GOP PAC ran an ad opposing Maine Democrat Troy Jackson — in the wrong Portland
The $25,000 ad, which accused the challenger to Maine Republican Sen. Susan Collins of raising taxes, ran in Portland, Oregon.
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
WASHINGTON (AP) - Federal judge orders Trump administration to halt work for a day on historic DC golf course, pending more court action.
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
BREAKING WaPo: A federal judge issued a temporary order Sunday blocking the Trump admin from airing those propaganda ads. But the administration blew past that deadline and ran two of the ads into the early hours of Monday, advertising data shows.
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Trump blew past deadline to halt running taxpayer-funded campaign-style ads
A coalition of nonprofits had sued, calling the ads “propaganda.” The president has said campaign funds would be used to pay for the commercials going forward.
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
BREAKING on MS NOW: Trump and Marco Rubio are weighing firing U.S. Ambassador to Greece Kimberly Guilfoyle, according to a U.S. official.
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
BREAKING: WASHINGTON (AP) — Omar says she will 'not be silenced' and calls search of her home 'latest escalation' in Trump's 'intimidation' campaign.
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
BREAKING WaPo: A federal judge just ordered the Trump admin to stop cutting down trees at East Potomac Golf Links after preservationists asserted that more than 500 were felled Saturday and "hundreds more" were slated for removal.
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Judge halts tree removal at D.C. golf course that Trump has proposed overhauling
Plaintiffs had said “hundreds more” were slated for the ax, and the judge ordered a stop to all tree removal until 7 a.m. Tuesday or until she issues another order.
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
WASHINGTON (AP) - Federal agents searched Minnesota Rep. Ilhan Omar's home as part of a criminal investigation, AP sources say.
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
President Obama has endorsed Abdul El-Sayed in the Michigan Senate race.
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
BREAKING: NEW YORK (AP) - Judge orders Trump administration to cancel taxpayer-funded TV ads that promote his political message.
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Guilfoyle also said she was being blocked from attending a dinner for Eric Trump, and she wanted an American businessman on the guest list to get her in the door.
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Another bad report for Kim Guilfoyle: According to an audio recording reviewed by WSJ, Guilfoyle boasted at Davos about her close ties to two Greek tycoons and said they were bankrolling her high-rolling trips around the world.
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Exclusive | At Davos, Kimberly Guilfoyle Boasted of Private Jet Trips, Luxury Stays
A recording captured the U.S. ambassador saying that Greek businessmen were paying for her travels and pleading for an invitation to an event with Eric Trump.
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
WaPo CONFIRMS: The Trump Justice Department is investigating the major television networks for potential antitrust violations for their collective suspension of pool coverage during Trump's media ban. www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
BREAKING NYT: The Trump Justice Department is investigating whether the major television networks — ABC, CBS, CNN, NBC and Fox — violated federal antitrust laws when the group briefly suspended their pooled coverage of Trump, according to six people with knowledge of the department's action.
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Justice Dept. Is Investigating TV Networks Over Trump Pool Coverage
Major TV networks were notified on Friday that the department was looking into whether they violated antitrust laws when they suspended pool coverage of President Trump.
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Pew Research poll: Trump approval 30% approve 68% disapprove That's the lowest approval of his second term.
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
NEW on MS NOW: The FBI plans to offer the UFC an exclusive one-year contract to train its special agents in hand-to-hand combat. UFC chief executive Dana White has long been a Trump ally. "This is just Patel giving his friend Dana White a lucrative contract."
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Patel’s FBI wants to give UFC exclusive contract to train agents
CEO Dana White has long been an ally of President Donald Trump and his administration. Agents would be trained in hand-to-hand combat.
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Documents released by a watchdog group suggest that despite Trump's promise to fund Freedom 250 events through private donations, taxpayers largely footed the bill. The budget estimates leave open questions about where tens of millions in private donations ended up.
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Trump Raised Big Bucks for Freedom 250 — But Most Events Appear to be Funded by Taxpayers
Newly released documents raise questions about what happened to the corporate and private donations.
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Arlington County's local elected body has just sued to block construction of Trump's planned triumphal arch — arguing that administration officials bypassed a key review process in their push to begin work on the structure.
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Northern Virginia county sues to block Trump from building his arch
Arlington County’s all-Democratic board argues that the planned 250-foot-tall arch needs more review.
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
ProPublica and The Texas Tribune reviewed Ken Paxton's travel records dating back to 2015. Paxton has taken nearly 1,000 trips with a state-funded security detail, costing $3.3 million. The outlets could only connect 138 of those trips and $553,000 in security costs to actual state business.
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Ken Paxton’s Security for Travel Cost Taxpayers Millions. Just 1 in 6 of His Trips Had a Stated Business Purpose.
Records show the Texas attorney general has taken nearly 1,000 trips during his tenure, costing $3.3 million in security. We could only connect 138 of those trips and $553,000 in security costs to sta...
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Trump bought over $1 million in SpaceX debt just days before unveiling a new space-travel policy. The purchase, revealed in his latest financial disclosure, involved a firm directly affected by the Trump admin's actions — and led by Elon Musk.
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Trump bought over $1 million in SpaceX debt days before unveiling space policy
The purchase, revealed in his latest financial disclosure, involved a firm directly affected by his administration’s actions — and led by presidential ally Elon Musk.
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
BREAKING Politico: Trump has just established a committee of inquiry to investigate whether Federal Reserve Gov. Lisa Cook made "false statements in connection with one or more mortgage instruments" — his latest effort to remove her from the central bank.
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Trump sets up committee to investigate, potentially remove the Fed's Lisa Cook
“As President, it is my job to ensure the laws are faithfully executed, including by firing subordinates who cannot be trusted to tell the truth and follow the law,” he wrote in a memo.
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
An IRS investigator is suing the agency — claiming officials illegally leaked his confidential personnel records to federal prosecutors to punish him for years of whistleblowing on the agency's failure to tackle tax dodging.
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Whistle-Blower Says I.R.S. Leaked His Tax Records in Retaliation
Brian J. Visalli, a veteran investigator of tax fraud, said in a lawsuit that the agency had sent his personal and tax information to federal prosecutors.
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
BREAKING: NEW YORK (AP) - An Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer shot and wounded a man in New York while making an arrest, officials say.
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Trump made 517 personal trades of stocks, bonds, or other financial funds in August — including purchases between $1 million and $5 million each in Microsoft, McDonald's and Comcast stock.
washingtonsun.com
SpaceX, Palantir, McDonald’s: Trump Made 517 Personal Financial Trades in August
Federal records detail the president’s latest stock and bond spree.
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Senate Judiciary Democrats are asking Chair Chuck Grassley to apologize to Jack Smith on the behalf of his GOP committee members — especially for Republican Eric Schmitt. The letter also demands Grassley turn over the underlying records Schmitt used during the hearing.
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Democrats call on Chuck Grassley to apologize to Jack Smith for basketball gaffe
The top Democrat on the Senate Judiciary Committee said Republicans violated Senate rules.
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
WASHINGTON (AP) - Pentagon says the firing squad execution of Fort Hood shooter Nidal Malik Hasan will be livestreamed in December.
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
CORONADO, Calif. (AP) - USS Lincoln arrives home in San Diego Bay following its long Middle East deployment.
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
BREAKING: MS NOW confirms. The Trump Justice Department is seeking a federal criminal indictment of ex-White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson on charges of lying to Congress about Trump's actions on Jan. 6.
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
NEW: The temporary restraining order blocking Trump's media ban was set to expire by the end of the day today, but Judge Kelly just said it will now be extended until 11:59 p.m. Monday as he prepares to rule on the case.
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
If the Kennedy Center is 'dangerous,' why is the Symphony rehearsing there? The National Symphony Orchestra is practicing inside a building that Trump and his allies say could fall on their heads.
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If the Kennedy Center Is ‘Dangerous,’ Why Is the Symphony Rehearsing There?
The National Symphony Orchestra is practicing inside a building that President Trump and his allies say could fall on their heads.
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
President Obama just endorsed Keisha Lance Bottoms in the Georgia governor's race.
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
President Obama just endorsed Troy Jackson in the Maine Senate race.
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Kimberly Guilfoyle was preparing for her congressional hearing to become U.S. ambassador to Greece when she reached out to a Trump donor with an urgent request: She needed $100,000 that she said she owed American Express—in a way that wouldn't leave a paper trail.
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Exclusive | ‘Honey Please’: Kimberly Guilfoyle Pushed Donor to Wire $100,000 to Her Amex Account
Text messages with a MAGA ally show Guilfoyle seeking funds and offering access to top administration officials before becoming ambassador to Greece.
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
BREAKING: WASHINGTON (AP) - Democratic National Committee sues Trump administration, alleging taxpayer-funded ads violate propaganda law.
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
The Trump admin has declined to invite election observers from the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe to witness the midterms — meaning observers from the group won't be at a U.S. election for the first time in more than two decades.
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Trump administration refuses international election monitors for first time in over 2 decades
The decision not to invite observers from the OSCE puts the U.S. alongside Russia and Belarus, while the Justice Department prepares to deploy its own poll monitors.
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
BREAKING WaPo: Trump wants to transform his West Palm Beach golf club into a presidential retreat modeled after Camp David. 
The plan calls for a parcel of the private club to be designated a permanent, official sanctuary for foreign leaders and future U.S. presidents.
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Trump wants to turn his West Palm Beach golf club into the new Camp David
The plan calls for the federal government to be granted part of the property, with the rest maintained as a private course.
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
BREAKING: ICE over the past year investigated hundreds of nonprofits across the U.S. that help people register to vote. The internal documents, obtained by the Democracy Forward, showed that ICE's investigative arm also contemplated sending undercover agents to investigate the organizations.
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ICE  probed hundreds of voter registration groups across the U.S.
The agency also contemplated deploying undercover agents to "initiate prosecutions" against the groups and "dismantle" them.
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
As Trump crisscrossed the country last week trying to help his party avoid a blowout in the midterms, two of his top political advisers — James Blair and Chris LaCivita — were in the Balkans helping a pro-Russian government looking to tighten its grip on power.
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Amid Midterm Crunch, Trump Advisers Took Time to Help Russia-Aligned Government
James Blair and Chris LaCivita, who are leading the president’s congressional campaign operation, traveled to Republika Srpska to provide election advice.
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
New whistleblower complaint: The Trump admin pushed the FBI to investigate Los Angeles protesters in violation of their constitutional rights and the bureau's policies, a former FBI supervisor alleges in a new whistleblower complaint.
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FBI whistleblower says White House pushed unconstitutional probe of protesters
The former analyst says supervisors were told not to put things in writing, so many of the directives came in face-to-face meetings.
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
A day after Trump said his super PAC would pay for those propaganda ads that had been funded by taxpayers, White House officials said the group did *not* plan to reimburse the government for the more than $10 million it had already spent on the ads.
nytimes.com
Trump Does Not Plan to Reimburse Taxpayers for Promotional Ads
A day after the president said his super PAC would pay for the ads, which had drawn bipartisan backlash, officials said that he meant moving forward. A new taxpayer-funded ad aired Tuesday.
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
The Supreme Court has rejected Roy Moore's push to restore an $8.2 million defamation verdict over a 2017 Senate race ad funded by a Democratic-aligned super PAC. It was a victory for Senate Majority PAC, which funded the ad, and argued it was truthful.
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
A private company invited Gov. Wes Moore to a Baltimore event. Trump had him removed as a speaker. A Moore spokesperson: "Governor Moore has always said he will work with anyone when it comes to delivering for Marylanders but bow to no one when it comes to standing up for them."
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A private company invited Gov. Wes Moore to a Baltimore event. Trump had him removed as a speaker.
The president asked Anduril Industries to remove Maryland Gov. Moore from the speaking program at an event celebrating a defense tech investment in a working-class community.
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
ITHACA, N.Y. (AP) - Cornell says ex-deputy attorney general Sally Yates will lead review of university's handling of sex assault claims.
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Lawyers for former Olympian David Hearn, whom the Trump DOJ wrongly accused of damaging the Reflecting Pool, have urged internal investigators at the Justice and Interior departments to probe what led to what they're calling an abuse of government power.
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Attorneys for David Hearn call for probe into Reflecting Pool vandalism case
In a letter to the inspectors general of the Justice and Interior departments, Hearns’ lawyers demand answers as to who is responsible for the “gross incompetence, negligence, and misconduct.”
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Trump suggested tonight that Iran could "take out" American cities: "It's a small price to pay for keeping the world safe, keeping our country safe. They can take out a city. Let them take— let it, let them take out Los Angeles. Let them take out San Diego. This is a very small price to pay."
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
BREAKING: Trump just caved — claiming online that his super PAC will now pay for those propaganda ads taxpayers had previously been funding.
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