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Smith, Honeycutt advance to runoff in crowded GOP primary for Mace’s House seat

Republicans Mark Smith and Jenny Honeycutt are projected to advance to a runoff for the GOP nomination in South Carolina’s 1st Congressional District, according to Decision Desk HQ. Smith and Honeycutt pulled away from a crowded field of Republicans. The Democratic primary is also headed to a June 23 runoff, where former Navy Adm. Nancy Lacore and…

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Navy admiral fired by Hegseth advances to runoff in Democratic primary for Mace seat

Nancy Lacore, a three-star admiral that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth fired last year, is projected head to a runoff against veteran Mac Deford in the Democratic primary for South Carolina’s 1st Congressional District, according to Decision Desk HQ. Lacore and Deford defeated a group of Democrats in the district, which stretches along the southeast coast of…

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Georgia Democrat renews push for federal red flag law

Rep. Lucy McBath (D-Ga.) on Tuesday renewed her push for legislation expanding red flag laws to address gun violence.  At a press conference on Capitol Hill, McBath touted her Federal Extreme Risk Protection Order (FERPO) Act as a measure that will “save lives.” McBath’s son, Jordan Davis, was fatally shot at a Florida gas station…

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AARP: New Social Security report should be ‘wake-up call’

After the Trump administration on Tuesday released its annual report on Social Security and its projected future, officials from AARP urged action to protect the program. The annual report from the board of trustees of Social Security and Medicare stated that Social Security’s Old-Age and Survivors Insurance (OASI) Trust Fund will be able to pay…

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FDA approves first new sunscreen ingredient in more than 20 years

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Tuesday added bemotrizinol to the list of permitted sunscreen active ingredients, the first such addition since the late 1990s. Bemotrizinol provides protection against ultraviolet A and B rays and has low levels of absorption through the skin into the body, according to an FDA release. The FDA considers…

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Most in new poll expect gas prices to keep rising

Nearly 6 in 10 adults in the U.S. expect gas prices to worsen over the next year, as the ongoing Iran war continues to roil energy markets, according to a new poll. The survey, released Monday by Reuters/Ipsos, found that 59 percent of 4,531 respondents said that gas prices will go up in the next…

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Vance adds chicken coop, chicks at Naval Observatory residence

Vice President Vance reportedly has a new side gig, with the second family getting a chicken coop installed at its Naval Observatory residence. Dozens of chicks are reportedly now living in a coop designed to look like the Victorian home at the Naval Observatory. The Daily Wire first reported Sunday that Carolina Coops, a family-owned…

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Sherrill given ‘closely controlled and limited’ tour of NJ immigration facility

New Jersey Gov. Mikie Sherrill (D) said Monday that she received a “closely controlled and limited tour” of a federal immigration detention facility in Newark, N.J. “After being denied access for weeks, I was finally allowed into Delaney Hall – but what I received was a closely controlled and limited tour of the facility,” Sherrill…

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Pratt: Hundreds of thousands of votes still outstanding in LA mayor election

Republican Spencer Pratt said Monday that “hundreds of thousands of votes” remain outstanding in the Los Angeles mayoral primary, after Decision Desk HQ (DDHQ) projected that city councilmember Nithya Raman (D) will take on incumbent mayor Karen Bass (D) in the November general election.  “Folks, we’re dealing with a fraction of a percentage point difference,…

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FCC Chair Carr says Scott Pelley ‘completely out of touch’ for not anticipating ’60 Minutes’ firing

Brendan Carr, the chair of the Federal Communications Commission, slammed former CBS News correspondent Scott Pelley on Sunday for saying he did not expect his longtime employer to fire him. “One of the reasons why trust in media is so low is because many legacy journalists are completely out of touch,” Carr wrote on social…

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Airline fuel costs jump 78 percent in past year amid war with Iran

As the war in Iran passes the 100-day mark, the cost for America’s airline industry is mounting. On Friday, a report from the Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) stated that U.S. airlines paid nearly $6.5 billion in fuel costs in April. That was up more than 26 percent from March and up 78 percent from…

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Madison Square Garden watch party canceled with Trump attending NBA Finals

There will not be a watch party outside of Madison Square Garden (MSG) for Game 3 of the NBA Finals on Monday, with President Trump set to attend. In a press release, the office of New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani (D) said that the watch party was canceled after the U.S. Secret Service (USSS)…

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