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Federal grand jury indicts man shot by ICE officer in Austin thehill.com/homenews/adminis…

Federal grand jury indicts man shot by ICE officer in Austin

A Venezuelan man who was shot and wounded by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent during a traffic stop in Austin last month has been indicted on a federal assault charge. A federal g…

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Marshall, Hamilton clash in battleground Kansas Senate debate: 4 takeaways thehill.com/homenews/campaig…

Marshall, Hamilton clash in battleground Kansas Senate debate: 4 takeaways

Sen. Roger Marshall (R-Kansas) faced Democrat Adam Hamilton, a pastor, in their final debate Wednesday night, amid signs that the race is tighter than Republicans had anticipated. Both men walked a…

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El-Sayed, Rogers clash in final Michigan Senate face off: 3 takeaways thehill.com/homenews/campaig…

El-Sayed, Rogers clash in final Michigan Senate face off: 3 takeaways

Democrat Abdul El-Sayed and Republican Mike Rogers faced off in their second and final debate in the race for Michigan’s open Senate seat, a pivotal contest that could determine control of the uppe…

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Democrats sue Trump administration over ‘threats and intimidation’ ahead of election thehill.com/regulation/court…

Democrats sue Trump administration over ‘threats and intimidation’ ahead of election

Democratic leaders and election groups filed a lawsuit against President Trump and the Justice Department (DOJ) on Tuesday, seeking to block federal officials from pressuring states to remove voter…

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Greene says El-Sayed could win Senate seat if Trump attacks Iran again thehill.com/homenews/campaig…

Greene says El-Sayed could win Senate seat if Trump attacks Iran again

Former Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (D-Ga.) lashed out at President Trump’s military operations against Iran on Wednesday, warning a further escalation could cost Republicans in the November electio…

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Nancy Mace says Vivek Ramaswamy has run the most offensive ad of the cycle thehill.com/homenews/campaig…

Nancy Mace says Vivek Ramaswamy has run the most offensive ad of the cycle

Rep. Nancy Mace (R-S.C.) called a controversial political ad run by Ohio gubernatorial candidate Vivek Ramaswamy (R) “shameful,” saying she thinks it will hurt Republicans up and down the ballot in…

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El-Sayed defends Slotkin over remarks targeted by right thehill.com/homenews/campaig…

El-Sayed defends Slotkin over remarks targeted by right

Michigan Democratic Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed (D) is standing by Sen. Elissa Slotkin (D-Mich.) after the lawmaker sparked the GOP’s ire with a recent comment that she wants young professi…

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US orders departure of embassy staff, families from Saudi Arabia thehill.com/policy/internati…

US orders departure of embassy staff, families from Saudi Arabia

The State Department ordered the departure of non-emergency U.S. government employees and their family members from Saudi Arabia on Wednesday as the Iranian-backed Houthis have continued to attack …

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Olympic canoeist’s lawyers urge DOJ inspector general to reconsider Reflecting Pool case probe thehill.com/regulation/court…

Ex-Olympic canoeist’s lawyers urge DOJ inspector general to reconsider Reflecting Pool case probe

Lawyers who represented former Olympian David Hearn in a now-defunct criminal case alleging he vandalized the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool are urging the Justice Department’s internal watchdog …

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Trump links Russia sanctions waiver to release of jailed American thehill.com/homenews/6163898…

Trump links Russia sanctions waiver to release of jailed American

President Trump on Wednesday said his success in freeing an American wrongly imprisoned in Russia was related to his much-criticized decision to hold back on imposing sanctions on Russia aimed at s…

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Russia sending first diesel shipment to US on Thursday thehill.com/policy/internati…

Russia sending first diesel shipment to US on Thursday

Russia is going to send its first tanker with diesel to the U.S. on Thursday, Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak said. According to a Reuters report citing the RIA news agency and other media, N…

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President Trump’s own words are once again shaping a legal battle involving his administration. The Hill’s @sophiebrams and @ZachASchonfeld examine how his Truth Social posts about East Potomac Park complicated the government’s position in court. Watch the full episode on The Hill Insider.
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Live updates: Kansas, Michigan Senate candidates make final pitches as Trump heads to South Carolina thehill.com/homenews/adminis…

Live updates: Trump lauds Russia’s release of American; Vance to campaign with Ramaswamy in Ohio

President Trump on Wednesday morning praised Russia’s release of American teacher Stephen Hubbard after four years of wrongful imprisonment. “Stephen is on his way back home and will so…

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Trump administration asks Supreme Court to allow Big Bend border wall construction thehill.com/regulation/court…

Trump administration asks Supreme Court to allow Big Bend border wall construction

The Trump administration asked the Supreme Court on Wednesday to clear the way for border wall construction to resume around Texas’s Big Bend region.  Solicitor General D. John Sauer called a lower…

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Cook Political Report polls find Democrats leading three critical Senate races thehill.com/homenews/campaig…

Cook Political Report polls find Democrats leading three critical Senate races

Polling numbers from nonpartisan election handicapper Cook Political Report released Wednesday found Democrats leading in three seats critical to retaking the Senate majority in November. The surve…

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Schumer ‘crazy’ to target Collins, Manchin says thehill.com/homenews/campaig…

Schumer ‘crazy’ to target Collins, Manchin says

Former Sen. Joe Manchin (I-W.Va.) went after Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) over targeting Sen. Susan Collins (R) in the Maine Senate election this year. “I told him he was crazy in …

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Rubio: NFL game in Paris will be ‘fine’ despite riots thehill.com/policy/sports-ga…

Rubio: NFL game in Paris will be ‘fine’ despite riots

Secretary of State Marco Rubio says he’s not worried about the safety of NFL players, coaches and fans in France, where the league will play a game on Sunday amid widespread rioting across th…

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Moreno says he will introduce bill to expand Trump Accounts access to people under 40 thehill.com/homenews/senate/…

Moreno says he will introduce bill to expand Trump Accounts access to people under 40

GOP Sen. Bernie Moreno (Ohio) said Tuesday he will introduce legislation to expand access to the Trump administration’s investment accounts for children to Americans under the age of 40. “This is a…

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Ohio GOP senator: ‘I would not have run’ Ramaswamy ad thehill.com/homenews/campaig…

Ohio GOP senator: ‘I would not have run’ Ramaswamy ad

Ohio Sen. Jon Husted (R) is pushing back on a controversial campaign ad run by Ohio gubernatorial nominee Vivek Ramaswamy (R) featuring his opponent’s mother. In a statement to the Associated…

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Ralph Norman: ‘My family is not going to vote for Darline Graham’ thehill.com/homenews/campaig…

Ralph Norman: ‘My family is not going to vote for Darline Graham’ 

Rep. Ralph Norman (R-S.C.) said on Wednesday he’s keeping his promise to support Sen. Darline Graham at the ballot box on Nov. 3 but said his family will not.  In a radio interview with “The N…

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