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ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia’s Brad Raffensperger, the Republican secretary of state who rejected Donald Trump’s call to help overturn the state’s 2020 election results, said Wednesday that he’s running for governor in 2026. The wealthy engineering entrepreneur might appeal most to business-oriented Republicans who once dominated GOP primaries in Georgia, but he is pledging a strongly conservative campaign even while …

Bloomberg today reports that US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent once listed two different properties as a ‘primary residence’ at the same time. It’s the same thing that the US President is using to try to justify the firing of Fed Governor Lisa Cook. On Sept. 20, 2007, he agreed that a seven-bedroom Georgian manor he was buying in Bedford Hills, …

Joe Botello was startled awake early Tuesday morning when federal immigration agents broke through the door to his suburban Elgin home. Botello, 37, was led out of the home in the 900 block of Chippewa Drive in handcuffs. The entire street was blocked off by armed ICE agents wearing fatigues and using military vehicles. Neighbors were rattled as helicopters, bright …

DHS Sec. Kristi Noem visits Chicago area, shares video of Elgin ICE raid DHS Sec. Kristi Noem visits Chicago area, shares video of Elgin ICE raid 01:12 U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem was in the Chicago area Tuesday morning amid increased immigration enforcement operations in the city, multiple sources told CBS News. The Department of Homeland Security launched what …

Trump’s Transportation Secretary Sean P. Duffy Unveils New Plan to Fast-Track Advanced Air Mobility Vehicles  Federal Aviation Administration (.gov) Trump Administration Seeks Pilot Projects for Air Taxis  The New York Times Joby Plans to Jumpstart US Operations through White House eVTOL Integration Program  Joby Aviation Archer Plans For Air Taxi Trial Participation Under White House eVTOL Pilot Program With U.S. Airlines and Cities  Archer …

Facebook Tweet Email Link Two key figures in the Iran-Contra affair quietly married last month, nearly 40 years after the scandal rocked US politics and President Ronald Reagan’s administration. Oliver North married his former secretary, Fawn Hall, on August 27 in Virginia, according to a copy of the marriage certificate obtained by CNN. Reached by phone Tuesday morning, North declined …

US defense secretary tells sailors off Puerto Rico: this isn’t training  Reuters Secretary of War Hegseth lands in Puerto Rico as US ramps up Caribbean cartel fight with naval forces  Fox News Hegseth and Caine visit Puerto Rico as US steps up military operations in the Caribbean  AP News Hegseth and top general secretly visit Puerto Rico as Venezuela tensions simmer  USA Today Hegseth …

US treasury secretary Scott Bessent has refused to acknowledge that the sweeping trade tariffs imposed by Donald Trump around the world are taxes on Americans. In a new interview on Sunday with NBC host Kristen Welker, Bessent, a former billionaire hedge fund manager, dismissed concerns from major American companies including John Deere, Nike and Black and Decker who have all …

US Secretary of the Treasury Scott Bessent speaks as US President Donald Trump signs executive orders in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC on September 5, 2025. Mandel Ngan | Afp | Getty Images Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Sunday that he is “confident” that President Donald Trump’s tariff plan “will win” at the Supreme Court, …

Fellow Kennedys call on RFK Jr. to resign as health secretary  Politico Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s family calls for his resignation  Axios Opinion | We Ran the C.D.C.: Kennedy Is Endangering Every American’s Health  The New York Times Hawaii governor: Kennedy should step aside so we can save lives and rebuild our health care system  CNN Former CDC boss warns RFK Jr. moving toward …