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‘Shady backroom deal’ could swing upcoming Nevada primary election, RNC tells state attorney general

By Gregg Re | Fox News Together with the Nevada GOP, Republican National Committee (RNC) chairwoman Ronna McDaniel on Wednesday demanded the state investigate what she called a “shady” and potentially illegal “backroom deal” by local politicians that would alter voting procedures ahead of the state’s all mail-in June 9 primary. In a letter to Nevada Attorney General Aaron Ford, McDaniel […]

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Pelosi swears in two new GOP members of Congress

By Marisa Schultz | Fox News Two new GOP congressmen were sworn into office Tuesday after winning two special elections last week that Republican leaders tout as a sign of GOP momentum heading into the fall general election. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi welcomed Mike Garcia, R-Calif., and Tom Tiffany, R-Wis., to the Capitol Tuesday morning to swear them into office. The newest members of Congress […]

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Governors face mounting court challenges over coronavirus lockdown orders

By Tyler Olson | Fox News Legal challenges to governors’ coronavirus shutdown orders are piling up nationwide, putting state leaders on the defensive as citizens and businesses itching to get back to normal take their arguments to court — in some cases succeeding at voiding the governors’ actions. The Wisconsin Supreme Court, for example, struck down Democratic Gov. Tony Evers’ “safer at home” order on […]

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Trump tells governors feds ‘will step in’ if government disagrees with state restart plans

By Tyler Olson | Fox News President Trump told governors on a conference call Monday that he “will step in” if the federal government disagrees with state reopening plans, as he largely expressed satisfaction with how the governors are moving to lift coronavirus restrictions in their individual states, according to a report. Trump, whose administration last month revealed guidelines for when states should begin lifting […]

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Dem-imposed coronavirus orders face lawsuits across the nation

By Ronn Blitzer | Fox News Stay-at-home orders aimed at reducing the spread of coronavirus are now facing legal challenges from residents and state officials alike, alleging that some measures – mostly put in place by Democrats — go too far while the country gradually moves toward reopening. California alone is facing at least a dozen lawsuits that include claims that the state […]

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Watergate prosecutors who want to weigh in on Flynn case include Dem donors, outspoken Trump critics

By Tyler Olson | Fox News Sixteen former Watergate prosecutors have notified Emmet Sullivan, a judge for the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, that they intend to file an “amicus curiae” (“friend of the court”) brief in the case against former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn after the Department of Justice (DOJ) moved to dismiss the charges against him. Flynn had previously pleaded guilty […]

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Scores of veterans killed in ‘horrific’ coronavirus outbreak at Massachusetts elder care facility

By David Aaro | Fox News The coronavirus has killed at least 80 veterans at an elder care facility in Massachusetts, in what’s being described as the deadliest known outbreak at a long-term care facility in the U.S. An additional 82 veterans and 81 employees have tested positive for the virus at Holyoke Soldiers’ Home, and federal officials are trying to determine whether residents were […]

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Dem lawmakers eye ‘opportunity’ for historic expansion of government amid coronavirus crisis

By Adam Shaw | Fox News Former Obama White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel said during the 2008 financial crisis that lawmakers should “never let a crisis go to waste,” and many Democratic lawmakers appear to be heeding that advice — using the coronavirus pandemic as a jumping-off point to renew calls for a historic expansion of government. Emanuel repeated his mantra again last […]

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Protests against coronavirus lockdown orders spread in North Carolina, Missouri: ‘My rights are essential’

By Andrew O’Reilly | Fox News Angry demonstrators took to the streets in North Carolina and Missouri on Tuesday to voice their discontent at their states’ stay-at-home orders amid the coronavirus pandemic. The protests in Raleigh, N.C. and Jefferson City, Mo., are the latest in a series of protests across the country against state lockdown orders – fueled […]