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Trump-backed Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton decisively defeated incumbent four-term Senator John Cornyn in a Republican primary runoff, winning by 28 percentage points. Paxton's victory marks a significant MAGA movement success and makes Cornyn the first Republican senator from Texas to lose in the state's primary since the 1980s.
At least $60-67 million in National Park Service entrance fee funds are being redirected toward Trump administration D.C. beautification projects, including repairs to fountains and the Reflecting Pool. Government analysis found the Reflecting Pool contractor is charging a 20 percent profit margin, roughly double the typical 6-12 percent range.
The Trump administration has paid out $20 billion in tariff refunds, with an additional $65 billion in refunds pending, following a Supreme Court ruling that Trump overstepped his authority in implementing sweeping tariffs.
President Trump held a cabinet meeting to discuss peace negotiations with Iran, sending conflicting messages about the deal status. Trump accused Iran of stalling to 'outwait' him until U.S. midterms, while Secretary of State Rubio said there was 'some progress,' and Trump threatened Oman with repercussions if it moves forward with a deal to open the Strait of Hormuz.
Iran wants the release of billions in frozen funds as a precondition for meaningful peace negotiations with the Trump administration, making it a key sticking point in ongoing peace talks mediated by Pakistan and Qatar.
The Trump administration announced plans to stop processing international flights in sanctuary cities in response to protests outside an ICE facility in New Jersey, where a hunger and labor strike is in its fifth day.
Trump vowed to protect cryptocurrency and ensure prediction markets thrive, while attacking U.S. states' efforts to regulate prediction markets, calling such regulation 'scum' and insisting federal regulatory authority be retained.
Former judges have urged an inquiry into a deal Trump struck with the IRS, with the motion asking the judge overseeing the initial suit against the IRS to examine the terms of the settlement.
A woman fired by Ball State University over a Facebook post criticizing Charlie Kirk will receive a $225,000 settlement from the university, with the American Civil Liberties Union of Indiana citing the payout as a victory for free speech.
A company led by Republican fundraiser Elliott Broidy, who was previously pardoned by Trump, has won a $106 million federal contract to monitor prisoners' phone calls, though there is no evidence his Trump connections influenced the contract award.