Politico: “Republican National Committee chair Michael Whatley will run for Senate in North Carolina and will have the blessing of President Donald Trump after his daughter-in-law, Lara Trump, opted not to seek the seat, two people familiar with the decision told POLITICO. Whatley’s entry into the race sets up the prospect of a highly-competitive and…

Clarion Ledger: “Freedom is not free. As someone with a grandfather and great-grandfather interred at Arlington and who has had, according to family lore, a relative serve in every American major war since the Spanish American conflict (now with the exception of Afghanistan), I know this viscerally. While I come from a family deeply enmeshed…

NY Times: “oe Kennedy III, the former Democratic congressman from Massachusetts, gazed out his window at endless fields of cotton and soybeans as he drove across the Mississippi Delta one sweltering afternoon last month. He was a long way from home, but in a sense returning to it. “People living here have been receiving boil-water…

HuffPo: “A key contributor to the Project 2025 policy blueprint for the second Donald Trump administration plans to challenge Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) next year in the Republican primary election. Paul Dans announced his intentions in an interview with The Post and Courier published on Monday morning. “We have seen where the swamp is, and the swamp…

NC Newsline: “Former North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper is reportedly set to formally launch a campaign for the state’s open U.S. Senate seat. Cooper is “preparing to launch his Senate campaign next week,” Axios reported Wednesday, citing multiple sources. Punchbowl News also reported Cooper’s plan. The two-term governor who left office in January would immediately become the…

WaPo: “A former Louisville police officer convicted of violating Breonna Taylor’s civil rights during a police raid in which she was killedwas sentenced Monday to 33 months in prison, a ruling that came after the Trump administration said last week that the case should not have been prosecuted. U.S. District Judge Rebecca Grady Jennings issued…

The Hill: “Virginia Republicans are raising alarm bells about Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears’s (R) campaign in the state’s closely watched gubernatorial race. Last week, news broke that Earle-Sears’s campaign manager Will Archer was removed from his post but would remain on her campaign in a different capacity. The development came as polls show Democratic candidate Abigail Spanberger in the…

The Hill: “Rep. Mark Green (R-Tenn.) has resigned from the House, further shrinking the GOP’s narrow majority in the chamber. Green’s departure was noted on the House floor Monday, with the members of the House announced as going down from 432 to 431. The Tennessee Republican, who has served as head of the House Homeland Security Committee, has previously said he…

WVTM13: “Protests across the country and in Central Alabama wrapped up Thursday to pay tribute to a man known for causing “good trouble.” Thursday marked five years since Rep. John Lewis died. His family is touched by knowing his legacy is still being carried on and his remarkable life is still being celebrated. Protests in…

The Hill: “Podcast host Joe Rogan offered high praise for state Rep. James Talarico (D) on his podcast Friday, telling the Texas lawmaker he should launch a White House bid. “You need to run for president. We need someone who is actually a good person,” Rogan said at the end of a multihour interview. Talarico, who has been…