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Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, the state’s GOP Senate nominee, had spent years as the state’s top law enforcement officer “waging war on Democratic and Latino-led groups” amid his amplification of false claims of widespread voter fraud, but in doing so, may have created a powerful obstacle in his bid for higher office, The New York Times reported Saturday.“The stakes of the fight with groups determined to mobilize Texas’ fast-growing Hispanic electorate changed significantly last month when [Paxton] won the Republican Party’s nomination for Senate,” the Times’ report reads. “Now it is personal and could help determine his own political future – and which party controls the Senate.”Paxton regularly targeted progressive Hispanic groups in Texas under a state law passed in 2021 designed to strengthen “election integrity.” The law criminalized “what had been fairly routine tools for civic groups,” and “particularly in Latino communities,” the Times wrote, resulting in “a trail of ransacked residences, shellshocked volunteers, struggling organizations and indictments.”The result of the law was a dramatic reduction in voter outreach efforts among Hispanic communities. Jolt Initiative, for instance, the “largest youth outreach group in Texas,” typically registered more than 12,000 voters a year, but in 2025, only registered 3,586 voters.Paxton's office did not return the Times' request for comment, but Texas Hispanic voters and advocates were eager to make clear exactly what they believe is at stake in his Senate bid.“It doesn’t look good for us, but we are going to keep fighting,” said Gabriel Rosales, who heads the League of United Latin American Citizens in Texas as its director, speaking with the Times.
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Violent clashes between protesters and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents at Newark's Delaney Hall detention facility forced the Trump administration to deploy its top immigration official for emergency de-escalation after newly appointed DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin made the situation dramatically worse.According to Politico reporting by Myah Ward, tensions that had been escalating nightly cooled only after border czar Tom Homan was dispatched to meet with state and local officials and negotiate a resolution to the standoff.The crisis began when images and videos surfaced showing violent clashes between pro-immigrant demonstrators and ICE agents outside the 1,000-bed, privately run detention facility. The unrest followed allegations of poor conditions inside the facility and a detainee hunger strike. Democratic lawmakers descended on the site to condemn detention conditions and accuse federal agents of violence against protesters.Mullin's response made matters worse. The new DHS secretary threatened to pull customs staffing from Newark Liberty International Airport—a threat that shocked administration officials and sparked airline industry fears of travel chaos across the region.The White House responded by deploying Homan, following a playbook it had previously used to defuse tensions in Minnesota. The border czar spent five days on the ground meeting with Newark Mayor Ras Baraka, police leadership, state troopers, and Gov. Mikie Sherrill to negotiate a path forward, according to Politico.In a bid to counter allegations of unsanitary conditions, Homan made a symbolic visit to Delaney Hall, where he ate spaghetti with detainees. He subsequently claimed local officials agreed to most of his demands, including establishing designated protest zones. Democratic officials countered that the Department of Homeland Security simply agreed to restore family visitation to the facility—a demand the community had pressed.Politico is reporting that the use of Homan underscores his "enduring influence as one of the president's top immigration policy advisers." It also reveals the administration's increasing reliance on the border czar to respond to escalating unrest surrounding federal immigration enforcement.
A Gold Star family was left “devastated and embittered” after Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, who at one point “appeared” interested in helping the family get to the bottom of the 2012 death of their family member, “ghosted” them, The Washington Post reported Saturday.While in Afghanistan, Cmdr. Job Price, a Navy SEAL commander, was found dead in his quarters with a gunshot wound to the head. An investigator into Price’s death found “irregularities in the evidence,” the Post reported, but ultimately ruled out the possibility of foul play.Unsatisfied with the findings of the report, Price’s family pressed for answers and managed to contact Hegseth during his time as a Fox News host in 2022, two years before he would be tapped by President Donald Trump to serve in his administration.“Those pictures are damning for the Navy,” Hegseth wrote to Matt Cubbler, a family friend of Price’s, referencing photographs from the investigation into Price’s death, per text messages obtained by the Post.“Nobody – nobody – would be caressing their pillow while taking their own life. I agree, it does not add up at all to suicide.”And yet, despite the newfound optimism of Price’s family and friends that the case might be given a second look, Hegseth’s "enthusiasm seemed to wane after a few weeks,” the Post reported.In April of 2023, in what would be one of his final messages to Cubbler, Hegseth again expressed a willingness to help Price’s family and friends.“I hope I can help another way at some point,” Hegseth wrote in a text message to Cubbler, according to the Post.“Eventually, though, he stopped responding,” the Post’s report reads.“And despite his role now, leading the Pentagon in an avowedly pro-military administration, members of the Price family say they have received no indication that the case will be reopened. The lack of follow-through, they say, feels like ‘being ghosted’ by someone who styled himself as an advocate for troops and their families.”
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White House officials have responded to reports that Susie Wiles is planning to ditch her role as Trump's chief of staff. "Total bull—," wrote the official White House Rapid Response account. "Another fake hatchet job from a wannabe reporter peddling anonymous sources who don't actually know anything."The Daily Mail reported that Susie Wiles is plotting a post-midterms exit because she was insulted by Trump's appointment of Bill Pulte as acting director of national intelligence.Similarly, White House Deputy Chief of Staff James Blair denied the story, writing that it's "both absurd and totally false" in a post on X."The self-serving are working overtime today," he blasted, as other MAGA accounts echoed his denial.
Trump's Chief of Staff Susie Wiles will soon quit her high-level White House post, insiders told the Daily Mail.Wiles is preparing to quit because she was "vehemently" opposed to the promotion of Bill Pulte from the head of the Federal Housing Finance Agency to the role of acting Director of National Intelligence, three White House insiders told the Daily Mail.She perceived it as an "insult" when Trump followed through on the Pulte promotion, and Trump had already been starting to "resent" her opposition, the Mail reported."She is loyal to Trump, but he is now basically saying, 'Look, Ma, you are not the boss of me,'" an insider told the Mail.She's plotting an exit strategy as she's also dealing with health problems, according to the Mail. "She is getting cancer treatment and is completely drained," a White House insider told the Mail. "Now Trump is taking more and more control of the White House."According to the Mail, Wiles is expected to use the midterms as an off-ramp and could leave the White House soon after the November elections. Wiles has been working with Trump since his first campaign in 2016 and has held the chief of staff role since his reelection, the Mail noted.