Trump secures massive slate of Mississippi GOP endorsements

Donald Trump’s campaign is set to announce on Monday that he has won nearly across-the-board support from top Mississippi Republican officeholders. Among those set to back the former president include both of Mississippi's U.S. senators, all three Republican members of the state’s congressional delegation and 8 of 9 statewide elected officials. The only statewide elected...

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America 'doesn’t want' retribution from Trump, McCarthy says

Former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy has officially pledged his fealty to former President Donald Trump in the 2024 presidential election — despite some concerns about Trump’s messaging. “What President Trump needs to do in this campaign, it needs to be about rebuilding, restoring, renewing America. It can't be about revenge,” McCarthy said during an interview with CBS’ Robert...

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J.D. Vance supports notion of investigating media bias

Sen. J.D. Vance (R-Ohio) said Sunday that there’s a need to “look seriously” at “collusion” between the press, tech companies and America’s national security apparatus, after an aide to former President Donald Trump promised to “come after” members of the media he claimed helped President Joe Biden “rig” elections. “We will go out and find the conspirators not just in government...

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US, South Korea and Japan urge stronger push to curb North Korea’s nuclear program

SEOUL, South Korea — The national security advisers of the United States, South Korea and Japan on Saturday called for a stronger international push to suppress North Korea’s development of nuclear weapons and missiles, its cybertheft activities and alleged arms transfers to Russia. The meeting in Seoul came as tensions on the Korean Peninsula are at their highest in years,...

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‘Shadows of children’: For the youngest hostages, life moves forward in whispers

HERZLIYA, Israel — After seven weeks held hostage in the tunnels of Gaza, they are finally free to laugh and chat and play. But some of the children who have come back from captivity are still reluctant to raise their voices above a whisper. In theory, they can eat what they want, sleep as much as they choose and set aside their fears. In practice, some have had to be convinced...

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Israel presses on with bombarding Gaza

DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip — Israeli warplanes struck parts of the Gaza Strip in relentless bombardment Saturday, hitting some of the dwindling bits of land that Israel had described as safe zones when telling Palestinians in the south to evacuate. Frustration was growing with the United States after it vetoed a United Nations Security Council resolution demanding an immediate...

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Trump hits Casey DeSantis over call for out-of-state backers to ‘be a part of the caucus’ in Iowa

Former president Donald Trump seized on an apparent blunder by Casey DeSantis, accusing Florida's first lady of attempting to "commit organized voter fraud" with her invitation to out-of-state voters to participate in next month's Iowa caucuses. Appearing on Fox News on Friday along side her husband, Florida governor and GOP presidential candidate Ron DeSantis, Casey DeSantis...

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