Just the News,
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Kevin Killough
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The Fifth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Wednesday restored parts of a 2021 Texas election law that reformed the state's regulations regarding mail-in ballots and assisted voting.
The law had faced several lawsuits over accessibility concerns, which were consolidated into a single law, The Texas Tribune reported, and a district judge blocked nine of the law's provisions. These blocked provisions included requiring Texas voters to provide an identification or social security number on mail-in ballot applications, which were required to match state records.
The judge also blocked rules that created processes for curing defective ballots and required voters and those who assist them in filling out their applications—
Daily Signal,
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Ken Cuccinelli
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8/13/2026 9:13:02 AM
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New Jersey recently exposed a problem poised to change the national conversation about election administration. State officials disclosed a so-called processing error at the Motor Vehicle Commission that resulted in approximately 6,600 people who identified themselves as noncitizens registering to vote between June 2023 and June 2024.
The numbers are troubling, but they are not the most important part of the story. Those individuals reportedly did not falsely claim to be citizens. They told the government they were not U.S. citizens, yet they were registered anyway.
Election officials often assure the public that such incidents are isolated anomalies, clerical mistakes, or software glitches. One case, standing alone, may deserve that description.
Issues & Insights,
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Editorial Board
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8/13/2026 6:46:52 AM
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What is it with Democrats and their fake supporters, fake accents, fake backgrounds, fake accomplishments? Is it because they think voters are that shallow and stupid? Or because they don’t want anyone to know how incredibly out of touch they are with regular Americans?
This week, to cite just the most recent example, a group of “Republicans for Talarico” disbanded after it turned out that they were actually just a bunch of lifelong Democrats in disguise, but not before MS NOW gave them some free airtime.
“The people that [Talarico] had come out and say that they were on his team have been proven to be basically Democrat,
Dallas Express,
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Staff
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A former credit union branch manager in Columbus, Indiana, has been sentenced to three years in federal prison after admitting to stealing more than $381,000 from customer accounts, including accounts belonging to elderly and vulnerable customers.
Teresa Palmer, 55, of Columbus, was also sentenced to three years of supervised release and ordered to pay $381,400.05 in restitution. U.S. District Judge Sarah Evans Barker imposed the sentence after Palmer pleaded guilty to two counts of bank fraud.
The Hill,
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Flip Timotija
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The U.S. military’s limited airstrike campaign did not move the needle. Trump’s threats to wipe Iran off the face of the earth didn’t either. Every time there appears to be a breakthrough in diplomatic talks, a wrench gets thrown in the mix, halting progress.
Now the president is turning his focus on economic warfare, leaning on crippling sanctions and a U.S. naval blockade to force Iranians to the table in hopes of reopening the Strait of Hormuz.
Regional experts who spoke with The Hill said the Trump administration might not get what it wants out of the efforts, some panning the strategy,
Daily Signsl,
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Victor Davis Hanson
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Recently, the Left in general and Democrats in particular have been criticizing a lot of things that this administration has done. This came up with the confirmation hearings of Attorney General Todd Blanche, and people suggested that, though he may have been qualified, he had too close a relationship as a personal attorney, or he acted in a legal capacity with [President] Donald Trump, and therefore there would be an incestuous relationship between the [Justice Department] and the White House.
The Federalist,
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Brianna Lyman
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8/12/2026 10:24:34 PM
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Milwaukee County Executive David Crowley narrowly defeated socialist Francesca Hong in the Wisconsin gubernatorial primary on Tuesday. Hong was best known for saying Thanksgiving should be canceled, the Senate should be dismantled, the police should be abolished, and that the sight of white people inside a fast food restaurant nearly gave her an anxiety attack.
According to outlets like Politico, Hong’s defeat proves moderates are still strong, and that an “emerging insurgency” of socialists is merely an overhyped narrative being peddled. Of course accepting Politico’s spiel requires you to also accept its central premise: that Crowley is a moderate.
Just the News,
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Ben Whedon
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Sports broadcaster Michele Tafoya was projected to win the Republican nomination for Minnesota's Senate seat on Tuesday evening.
Tafoya handily won the race, with her claiming 52.4% of the vote at the time of the Associated Press's 9:50 p.m. race call. Her nearest opponent was Adam Schwarze, who took 23.3% of the vote.
Her opponent was not clear as of press time, with Rep. Angie Craig, D-Minn., and Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan, D-Minn., locked in a close contest for the party nomination.
Ben Whedon is the Chief Political Correspondent for Just the News. Follow him on X.
PJ Media,
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Sarah Anderson
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Secretary of State Marco Rubio appeared on The Katie Miller Podcast on Wednesday, and it was a departure from your typical Donald Trump cabinet member interview. Rubio's wife, Jeanette, was there at his side, and the two talked about their marriage, their children, their family life, and just what they do on normal days — or whatever counts for a normal day when you're one of the most powerful men in the world. There was also a lot of talk about...well, Pop-Tarts, but it seems as though the secretary has something of a sweet tooth.
PJ Media,
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Rick Moran
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For those who might look askance at the headline to this article, I can only point out the obvious: Donald Trump would have been blamed if the big cities' crime rate rose, so that must mean that he gets the credit (or blame) when the rate of violent crime reaches historic lows.In truth, the post-COVID drop in the violent crime rate has been happening since 2022. At that time, the rate of murders, rapes, and other violent crimes could only go down. In 2020, murders were up 29% from the previous year, increasing another 4.3% in 2021.
Just the News,
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Steven Richards
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8/11/2026 5:38:46 AM
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As they experience newfound success across the United States in Democratic primaries, the Democratic Socialists of America have gone on a media blitz to share their vision for America. That vision includes radical changes to the American political system, like abolishing the senate, heavily restricting private markets, and abolishing police and prisons.
The Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) rode a wave of dissatisfaction with the status quo to unprecedented electoral success this year. DSA affiliated candidates and fellow travelers lead New York City and are poised to dominate its congressional delegation. In other areas of the country, DSA candidates are campaigning on a radical platform once unthinkable.
New York Post,
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Christian Arnold
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DiJonai Carrington denied that her flagrant foul on Sophie Cunningham was intentional, while remaining coy about her “WHITE PRIVILEGE” post that she wrote on social media over the weekend when she spoke with reporters in Seattle on Monday.
Carrington called it “unfortunate” that her attempt to deny a layup by Cunningham — during the Sky’s loss to the Fever on Saturday — occurred the way it did, while noting that it has always been her style of play.
“It was unfortunate that I made contact with her in the way that I did, but it was never intentional,” she said,