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Trump's Social Security Administration Used an Official Email, 12 Days Before the Midterms, to Praise Trump's 'Historic Tax Cut'

Trump's Social Security Administration Used an Official Email, 12 Days Before the Midterms, to Praise Trump's 'Historic Tax Cut'

On October 22, the Social Security Administration — run by Trump appointee Frank Bisignano — sent Americans an official email cheering the 'historic tax cut' in Trump's budget law and its new 'Trump Accounts.' It's at least the fourth time since July 2025 the agency has used its mailing list to promote Trump, and this one landed less than two weeks before Election Day.

Trump's Justice Department Sued to Stop Alaska From Certifying Its Senate Election — but Only if Republican Dan Sullivan Loses

Trump's Justice Department Sued to Stop Alaska From Certifying Its Senate Election — but Only if Republican Dan Sullivan Loses

Days before Election Day, the Justice Department asked a federal court to block Alaska from certifying its U.S. Senate result if Sen. Dan Sullivan loses by fewer votes than a second, unrelated candidate named Dan Sullivan received. 'I'm the one that said do it,' Trump told reporters. A Notre Dame election-law professor called it 'one of the worst' legal arguments he's ever seen.

The Parents of a Girl Killed at Annunciation Say Lisa Demuth Told Them She Wouldn't Block a Vote on an Assault-Weapons Ban. Then She Blocked It.

The Parents of a Girl Killed at Annunciation Say Lisa Demuth Told Them She Wouldn't Block a Vote on an Assault-Weapons Ban. Then She Blocked It.

Mike Moyski and Jackie Flavin say House Speaker Lisa Demuth sat in their living room after their 10-year-old daughter Harper was killed at Annunciation Catholic Church and promised not to block a floor vote on an assault-weapons ban. When the Senate passed one, she kept it off the House floor — and later bragged to GOP activists that she 'led the effort to stop Democrats from taking our guns.'

Maria Elvira Salazar's Biggest Donor Is Charged in Honduras With Environmental Crimes at a Mine Where Five Opponents Were Shot Dead

Maria Elvira Salazar's Biggest Donor Is Charged in Honduras With Environmental Crimes at a Mine Where Five Opponents Were Shot Dead

Honduran industrialist Lenir Pérez wrote a $100,000 check to Maria Elvira Salazar's joint fundraising committee this year — tied for the most of any donor — while he faces charges in Honduras over an iron-oxide mine in a protected national park. Salazar, who chairs the House subcommittee that covers Latin America, won't say what they discussed when he hosted her at his Florida estate.

Ashley Moody Sponsored a Bill to Block Lawsuits by Workers Dying of Silicosis. The Family Behind the Biggest Maker of the Stone Gave Her Victory Fund $24,000.

Ashley Moody Sponsored a Bill to Block Lawsuits by Workers Dying of Silicosis. The Family Behind the Biggest Maker of the Stone Gave Her Victory Fund $24,000.

Florida Sen. Ashley Moody is the sponsor of a bill that would give makers of quartz countertops the kind of lawsuit shield gun makers get — while stone workers, including one in Tampa, are dying of a lung disease from cutting it. The CEO of America's largest quartz maker and his son gave her victory fund $24,000, and $14,000 of it went on to her campaign.