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4 things casinos have seen during the Las Vegas tourism downturn
Aug 119 months ago

4 things casinos have seen during the Las Vegas tourism downturn

A few interesting observations have emerged over the past weeks as leaders from Station Casinos, Caesars and MGM Resorts International have been peppered with questions about what's wrong with Las Veg...

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Pritzker on GOP's FBI arrest threats: 'Texas law does not apply' in Illinois
Aug 109 months ago

Pritzker on GOP's FBI arrest threats: 'Texas law does not apply' in Illinois

Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker (D) said Sunday it would be illegal for President Trump to order the FBI to arrest Texas state Democratic officials for fleeing their state to halt Republican redistricting e...

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Cornyn leans into Texas redistricting fight amid uphill reelection bid
Aug 109 months ago

Cornyn leans into Texas redistricting fight amid uphill reelection bid

Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas) is leaning into the Texas redistricting battle as he seeks to fend off a conservative primary challenge from Attorney General Ken Paxton (R). On Tuesday, Cornyn publicly ca...

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Nancy Mace's governor bid tees up volatile primary
Aug 109 months ago

Nancy Mace's governor bid tees up volatile primary

Rep. Nancy Mace’s (R-S.C.) entrance into South Carolina’s GOP gubernatorial primary is setting the stage for a tumultuous intraparty battle as five Republicans vie for the state’s top executive post. ...

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Miami-Dade is red, but Democrats aren’t giving up on Florida
Aug 109 months ago

Miami-Dade is red, but Democrats aren’t giving up on Florida

MIAMI — When Miami-Dade County helped elect President Trump in November, effectively taking on a conservative bent after nearly three decades of being solid blue, political operatives here had their w...

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Here are the top House Democrats at risk from GOP redistricting
Aug 099 months ago

Here are the top House Democrats at risk from GOP redistricting

House Democrats in red states across the country are at risk as the redistricting arms race heats up. Texas Republicans’ proposed redraw, a President Trump-backed plan that could net the party five m...

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Suspect identified in Atlanta shooting outside CDC: What to know
Aug 099 months ago

Suspect identified in Atlanta shooting outside CDC: What to know

Police identified a 30-year-old man as the suspected gunman in a Friday shooting outside the Center for Disease Control (CDC) in Atlanta.  Patrick Joseph White of Kennesaw, Ga. was named as the allege...

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Pardon attorney Ed Martin to oversee Schiff, New York AG fraud probes
Aug 099 months ago

Pardon attorney Ed Martin to oversee Schiff, New York AG fraud probes

Department of Justice (DOJ) pardon attorney Ed Martin has been assigned to oversee pressing cases for the Trump administration involving New York Attorney General Letitia James and Sen. Adam Schiff (D...

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7 states most likely to follow Texas in redistricting
Aug 099 months ago

7 states most likely to follow Texas in redistricting

A redistricting arms race is heating up around the country as other states look to follow Texas’s lead in redrawing their congressional lines ahead of the 2026 midterms. Multiple Democratic and Republ...

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Man suspected of killing 4 people in Montana bar shooting captured
Aug 099 months ago

Man suspected of killing 4 people in Montana bar shooting captured

Michael Paul Brown, 45, was taken into custody around 2 p.m. near the area where authorities had focused their search in the days following the Aug. 1 shooting at The Owl Bar in Anaconda, about a hund...

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CDC likely target in Atlanta shooting that killed officer
Aug 099 months ago

CDC likely target in Atlanta shooting that killed officer

A shooting that left one police officer dead appeared to target the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in Atlanta, local officials said on Friday. “We can tell you that multiple rounds w...

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