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• Texas Dem Senate candidate's 'mediocre' comment rocks race - James Talarico faces widespread backlash after allegedly calling Colin Allred a "mediocre Black man" in a conversation with a political influencer.
• Thune rejects Trump's call to nationalize elections, warns Dems tried the same - President Donald Trump suggested that Republicans should take over voting in 15 states, but Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., rejected the notion.
• Sen Kennedy praises Fetterman as a ‘total banger,’ who 'doesn't give a damn' about angering liberals - Republican Sen. John Kennedy calls Democrat John Fetterman a "maverick" who doesn't care about party criticism and stays authentic.
• Senate GOP warns Chinese vapes could be used by CCP to spy on Americans, launder cartel cash - Several Senate Republicans warned that Chinese e-cigarettes flooding U.S. markets could be spying devices used for surveillance or money laundering fronts for Mexican cartels.
• Trump undercuts GOP push to attach SAVE Act to shutdown bill as conservatives threaten mutiny - President Donald Trump called for immediate passage of bipartisan funding deal as Rep. Anna Paulina Luna, R-Fla., leads the House Republican push to attach voter ID requirements.
• Maine Gov Mills takes brutal shot at Joe Biden when pressed on age concerns in Senate race - Democratic Maine Gov. Janet Mills told CNN she can "deliver" despite age concerns in her bid to unseat Republican Sen. Susan Collins in a critical Senate race.
• Fetterman admits government shutdown won't stop ICE operations, says parties must negotiate a 'way forward' - Sen. Fetterman reveals government shutdown won't halt ICE operations due to Trump's "big, beautiful bill" allocating $200B that keeps immigration enforcement running.
• GOP senator's 'Federal Fumbles' report highlights $240M spent on transgender rat testing - Sen. James Lankford, R-Okla., released his ninth annual "Federal Fumbles" report documenting federal waste, including NIH grants for aborted fetal tissue research.
• Leavitt accuses Sen Tillis of holding US economy 'hostage’ over Fed nomination dispute - Trump's Kevin Warsh Fed chair pick faces Senate opposition over ongoing investigation into current chair's alleged misleading testimony to Congress.
• Senate Republicans push for House GOP rebellion against funding package, voter ID legislation - Sens. Rick Scott, R-Fla., and Mike Lee's, R-Utah, demands for DHS funding and SAVE America Act could extend government shutdown by forcing package back to Senate for potential rejection.