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Byron Donalds says website edits don’t mean he’s backing away from Trump agenda
Florida GOP candidate Byron Donalds said Wednesday he is not backing away from President Trump’s agenda after some Trump mentions were removed from his campaign site. He said the update refocuses the site on affordability and general-election issues. -
Hilton says he can win California governor’s race despite trailing polls
California Republican nominee Steve Hilton says he can win despite polls showing him trailing his opponent, Xavier Becerra. Hilton called the contest an uphill battle, accused Becerra of barely campaigning and said he was not claiming victory was certain. -
Hyde-Smith seeks security help after reporter asks about Nolan Wells
Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith asked Capitol security to remove a reporter who questioned her about the district attorney’s decision not to issue an indictment in Nolan Wells’ death investigation. She refused to answer, saying she does not do hallway interviews. -
DOJ pardon list missing in Sept. 21 archive, back on site Sept. 22
The DOJ's list of presidential pardons and commutations, including Trump's, was on its site Sept. 20, absent in a Sept. 21 archive snapshot and back by Sept. 22, 2026. The snapshots cannot establish exactly when it went missing or returned. -
Tuberville gives no source for claim about furry aviation workers
Sen. Tommy Tuberville claimed in a Senate-floor speech that many airline pilots, flight attendants and air traffic controllers belong to the furry community, but gave no source. He called the possibility of a pilot dressing as an animal “terrifying.” -
Kari Lake says noncitizen voter-roll entries should not be dismissed as mistakes
Kari Lake said Wednesday on Newsmax that noncitizen voter-roll registrations should not be dismissed as mere mistakes. Reuters reported more than 30,000 self-declared noncitizens may have been added to voter rolls since 2000, but could not determine how many voted. -
Melania Trump praises Donald’s work ethic as critics question his energy
On Fox & Friends on Sept. 23, Melania Trump said Donald Trump was “very focused,” worked “nonstop” and had more energy than anyone, describing his workday as lasting from morning to evening. Critics challenged her account online, citing footage they interpreted as him dozing. -
H.R. 10269 would make staged crashes with false insurance claims a federal crime
Rep. Laura Gillen introduced H.R. 10269 on Sept. 3; it is before House Judiciary and has not passed. The bill would make knowingly staging a crash and submitting a false insurance claim a federal crime; it would apply to any motor vehicle. -
Luke Harding alleges Trump appeases Putin fearing Kremlin may hold damaging material
Author Luke Harding alleged on The Daily Beast Podcast that Trump appeases Putin for fear the Kremlin may have compromising material on him. A 2020 Senate Intelligence Committee report said the FSB had cameras in guest bedrooms at the hotel where Trump stayed. -
CBC says viral grocery-payment story linking purchases to white supremacy is fake
CBC says it did not publish a viral article claiming grocery payments are tied to white supremacy, or that paying for every item, using cash and avoiding self-checkout hurts minorities and 2SLGBTQI+ people. AFP found no trace in CBC’s archives. -
New LA mayor poll gives Nithya Raman an 11-point lead over Karen Bass
UC Berkeley–Los Angeles Times polling puts Nithya Raman ahead of Mayor Karen Bass, 39% to 28%, with a third of likely voters undecided six weeks before the Nov. 3 election. Among Spencer Pratt’s former supporters, 63% have yet to choose a candidate. -
Texas ethics commission tables proposal to raise per diem and lobbyist thresholds
The Texas Ethics Commission tabled a proposal Wednesday to raise lawmakers’ daily session allowance from $221 to $290.40, adding $9,716 over a 140-day session; it would also lift the lobbyist expense-disclosure threshold from $132.60 to $174.24. -
Melania Trump says she speaks frankly, though Donald sometimes doesn’t want to hear it
Melania Trump said on Fox & Friends Wednesday, Sept. 23, that she tells President Donald Trump what she really thinks, even when he “sometimes doesn’t want to hear it.” She praised his delivery and U.N. General Assembly speech the day before. -
Mediaite opinion piece challenges AP’s lynching framing of Tasia Fortune’s death
A Mediaite opinion article accused an Associated Press video about Tasia Fortune, found hanging in a Mississippi tree on Aug. 3, of framing her death around lynching history. The writer says Fortune’s mother saw no racial motive and claims both people charged in the killing are. -
Clinton jokes about Trump’s proposed arch, says Kennedy Center work matters more than name
Bill Clinton joked that Trump’s proposed Washington-area arch was an “Arc de Triomphe” for drones. He called the fight over adding Trump’s name to the Kennedy Center “majoring in the minors,” arguing the center’s work matters more than the name on it. -
MS NOW chyron contrasts Trump’s peacemaker boast with Iran annihilation question
MS NOW’s chyron on Donald Trump’s UN General Assembly speech spread on social media after contrasting his claim to be a peacemaker with his question about whether to “annihilate” Iran. Stephanie Ruhle’s Tuesday program fact-checked claims from the address. -
Fred Trump III argues media attention may be what Donald Trump craves
Fred Trump III urged media not to amplify every provocation, arguing that attention may be what his uncle, President Donald Trump, craves. He recalled Trump looking gloomy at a 1990 family gathering on a day Trump was absent from the New York Post cover. -
Rubio was beside Trump when the president asked where he was
At the start of Tuesday’s Shield of the Americas meeting, President Donald Trump asked twice where Secretary of State Marco Rubio was, despite Rubio having sat beside him for about 40 seconds. Rubio raised a finger to answer, drawing chuckles from the room. -
Fox News cuts away from Vance rally, says it will return if he makes news
Fox News cut away after about eight minutes of Vice President JD Vance’s roughly 30-minute Greensboro speech for GOP Senate nominee Michael Whatley, a midterm campaign stop. Anchor Sandra Smith said the network would return if Vance “starts to make news.”
