John Thune
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Joy-Ann Reid Accuses Donald Trump of 'Bribing' Voters With $500 and $90 Checks
The $90 checks are going to Medicare enrollees in every state, and the $500 checks follow the healthcare.gov map, not the election map.

Jon Ossoff Links Donald Trump's 'Corrupt' TV Ads to Medicaid Cuts
Budget records show the ad money came from the 2025 law that cut Medicaid, but it was border-security funding, not Medicaid funding.

Matt Walsh Rips Chuck Grassley's Diesel Export Ban Push as 'Bernie Sanders'
Walsh says the Iowa senator's post reads like price-control rhetoric, as the White House weighs whether to restrict diesel exports.
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Hasan Piker Says 70% of ICE Detainees Have No Convictions: What Data Shows
His figure matches the government's detention data, but his claim that ICE gets its real criminals only from prisons does not hold up.

Joy Reid Says Democratic Party Had to Be 'Screamed At' Over Black Candidates
Two Black Southern House candidates joined the DCCC's Red to Blue list on Monday, three weeks after an expansion to 40 candidates left them off.

Mary Trump Warns Donald Trump Will 'Always Get Worse,' Citing His Childhood
The president's niece traces it to a year without his mother at about 2 1/2. A clinical psychologist herself, she has never treated him.

Thom Tillis Tells Bill Maher Livestreamed Fort Hood Execution Is 'Performative'
The retiring North Carolina Republican said streaming the Fort Hood shooter's Dec. 3 execution would amount to "a recruiting video."

Steve Bannon Warns $2 Trillion Deficit Strains Scott Bessent's 3-3-3 Plan
The federal deficit came in at 6.2 percent of GDP last fiscal year, more than double the target, and the 10-year Treasury yield is at 5.24 percent.

Ari Emanuel Tells Megyn Kelly Jeffrey Katzenberg Oversold His Sway With Biden
The super-agent says he turned down Katzenberg's offer of a Biden meeting for $1 million.