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• Trump Blasts 'Biden's Breathtaking Failure,' Salutes 'Ultra MAGA Country'
  
  Americans voting in these midterms just need to assess where they were a few years ago, former President Donald Trump told his Save America rally at the Ford Wyoming Center in Casper, Wyoming, on Saturday night.
• Trump Hails New Social Media Site: 'We Have Truth on Our Side'
  
  Blasting Twitter, censorship of conservative and MAGA supporters, and "fake news," former President Donald Trump hailed his new social media platform Truth Social, saying "truth is on our side."
• Trump Compares Clinton Campaign Manager Mook to Jon Lovitz's 'the Liar'
  
  In a lighter moment at his Wyoming Save America rally Saturday night, former President Donald Trump compared failed Hillary Clinton campaign manager Robby Mook to "Saturday Night Live" actor Jon Lovitz's pathological liar character.
• NY Republican Rep. Chris Jacobs: 'I Would Vote for' AR-15 Gun Ban
  
  Rep. Chris Jacobs (R-N.Y.) said Friday that he would vote to ban AR-15 assault rifles if a bill came to the floor of the House.
• VP Harris Tells Buffalo Mourners: 'We Will Come Together'
  
  Mourners laid to rest the last of 10 Black people killed in a racist attack at a Buffalo supermarket with a service on Saturday that became a call to action and an emotional plea to end the hate and violence that has wracked the nation.
• NC Man Pleads Guilty to Storming Capitol to Disrupt Congress
  
  A North Carolina man has pleaded guilty to charges that he stormed the U.S. Capitol last year to disrupt Congress from certifying the Electoral College vote, court filings show.
• Report: Daily Beast Apologizes for Calling Hunter Biden Laptop 'Stolen'
  
  The Daily Beast apologized this week to the Delaware computer repairman who came into possession of Hunter Biden's laptop for calling the device "stolen" in a December 2020 story.
• Rep. Cloud to Newsmax: Don't Let Uvalde Be Used to Centralize Federal Powers
  
  The school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, this week was the "most heinous, horrific act," but must not be used to coalesce power to a central federal authority, Rep. Michael Cloud said on Newsmax Saturday.
• Rep. Sessions to Newsmax: Uvalde Children Killed Because of Police Delay
  
  Nineteen children and two teachers died Tuesday at Robb Elementary School and Uvalde, Texas this week "because the police did not go inside the room" where they were trapped with an 18-year-old shooter armed with an AR-15 semi-automatic rifle.
• Trump Likely to Stay Out of Alabama Senate Runoff
  
  Sources close to Donald Trump say they expect the former president not to choose in the contest between former Alabama Business Council head Katie Britt and Rep. Mo Brooks, R-Ala.
• Trump Hails 'Wonderful Dr. Oz' for Declaring Victory Amid Recount
  
  Former President Donald Trump on Saturday praised Dr. Mehmet Oz for declaring victory in the Pennsylvania GOP Senate primary as officials declared a recount.
• Fmr Rep. Barney Frank to Newsmax: Dems Like Trump's Focus on '20 Election
  
  Democrats are cheering the blowout primary victory this week of Georgia GOP Gov. Brian Kemp, according to former Rep. Barney Frank, D-Mass., on Newsmax, because it might show voters are not on the side of 2020 presidential election doubts.
• Rep. Waltz to Newsmax: 'No Magic Solution' Coming From DC on Shootings
  
  There is "no magic solution" coming from Washington, D.C., that will solve the growing number of mass shootings in the United States, Rep. Michael Waltz said on Newsmax's "Wake Up America" Saturday, while addressing the call for more strict gun control measures in the wake...
• Rep. Pat Fallon to Newsmax: We Need to Be Defending Police, 'Not Defunding Them'
  
  The reports of local police delaying entry into the Uvalde, Texas, elementary school as 19 children and two teachers were murdered by a deranged gunman exposes America's war on police, according to Rep. Pat Fallon, R-Texas, on Newsmax.
• New York AG James Cracking Down on Retailers' Baby Formula 'Price Gouging'
  
  New York Attorney General Letitia James announced Friday that the state is cracking down on reports of retailers' ''price gouging'' of consumers amid a baby formula shortage.
• Hogan Vetoes 18 Bills, Including Ballot Signature Measure
  
  Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan announced vetoes of 18 bills Friday, including a measure that would have allowed voters who forget to sign their mail-in ballot envelope to do so after mailing it to get it counted.The Republican governor also vetoed a bill that would have allowed...
• Texas Gov. Abbott 'Misled,' 'Livid' About Uvalde Police Response
  
  During a heated news conference Friday, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott said he was "misled" by police on the response to the mass shooting at Robb Elementary School earlier this week.
• Texas Governor: New Laws Will Likely Be Enacted After Uvalde Mass Shooting
  
  Texas Gov. Greg Abbott anticipates new safety laws being enacted at the state level in response to Tuesday's mass shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, which led to the deaths of 19 children and two adults.
• Ted Cruz at NRA Convention: Gun Rights 'A Matter of Basic Security'
  
  Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, reassured a crowd at the National Rifle Association's 2022 annual meeting on Friday in Houston, saying: ''For millions of Americans, the right to keep and bear arms is not theoretical'' but ''a matter of basic security.''
• Don't Blame the Gun: NRA Supporters React to Uvalde Massacre
  
  Keith Jehlen says the shooting at a Texas elementary school makes him "sick," but that "you can't blame the gun" used to murder 19 small children and two teachers."We've always had guns in this country," the 68-year-old retired US Postal Service worker said, noting that he...
• Trump Defends Gun Rights, Slams Dems' Policies, 'Defund the Police' Movement
  
  Changing U.S. gun laws or restricting access to firearms in the wake of a mass shooting at a Texas elementary school won't make a difference, and the existence of evil in the world ''is one of the very best reasons to arm law-abiding citizens,'' former President Donald ...
• Trump Urges End to Gun-Free School Zones, Easier Holds of 'Deranged' People
  
  Former President Donald Trump on Friday argued the United States should make it easier to confine "deranged" people and eliminate gun-free school zones after a gunman killed 19 children and two teachers this week at a Texas school."Clearly, we need to make it far easier to...
• O'Rourke to NRA Convention Attendees: 'You Are Not Our Enemies'
  
  Texas Democratic gubernatorial candidate and 2020 presidential candidate Beto O'Rourke seemingly extended an olive branch while protesting the National Rifle Association Convention in Houston on Friday.
• Dr. Oz Declares He's 'Presumptive' GOP Nominee
  
  Dr. Mehmet Oz has gotten ahead of the messaging for next week's recount in the Pennsylvania GOP Senate race, saying on Friday that he has already "earned the presumptive Republican nomination."
• NRA Leader: Gun Ownership a 'Fundamental Human Right' of Responsible Americans
  
  National Rifle Association officials expressed empathy Friday for the victims of this week's mass shooting in Uvalde, Texas, but also stood behind the notion of responsible gun ownership for U.S. citizens, characterizing it as a "fundamental human right."

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