Herschel Walker 'mad' at Trump over remarks about Senate bid

Herschel Walker, the Georgia Republican Senate nominee and former NFL player, said he’s “mad” at former President Trump for claiming he was the one who lured Walker into the race to unseat Sen. Raphael Warnock (D-Ga.).  “One thing that people don’t know is President Trump never asked me,” Walker said in an interview with the rapper Killer Mike on Revolt TV. “I need to tell him that he never asked. I heard it all on television that 'he’s going to ask Herschel,' saying Hershel is going to run. President Trump never came out and said ‘Herschel, will you run for that Senate seat?

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GOP bill would criminalize Supreme Court leaks

Republicans are responding to the bombshell leak of a draft opinion that would overturn Roe v. Wade abortion rights protections by aiming to criminalize leaks of non-public Supreme Court information. A group of 12 House Republicans introduced the Leaker Accountability Act on Tuesday, which would bar any officer or employee of the Supreme Court from “knowingly publishing, divulging, disclosing, or making known in any manner” confidential information such as internal notes, draft opinion

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America is drowning in a rising tide of mass gun violence

The black matte menace of military-style or assault-style rifles, the iconic tool of destruction in countless “first-person shooter” video games, are such seductive symbols of power that some American teenagers post photos of them on their social media accounts.   So it was with 18-year-old Salvador Ramos, who is accused of purchasing not one but two AR-15 style rifles days after his birthday made it

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Pentagon chief, Chinese counterpart planning first face-to-face meeting: report

The U.S. and Chinese governments are working to set up the first face-to-face meeting between their current top defense officials during a conference in Singapore in June, The Wall Street Journal reported.    Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin is set to travel June 10 to the annual Shangri-La Dialogue and Chinese Defense Minister Wei Fenghe is also expected to att

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7 in 10 public schools report increase in children seeking mental health services since pandemic’s start: survey

Seven out of 10 public schools say they have seen an increase in children seeking mental health services since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, a study from an independent government agency has revealed.  The Institute of Education Sciences found requests increased across all demographics accounting for region, school size and level and percentages of minority students and students in poverty. A slight majority of public schools surveyed reported that they moderately or strong

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