A new CNN KFile investigation finds two past accounts from Texas GOP candidate Bo French calling for public executions of government officials, Obama, Adam Schiff, and more. Repeatedly asked Texas GOP, Paxton, Abbott campaigns if they stood by him and got no response. www.cnn.com/2026/09/28/p...

KFile: Texas GOP candidate Bo French has a history of calling for public executions | CNN Politics

Bo French, the Republican nominee for one of Texas’ most powerful statewide offices, is facing bipartisan criticism over a racist post about the crowd at a University of Texas football game.

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In a new campaign ad, GOP Senate candidate Mike Rogers blames the war with Iran for soaring prices, underscoring the trouble Republicans face as they campaign to fix the affordability crisis worsened by the war. https://cnn.it/4d5evy0

“In the weeks and months after the war began, Michigan Republican Senate candidate Mike Rogers spoke in favor of Trump’s decision and called the war 'long overdue.' In April, he said the war had left Iran 'absolutely a toothless wonder'...” www.cnn.com/2026/09/25/p...

GOP Senate candidate who praised the Iran war now campaigns against the pain it caused | CNN Politics

In 2024, then-Michigan Senate candidate Mike Rogers stood on camera in a zippered vest in a large grocery store

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Rachel Maddow shared our story you should too =) bsky.app/profile/madd...

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“In the weeks and months after the war began, Michigan Republican Senate candidate Mike Rogers spoke in favor of Trump’s decision and called the war 'long overdue.' In April, he said the war had left Iran 'absolutely a toothless wonder'...” www.cnn.com/2026/09/25/p...

NEW: Michele Tafoya, GOP Senate nominee in MN recently issued a rather categorical set of denials she ever said she was embarrassed to live in MN — but she did say literally that in a deleted tweet. One of a whole bunch of tweets, we found saying she wanted to leave. www.cnn.com/2026/09/23/p...

Republican Senate nominee said she was ‘embarrassed’ to be from the state she’s now running to represent | CNN Politics

In a local radio interview earlier this month, Michele Tafoya, the Republican Senate nominee in Minnesota and former sports broadcaster was asked about her past criticism of the state and whether she ...

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NEW: GOP Senate candidate Mike Collins ended a press conference after repeatedly refusing to answer questions about his relationship with his son-in-law who has promoted White nationalist ideology/Nazi-era content. www.cnn.com/2026/07/30/p...

GOP Senate nominee ends press conference after questions on ties to White nationalist influencer | CNN Politics

Republican Senate candidate Mike Collins ended a press conference Thursday after repeatedly declining to answer questions about his relationship with a son-in-law who promoted White nationalist ideolo...

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what party would he run with?

“Republican Senate candidate Mike Collins ended a press conference Thursday after repeatedly declining to answer questions about his relationship with a son-in-law who promoted White nationalist ideology and circulated antisemitic content online, as first revealed by CNN’s @kfile.bsky.social .”

GOP Senate nominee ends press conference after questions on ties to White nationalist influencer | CNN Politics

Republican Senate candidate Mike Collins ended a press conference Thursday after repeatedly declining to answer questions about his relationship with a son-in-law who promoted White nationalist ideolo...

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personally enjoyed how much we've learned about bridges this michigan primary

Read my July 18 story for the original reporting that the New York Times didn’t link to... www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

Assault, misogyny, verbal threats: Records detail new allegations against Rep. Max Miller

Police reports and filings in a bitter custody dispute raise new questions about the conduct of an Ohio Republican as he campaigns for a third term.

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Eric Umansky@ericumansky.bsky.social · 2mo ago

GOP House member--and fmr Trump advance man--allegedly -threw boiling water on his then-wife -held a gun to her head -broke his daughter's collarbone. She's 2 -abused abuse a fmr Trump WHer too When a reporter asked him about it , he threatened to block their # www.nytimes.com/2026/07/28/u...

I would do anything to have Beans here. I ran two Boston Marathons, and I would run one every day if it could bring us closer to a cure. Now I ride the PMC each year because ending this disease has become the cause of my life. For Francesca. For every baby still fighting. profile.pmc.org/AK0302

NEW: Senate candidate Mike Collins son-in-law—featured in campaign photos, registered to vote at a Collins-owned property and appearing to do work for his company— is a white nationalist influence who has promoted Nazi imagery and called for clearing America of minorities www.cnn.com/2026/07/16/p...

A legendary pull by @kfile.bsky.social: a 2014 photo of future New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani with a Shenna Bellows for Senate laptop sticker. Shenna Bellows, the incumbent Secretary of State of Maine, is one of the major candidates who could replace Graham Platner on the ballot this fall.

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NEWS: Gregg Phillips, the third-ranking FEMA official in charge of disaster response - who claimed he teleported to a Waffle House - has been ousted from the agency. www.cnn.com/2026/06/25/p...

FEMA official who claimed he teleported to Waffle House ousted from agency, sources say | CNN Politics

A top FEMA official who had drawn scrutiny for bizarre past remarks — including claiming he teleported to a Waffle House — has been pushed out of the agency, four sources tell CNN.

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For years, Trump, Rubio and Vance argued the kind of Iran deal they just signed was a "desperate" capitulation that would strengthen Iran, fund terrorism and give away leverage. They're backing an agreement that commits to exactly this. www.cnn.com/2026/06/22/p...

Trump’s Iran agreement embraces sanctions relief, a policy he and his team once denounced | CNN Politics

For years, President Donald Trump, Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Vice President JD Vance argued against deals that provided financial concessions to Iran, saying that giving the regime money fuel...

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Dude, you got the new bid contract for the reflecting pool is straight out of central casting

A 2021 video uncovered by CNN shows Dem-backed Senate candidate Dan Osborn — who has harshly criticized ICE under Trump — urging ICE to investigate allegations that undocumented workers were replacing strikers during a labor dispute he led. www.cnn.com/2026/06/19/p...

As union leader, Democrat-backed Senate candidate Dan Osborn helped alert ICE to claims of undocumented workers | CNN Politics

Dan Osborn, the Democratic Party–backed independent running for Senate in Nebraska, has spent part of his campaign courting voters critical of the Trump administration’s aggressive immigration enforce...

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NEW on CNN: Dan Osborn, the Dem-backed candidate in Nebraska's Senate race, has criticized Trump's ICE. But in a 2021 video, Osborn said the union he led had contacted ICE over allegations undocumented workers were replacing strikers urged them to investigate. www.cnn.com/2026/06/19/p...

As union leader, Democrat-backed Senate candidate Dan Osborn helped alert ICE to claims of undocumented workers | CNN Politics

Dan Osborn, the Democratic Party–backed independent running for Senate in Nebraska, has spent part of his campaign courting voters critical of the Trump administration’s aggressive immigration enforce...

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i don't doubt mcmorrow is in third, but this poll clearly had a *lot* of issues and it's not hard to see why the campaign objected or the paper declined to run it. www.politico.com/news/2026/06...

Michigan pollster accuses McMorrow campaign of killing unfavorable Senate poll

The independent poll shows her trailing with 6 percent support among likely Democratic primary voters.

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NEW: The health official who led the public response to the Hantavirus outbreak has little background in public health and previously was a penile implant specialist who hosted a podcast where he questioned the 2020 election and compared the Biden administration to Nazis. www.cnn.com/2026/05/15/p...

Trump's nominee for Surgeon General deleted posts before her nomination saying the administration was delaying announcing that measles was spreading again in the U.S. until after the midterms, attacking Trump personally, and lambasting Trump's Tylenol/Autism comments. www.cnn.com/2026/05/06/p...

Exclusive: Deleted tweets reveal new surgeon general pick criticized Trump and RFK Jr. health policies | CNN Politics

Just two months before she was selected as President Donald Trump’s nominee for surgeon general, Dr. Nicole Saphier suggested the administration was hiding that measles was spreading widely enough in ...

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NEW: Mallory McMorrow quietly deleted thousands of old tweets after launching her Senate campaign. The posts took jabs at the rural Midwest, lamented ever leaving California, and said she continued to vote there after she said she’d moved permanently to Michigan. www.cnn.com/2026/04/29/p...

‘Make me miss California’: In deleted tweets, Senate candidate Mallory McMorrow disparaged Middle America | CNN Politics

As Democrats brace for a bruising primary in Michigan’s US Senate race, Mallory McMorrow, one of the party’s top contenders, has quietly deleted thousands of old tweets — including posts in which she ...

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Gregg Phillips, the high-ranking FEMA official who said he teleported to a Waffle House has a history of making supernatural claims we found in his podcasts: a dead girlfriend who lifted his car off the road to avoid a crash, Satan encountering him on a hike, etc. www.cnn.com/2026/04/14/p...

A top FEMA official is doubling down on his claims that he teleported to a Waffle House.

Important update from the New York Times

🚨NEW: Gregg Phillips, who holds one of the most consequential jobs at FEMA overseeing disaster response, is doubling down on claims he teleported to a Waffle House and a church — writing "haters gonna hate" on Truth Social and citing biblical accounts on teleportation. www.cnn.com/2026/04/01/p...

‘Haters gonna hate’: A top FEMA official defends his claim that he was teleported | CNN Politics

The top official in charge of the federal government’s disaster response has taken to social media to double down on his claim that he’s experienced “teleportation” – an experience he insists was real...

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🚨NEW: Gregg Phillips, who holds one of the most consequential jobs at FEMA overseeing disaster response, is doubling down on claims he teleported to a Waffle House and a church — writing "haters gonna hate" on Truth Social and citing biblical accounts on teleportation. www.cnn.com/2026/04/01/p...

‘Haters gonna hate’: A top FEMA official defends his claim that he was teleported | CNN Politics

The top official in charge of the federal government’s disaster response has taken to social media to double down on his claim that he’s experienced “teleportation” – an experience he insists was real...

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I'm being accused of being Mossad for my Graham Platner story

NEW: CNN found a Nebraska Democratic Senate candidate attended a GOP training event just months before filing for Senate. The Dem state party calls him a GOP plant to "trick voters" — he tells me he's a "free thinker," but admits voting for Trump. www.cnn.com/2026/03/30/p...