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Wamp wants four more years as county mayor
Weston Wamp, who grew up the son of a U.S. congressman and has wrangled in office with the county attorney, the County Commission and those supporting Chattanooga's new minor league baseball stadium over the past three years, said Saturday he will seek a second-four year term as Hamilton County mayor in 2026.
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Fleischmann breaks with Trump on cancer research
U.S. Rep. Chuck Fleischmann, R-Ooltewah, said he'll support funding cancer research after the White House proposed a nearly 40% cut to the National Institutes of Health, which is responsible for distributing thousands of grants, some of which fund cancer research.
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California Gov. Newsom signs legislation calling special election on redrawn congressional map
California voters will decide in November whether to approve a redrawn congressional map designed to help Democrats win five more U.S. House seats next year, after Texas Republicans advanced their own redrawn map to pad their House majority by the same number of seats at President Donald Trump's urging.
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FBI searches home and office of ex-Trump national security adviser John Bolton
The FBI is searching the Maryland home and Washington office of John Bolton, who served in President Donald Trump's first administration as national security adviser but later became critical of the president, as part of an investigation into the handling of classified information, a person familiar with the matter said Friday.
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Obama applauds Newsom’s California redistricting plan as ‘responsible’ as Texas GOP pushes new maps
Former President Barack Obama has waded into states' efforts at rare mid-decade redistricting efforts, saying he agrees with California Gov. Gavin Newsom's response to alter his state's congressional maps, in the way of Texas redistricting efforts promoted by President Donald Trump aimed at shoring up Republicans' position in next year's elections.
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Trump vows to change how elections are run. The US Constitution doesn’t give him that power
President Donald Trump on Monday vowed more changes to the way elections are conducted in the U.S., but based on the Constitution there is little to nothing he can do on his own.
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Collegedale vice mayor to challenge Eversole for commission seat
Collegedale's vice mayor will run for a spot on the Hamilton County Commission, she announced in a press release.
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3 more GOP governors authorize deployment of National Guard troops as part of Trump show of force
Three more Republican governors authorized the deployment of National Guard troops to Washington on Monday, part of President Donald Trump's escalating show of force that he says is designed to crack down on crime and boost immigration enforcement in the nation's capital.
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20 states and DC sue DOJ to stop immigration requirements on victim funds
A coalition of attorneys general from 20 states and Washington, D.C., is asking a federal judge to stop the U.S. Department of Justice from withholding federal funds earmarked for crime victims if states don't cooperate with the Trump administration's immigration enforcement efforts.
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Texas Dems return to Capitol for Republicans’ US House map overhaul as California Democrats counter
Texas Democrats said Monday that they were ending a two-week walkout that stalled Republican efforts to redraw congressional districts as part of a national partisan brawl over President Donald Trump's desire to reshape U.S. House maps to his advantage.
