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Buffalo Bills head coach Joe Brady speaks with the media before Bills' practice.

Flu season is here. We’ve examined these 20 claims

As flu activity picks up, we revisited rumors about vaccines, questionable home remedies and more that we've investigated.

ICE paid $495M for Minnesota prison offered to state for $75M. Here’s proof

The story spread amid the White House's highly-publicized attempts to portray Minnesota as a hotbed of fraud.

MAHA devotees ‘without a home’ as RFK Jr.’s movement and Trump’s base eye ‘divorce’

The nascent Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) movement finds itself “without a home,” according to Politico’s Playbook, with its alliance with President Donald Trump going through what Politico called its roughest patch yet.After Tuesday’s Democratic sweep, Politico reported, there is “plenty of reason for divorce”…

The other Dan Sullivan makes November ballot against Sen. Dan Sullivan

Alaska GOP Sen. Dan S. Sullivan can’t shake his same-name challenger. Retired teacher Dan J. Sullivan punched a ticket out of the state’s top-four, all-party primary early Wednesday morning. He could now play spoiler in a high-stakes Senate clash between the Republican senator and former…

‘It’s put up or shut up time’: Battleground Republicans want the Darline treatment

President Donald Trump notched a major win on Tuesday night. Republicans in battlegrounds wonder if it was the best use of his time and money. Sen. Darline Graham defeated Rep. Ralph Norman in South Carolina’s snap Senate GOP runoff, handing Trump a revitalizing win after…

South Carolina could give Trump a revitalizing win — or his most embarrassing loss

Donald Trump is facing one of his biggest tests of the midterms — and it’s of his own making. The president has spent a significant amount of time and money trying to help Sen. Darline Graham defeat Rep. Ralph Norman in Tuesday’s snap GOP Senate…

Abdul El-Sayed distances himself from Hasan Piker’s comments on American Jews

Michigan Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed put some distance between himself and his ally, progressive Twitch streamer Hasan Piker, after the latter faced intense criticism for suggesting that American Jewish support for Israel could lead someone to “take action” against Jews in the U.S. “My commitment…

Trump’s MAGA Inc. makes last-minute buy for Darline Graham in South Carolina runoff

President Donald Trump is using a bit of his mostly untapped $400 million MAGA Inc. warchest to boost Sen. Darline Graham in South Carolina — the first significant expenditure his team has made this year for one of his chosen candidates, according to campaign finance…

Democrats found their border message. ICE is another story.

Democrats have figured out how to talk about the border. They still haven’t reached a consensus on ICE. In battlegrounds across the country, moderate and progressive Democrats alike are calling for a secure border and admitting the Biden administration’s policy there led to political backlash…

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Buffalo Bills head coach Joe Brady

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Flu season is here. We’ve examined these 20 claims

As flu activity picks up, we revisited rumors about vaccines, questionable home remedies and more that we've investigated.

ICE paid $495M for Minnesota prison offered to state for $75M. Here’s proof

The story spread amid the White House's highly-publicized attempts to portray Minnesota as a hotbed of fraud.

MAHA devotees ‘without a home’ as RFK Jr.’s movement and Trump’s base eye ‘divorce’

The nascent Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) movement finds itself “without a home,” according to Politico’s Playbook, with its alliance with President Donald Trump going through what Politico called its roughest patch yet.After Tuesday’s Democratic sweep, Politico reported, there is “plenty of reason for divorce”…

GOP’s desperate post-wipeout plans crumble as big-name conservatives refuse to play along

Republicans hoping to use their final weeks in power to blunt this week’s Democratic wave are running into resistance from their own side, according to new reporting.Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA), 93, won’t resign early to let outgoing Republican Gov. Kim Reynolds appoint his successor before…