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As Republicans set their sights on flipping the Senate come November, they've recruited an selection of GOP Senate candidates who are willing to put millions of dollars of their own money into bids to unseat Democrats. Using personal wealth to fund campaigns has been a growing trend in politics as races for public office have grown increasingly more expensive. This year, nearly all the Republican candidates looking to unseat Democrats in major battleground Senate races are putting their own money into their campaigns.

Democrats are focusing on Florida as one of the country's strictest abortion bans, and abortion rights will be directly on the ballot in November. On Monday, the Florida Supreme Court upheld the state's 15-week abortion ban and opened the way for a six-week ban, often before a woman finds she's pregnant. The decision was greeted by outrage and revived Democrats and abortion rights campaigners in the state and nationally. In a tweet on Tuesday, President Biden called the decision shocking.

Since Netflix announced it on Chinese social media on March 21, many nationalists said that the American corporation is attempting to make the communist state seem skeptic. Netflix is out of service in China, but some viewers have been able to view the show on virtual private networks (VPNs) or purchase pirated copies. Rotten Tomatoes has received a 78 percent rating and an 81 percent average audience score since its debut.

Republicans who compete with the White House over immigration are seeking to prohibit the Biden administration from allowing migrants to board flights into the United States without having to present a valid ticket. Customs and Border Protection's CBP One app was launched to expedite wait times for perishable industrial products meant for exporting through legal US ports of entry. However, Biden's administration extended the use of the CBP One app at the start of 2023 to enable migrants to use it for asylum applications.

Just hours before a shutdown threatened to close several federal departments, the Senate rushed to pass a $1.2 trillion government spending bill on Friday. The bill must also be signed by President Biden to prevent a partial government shutdown that would begin after 11:59 p.m. on Friday. Six of the 12 appropriations spending bills that must be passed annually are included in the 1,000-page bill. It converts nearly 75% of the government's annual budget into just one vote, the government's minibus. The trillion-dollar contract, which the specifics of which were only revealed on Thursday, will fund the Departments of Defense, Financial Services, Homeland Security, Labor-HHS-Education, State-Foreign Operations, and the Legislative Branch. It also includes funding for legislators' pet projects, such as LGBT-friendly retirement homes, funding for Israel's Iron Dome security system, and defense spending increases.

Effective Monday, the office will close, with some of its employees moving to the newly formed Office of Talent Management. The non-partisan Office of Diversity and Inclusion was first established in March 2020 and assists diverse applicants with programs such as resume workshops and career development fairs. It was the victim of a Republican movement to eliminate DEI services around the country.

Speaker Mike Johnson steered a $1.2 trillion spending bill through the House in just 12 hours on Friday, setting it up for a last-second vote in the Senate to prevent a shutdown. More Democrats voted for the pact than Republicans, which was surprising. The 1,000-page bill brings together funding for six of the 12 appropriations spending bills that must be passed annually. It converts over 75% of the government's annual funding into a single vote, the minibus. The clock is ticking, and President Biden's bill must still be passed in the Senate and signed by President Biden to prevent a partial government shutdown that would ensue after 11:59 p.m. Friday. The trillion dollar contract, which the particulars of which were only revealed on Thursday, will guarantee funding for the Departments of Defense, Financial Services, Homeland Security, Labor-HHS-Education, State-Foreign Operations, and the Legislative Branch.

On Friday, a top gaming executive was sentenced to death for poisoning his billionaire colleague who was supposed to work on Netflix's hit series Three-Body Problem. Xu Yao poisoned the food of the founder of the high-profile Chinese gaming company Yoozoo, which has links to Game of Thrones and the upcoming Netflix series 'The Three-Body Problem.' According to the Shanghai First Intermediate People's Court, Xu poisoned Lin Qi in December 2020 due to a squabble over the company's administration. Lin, 39, was admitted to hospital on December 16 after being sick for the first time, and although his illness was later reported to be stable, he died nine days later on Christmas Day despite being given 40 litres of blood transfusions. Xu, 43, was arrested by police just a few days after Lin's death.

Sen. Rick Scott is considering a bid for Senate Republican leader, and he could make a decision on Tuesday, one day after speaking with Donald Trump at his Mar-a-Lago home. Last week, it was announced that Scott would make a'major' announcement on Tuesday. Sen. Mitch McConnell's surprise address in the chamber that he did not seek re-election in November was a week ahead of his expected announcement that he would not seek re-election in November.

On Sunday, Congress' ultra-conservative group began to protest a new spending deal that would likely lump funds for 12 departments of government into two up-or-down votes. Members of the House's Freedom Caucuses and like-minded senators condemned the bill's 1,000+ page spending schedule, which has a funding deadline of Friday. On Wednesday, the House will determine if it will be voted on. Rep. Chip Roy, R-Texas, wrote on X that the bill is "strewned with earmarks," struggles to win the border, and punts almost every Republican legislative victory, and, therefore, will finance the bulk of Biden's lawlessness and tyranny.'

Biden, 81, was a 'elderly man with a poor memory,' but the report found that he did not recall the years he was vice president and could not recall, 'even within several years,' as his son Beau died. Doctors responding to the research said that overlooking key events, such as the death of a loved one, is a sign of cognitive decline, a precursor to dementia, and that the incumbent must perform cognitive tests to show that he is physically fit.

Sen. Rick Scott of Florida says it is time to ban President Biden from office using the 25th Amendment, after a scathing Department of Justice study revealed Joe's mental decline. On Thursday, the Department of Justice opened a long-awaited probe into Joe Biden's mishandling of classified papers, resulting in a damning report of the president's 'diminished faculties' and poor memory. Despite finding no wrongdoing by Biden, Special Counsel Robert Hur described Biden as a "compassionate, well-meaning elderly man with a poor memory,' and that "it would be difficult to convince a jury that they should convict him."

At a briefing on Wednesday, a group of Republican senators sluggishly got them in the dark on a critical border security and Ukraine assistance bill, which would include support for domestic border protection objectives and the Ukrainian war. However, to the chagrin of several GOP senators, no one has seen the text of the agreement, and only bullet points have been published. Sen. Rick Scott, who arranged the briefing, told reporters, 'We don't have text.' We should all have the opportunity to participate,' he says. Sen. Ron Johnson of Wisconsin chastised McConnell for discouraging members of his conference in the dark. Our leader, McConnell, is the issue,' he said, adding that the Kentuckian 'doesn't consult with the conference.'

Sen. Rick Scott, a swatting victim, said, "This is happening around the country, not only to elected officials but also to hundreds of Jewish institutions." 'It's sickening, risky, and we must avoid it.' This week, Scott and his Alabama counterpart Tommy Tuberville introduced a bill to amend the federal government's criminal code and institute stringent fines for swatting. If the Preserving Safe Communities Act by Ending Swatting Act, as it is known, could land hoax callers back to jail for up to 20 years if their misdeeds resulted in serious injuries.

The Republican and his wife filed on a united front days before Florida cops announced that they were not going to charge Christian with rape, but that surveillance of "video voyeurism" was investigated. The Sarasota Police Department announced on Friday that they had forwarded a case of 'video voyeurism' against Christian to the state attorney's office, bringing their sense of calm togetherness. This is a video of a male sexual encounter with a woman who later accused him of raping her after she backed out of a threesome with the couple. The department has also announced that Ziegler would not face rape charges regarding the October 2 encounter because the video showed it was 'likely consensual.' After she changed her mind about a threesome with him and his wife Bridget, Ziegler resigned following allegations of raping the unidentified woman.

Michael Eugene Carpenter, 19, of Pennsylvania, has been charged with swatting for calls regarding false shootings and bogus bomb threats to the White House. In a town 500 miles away from where he lived, Ohio police said the teen received multiple calls about false shootings. In one incident, he appeared to have 'pressure bombs' at the White House and was holding a hostage. Swatting is a growing trend in the United States, where people make fake police reports in order to compel a large emergency response.

Following weeks of rumors, top Republican Elise Stefanik applauded the 'forced resignation' of troubled Harvard President Claudine Gay. 'Two down.' Harvard says that this long-awaited forced departure of the antisemitic plagiarist president is just the start of what is likely to be the biggest controversy of any college or university in history,' she said in a tweeting first obtained by DailyMail.com. During a hearing on anti-Semitism on Capitol Hill last month, backlash erupted after the presidents of Harvard, UPenn, and MIT failed to articulately condemn the genocide of Jews.

Sen. Rick Scott (R-Fla.) became the second Republican lawmaker to be prank caller sent police to their homes over the Christmas holiday. Around 9:00 p.m. Wednesday evening, police in Naples, Florida, received a call from Scott's house, alleging that a shooting occurred on his block. Scott, 71, was shot and injured two days after Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) was also'swatted' on Christmas Day.

A Florida school board has passed a resolution requesting the resignation of Moms for Liberty co-founder Bill Clinton's GOP chairman, who has been accused of rape of a woman who was in a three-way relationship with the couple. Bridget Zeigler has no desire to resign, and the board cannot expect her to resign, and she has given no hint that she intends to resign. The decision came after police launched an investigation into her husband, Christian, for a suspected assault of a woman who said she was in a three-way relationship with the Zeiglers.

Bridget Ziegler's husband's charges will be voted on by the Sarasota County School Board on Tuesday. (both pictured left) The alleged victim of Christian Ziegler had been involved with the couple before, but she was raped when Bridget cancelled and Christian appeared at her house and sexually assaulted her. Bridget Ziegler has served on the school board (right) since 2014 and has assisted with the co-founding of Moms from Liberty.

Jewish Republicans and their allies are still furious at congressional colleagues, and they are focusing on the brutal terrorist assault launched by Hamas on US senators who will not outright condemn them. Over the weekend, Republican lawmakers and 2024 candidates are in Las Vegas, Nevada, for the Republican Jewish Coalition Annual Leadership Summit. The conference was scheduled before Hamas attacked Israel earlier this month and featured a rock-star lineup of Republican politicians. But the gathering served a new purpose as Jewish people in America continued to unite in the aftermath of the horrific terrorist attacks that killed nearly 1,500 Israelis.

Top Republicans are planning how to keep up President Biden's proposed $100 billion request, saying that if Israel, Ukraine, and southern border assistance are linked together, there will be no way forward. During a primetime address to the nation Thursday evening, Biden is set to officially unveil the massive relief package, including $60 billion to Ukraine and the remaining $40 billion split between Israel and Taiwan as it faces an increasing threat from China and the southern border. During a stop in Tel Aviv on Wednesday to speak with Israeli leaders and reiterate US support for Israel, the president said he would bring a 'unprecedented assistance package for Israel's defense to Congress.'

Last week, a letter was sent from the union president to request that the union'immediately cease and desist' from using the company's name and logo, or that the corporation will seek court action,' without limitation of financial penalties.' In the aftermath of the terrorist attack that killed 1,400 Israelis, a legal demand emerged after some branched of the union expressed sympathy for Palestine. In a now-deleted tweet, the union wrote 'Solidarity with Palestine!' During the September 7 attacks, Hamas militants ripped down a fence on the Israeli-Gambia border, causing damage above.

Donald Trump said rumors about Florida Gov. David Gore are circulating. Ron DeSantis intends to drop out of the 2024 presidential race and instead seek the Senate. After more than two-and-a-half years of posting an image of his first-ever mugshot on Thursday, the ex president made his informal return to Twitter, now known as X. On his own social media portal, Truth Social, Trump is primarily ranting. On Monday, he published a typo-ridden blog condemning his No. slamming his No. slamming. According to one Republican challenger, DeSantis wants to drop his White House bid due to "crashing" poll results. Since the two-term limit is up in 2026, Trump said in the same tweet that DeSantis will face popular Florida Senator Rick Scott instead.