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GOP puts Trump ‘on the ballot’ with historic midterm convention and more top headlines
Published September 09, 2026
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TOP 3
1. GOP bets on Trump at historic midterm convention
2. Lindsay Clancy's attorney appeals to Trump for pardon
3. Smithsonian leader Lonnie Bunch stepping down
MAJOR HEADLINES
POTUS PUSH — Winner revealed in hotly contested primary with Trump-backed candidate. Continue reading …
PARTY FRACTURE — Fetterman faces mounting backlash as an unlikely ally comes to his defense. Continue reading …
FIGHTING ON — New details emerge on Biden's cancer treatment as he delivers urgent warning. Continue reading …
FORBIDDEN WATERS — Child is attacked by massive alligator after entering a no-swimming zone. Continue reading …
RAGE SIGNALS — Karmelo Anthony texts reveal ominous message hours before Austin Metcalf murder. Continue reading …
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POLITICS
PAST ON TRIAL — Democrat who once called OxyContin a ‘miracle drug’ advances in New Hampshire governor race. Continue reading …
JUDICIAL JAM — Rival court rulings leave Missouri’s congressional maps in limbo. Continue reading …
ALL IN THE FAMILY — Senator's daughter wins Democratic nod in closely watched race to replace outgoing Dem incumbent. Continue reading …
CRUDE AWAKENING — Record gas prices squeeze Americans as summer travel season ends, midterms loom and Iran war wages on. Continue reading …
MEDIA
COMMON GROUND — Erika Kirk's pens essay on grief as readers gain insights into wrenching past year. Continue reading …
COMEDY CLASH — 'South Park' renamed 'South America' in series' latest jab against Trump. Continue reading …
FEAR FACTOR — Students too frightened to sign up after TPUSA officers get anonymous death warnings. Continue reading …
SACRED DEBATE — Bishop Barron blasts St. Paul's Cathedral deal as 'pitiful surrender' to secularism. Continue reading …
OPINION
LIZ PEEK — We cannot let the left rewrite what happened on 9/11. Continue reading …
WILLIAM BENNETT — We must listen to the Founding Fathers and reject antisemitism. Continue reading …
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IN OTHER NEWS
CELLULAR SECRETS — Drug appears to turn back the clock as patients show signs of younger biological age. Continue reading …
'VICTOR, NOT VICTIM' — Pamela Anderson’s desperate health battle forced her to empty her bank account. Continue reading …
MAJOR MOVES — First AP Top 25 poll of college football season delivers expected shuffling. Continue reading …
AMERICAN CULTURE QUIZ — Test yourself on Hollywood health and mountain missions. Take the quiz here …
LISTEN
In the wake of disaster, America faced two immediate tasks: rebuild a broken spirit and track down those responsible. Fox News Rewind: 9/11 explores the 9/11 Commission’s security findings and details how a cold trail to locate Usama bin Laden slowly began to heat back up. Listen now…
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