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Democrats go all-in on MAGA in bid to make midterm elections all about Trump

In this Dec. 13, 2016, photo, President-elect Donald Trump speaks during a rally at the Wisconsin State Fair Exposition Center in West Allis, Wis on Dec. 13, 2016. Two Wisconsin Democratic electors and a voter on Tuesday, May 17, 2021, sued Republicans who attempted to cast electoral ballots for Donald Trump in 2020 despite Joe Biden's victory in the battleground state. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci File)

By Haris Alic - The Washington Times

Democrats from the White House to the city council are gearing up to make the midterms about former President Donald Trump and his “Make America Great Again” political movement.

Michael Sussmann, a cybersecurity lawyer who represented the Hillary Clinton presidential campaign in 2016, leaves a federal courthouse in Washington, Monday, May 16, 2022. A jury was picked Monday in the trial of a lawyer for the Hillary Clinton presidential campaign who is accused of lying to the FBI as it investigated potential ties between Donald Trump and Russia in 2016. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Prosecutors say Sussmann ‘manipulated and used’ FBI to smear Trump, gin up October surprise in 2016

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., talks to reporters as House Democrats unveil a $28 million emergency spending bill to address the shortage of infant formula in the United States, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, May 17, 2022. Rep. Rosa DeLauro, the chair of the House Appropriations Committee, says the bill would help the Food and Drug Administration take important steps to restore the formula supply in a safe and secure manner. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Pelosi says Abbott could face criminal charges over infant formula, weighs new federal controls

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Protestors in support of transgender rights rally outside the Alabama State House in Montgomery, Ala., on Tuesday, March 30, 2021. A federal judge will hear arguments Thursday, May 5, 2022 on a challenge to Alabamas plan to outlaw the use of gender-affirming medications to treat transgender youth.(Jake Crandall/The Montgomery Advertiser via AP)

Poll: Most U.S. voters oppose transgender policies, but many fear speaking up

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Tesla CEO Elon Musk attends the opening of the Tesla factory Berlin Brandenburg in Gruenheide, Germany on March 22, 2022. Musk says his deal to buy Twitter can’t ‘move forward’ unless the company shows public proof that less than 5% of the accounts on the platform are fake or spam. Musk made the comment in a reply to another user on Twitter early Tuesday, May 17, 2022. (Patrick Pleul/Pool Photo via AP, File)

Elon Musk says he’s voting Republican for the first time

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Joy Behar of ABC's "The View" discusses the 2020 presidential election, Feb. 24, 2020. (Image: ABC, "The View" video screenshot)

Joy Behar dismisses Tucker Carlson as ‘almost irrelevant’

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This March 15, 2016, file photo, shows casino mogul Steve Wynn at a news conference in Medford, Mass. The Biden administration on Tuesday sued hotelier Stephen Wynn to force him to register as a foreign agent under the Foreign Agents Registration Act. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa, File)

Biden administration sues casino mogul Stephen Wynn

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President Joe Biden speaks in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, May 17, 2022, during a reception to celebrate Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander Heritage Month. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Biden makes small mention of deadly California church shooting in remarks celebrating Asian Heritage

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President Joe Biden speaks at the Delavan Grider Community Center in Buffalo, N.Y., Tuesday, May 17, 2022, following Saturday's shooting at a supermarket. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Biden sees White supremacist ideology infesting media, politics

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Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis calls for support for Ukraine, during a speech to a joint meeting of Congress, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, May 17, 2022. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Greek prime minister urges American support for Ukraine, defense of democracy

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In this 2022 photo combination shown are Republican Pennsylvania U.S. Senate candidates, Dave McCormick, left and Mehmet Oz. A super PAC aligned with a McCormick, aired a TV ad suggesting that Oz is not conservative enough and included a clip from a 2010 "Dr. Oz Show" episode during which Oz interviews a transgender child and a transgender teen. (AP Photo)

Pennsylvania’s Senate GOP primary too close to call

By Susan Ferrechio - The Washington Times

In this Dec. 13, 2016, photo, President-elect Donald Trump speaks during a rally at the Wisconsin State Fair Exposition Center in West Allis, Wis on Dec. 13, 2016. Two Wisconsin Democratic electors and a voter on Tuesday, May 17, 2021, sued Republicans who attempted to cast electoral ballots for Donald Trump in 2020 despite Joe Biden's victory in the battleground state. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci File)

Democrats go all-in on MAGA in bid to make midterm elections all about Trump

By Haris Alic - The Washington Times

U.S. Rep. Madison Cawthorn, R-N.C., speaks to the crowd before former President Donald Trump takes the stage at a rally Saturday, April 9, 2022, in Selma, N.C. (AP Photo/Chris Seward)

Rep. Madison Cawthorn loses in North Carolina House primary

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John Fetterman speaks to supporters at the Holy Hound Tap Room in downtown York, Pa., on Thursday, May. 12, 2022, while campaigning for U.S. Senate seat. (Mark Pynes/The Patriot-News via AP)

Lt. Gov. John Fetterman wins Pennsylvania Democratic Senate primary

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Ukrainian sappers carry a Russian military drone backdropped by the Antonov An-225, world's biggest cargo aircraft destroyed by the Russian troops during recent fighting, at the Antonov airport in Hostomel, on the outskirts of Kyiv, Ukraine, Monday, April 18, 2022. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)

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An investigator works at the scene of a shooting at a supermarket, in Buffalo, N.Y., Monday, May 16, 2022. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

Buffalo shooting sparks debate, finger-pointing over ‘great replacement’ theory

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The U.S. Supreme Court, Monday, May 16, 2022, in Washington. A draft opinion suggests the U.S. Supreme Court could be poised to overturn the landmark 1973 Roe v. Wade case that legalized abortion nationwide, according to a Politico report released. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib)

House Pro-Choice Caucus rejects ‘choice’ as Dems struggle with abortion messaging

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

Attorney Michael Sussmann leaves federal court in Washington, April 27, 2022. A criminal case brought by special counsel John Durham, the prosecutor appointed to investigate potential government wrongdoing in the early days of the Trump-Russia probe, heads to trial in Washington's federal court on May 16. The case centers on a single false statement that Sussmann, a cybersecurity lawyer who represented the Hillary Clinton presidential campaign in 2016, is alleged to have made to the FBI during a meeting that year. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)

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Michael Sussmann, a cybersecurity lawyer who represented the Hillary Clinton presidential campaign in 2016, leaves a federal courthouse in Washington, Monday, May 16, 2022. A jury was picked Monday in the trial of a lawyer for the Hillary Clinton presidential campaign who is accused of lying to the FBI as it investigated potential ties between Donald Trump and Russia in 2016. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Prosecutors say Sussmann ‘manipulated and used’ FBI to smear Trump, gin up October surprise in 2016

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, left, listens to Deputy patrol agent in charge of the US Border Patrol Anthony Crane as he tours the section of the border wall Tuesday, May 17, 2022, in Hidalgo, Texas. (Joel Martinez/The Monitor via AP, Pool)

DHS seeks to show border strength ahead of expected migrant surge

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This May 4, 2021 file photo shows the outside of the Internal Revenue Service building in Washington. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File) **FILE**

IRS audits plummet as wealthy escape scrutiny, poorest taxpayers get hit

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Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer attends an event with President Joe Biden in the South Court Auditorium on the White House campus, Wednesday, March 9, 2022. A draft opinion that suggests the U.S. Supreme Court could be poised to overturn the landmark Roe v. Wade decision reverberated in political battleground Michigan. Attention quickly turned to the courts, where Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and Planned Parenthood — anticipating the ruling — filed lawsuits less than a month ago seeking to invalidate the 1931 law that remains on the books. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

Judge suspends Michigan’s 1931 abortion ban

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Admiral John C. Aquilino, U.S. Navy, is shown in this Defense Department portrait. He is the 26th Commander of the United States Indo-Pacific Command, the nation’s oldest and largest combatant command. (Photo via pacom.mil) [https://www.pacom.mil/Leadership/Biographies/Article-View/Article/2590636/commander-us-indo-pacific-command/]

China steps up subversion of global order in power grab, U.S. Pacific admiral warns

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NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg and Sweden's Ambassador to NATO Axel Wernhoff shake hands during a ceremony to mark Sweden's and Finland's application for membership in Brussels, Belgium, Wednesday May 18, 2022. Stoltenberg said that the military alliance stands ready to seize a historic moment and move quickly on allowing Finland and Sweden to join its ranks, after the two countries submitted their membership requests. (Johanna Geron/Pool via AP)

NATO chief hails ‘historic moment’ as Finland, Sweden apply

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Buses with Ukrainian servicemen evacuated from the besieged Mariupol's Azovstal steel plant travel accompany Russian APC's to a prison in Olyonivka, territory under the government of the Donetsk People's Republic, eastern Ukraine, Tuesday, May 17, 2022. More than 260 fighters, some severely wounded, were pulled from a steel plant on Monday that is the last redoubt of Ukrainian fighters in the city and transported to two towns controlled by separatists, officials on both sides said. (AP Photo/Alexei Alexandrov)

Defenders’ fate uncertain as Ukraine abandons Mariupol fortress

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

In this photo provided by the North Korean government, North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, center, visits a pharmacy in Pyongyang, North Korea on May 15, 2022. Independent journalists were not given access to cover the event depicted in this image distributed by the North Korean government. The content of this image is as provided and cannot be independently verified. Korean language watermark on image as provided by source reads: "KCNA" which is the abbreviation for Korean Central News Agency. (Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP, File)

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Miami Marlins' Erik Gonzalez, right, and Miguel Rojas (11) celebrate scoring runs during the seventh inning of a baseball game against the Washington Nationals as teammate Jazz Chisholm Jr. (2) looks on, Tuesday, May 17, 2022, in Miami. (AP Photo/Jim Rassol)

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Washington Nationals shortstop Alcides Escobar throws to first to put out Houston Astros' Chas McCormick during the first inning of a baseball game, Friday, May 13, 2022, in Washington. (AP Photo/Nick Wass)

Nationals’ defense making bad start to season worse by leading MLB in errors

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South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster looks at data about the COVID-19 spread in the Kershaw County School District during a discussion with school officials at Camden Elementary School on Wednesday Sept. 15, 2021, in Camden, S.C. McMaster has quietly signed into law a bill, Monday, May 16, that would ban transgender students from playing girls’ or women’s sports in public schools and colleges as the state joins about a dozen others that have passed similar laws in the past two years . (AP Photo/Jeffrey Collins, File)

South Carolina governor signs bill barring male-born athletes from female sports

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Jack Nicklaus speaks ahead of this week's Memorial Tournament at Muirfield Village Golf Club in Dublin, Ohio, Tuesday, June 1, 2021. Nicklaus remains a relevant voice in the game without having played in 16 years. (AP Photo/Doug Ferguson)

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