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President Trump's endorsement was all it took to elect Lindsey Graham's sister. Are GOP primaries essentially loyalty tests? ... The president's plan to bring down the price of beef runs afoul of cattle ranchers, who are calling it a raw deal. Could cheaper imports come at their expense? ... True crime obsession surrounds the Lindsay Clancy murder trial, with amateur sleuths raising all kinds of conspiracies. Has the internet gone too far? ... In a nation divided, Dolly Parton was loved on both sides of the aisle. Was she America's last cultural common ground?


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We begin today's show with a look at South Carolina's critical runoff between Darline Graham, the political newcomer and sister of the late Senator Lindsey Graham, and Ralph Norman, the ultra-conservative congressman who backed President Trump's agenda but did not earn his endorsement ... Michigan's Abdul el-Sayed is still trying to distance himself from Hasan Piker. Was it worth the political risk to pal around with him in the first place? ... AI threatens to disrupt Texas politics. Could the rural revolt over data centers turn parts of the Lone Star State blue?


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The buzz continues this morning after we learned about a secret, face-to-face meeting between Jared Kushner and Hakeem Jeffries. So, who should be more concerned, Democrats or Republicans? ... The White House says today is economic D-day for Iran. But haven't years of sanctions and isolation already failed? The father of a sailor serving an extended deployment aboard the USS Lincoln has been detained by ICE for deportation. We discuss how voters are responding to that.


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Have Donald Trump and his former fixer Michael Cohen reunited? Or is the renewed flattery just a very public push for a pardon? ... The Navy may strip a Black war hero's name from an aircraft carrier and replace it with Donald Trump. What's behind the latest vanity project? ... Key midterm races in Texas and Iowa are now considered tossups. Is the GOP in real danger of losing the Senate this fall?


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The national debt is soaring, while the war in the Middle East
keeps raging. Yet at the White House it was show and tell day for a new
driveway. Are the president's priorities in need of an upgrade? ... Georgia Senator John Ossoff's quip about one of Trump's most trusted aides is still making headlines days later. Is it prompting a strategy shift for Democrats.



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