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UP IN SMOKE
Jurors in the trial of Jonathan Rinderknecht (inset), who’s accused of setting the deadly fire that decimated the Palisades in January 2025, failed to reach a unanimous decision Friday, leading the judge to declare a mistrial. US Attorney Bill Essayli...
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BALLOT BATTLE
In the opening salvo of the White House’s war against the state’s controversial election count, the US Postal Service has warned it could refuse to deliver mail-in ballots unless California coughs up its voter rolls. The move could affect as many as 22...
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WATT A RIPOFF
Millions of Californians are bracing for another bill shock after a state watchdog warned PG&E customers face paying up to $840 a year more as the utility spends billions on upgrades and wildfire prevention. Angry residents say they’re already “living...
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FROM BAD TO NURSE
Nevada nurse practioner Marizel Yukee charged Medicare $1 million per patient for skin grafts — not all of them needed, feds allege — and used the proceeds to buy a Bulgari necklace, a Ferrari and a Philippines resort. The government yesterday unveiled...
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EASY MULLAH
The US is lifting all sanctions on Iranian oil for the next 60 days during peace negotiations, a tremendous windfall that gives the Islamic dictatorship an extra $10 billion to rebuild its regime. While Vice President JD Vance says Iran has agreed to...
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TRASH TALKS
Iranian negotiators stormed out of the high-level peace talks with the US in Switzerland yesterday after American President Trump unleashed his fury on the regime — threatening to seize the Strait of Hormuz and “blow the s-–t out of them.” Vice...
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RISING FROM THE ASHES
Palisades families are finally returning home 17 months after the devastating blaze. Nearly 400 home permits have been issued, with a new retail destination set to open in a few weeks. Sue Kohl (pictured) is ready to start again after losing her house....
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STRAIT NONSENSE
Only days after the “memorandum of understanding” was signed with President Trump, Iran refused to show up for talks in Switzerland, and briefly closed the Strait of Hormuz. Critics worry the Islamic regime will “tap along” the US for 60 days and...
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HITTING THE SKIDS
The FBI and Homeland Security agents swooped on Skid Row on Thursday in a dramatic escalation of California’s voter fraud probe after homeless residents claimed they were paid cash to vote in Los Angeles’ mayoral election. The agents fanned out through...
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SERMON ON THE MOUND
San Francisco Giants pitchers JT Brubaker (left) and Ryan Walker (below) have hit back at the response to their Pride Night protest after they wrote a bible chapter and verse on their caps. Now they are standing up for their Christian values in the...
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LOVEBOMB
Despite the same Islamic regime that has chanted “death to America” still ruling Iran, President Trump yesterday said they are “rational” as he defended a deal that will waive sanctions on Tehran and allow them to profit from oil sales in exchange for...
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FIRST LADY OF SLIME
Gov. Newsom’s wife, Jennifer Siebel Newsom (pictured), is under tax investigation as part of a widespread probe into corruption, including her husband, and their present and past staff. In March, The Post revealed allegations of malfeasance regarding...
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THE GIRLS NEXXXT DOOR
LA residents are aghast as online smut purveyors set up shop in a 4-bed, 7-bath Encino mansion, with their teenage boys distracted as OnlyFans models allegedly parade about the premises in risque outfits at all hours. Creators Inc., with 600,000...
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RAISIN HELL
Lion Raisins heir Bruce Lion (above right) has been arrested after allegedly targeting his neighbor, Rabbi Zushe Cunin (left), in a disgusting antisemitic harassment campaign, according to the religious leader and a series of videos he took of the...
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Set the world on fire
A party 32 years in the making erupted in Los Angeles Friday night as the world watched — shining a light on the city’s biggest athletic stage and it’s brightest stars. Ahead of the opening whistle between the United States and Paraguay, SoFi Stadium...
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BUCKS STOP HERE
The Trump Administration has decapitated the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority, accusing the organization of “wanton mismanagement” of billions of taxpayer dollars. The feds allegedly found rampant fraud, conflicts of interest and poor oversight...
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TWISTED SISTER
Kenneth Bass (left), the older brother of Mayor Bass, has joined a class-action lawsuit against Los Angeles, claiming the city his sister leads bungled its response to the January 2025 Palisades Fire — leading to the destruction of his Malibu home,...
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RAMAN OUSTS PRATT, WILL FACE BASS
Thousands of homeless voters were registered to vote at LA shelters, despite very few actually living there, raising worries of voter harvesting. One shelter in Venice received $600K from mayoral candidate Nithya Raman in 2024. US attorney Bill Essayli...
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ROUGH CEASE
Iran bombarded Israel with missiles yesterday — threatening to reignite all-out conflict between both sides as President Trump warned them to knock it off. The attack — which involved about four waves of a total of 10 missiles in northern Israel in...
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REALITY BITES
Outsider LA mayoral candidate Spencer Pratt’s initial lead over socialist Councilmember Nithya Raman (inset) continued to dwindle Saturday with 78% of votes counted. Meanwhile, Republican gubernatorial hopeful Steve Hilton, still in second place,...
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ELECTILE DYSFUNCTION
The U.S. Attorney announced an investigation yesterday into California’s turtle-slow election system. Four days after the primaries, only 68% of the state vote for governor, and 71% of the Los Angeles vote for mayor have been counted — arousing...
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CAN’T COUNT ON THEM
Just one ballot counter sits among empty desks in the City of Industry as California’s thirdworld election process continues at a snail’s pace on Thursday. A small fraction of votes were counted yesterday, sparking widespread outrage and a vow of an...
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MAD AS HELL!
With 63% of the votes counted, Spencer Pratt (seen with wife Heidi Montag) appears poised to force Mayor Karen Bass into a fall runoff, while Steve Hilton is leading for governor — showing voters are fed up with the Democratic status quo.
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WITH FRIENDS LIKE SLEAZE
Two months after his party pal Eric Swalwell (left) resigned from the House in disgrace, Rep. Jimmy Gomez (D-L.A.) was forced to admit he’s also under investigation and that he had an affair. The Post previously reported Gomez was seen making out with...
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VOTE TO SAVE OUR STATE
Californians today have the chance to break the one-party rule that has led to higher taxes, the homelessness crisis and burning neighborhoods. The Post endorses Steve Hilton for governor, to reverse the stagnation of Gavin Newsom, and Spencer Pratt to...
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WORST X THEY’VE EVER HAD
California Democratic Party bigwigs are staying mum in the runup to this week’s gubernatorial primary election as voters face an uninspiring field, with Dem leadership refusing to get behind front-runner Xavier Becerra (pictured).
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SANCTUARY SLAUGHTER
Thrice-deported Joaquin Escoto (left) is accused of brutally murdering three people — 2-weekold Matteo Gonzalez (pictured), Fabiola Gonzalez and Silvia Nuñez (insets right) — in Modesto this week, and law-enforcement officials blame California’s...
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RIGHT DIRECTION
Furious Californians look poised to deliver a political earthquake in the races for governor and Los Angeles mayor. A California Post poll shows independent Spencer Pratt is now just in front of failed Democrat Mayor Karen Bass while Republican Steve...
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GOLDEN OPPORTUNITY
After 16 straight years of one-party, Democratic rule, California is a state in freefall — defined by soaring taxes, fleeing businesses, fiscal waste, budget bloat, woke madness, highest-in-thenation gas prices and an endless homeless crisis. Dramatic...
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CHECK MARX
Far-left progressives in the LA area are quietly shedding their principles to collect large sums from billionaire families. Socialists like Nithya Raman (illustrated at right, from top left, clockwise), Marissa Roy, Hugo Soto-Martinez, Eunisses...
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ROAD WARRIOR
LA ’S roads are in a shocking state of disrepair. California has the thirdworst roads in the nation, according to the Construction Coverage newsletter, with 28.4% in poor condition. And Angelenos know that the problem starts here. Karen Bass’ team...
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VANITY FARE
Gavin Newsom has ignored California’s mounting budget crisis to queitly introduce a $20 million “Governors’ Legacies’’ fund — sparking backlash from Democrats and Republicans alike, who slam the vague plan as “absurd,” “out of touch,” and a...
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‘NO DUST, NO DOLLARS’
The White House vowed “no dust, no dollars” for Iran — asserting that unless the Islamic Republic gives up its enriched uranium, it will get no sanctions relief — as President Trump tapped the brakes yesterday on forecasting a peace deal that would...
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PERILOUS PACT
President Trump said on Saturday the “final aspects” of a truce were being worked out with Tehran that would end the war and open the Strait of Hormuz, but the pact won’t tackle the regime’s nuclear program until a later date.
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IVANKA TERROR PLOT
Recently captured Iranian-trained terrorist Mohammad Al-Saadi was so angry about President Trump killing his mentor, Tehran military chief Qasem Soleimani, that he told people, “we need to kill Ivanka.”
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VOTE FOR COMMON SPENCE
LA has suffered under oneparty rule for decades, but Angelenos now have an opportunity to break with the past and vote for common sense. Spencer Pratt is a fresh face who promises to crack down on crime and homelessness — and fix the failures of Mayor...
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KAREN CRASS
Mayor Karen Bass has passed the buck on her failed pledge to end Los Angeles’ street homelessness — blaming bureaucrats for not fulfilling her 2023 promise. With 43,699 homeless in LA, she claimed she didn’t anticipate the ‘’barriers that I would...
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THEY DIED HEROES
Children and loved ones of three slaughtered Muslims at the San Diego Islamic Center broke their silence and shared their heartbreak the day after the tragedy, remembering the victims as “protectors” and “heroes” who died trying to save lives — as...
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TEEN HATE ATTACK
A brave security guard was among those slain yesterday morning in a coordinated assault on the Islamic Center of San Diego at the hands of a pair of teenage gunmen. Two boys, including Cain Clark (inset), 17, took their own lives following their...
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GREEN LIGHT FOR CRIME
Criminals are set to flood the streets of California after the state Supreme Court ruled bail amounts must take into account offenders’ financial circumstances — meaning it must be possible for the suspect to pay it, removing the fear of lockup as a...
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‘I just want to feel safe again’
Spencer Pratt has vowed to make public safety his number one priority if he’s elected Los Angeles mayor, saying everyday moms no longer feel safe in the city — with locals saying they are living in fear after a series of disturbing burglaries in the...
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GLOBAL TERROR SPREE
From March 9 this year, Mohammad Baqer Saad Dawood al-Saadi orchestrated almost daily attacks across the world — including a stabbing in London (left) and a synagogue bombing in the Netherlands (right), federal prosecutors say. Al-Saadi, seen above...
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WHY CAN’T XI BE FRIENDS?
At a cordial summit, Chinese leader Xi Jinping agreed that the Strait of Hormuz should be a free waterway and that Iran should not have nuclear weapons, the White House said. Xi said that the US and China should avoid conflict, and “forge a new...
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CHINA ROLLS OUT THE RED CARPET
President Trump kicked off his historic summit with Chinese leader Xi Jinping today in Beijing where the world’s two most powerful heads of state are expected to discuss hot topics including the Iran war.
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WOMAN OF THE YEAR
Eileen Wang, who resigned as mayor of Arcadia after admitting to acting as a Chinese agent, was honored as a Woman of the Year by Democrat California Rep. Judy Chu (inset right) — three years after Wang had begun working for the communists. The...
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CHINA TOWN
The mayor of Arcadia resigned yesterday after admitting to working for the Chinese government in a federal plea deal. Eileen Wang, 58, confessed to conspiring with Beijing’s communist rulers to spread fake news between 2020 and 2022. Two of her...
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MY PLAN TO FIX LA
Mayoral hopeful Spencer Pratt has laid out a blueprint to bring Los Angeles back to its glory days — giving homeless drug users three weeks to clear the streets or face police action, deploying the CDC to tackle spreading disease, and tapping...
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NEWSOM LETS KILLER WALK
Alberto Tamez was convicted of the brutal kidnapping, rape and strangulation of Genevieve Adaline Moreno in Nipomo in 1974, but he’ll soon be roaming the streets again after a parole board approved his release — and Gov. Newsom refused to overrule...
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WHAT A COP-OUT
In its latest effort to take power from the LAPD, the anti-cop leaders in City Hall voted 14-0 this week to crack down on pretextual traffic stops — stops predicated on minor violations like broken taillights, slight speeding or failing to signal that...
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I CAN WIN THIS
Spencer Pratt believes he can become mayor of LA in less than four weeks after his commanding debate performance was praised by experts across the political spectrum. The former reality star blitzed Karen Bass and Nithya Raman in a showing that made...
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SPRING CLEANING
DEA agents arrest alleged leader of drug ring Mallaly Moreno-Lopez (far left) and others in a raid yesterday on a suspected fentanyl stash house in South Los Angeles during an operation to crack down on rampant drug abuse in crimeridden MacArthur Park...
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BADMOUTH BASS
LAFD union president Freddy Escobar (inset) says Mayor Bass launched a retaliation campaign against him after he spoke out against what he saw as the city’s mismanagement of resources during the deadly 2025 wildfires.
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Frock & awe!
This Met Gala was all the craze, as stars took the “Fashion is Art” theme to the extreme. Janelle Monae’s ensemble by Christian Siriano mixed earthy moss with futuristic animatronics by Cameron Hughes. Katy Perry’s mirrored fencing mask by Stella...
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CRUDE AWAKENING
The Golden State is staring down a severe gas crisis after the final tanker of oil to make it through the Strait of Hormuz arrived at the Port of Long Beach — with 30% of California crude coming from the Persian Gulf. It comes as gas prices in state...
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NEW-SPIN
California’s Department of Finance admitted that the state lost more than 50,000 residents last year — the most since the COVID pandemic — but the agency blamed President Trump’s crackdown on illegal migration, ignoring the massive costs of woke...
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ICE BREAKER$
The LA City Council is funding leftwing organizations that help illegal immigrants fight Immigration and Customs Enforcement. The council already spends more than $1 million a year of taxpayers’ money on the groups, which operate support hubs for...
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FUMING
Fed up Californian drivers are crossing the border into Arizona to save almost $3 a gallon on gas. Two stations just 1.8 miles apart across state lines show how unfairly California is being hit by extra taxes and fees imposed by Sacramento. California...
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D4VD’S ‘KILL’ ORDER
Disturbing police details reveal California singer D4vd allegedly groomed Celeste Rivas from age 11 before embarking on a sordid sexual relationship with her. Prosecutors also allege he mutilated her with a chainsaw in an inflatable pool inside his...
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Kings of the Hill
King Charles praised the “irreplaceable and unbreakable” US-UK relationship in a speech to Congress and his state visit with President Trump yesterday
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KIM-WIT STRIKES AGAIN
First Lady Melania Trump said Jimmy Kimmel was a “coward” whose words are “corrosive and deepens the political sickness within America,” and President Trump said the late-night host was “beyond the pale” and needed to be fired after Kimmel joked...
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ASSASSIN’S SCREED
Accused White House Correspondents’ Dinner gunman Cole Allen (left) sent an antiPresident Trump manifesto to his family just before opening fire — calling himself the “Friendly Federal Assassin” and revealing he was hell-bent on killing Trump...
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SHOTS FIRED
President Trump, First Lady Melania and dozens of lawmakers, cabinet members and VIPs were evacuated from the White House Correspondents’ Dinner Saturday night after a gunman opened fire outside the ballroom. He was taken down by law enforcement...
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DISGRACE
One of the most powerful leaders in Hollywood has blasted members of the UCLA student government as “antisemitic’’ after they condemned an on-campus appearance by Omer Shem Tov, who spent 505 days as a Hamas hostage until his release in February 2025...
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VETERAN PLAYER
Newly uncovered pictures show NFL reporter Dianna Russini, then with ESPN, getting close to Mike Vrabel, then coach of the Tennessee Titans, in 2020. The Post previously revealed their secret getaway this year, when Russini was at The Times and Vrabel...
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KEEP THE LIGHTS ON
LA’s City Council wants property owners to pony up for repairs to streetlights based on how much illumination they benefit from. Households face bills of hundreds of dollars under the plan being put up for public vote.
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SAVE THEM!
President Trump publicly implored Iran to release eight women whom the regime is allegedly set to execute as a means of building goodwill with the United States. The president urged the Islamic republic to spare the detainees, including a 16-year-old...
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LAMB TO SLAUGHTER
Singer D4vd plotted to kill and dismember 14-year-old Celeste Rivas (above) to prevent details of their illicit relationship from tanking his career, according to charges revealed Monday by Los Angeles County District Attorney Nathan Hochman.
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MULLAHS’ LITTLE HELPER
Shamim Mafi, a posh 44-year-old Iranian businesswoman with a US green card, was arrested late Saturday at Los Angeles International Airport (right). She’s alleged to have brokered deals to sell Iranian weapons to Sudan while living the high life in...
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LOOKING SMART
A-listers came out for the annual “Oscars of science” — the Breakthrough Prize ceremony — on Saturday night where stars and scientists aligned. Anne Hathaway, Robert Downey Jr., Zoe Saldana, Ben Affleck, Paris Hilton, Lionel Ritchie, Michelle Yeoh,...
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SETTING THEM STRAIT
Iran declared the Strait of Hormuz “completely open” yesterday, giving up one of its key pieces of leverage as it negotiates the end of the war. President Trump hailed the victory, and said the US was closing in on a nuclear deal.
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HOLLYWOOD TAKEDOWN
Singer D4vd has been arrested in the murder of 14-year-old Celeste Rivas Hernandez — six months after her dismembered body was discovered. Cops descended on a Hollywood Hills home where D4vd was staying late Thursday and he can be seen being escorted...
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ERIC’S 500K HOTEL BILL
Accused serial sex pest Eric Swalwell spent a whopping $500K of donor cash on luxury hotels — including the rooms where he allegedly raped two women. The shock figure comes as the California Post can reveal Swalwell’s alleged troubling activities are...
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PARTNERS IN SLIME
BRYAN LOURD • ARI EMANUEL • ED HELMS • JON CRYER SEE INSIDE: THE LIST OF POLITICAL DONORS WHO SUPPORTED DISGRACED ACCUSED SEXUAL ABUSER’S CAMPAIGNS
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SWAL’OUT
Rep. Eric Swalwell is resigning from Congress, he said Monday, just hours after the House Ethics Committee announced an investigation into his mounting sexual assault scandal. “It’s . . . wrong for my constituents to have me distracted from my duties,”...
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THAT’S SWAL’ FOLKS!
Rep. Eric Swalwell’s California governor dream is over after he dramatically suspended his campaign yesterday after shocking claims of sleaze and sexual assault. “I am deeply sorry for mistakes in judgment I’ve made in my past,” he said, but issued...
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