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Scientists have created an interactive map that shows how parts of Illinois may be swallowed up by Lake Michigan as climate change bites. The Great Lakes in the Midwest comprise the largest unfrozen freshwater stores on Earth, but experts have forecast that rising water levels could have serious consequences. More than 30 million people live along the lakes' roughly 4,500 miles of coastline, which stretches across the U.S. and Canada, and touches upon the cities of Chicago, Detroit and Buffalo, New York. That means millions of families could be hit hard by new, higher water levels, which could potentially wash...

Arizona Republican Kari Lake has a three-point lead over Democratic Rep. Ruben Gallego in this year’s U.S. Senate race, and Lake’s margin would be slightly wider if incumbent Sen. Kyrsten Sinema decides to seek reelection as an independent.

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The family of the late Senator John McCain (R-AZ) is back in the news, with his daughter Meghan McCain refusing an attempt at reconciliation by Republican Senate candidate Kari Lake. Lake, a critic of the late Senator’s foreign policy and globalist political stances, wrote to Meghan McCain on X (formerly Twitter) to bury the hatchet. “I want to make Senator McCain and Larry Lake proud,” Lake said, referring to her father, who also died of cancer. She continued: “I value you. I value your family and I value the passion you have for our state.” Lake offered to meet with...

Meghan McCain, the daughter of late Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.), went after Arizona Republican Senate candidate Kari Lake on Tuesday, blasting Lake’s attempts to dismiss as joking previous insults against her dad. “Kari Lake is trying to walk back her continued attacks on my Dad (& family) and all of his loyal supporters after telling them to ‘get the hell out,’” McCain said in a post on X, the platform formerly known as Twitter Tuesday. “Guess she realized she can’t become a Senator without us,” McCain continued. “No peace, -—-. We see you for who you are – and are...

Party officials from across the state gathered in Phoenix for a long scheduled meeting and to select a replacement for Jeff DeWit, who stood down after DailyMail.com published a recording of the moment he apparently offered Lake a bribe not to run again. But the secret audio has divided the party. While some have applauded Lake, a firebrand hardliner who is close to Donald Trump, others accused her of secretly wearing a wire to set up DeWit. Witnesses said she was booed for a minute as she tried to make the case for Gina Swoboda to be elected chair of...

PHOENIX (3TV/CBS 5) -- The Chairman of the Arizona Republican Party has resigned amid a growing number of calls to step down after a British tabloid released clips of him reportedly trying to “bribe” former gubernatorial candidate and TV news anchor Kari Lake to not run for Senate. The verified audio recording obtained by the Daily Mail reveals party chair Jeff DeWit asking Lake to “Just say, is there a number at which,” that appears to signify Lake to essentially “name her price.” Lake is heard in the audio tape taking offense to the remark, stating, “I can be bought?...

Jeff DeWit resigned as the chair of the Arizona Republican Party Wednesday, 24 hours after DailyMail.com published leaked audio of him offering Kari Lake a plum job or money to step out of politics. In the tape, he can be heard explaining that powerful people would offer her a job or money if she sits out of politics for two years. In his resignation statement he accused Lake of setting him up by recording a private conversation.

Arizona GOP Chairman Jeff DeWit allegedly attempted to offer money to Kari Lake to keep her out of the 2024 U.S. Senate race, in a recording posted on Tuesday.In an audio recording obtained by the Daily Mail, the authenticity of which was confirmed by Lake to Just the News, DeWit allegedly made the offer to Lake in March 2023. The Daily Mail confirmed with two sources that the identity of the other speaker on the recording was DeWit. A transcript by the Daily Mail of the exchange is below:Article Dig Deeper Arizona GOP Chairman Jeff DeWit allegedly attempted to offer...

The panel affirmed the district court’s dismissal for lack of standing of an action, brought before the 2022 general election by former Republican nominees for Governor and Secretary of State of Arizona, alleging that Arizona’s use of electronic tabulation systems violated the federal Constitution. The gravamen of Plaintiffs’ operative complaint is that notwithstanding safeguards, electronic tabulation systems are particularly susceptible to hacking by non-governmental actors who intend to influence election results. On appeal, Plaintiffs conceded that their arguments were limited to potential future hacking, and not based on any past harm. The panel held that because Plaintiffs are no longer...

Republican Kari Lake is slated Tuesday evening to announce her campaign for the Senate as she makes a bid for Sen. Kyrsten Sinema’s (I) seat in Arizona. Lake, who previously ran for Arizona governor, registered her Senate campaign committee with the Federal Election Commission last week. The former news anchor lost to now-Gov. Katie Hobbs (D) last year, drawing attention as a former President Trump-aligned candidate who was among the party’s most prominent election deniers running for office. Lake has not accepted the results of the 2022 gubernatorial election.

Republican Senate candidate Kari Lake confronted a possible general election opponent, Rep. Ruben Gallego (D-Ariz.), at an Arizona airport on Thursday, blasting him with criticism over the border in an on-camera exchange later posted on social media. The exchange took place after Lake and Gallego found themselves on the same plane landing in Phoenix. Lake had posted criticism about Gallego and the border on X, the social media platform formerly known as Twitter, and the Democrat quickly responded.

Arizona Republican Kari Lake, who was last year’s Republican gubernatorial nominee in the Grand Canyon State, will announce her candidacy for U.S. Senate during an October 10 rally in Phoenix. The Wall Street Journal’s Elia Collins first reported on Lake’s plans on Thursday, having spoken with Lake about her forthcoming announcement. “We need to get a senator in there who is going to fight back and put America first,” Lake told the outlet.

Former GOP Arizona gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake’s public records trial against Maricopa County over ballot affidavit envelopes has begun with a focus on voter privacy and will continue next week. On Thursday, Lake was in the courtroom for her two-day trial before Judge John Hannah of the Superior Court of Arizona, Maricopa County, regarding a public records request Lake filed under Arizona's Public Records law. In March, Lake submitted a public records request of ballot affidavit envelopes from the 2022 general election, but the Maricopa County’s Recorders Office denied her request in April. Lake wants to review the envelopes, which...

Former President Trump warned Blake Masters that he is likely to lose an Arizona Senate primary to Kari Lake in 2024, The New York Times reported Friday. The Times report claims Trump called Masters on Sunday to make the blunt prediction, in what would be a move inconsistent with his 2024 strategy so far of generally staying out of down-ballot Republican races.

Former GOP Arizona gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake announced an upcoming trial date in a lawsuit to obtain mail-in ballot signatures. "We are scheduled for a 2-day trial set for September 21 & 25th," Lake wrote on X, the platform previously called Twitter. "I will never stop fighting for Honest & Transparent Elections." You can read the decision here: [link] Earlier this year, a superior court judge ruled not to dismiss Lake's request for access to ballot affidavit envelopes. Maricopa County argued the ballot affidavit signatures are part of the voter registration record and are deemed confidential by state law with...

Curt and Debbie Havens’ ranch style home is the gathering place for their family. Their two boys grew up playing in the streets in this quiet neighborhood in West Virginia’s northern panhandle. Now, their grandchildren do the same. “They played ball, all kinds of games,” Debbie recalled during a recent interview. Family photos and knick-knacks line the walls. One heart-shaped sign reads “May love be the heart of this home.” “Everybody wants to come to grammy’s and pappy’s,” she added. Chester, West Virginia, is a small town of about 3,000 people, just a stone’s throw from Pennsylvania to the east...

Kari Lake’s announcement that she’ll decide by the end of the year whether she’s running for Senate in Arizona adds to growing signals that the Grand Canyon State is headed toward a contentious, high-stakes race for Sen. Kyrsten Sinema’s (I) seat. Sinema’s seat is a top 2024 target for Republicans looking to seize control of the upper chamber, where Democrats hold a tenuous 51-49 lead that includes Sinema — who dropped her affiliation as a Democrat after last year’s midterm elections.

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Kari Lake milked a cow at the Iowa State Fair on Friday and argued the animals prove there are only two genders - because a bull can't be milked. Lake, the Republican who failed in her quest to be elected governor of Arizona last year, was at the annual event to campaign for Donald Trump. She made a stop at the dairy barn to push back against what conservatives call 'woke' ideas, particularly when it comes to a person's gender. Lake, dressed in jeans and boots, pulled up a stool to the cow's side, sat down, and got to work....