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President Trump says he doesn't know much about Roy Moore, and seemed to unwittingly emphasize the point by twice referring to the Republican front-runner for Senate in Alabama as "Ray" during a radio interview on the "Rick and Bubba Show" ahead of Tuesday's primary, per Politico. Moore is up against incumbent Sen. Luther Strange, who Trump has publicly endorsed. "Luther Strange is going to be a great senator. He loves Alabama, he loves the states and he loves the country," Trump said Monday, according to AL.com. "He will absolutely win against the Democrat. Ray will have a hard time. If...

Governor Claims He “Had No Recollection” Now Thinks Levee Board Bidding Was Corrupt Foster Admits That He Did Nothing. (Provided by C.B. Forgotston) On Tuesday morning, www.LouisianaWeekly.com political columnist Christopher Tidmore appeared on the statewide Moon Griffon show to discuss the dangers of the legislative failure to create a single statewide levee board out of the myriad of parish entities. He outlined how the Orleans Parish Levee Board had consistently diverted its attentions and monies away from Levee protection and into projects including the construction of overpasses leading to a gambling boat, police departments to patrol the levees, and overstaffing....

WEST ALLIS, Wis. — President Bush, ignoring press derision of Zell Miller, yesterday began invoking him on the campaign trail, which brought raucous applause from voters who share the fiery Georgian's opposition to fellow Democratic Sen. John Kerry.     "Zell Miller of Georgia, he's a discerning Democrat," Mr. Bush told a rally in Moosic, Pa., his first stop after accepting the party's nomination Thursday. The audience of 8,000 exploded in cheers.     The reaction was even more dramatic at the president's next stop here, where the crowd of 20,000 made more noise than any other gathering the president has addressed during the...