Barely 16 months after he completed a prison term for income tax evasion, former Rep. Michael Grimm, R.-N.Y., announced last week he would attempt to retake the U.S. House seat he held from 2011 to 2014.

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--NewsMax.com--

COBLESKILL - As Congress continues to discuss provisions for the 2018 agriculture bill, the House Agriculture Committee came to SUNY Cobleskill on Monday to hear concerns of New York farmers.

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--Mid-Hudson News Network--

ESPN suspended pundit Jemele Hill for two weeks Monday after she suggested fans should boycott the sponsors of the Dallas Cowboys and the NFL.

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--The Daily Caller--

NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Republican Rep. Marsha Blackburn’s Senate campaign announcement ad has been blocked by Twitter over a statement the abortion rights opponent makes about the sale of fetal tissue for medical research.

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--Associated Press--

California health care workers who “willfully and repeatedly” decline to use a senior transgender patient’s “preferred name or pronouns” could face punishments ranging from a fine to jail time under a newly signed law.

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--Fox News--

Analysis by Investor's Business Daily

The Environmental Protection Agency says it will repeal President Obama’s Clean Power Plan. Just plain get rid of it. To which we say, heck, what took you so long?

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--Investor's Business Daily--

Analysis by Becket Adams

Once again, headlines really do matter.

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--Washington Examiner--

The Trump Administration said on Sunday it is “ready to work with Congress” on three immigration objectives: border security (fund and build a southern wall); interior enforcement (uphold immigration laws and return visa overstays); and merit-based immigration (green cards for spouses and minor children only; establish a merit-based system that puts skills ahead of family connections).

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--CNSNews.com--

A federal judge in Wisconsin has struck down as unconstitutional a law that gives clergy tax-free housing allowances, in a ruling that could have far-reaching ramifications for religious leaders who have fought for years to keep the substantial financial benefit.

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--NewsMax.com--

Dove is facing heat for a body wash ad showing a black woman taking off her shirt to reveal a white woman, with many social media users calling it racist.

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--NewsMax.com--

Commentary by Jed Babbin

Pressure from all directions for him to keep Obama’s Iran deal.

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--American Spectator--

Commentary by John Fund

Why does the Republican always get more media coverage?

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--National Review--

Commentary by Jack Kerwick

Well, it’s Christopher Columbus Day again. And this, of course, means that it is but another occasion for leftists everywhere to repudiate their own civilization.

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--TownHall.com--

Commentary by Robert Knight

At a forum at the College of William & Mary on Sept. 27, the ACLU got a sample of what conservatives have been experiencing on campuses for years.

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--Washington Times--