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Republican wins South Carolina state House special election

Republican John Lastinger has won the special election for a South Carolina state House seat vacated by ex-state Rep. RJ May (R), who pleaded guilty this year to distributing child sexual abuse material, according to Decision Desk HQ. Lastinger, a pastor, defeated Democrat and

The Memo: Latest Jeffrey Epstein files hit Trump harder

President Trump is grappling with a new disclosure of Jeffrey Epstein-related material that hit him much harder than the initial batch of documents released last week. The new tranche of almost 30,000 items released late on Monday was worse for Trump in part simply because the

Republicans reticent on removal of Maduro

Welcome to The Hill's Defense & NatSec newsletter {beacon} Defense &National Security Defense &National Security The Big Story Republicans reticent on removal of Maduro Republican lawmakers are divided over whether President Trump should escalate military pressure on