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CENTRAL VALLEY, Calif. — Republican congressional candidate Kevin Lincoln is making his case for California’s 13th Congressional District with a message built around affordability, water rights, rural health care, faith and public service — arguing that the concerns facing Central Valley families are bigger than partisan labels. Capitol Times Scott Shields interview with Kevin Lincoln Speaking exclusively with Capitol Times Media in California’s Central Valley, Lincoln said h

Defense Minister Israel Katz says attacker intended to crash Israel-bound jet as investigators examine dramatic cockpit stabbing and emergency diversion to Saudi Arabia Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz on Wednesday described the violent cockpit incident aboard a Flydubai flight bound for Tel Aviv as an “attempted jihadist terrorist attack,” as authorities investigate an extraordinary midair emergency in which one pilot allegedly stabbed another before the aircraft rapidly

By Scott Shields – Contributing Writer For Capitol Times Media – A Special Thanks A Close Friend. I also dedicate this article to one of the most brilliant individuals of wartime history who has past away. He taught so many of us how to think beyond what normal conditions allow us to witness. A Balance Most Could Not Achieve President Donald Trump has accomplished what leaders in history have failed to do: he possesses overwhelming power to destroy, yet exercises unprecedente

Sydney Sweeney appeared nearly nude in a sports advertisement, and suddenly parts of the sports world began behaving as though a previously sacred boundary had been shattered. PHOTO: Novig Novig It hadn't. The actress's provocative new campaign for sports prediction platform Novig has generated substantial criticism from female athletes, some of whom argue that the advertisement sexualizes women and undermines the progress female competitors have made in being recognized for

WASHINGTON — Former President Bill Clinton has reopened one of the most painful questions surrounding the September 11 attacks: Could the United States have stopped Osama bin Laden before nearly 3,000 Americans were killed? In a new interview with WABC’s Cats Roundtable, Clinton said he had authorized the CIA to pursue the al Qaeda leader before 9/11, but an operation he believed could have succeeded was abandoned at the last minute because intelligence officials feared civil

A Capitol Times Media - Exclusive Friday's release included the infamous memo titled "Bin Ladin Determined To Strike in US" from August 2001, which was declassified in 2004 at the request of the 9/11 Commission. The memo said that FBI information "indicates patterns of suspicious activity in this country consistent with preparations for hijackings or other types of attacks, including recent surveillance of federal buildings in New York." Nothing Happens in a Vacuum The assess

DALLAS — President Donald Trump has transformed the 2026 midterm elections from a conventional fight over congressional seats into something much larger: a referendum on whether voters want his political and economic agenda to continue with a Republican Congress behind it. Speaking Wednesday night at the Republican National Committee’s first midterm convention in Dallas, Trump told supporters to effectively treat November as though his own name were back on the ballot. Then h

WASHINGTON — The Trump administration opened another major front in its economic campaign against Tehran on Tuesday, imposing sweeping sanctions across Iran’s aviation industry and warning foreign banks and companies that continued business with sanctioned Iranian airlines could cost them access to the American financial system. The Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control sanctioned 36 targets, including 27 Iranian airlines, as part of what the administration c

The Trump administration is taking its mail-ballot fight back to the Supreme Court after a federal judge blocked new Postal Service election rules ahead of the 2026 midterms. With ballots already going out in North Carolina and more states set to follow, the clock is running fast. The administration says the rules are designed to strengthen ballot tracking, verification and election integrity. Opponents claim the changes come too close to Election Day and could disrupt voting

House Republicans are turning socialism, election security, voter ID, and citizenship verification into central midterm battle lines as Democrats face new pressure in Washington.

WASHINGTON — America’s 2026 midterm elections are entering their decisive phase, and the battle lines could hardly be clearer: Republicans are preparing to make the Democratic Party’s increasingly influential socialist wing a defining issue as Democrats fight to break GOP control of Washington. With the primary season largely behind them, both parties are pivoting toward the November general election and a national fight over control of Congress. Republicans currently hold na

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump signed an executive order Thursday directing the federal government to rename Lake Ontario “Lake America,” turning another of the continent’s most recognizable geographic names into a declaration of American history, economic strength and national pride. The August 27 order directs the Interior Department, working with the U.S. Board on Geographic Names, to make the change within 30 days and update the federal Geographic Names Information S

WASHINGTON — Iran spent years learning how to survive Western sanctions. President Donald Trump is now attempting something far more aggressive: forcing the countries that keep Tehran connected to the global economy to choose between doing business with Iran and maintaining access to American financial power. The pressure campaign is already exposing Iran’s vulnerability. The United Arab Emirates, one of Iran’s most important commercial partners and a crucial gateway for impo

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump’s administration has temporarily halted immigrant-visa interviews at U.S. embassies and consulates around the world as the State Department moves to toughen enforcement of rules designed to keep financially dependent applicants from becoming a burden on American taxpayers. The pause affects immigrant-visa applicants whose cases have reached the interview stage, while consular officers undergo new training on how to determine whether applica

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Dolly Parton, the Tennessee-born country music giant whose unmistakable voice, fierce work ethic, Christian faith and generosity made her one of America's most enduring cultural figures, died Tuesday at 80 after what her representatives described as a brief battle with cancer. Parton's representatives confirmed that she died at Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center in Nashville surrounded by loved ones. The specific form of cancer has not been publicly disclosed.

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said Tuesday that mines have been removed or destroyed from international waters in the Strait of Hormuz, declaring a major U.S. maritime operation complete while issuing a direct warning to Iran against attempting to mine the strategic waterway again. Trump said the United States is maintaining intensive surveillance over the strait and has adopted a zero-tolerance posture toward any renewed Iranian mine-laying activity. He warned that ves

COLUMBIA, S.C. — South Carolina Republicans are voting Tuesday in a consequential U.S. Senate runoff that pits President Donald Trump's endorsed candidate, interim Sen. Darline Graham, against veteran Rep. Ralph Norman in a contest that will determine who carries the Republican banner into November. The special election follows the sudden death of longtime Sen. Lindsey Graham in July and has quickly developed into a test of political experience, presidential influence and the

WASHINGTON — The United States opened a powerful new front against Iran on Monday, launching an unprecedented financial campaign designed to isolate Tehran from the global economy and force governments and businesses around the world to choose between dealing with the Iranian regime or maintaining access to America's financial system. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent announced Operation Economic Outcast, describing the campaign as an effort to sever the financial networks tha

WASHINGTON — Vice President JD Vance challenged Michigan Democratic Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed over his past rhetoric surrounding Sharia law. Instead of simply answering the substance of that criticism, El-Sayed escalated the confrontation by dragging Second Lady Usha Vance into the political fight. The exchange is rapidly becoming one of the most revealing confrontations of the 2026 midterm campaign. Speaking Friday at the Cleveland-Cliffs Middletown Works steel plant in

OMAHA, Neb. — President Donald Trump’s push to put his political movement at the center of the 2026 midterms is colliding with one of the Republican Party’s most delicate battlegrounds: Nebraska’s Omaha-based 2nd Congressional District, where Republicans are fighting to keep an open House seat in territory that rejected Trump at the presidential level just two years ago. The battle between Republican Omaha City Councilman Brinker Harding and Democratic activist Denise Powell