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Who are Diamond and Silk and why is Mark Zuckerberg being questioned about them in Congress?

Diamond and Silk are in the spotlight again as Mark Zuckerberg's congressional hearing comes to a close. The pair rose to fame as right-wing YouTubers who support Donald Trump.




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Senate Republicans are unsure what to do between now and November - so they're polling THEMSELVES

Senators Ted Cruz and Lamar Alexander are polling their GOP colleagues for ideas as Leader Mitch McConnell resists 'messaging' votes and President Trump dominates agenda




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Ted Cruz challenges and beats Jimmy Kimmel in charity basketball game

Senator Ted Cruz beat Jimmy Kimmel 11 to 9 in a charity basketball game held at Texas Southern University on Saturday. The loser donated $5,000 to a local Houston charity.




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Ted Cruz begs Trump to campaign for him in Texas

Republican Sen. Ted Cruz is begging President Donald Trump to come campaign for him as he faces a tough contest from a rising Democratic star.




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Trump says he'll be stumping for one-time foe Ted Cruz in 'biggest stadium in Texas we can find'

Trump said Friday that he would be campaigning for Cruz after the Republican's home state was noticeably left off the White House's list of mid-term election targets.




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Michael Avenatti to hold 'resistance rally' in Texas the same night Trump holds event for Ted Cruz 

Michael Avenatti, the lawyer for Stormy Daniels who's weighing a 2020 bid, is holding a 'resistance rally' in Texas the same night President Trump will be campaigning for Sen. Ted Cruz.




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David Hogg's GoFundMe raises early $10K for billboard of Trump's anti-Cruz tweet

David Hogg (left) helped raise money for a billboard of Trump mocking Cruz in a tweet that reads;'Why would the people of Texas support Ted Cruz when he has accomplished absolutely nothing'.




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'BBQ will be illegal!' Ted Cruz claims  Democrats will 'ban barbecue' if elected in Texas 

Cruz was holding a rally over the weekend as part of the run up to the election, when it was targeted by protesters from the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA).




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Ted Cruz hounded out of DC restaurant by anti-Kavanaugh protesters

Demonstrators ambushed Ted Cruz and his wife in Fiola, a restaurant a few hundreds yards from the US Capitol, surrounding his table shouting 'We believe survivors', which prompted them to leave.




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DC restaurant get DEATH THREATS after protesters confronted Ted Cruz

The staff at a Washington DC restaurant where Senator Ted Cruz and his wife Heidi were hounded by anti-Kavanaugh protesters earlier this week are receiving 'death threats'.




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Sexual assault survivor confronts Ted Cruz outside Kavanaugh vote and blasts dismissive response 

Jessica Morales Rocketto was filmed confronting Senator Ted Cruz Friday asks the Texas Senator, asking if he will listen to sexual assault survivors and vote no to confirm Brett Kavanaugh.




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DC restaurant hires security after Cruz was confronted by protesters

Fabio Trabocchi, who is the owner and head chef of Fiola, in Washington DC, emailed customers to reassure them and dismiss 'crazy' rumors that his staff tipped off protesters to the Senator's whereabouts.




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Liberal PAC targets Ted Cruz over 2013 speech about how much he likes mini White Castle burgers 

A liberal PAC targeting Texas Sen. Ted Cruz has teamed up with filmmaker Richard Linklater to slam the senator in a new ad over his preference for White Castle burgers.




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Heidi Cruz says her husband Ted laughed off Trump's tweet insulting her looks

In the waning days of the U.S. Senate race that could oust her husband from federal office, Heidi Cruz opened up about her marriage and Donald Trump's tweet spilling 'the beans' on her.




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Michael Avenatti calls off promised anti-Trump 'resistance rally'

Avenatti won't bring his anti-Trump rhetoric to Texas on Monday despite his promise last month to 'fight fire with fire' when the president visits Houston.




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Eric Trump boasts that 'ISIS is gone!' in speech at Ted Cruz rally

Both Eric and Lara gave speeches at the Houston rally for Cruz on Monday night. Eric boasted that ISIS no longer exists - despite the Pentagon saying last week it still poses a threat.




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Trump jokes that he needs to nominate Hillary Clinton to the Supreme Court

Trump claimed the 'fake news media', as he called it on Monday night, would only investigate Clinton if he nominated her. He called Kavanaugh a 'fine man' and asked: 'Can you imagine Hillary up there?'




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Google, Facebook and Twitter staff donated just 8 per cent of $2.4M to GOP candidates

Newly released Federal Election Commission data show staff at all three tech giants have donated a total of $2.2million to Democrats and just $176,000 to Republicans this year.




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In Texas as Dems trying to elect straight ticket see voting machines change their choice to Ted Cruz

Some malfunctioning voting machines in Texas are resulting in Democrats voting for GOP Sen. Ted Cruz instead of Democrat Beto O'Roure if they cast their ballot for a straight, party line ticket.




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Election Day 2018: How and where to vote, documents needed and more details

Election Day 2018 is just days away. Here's all you need to know, including when it is, where and how to vote, early voting information, needed documents, how to register to vote and more.




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Ted Cruz hits out at Jim Carrey painting that depicts him as vampire

Carrey's painting shows O'Rourke pulling a curtain to shine light on Cruz. The actor told his followers to make Tuesday like 'the end of every great vampire movie' and 'turn all those bloodsuckers to dust'.




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Election Day exit polls and results: When will we know the midterms outcome?

Election Day 2018 is currently underway in the United States. Here's all about when the polls open and close, when the exit polls and results will be in and the key races to watch.




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Ted Cruz wins over Beto O'Rourke in Texas Senate race

Republican Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas won reelection Tuesday night, holding off a hard fought challenge from Democratic upstart Beto O'Rourke




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Jimmy Kimmel and Stephen Colbert poke fun at midterm election results

As the Democrats won control of the House of Representatives and the Republicans held their Senate majority, Jimmy Kimmel joked that 'the big loser this year is all of our Thanksgiving dinners.'




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Antifa mob descends on Tucker Carlson's house chanting 'we know where you sleep at night'

About 20 activists from far-left group Smash Racism DC gathered outside the Fox News host's house on Wednesday around 6.30pm where they banged on his door and chanting slogans.




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Ted Cruz's father laughs off conspiracy theories that he shot JFK but says he had lunch nearby 

After President Donald Trump accused Pastor Rafael Cruz of playing a part in the assassination of JFK, Ted Cruz's dad was recently quoted as telling a Dallas luncheon: ‘Oh, yes - I shot J.R.!’




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Nine Inch Nails' Trent Reznor told Ted Cruz to 'f**k off' when he asked to be on guest list

Reznor said the GOP senator was 'bugging' to get on the band's list Wednesday. He also revealed that Cruz had been on the band's guest list a few years prior.




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Ted Cruz jokes Trump's Washington is like 'Game of Thrones': Sessions is Ned and Pelosi is Khalesi

Cruz delivered a jesting speech in Washington, saying the next two years in Trump's Washington will be 'Game of Thrones': 'Mueller is coming ...Trump finally builds a wall to keep the wildlings out.'




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Ted Cruz urges Senate to make El Chapo pay for Trump’s border wall

Senator Ted Cruz repeated his call to use Joaquin 'El Chapo' Guzman's seized assets to fund the construction of President Trump’s promised wall along the Mexican border.




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Ted Cruz tweets that Chick-fil-A ban from San Antonio Airport 'for being anti-LGBTQ' is 'ridiculous'

Texas Senator Ted Cruz tweeted about Chick-fil-A ban Friday: 'The citizens of beautiful San Antonio deserve more delicious sandwiches, and fewer rabid attacks against companies.'




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'I was a giant a**hole': Beto O'Rourke apologized to his campaign staff

Beto O'Rourke apologized to the staff of his Texas Senate campaign for being a 'giant a**hole' during the competitive, high-pressure 2018 race.  




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Omar deletes tweet after Cruz blasts her for claiming 'merit-based' immigration plan is anti-Latino

Ilhan Omar deleted a tweet claiming a merit-based immigration system would disadvantage Latino migrants after Texas Senator Ted Cruz called her out for prejudice against Hispanics.




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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Ted Cruz strike Twitter partnership to promote a law 

The unlikely duo of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Ted Cruz have teamed up on legislation to close Washington's famous revolving door.




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Alexandra Ocasio-Cortez says her alliance with Ted Cruz is 'super bizarre'

'Never thought in my life that one of my first pushes would be alongside Ted Cruz,' said the 29-year-old liberal superstar. 'We're going to see how far we can push this.'




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Ted Cruz wants to work with AOC to make birth control pills available without prescriptions

The left-right duo agree birth control pills should be available over the counter and Cruz proposed that they collaborate. Republicans last proposed it in 2015; Senate Democrats blocked it




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Beto proposes a 'war tax' to help veterans as he struggles to regain his momentum

Former Texas Rep. Beto O'Rourke has released the details of his proposed 'war tax' intended to help veterans and discourage 'endless wars.'




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Colin Kaepernick slammed for 'selectively' quoting Frederick Douglass Fourth of July speech

Kaepernick had shared a video montage of depictions of slavery and modern-day videos of police brutality on Twitter but Cruz claimed they lacked context and he interjected to add it.




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Google chief Karan Bhatia denies it manipulates search results

Karan Bhatia attended the Senate Judiciary subcommittee hearing on Tuesday and was grilled by several senators including Ted Cruz (pictured) on alleged political bias.




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Alyssa Milano says meeting with Ted Cruz on Second Amendment made her 'optimistic' for gun reform 

Actress Alyssa Milano was joined by activist Fred Guttenberg at Ted Cruz's Washington DC office to discuss gun reform. Milano later tweeted that the conversation had been 'civil'.




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Ted Cruz and Andrew Yang will suit up in 4-on-4 basketball game for charity

Ted Cruz challenged Andrew Yang to a basketball game as the 2020 Democratic candidate prepares take stage for the third round of primary debates in Houston, Texas.




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Trump hints at U-turn and support for indexing capital gains to inflation

Indexing involves taking inflation into account by recalculating an asset's original purchase price when someone sells it. That results in less profit and a lower tax burden.




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Donald Trump walks away from 'elitist' indexing capital gains to inflation

Purchasing a home for $200K in 1999 and selling it today for $600K would result in a capital gain of $400K; under current law $150K of that is taxable, even though $108K of that is solely due to inflation.




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Ted Cruz says Donald Trump's call for China to probe the Bidens was 'NOT' appropriate

Cruz was asked on CBS Face the Nation if Trump should have said China should probe the Biden and said: 'It's not the business of foreign countries to be interfering in our elections.'




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Police chief slams Ted Cruz and Mitch McConnell for 'caring more about NRA than protecting cops'

The chief, emotional during a news conference because one of his officers was gunned down, called on the law makers to reauthorize the Violence Against Women Act to prevent further violence.




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'They don't even allege a crime': Trump adds 'No crime!' to 'No collusion' and 'No obstruction'

Trump claimed Democrats are impeaching him without evidence of a crime. 'I did nothing wrong. This will be the first Impeachment ever where there was no crime. They don't even allege a crime.'




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Senator Ted Cruz says President Donald Trump's impeachment trial could last as long as EIGHT weeks

Cruz joins Senator Lindsey Graham in saying that if the Senate votes to call witnesses, reciprocity rules should apply. That means a witness from the defense is matched for every one from the prosecution.




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Doctor at top New York hospital 'self-isolates' over coronavirus fears

NYU Langone ob/gyn Dr. Alan Berger has self-isolated,. the hospital said. The Englewood, New Jersey, doctor is an ally of Ted Cruz, who is also in quarantine after exposure at CPAC.




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Ted Cruz announces he will self-quarantine after shaking hands with coronavirus victim

Ted Cruz has announced he will self-quarantine after he shook hands with someone who has tested positive for coronavirus at the Conservative Political Action Conference 10 days ago.




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Donald Trump loyalist Doug Collins is in self-quarantine and shook hands with president

Georgia rep Doug Collins went to CPAC on Feb. 27 and met the mystery patient zero, he said. He then shook hands with Trump and went to the CDC's Atlanta headquarters last week.




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Republicans skip events over fears of coronavirus but Trump doesn't plan to stop rallies

At least two Republican lawmakers are voluntarily quarantining themselves after claiming they may have been exposed to coronavirus while attending CPAC at the end of last month.