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Republicans are suddenly racing to defend a seat in Kansas, where Democrats are trying to win a Senate race for the first time in nearly a century.

The hurricane is forecast to make landfall Friday evening. Officials have issued mandatory evacuation orders along parts of the northwest Florida coast.

President Trump’s allies have sought to prove a conspiracy through a Justice Department inquiry, which has faced internal disputes and trouble finding evidence.

Some G.O.P. members of Congress said that broadcasting the execution of the Fort Hood shooter was inappropriate, though others gleefully applauded it.

Footage shows agents approaching the victim and the shooting’s aftermath. The homeland security secretary said agents were trying to arrest an undocumented immigrant with a criminal record.

She has long worked on human rights issues. Her role on a recent U.N. commission that said Israel committed genocide in Gaza made her win intensely political.