Trump-endorsed Rep. Andy Ogles (R-Tenn.) lost the Republican primary in Tennessee's 5th Congressional District on Thursday to newcomer Charlie Hatcher.

The loss comes after the Invest in Tomorrow Coalition PAC spent $2 million against Ogles as retribution for his opposition to green energy subsidies. Ogles was also affected by redistricting, with over 80% of voters in the redrawn district previously belonging to another.

‘Communist Democrats defeated Andy Ogles tonight in Tennessee, but we cannot let them win in November.’

Hatcher did not respond to requests for comment.

"Last night, the radical left successfully employed a strategy to influence a Republican primary," Ogles told Blaze News. "The night before early voting began, a California Green Energy PAC publicly disclosed a four-week, $2 million spending campaign all to defeat a Trump-endorsed America First conservative."

"Republicans across the country should take notice. If the left can spend millions to meddle in Republican primaries in Tennessee, they'll do it in every red state where they think they can buy the outcome," Ogles said. "While last night's outcome wasn't what I hoped, Charlie is a good man, and I will do whatever I can to help him be successful."

Ogles served in the House of Representatives for two terms. He introduced the Remigration Act bill in June, aiming to expand denaturalizations and deportations.

"Tennessee's 5th District just proved once again that standing in the way of America's energy future comes with a hefty political price,” ITC Chairman Tom Matzzie said in a statement provided to Blaze News. “This is our second upset in as many primaries — first Chip Roy, now Andy Ogles — and we will continue to punish members of either party who want to play politics with American jobs, energy security, and utility prices.”

“The entire map is in play, and we will take this fight across the country through November.”

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Invest in Tomorrow’s campaign ran advertisements attacking Roy (R-Texas) as insufficiently MAGA. Roy lost his primary to state Sen. Mayes Middleton.

Matzzie previously held positions at MoveOn.Org, in John Kerry’s presidential campaign, at the Democratic National Committee, and at the AFL-CIO.The White House directed Blaze News to the president’s Friday Truth Social post when reached for comment.

"Last night was another good night for Endorsements, 8-1," Trump wrote. "The 1 was a person who I remained loyal to even though he had virtually no chance of winning, and was running against a Great 'Trump' Candidate."

Hatcher served as Tennessee’s commissioner of agriculture for seven years and received Gov. Bill Haslam's endorsement in July. The primary winner positioned himself as a Trump ally and voice for rural Tennesseans during the campaign.

“Congressman Andy Ogles lost tonight because a super PAC bankrolled by left-wing California Democrats spent $2 million to raid the Republican primary. These leftist Democrats include a San Francisco billionaire who gave $12 million to Kamala Harris and has pledged to spend 'whatever it takes' to elect Gavin Newsom,” the Freedom Caucus Fund said in a statement.

That San Francisco billionaire is Ripple Labs co-founder Chris Larsen, who donated $6 million to the Invest in Tomorrow Coalition PAC between February and June 2026, according to Federal Election Commission disclosures. During the 2024 campaign, Larsen donated millions to Kamala Harris’ presidential campaign. Larsen is worth nearly $13 billion.

The Freedom Caucus Fund spent over $560,000 to defend Ogles against Invest in Tomorrow's campaign, according to a spokesperson.

“This same super PAC is pledging tens of millions to take out conservative pro-Trump Republicans in the House and Senate this November. Their goal is to destroy President Trump’s America First majority in Congress, install Hakeem Jeffries as speaker, and reinstate Biden’s Green New Scam that President Trump and the House Freedom Caucus eliminated in the Big Beautiful Bill.

"Communist Democrats defeated Andy Ogles tonight in Tennessee, but we cannot let them win in November.”

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Nick Freitas says Democrats just lost their biggest advantage in Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania Democrats have long enjoyed an incredible advantage: a massive lead in registered voters that gave the party a built-in edge heading into every election.

But according to BlazeTV hosts Nick Freitas and Christian Hines, that advantage is disappearing — and it’s all thanks to a boots-on-the-ground approach headed by the late, great Charlie Kirk.

“While the Senate fights over the SAVE Act and whether or not we can actually rely on our elections anymore, Pennsylvania, of all places, has handed Democrats a huge loss,” Freitas begins.

“Democrats used to have a major voter registration lead in pretty much every election. This week, that lead got cut significantly, and the number left standing should terrify anyone planning a Democratic campaign in 2028 in Pennsylvania,” he says.

And as Hines notes, “For as long as the records have existed, Pennsylvania has been an overwhelmingly Democrat state in terms of party registration.”

Even as recently as 2012, there were “over a million more registered Democrats in the state than Republicans.”

Now, he says, there’s “not even evidence, there’s hard numbers that show that that advantage has basically disappeared.”

And head of the Citizens Alliance of America Cliff Maloney had a lot to do with this change.

“For many years, I’ve kind of had this idea that door-knocking is the lost art on the right that the left has kind of mastered, right?” Maloney tells Freitas and Hines.

So, when Charlie Kirk and Turning Point reached out and asked Maloney if Citizens Alliance of America would focus on door-knocking in Pennsylvania, he jumped at the opportunity.

“Not registering voters, not doing GOTV, but solving the major problem, which was failing to compete when it came to vote-by-mail,” he explains.

“We knocked 510,000 doors, and Trump ended up getting 34.5% against Kamala Harris. This changed my life,” he says.

“When I went out and we were delivering the White House on that night, the Democrats had an active voter registration advantage of over 200,000 — 200,000. ... The fact that that is down into the 20,000s is just absolutely wild to talk about which direction Pennsylvania’s going,” he adds.

“Things are getting done,” Freitas comments. “You proved it with respect to what you can do when people stop just complaining on X and actually get up, start knocking doors, start doing the things that actually move the needle within these races.”

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Pro-amnesty Utah Republican introduces last-ditch bill to import more migrants

Sen. John Curtis (R-Utah) is demanding more migrants.

A new bill from Curtis and Sen. Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.), the State Sponsored Visa Pilot Program Act of 2026, would allow states to circumvent federal immigration law to import foreign workers. As an amendment to the Immigration and Nationality Act, the bill aims to allow migrants and their families to secure state-sponsored visas for three-year terms.

'Hispanic businesses disproportionately operate in industries that heavily rely on immigrant labor.'

Utah wanted to implement a similar state-level migrant worker visa policy in 2011, when President Barack Obama was still in his first term. The state even sought "waivers" from the federal government to do so, but federal approval never materialized.

“Utah employers tell me time and again how difficult it's become to find enough workers to meet growing demands,” Curtis said in a Monday X post. “Our bill allows states to sponsor visas tailored to their unique workforce needs, while ensuring rigorous federal vetting and accountability.”

Although the Department of Homeland Security would retain final authority to approve each state’s visa criteria and program, the bill also authorizes interstate compacts allowing migrant workers to move freely among participating states.

States would initially receive 5,000 visas per fiscal year, according to the bill. Another 245,000 visas plus 5,000 visas for every nonparticipating state and unused or revoked visas from previous years would also be pooled together and distributed to participating states.

The bill characterizes the visa program as "nonimmigrant," but there are no provisions prohibiting visa-holders from applying for citizenship once in the country.

Kelly and the DHS did not respond to a request for comment from Blaze News.

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The bill has been endorsed by multiple Hispanic organizations, including UnidosUS, the U.S. Hispanic Business Council, and the Arizona Hispanic Chamber of Commerce.

“Hispanic-owned small businesses understand firsthand both the economic contributions of immigrant workers and the need for a lawful, secure, and accountable process,” U.S. HBC President Javier Palomarez said in his endorsement.

When Blaze News asked whether the bill was an ethnic carveout, a U.S. HBC spokesperson replied, "It is not that. This is an endorsement of a potential solution to the very real issue of worker shortages across major industries, totaling millions of unfilled jobs."

“Hispanic businesses disproportionately operate in industries that heavily rely on immigrant labor like agriculture (70% immigrant workforce), hospitality/hotels/lodging (31%), construction (30%), professional services (23%), food services (22%), and more," according to the spokesperson. "This issue is impacting all businesses, but given our presence in these industries, it affects these business owners more significantly.”

UnidosUS and the AHCCC did not respond to requests for comment.

Multiple endorsers of the bill donate to or support almost exclusively Democrats. One-hundred percent of Third Way’s donations went to Democrats in 2024, according to Open Secrets. UnidosUS has bankrolled exclusively Democrat campaigns since 2016 and has overwhelmingly supported them over Republicans since 1992.

UnidosUS was previously known as the National Council of La Raza. La Raza means "the race" in English.

In 2022, then-Rep. Curtis (R-Utah) co-sponsored the DIGNIDAD Act with Rep. Maria Elvira Salazar (R-Fla.), which would have legalized some illegal aliens after background checks and other requirements were satisfied.

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'Truly the best of America': Viral lifeguard rescue sparks overwhelming praise — and a White House honor

On Saturday, a 10-foot shore-break wave slammed into Seabright State Beach in Santa Cruz, California, and pulled a young boy under the water. A 16-year-old lifeguard went in anyway — a decision that, within days, would land him an invitation to the White House.

The footage runs about two minutes: the young boy disappearing under whitewater, the lifeguard disappearing with him, both surfacing again — still together — before going under once more.

'Truly the best of America.'

Beachgoer Scott Vander Dussen caught it on his phone from start to finish.

Other swimmers tried to help and got thrown back for their trouble before a second lifeguard finally reached the pair.

NBC Bay Area identified the lifeguard as a high school student; his name is Ryder Williams.

Vander Dussen said there was no warning. One minute the water was ordinary; the next, conditions "caught a lot of people off-guard," and the boy was gone. He said he doesn't think the boy would have come home that night without the lifeguards who were there.

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The child was checked by paramedics and released to his parents.

According to Fox News, a woman claiming to be Ryder's mother has spent the days since fielding an outpouring she didn't ask for. She turned down a GoFundMe, saying, "He was just doing the job that he absolutely loves." She suggested instead that people give to Santa Cruz County's Junior Guards program, where Ryder trained.

The Guardian spoke to Ryder’s father, Shane, after the incident. “I almost started crying because how determined he was to save that boy’s life makes me so proud,” Shane Williams said during an interview.

It didn't stay a local story for long. Eric Trump reposted the footage, calling it "truly the best of America" and saying the teen deserved the country's highest civilian honor.

Then came the president himself. In a post on Truth Social, Trump said he plans to bring Ryder and his family to the White House — and perhaps the boy he saved — to receive a "High Civilian Honor."

"Very brave, he deserves it," Trump added.

"I got the chills watching this,” Trump Administrator for the U.S. Agency for Global Media Kari Lake said on social media. “So many heroic, incredible men putting themselves in danger to save a life. God bless them all — especially the 16-year-old lifeguard.”

“PROOF the world still needs strong, courageous men!” Chad Prather chimed in, adding that the lifeguard is a “true American hero.”

The rescue has also revived a running argument in Santa Cruz over how lifeguards get classified. Ryder's mother is among those who think lifeguards working coastlines like this one should be recognized as first responders.

Ryder, a first-season lifeguard, was already back at his post the next day — back to business as usual, according to KION Central Coast.

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Will Trump save the Tate brothers from extradition?

Two of the internet's most notorious manosphere influencers got arrested again this weekend.

On Saturday, U.S. Marshals cuffed Andrew and Tristan Tate in Miami, reportedly en route to a bare-knuckle boxing event. Footage of the handcuffing went viral almost instantly, with the internet immediately fixating on the brothers' rumpled outfits — particularly Andrew's choice of a tight and revealing purple blouse.

Their lawyer, Joseph McBride, called the extradition attempt a 'political kidnapping.'

By Monday, the fashion critique gave way to a Miami courtroom, tan jail uniforms, and total silence while their lawyer vowed to fight the latest extradition attempt to the United Kingdom.

Between the two brothers, this round alone adds up to 38 new charges — rape, sexual assault, trafficking for sexual exploitation, and, for Andrew, 19 counts tied to indecent images of a child and extreme pornography, plus an alleged pattern of choking victims, sometimes to unconsciousness, before assaulting them.

These charges add to the 21 original charges by the Crown Prosecution Service from May 2025 — bringing the total to 59 charges, all of a similar nature.

A separate, ongoing Romanian case accuses them of running a coercion scheme — faking relationships with women to trap them into producing pornography that authorities say generated over $2.8 million and nearly $1 million in crypto tokens.

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Their lawyer, Joseph McBride, called the extradition attempt a "political kidnapping." He's dangled the idea that Trump might personally intervene to block it — McBride has said the president hates "political persecution and communism," referring to actions by the U.K. government.

The Justice Department has pushed back on the political persecution framing, directly confirming to the Associated Press that leadership of its Criminal Division approved the arrests — contradicting McBride's earlier claim that it was greenlit by a "low-level functionary" without leadership's knowledge.

Because the Tate brothers are dual United States-British citizens, the final call on whether they get shipped overseas ultimately falls to Secretary of State Marco Rubio, who has the discretion to approve, block, or sit on the extradition order regardless of what the court decides.

McBride's case that the arrests are a political witch hunt leans hard on the brothers' Capitol Hill victory lap the week before the arrest. A photo circulated online appeared to show Andrew and Tristan posing with a member of Congress, part of a swing through D.C. that also included a stop at the Ned, an exclusive private club near the White House.

Three days after that trip, they were in handcuffs — a coincidence McBride has seemingly leveraged to argue that the case is politically motivated. He has maintained that the brothers are innocent.

A Miami judge ordered both brothers to be held in federal custody until the next hearing on Monday, and McBride estimates a final decision is around 60 days out.

Blaze News reached out to the White House for comment but did not immediately receive a response.

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Trump exposes how the 'deep state' purposely hid 2020 Chinese election interference from him

President Donald Trump told the nation from the White House Thursday that the Chinese government has interfered with American elections and gained access to "sensitive" voter data of tens of millions of Americans.

Trump also accused deep-state bad actors of "deliberately massag[ing]" his daily briefings and even of attempting to run a "shadow government" during his first term to keep the information about "China's election meddling" from him, other lawmakers, the media, and the American public.

Trump reiterated his demand that Congress pass the SAVE America act, and accused Democrats of stalling on the bill because it would keep them from cheating in elections.

The president said evidence of his claims are available for review at the White House website.

"The documents ... show that over a period of years, starting during the 2020 election cycle, the People’s Republic of China carried out what is believed to be the largest compromise of election data in history — resulting in China’s illicit acquisition of 220 million U.S. voter files," said the president.

He said the information China collected included "names, addresses, phone numbers, political party preferences, and other sensitive data that would be needed to register to vote and engage in other nefarious activities, which is exactly what was happening."

Trump then said the White House Government Transparency Task Force had gathered evidence that the "deep state" had worked to cover up the Chinese acquisition of U.S. voter data.

"U.S. spy agencies began learning about the compromise of voter registration files in 2020 when they discovered that tens of millions of voter data ... in 18 states have been bought, stolen, or hacked by China. Yet those responsible for sounding the alarm instead kept the information secret and hidden," he said.

He also claimed, citing a CIA document, that during his first term, China sought to influence major American business leaders and persuade them "to turn against the president of the United States." Trump further claimed China tried to buy off seemingly anti-Trump American journalists with "large sums of money" to write even more "negative articles about him."

He even claimed China tried to create bogus ballots in the 2020 election.

"Raw intelligence obtained by the FBI in 2020, yet buried by rogue bureaucrats, stated that China's activities even included an attempt to manufacture illegal ballots for Joe Biden," he added.

He went on to allege that officials had found as many as 287,000 non-citizens were found registered to vote nationwide.

The president also claimed that classified material that was supposed to be destroyed in "burn bags" was never actually destroyed, and he called on the FBI and the DOJ to investigate and to "prosecute those responsible for any crimes."

Trump reiterated his demand that Congress pass the SAVE America Act and accused Democrats of stalling on the bill because it would keep them from cheating in elections.

"The only reason you wouldn't [pass it] is you want to cheat because your policies are so bad and your candidates are so pathetic that you can't get away or can't get elected any other way," Trump claimed.

The SAVE America Act would require voters to show proof of citizenship to register to vote in elections and require a photo identification to cast a ballot. Left-wing critics of the proposal say it would disadvantage minorities and other Democratic demographics.

The president completed his address by calling on all Americans to pick up a phone and call their representatives to ask for the SAVE America Act to be passed.

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Sen. Bernie Moreno (R-Ohio) said he was briefed on the president's speech before the address and described it as possibly the "most important Oval Office address since the Cuban Missile Crisis."

He added, "The time for complacency with China is over."

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The GOP is blowing it with young men

When Democrats lost the 2024 election to Donald Trump, it couldn’t have been clearer that a big reason for their failure was their relentless anger toward young white men — as they even launched a $20 million effort to discover where they went wrong with these men.

However, while this should have been what BlazeTV host Auron MacIntyre calls a “golden opportunity for the GOP to secure the loyalty of young men for a generation,” conservatives are instead “setting the opportunity on fire.”

“In a recent Fox News interview, the White House press secretary, Karoline Leavitt, blamed the rise of democratic socialism on Gen Z. She said that young people were raised with a silver spoon in their mouth, called them lazy, and suggested sending them to Cuba or Iran,” MacIntyre explains.

Leavitt, who MacIntyre notes “married a millionaire real estate developer more than 30 years her senior,” only made things worse when she tried to defend her comments.

“The message to young people was unmistakable: Your concerns are not legitimate, and we despise you for expecting us to fix anything,” he says.

While there are lazy men in all generations, young white men have a uniquely treacherous hill to climb when it comes to success.

“Young men, especially young white men, have been systematically excluded from educational institutions, corporate hiring, and promotion. These statements aren’t just speculation or resentment. They’re provable fact,” MacIntyre says.

“We have the data. We know what’s going on. And this is the predictable result of decades of cultural indoctrination and civil rights enforcement that trained institutions to prefer women, immigrants, and minorities whenever possible. That has real consequences,” he continues.

“Men who can’t secure education, employment, and status are less likely to marry or form families, no matter how often our culture repeats slogans about equality,” he adds.

But it’s not just empty slogans about equality that are causing the rift.

“Housing has become another barrier,” MacIntyre says. “The average first-time home buyer is now approaching middle age. Young men can’t build wealth as their parents did or provide the stability women often want before marriage.”

“One factor is simply welfare for seniors. Many older Americans failed to save adequately for retirement and now depend on the inflated value of homes they bought decades ago. President Trump has explicitly said he doesn’t want housing prices to fall for that reason,” he explains.

“That’s a deliberate choice to sacrifice young men’s development and family formation to protet older asset holders,” he adds.

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