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Jeb Bush sounds the alarm: The former Florida governor - and son of one president and brother to another - is voicing concerns about the 2012 Republican field. Bush says he finds it "troubling" that the candidates are “appealing to people’s fears and emotion” on the campaign trail. Is this an early trial balloon towards a possible Bush entry? The Republican convention, after all, will be held in Tampa. If the GOP is in chaos without a clear nominee, could Bush be the guy to save the day?

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FOR SUBSCRIBERSCBP leaders cut out of Trump ad buy decision

FOR SUBSCRIBERSAmerican passenger drafted goodbye texts to her family as Flydubai plane plummeted

FOR SUBSCRIBERSCornell rape allegation pushes embattled New York prosecutor into national spotlight

FOR SUBSCRIBERSAbdul El-Sayed tries to woo MAHA voters as Democrats seek inroads with RFK’s supporters

FOR SUBSCRIBERSKratom-like substances are popping up in a typically benign supplement

FOR SUBSCRIBERSGOP super PAC increases its spending for Sen. Jon Husted in tough Ohio race

FOR SUBSCRIBERSRecords reveal tumultuous marriage between slain New York Times executive and wife

FOR SUBSCRIBERSFrom clean energy warrior to ‘wall of shame,’ James Talarico reverses on a fossil fuel money pledge

FOR SUBSCRIBERSCongressional staff planned official trip with luxury stops in Italy and France weeks before election

FOR SUBSCRIBERSA harrowing ordeal aboard an Israel-bound plane

FOR SUBSCRIBERSOpenAI CEO Sam Altman to skip congressional hearing on rogue AI agents

FOR SUBSCRIBERSKey DOJ lawyers departed Trump ‘grand conspiracy’ probe amid pressure to produce, source says

FOR SUBSCRIBERSTrump’s new AI chatbot often links to a site launched under Clinton 26 years ago

FOR SUBSCRIBERSAt MAHA summit, industry CEOs the movement once vilified take the stage

FOR SUBSCRIBERSThis Paralympian has two goals: Win medals and give away $500,000 to her teammates

The Santorum Paradox: Politico reports on a big question vexing Democrats these days -- is Rick Santorum for real? About the surging Santorum, Politico writes: "He’s too dangerous to ignore — yet impossible to take seriously." And check out the predictions by James Carville and Ed Rendell about how many states Obama would carry against Santorum in November.

Paul Krugman caught this little sugarplum from Mitt Romney this week: Romney admitted he's a closet Keynesian when he said “If you just cut, if all you’re thinking about doing is cutting spending, as you cut spending you’ll slow down the economy.” Romney's advisers walked back the comment after conservatives called him out on it, but as Krugman points out, this is typical Romney -- he's running as something he's almost surely not.

Comedian Bill Maher just gave $1 million to a pro-Obama Super PAC.

And finally, Maryland is about to become the eighth state to legalize same-sex marriage. The state's senate passed a marriage equality measure last night and Gov. Martin O'Malley vows to sign it into law.