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Man accused of killing his daughter's rap*st wins the Republican primary for county sheriff in central Arkansas.

Aaron Spencer, who is awaiting his murder trial, received over 53% of the vote in Lonoke County.

Last year, Spencer announced on social media that he was running for sheriff because the legal system had "failed."

In 2024, Spencer allegedly woke up to find his 14-year-old daughter missing from her bed.

Spencer searched the neighborhood and found his daughter in a car with 67-year-old Michael Fosler, according to court documents.

He then chased the car down and drove it off the road before shooting and killing Fosler.

Fosler was facing over 40 child s*x crime charges involving Spencer's daughter when he was shot.

Spencer's wife says their daughter was "targeted, groomed and ultimately r*ped by the boyfriend of a family friend."

"I’m the father who acted to protect his daughter when the system failed," Spencer said at the time of his announcement.

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Can we get a record of how people voted?

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Go pray the rosary

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So if I’m reading this properly, he believes that God gave Mary a chance to abort a part of the Holy Trinity?

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Hope he gets recess appointments and/or a talking filibuster out of that deal.

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Yall are spinning yourselves into pretzels trying to discredit Tucker.

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu asked the White House for clarifications earlier this week after learning Trump administration officials might be communicating with the Iranian regime, two sources with knowledge of the issue said.

Why it matters: Netanyahu's outreach suggests that the Israeli government is concerned about a scenario in which the U.S. pursues a ceasefire before all of Israel's war objectives have been achieved.

Behind the scenes: The sources said Israeli intelligence obtained information earlier this week that raised suspicions some kind of communications had taken place between Iran and the Trump administration to discuss a ceasefire.

On Monday Netanyahu called White House officials and asked if such talks or exchange of messages happened.

"The White House told Bibi that the Trump administration wasn't talking to the Iranians behind his back," one source said.

Zoom in: A U.S. official said special envoy Steve Witkoff and Trump's adviser and son-in-law Jared Kushner talk almost every day to Netanyahu, to the director of Mossad David Barnea, and to other Israeli officials — and that regardless of ups and downs in the past, the coordination over the last month was very close.

"They know we are not talking to the Iranians," the U.S. official said.
The Israeli embassy in Washington declined to comment. The White House didn't respond to a request for comment.

Between the lines: A U.S. official and another source with knowledge said the Iranians sent messages to the Trump administration over the last few days, through countries in the Gulf and other countries in the region, but the U.S. didn't respond.

"We treated these messages as bull****," the U.S. official told Axios.

The New York Times reported on Wednesday that operatives from Iran's Ministry of Intelligence reached out indirectly to the CIA through a third country's spy agency with an offer to discuss terms for ending the conflict.

What they are saying: "Steve Witkoff or Jared Kushner haven't had any conversation with Ali Larijani, Abbas Araghchi or anyone else in the Iranian regime since the war started," a U.S. official said in a briefing with reporters on Tuesday.

President Trump also ruled out any talks with the Iranian regime in comments Tuesday.

"Their air defense, Air Force, Navy, and Leadership is gone. They want to talk. I said 'Too Late!'" he wrote on Truth Social.

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he hasn't pardoned her yet

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A right?

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