An illegal immigrant has been charged over a car crash that killed an advisor to Democratic <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/nevada" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Nevada</a> Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto earlier this month. 
The suspect, 18-year-old Elmer Rueda-Linares, was charged by police with failing to stop at the scene of an accident after a crash at 4:30 a.m on April 6 in Reno led to the death of 38-year-old Kurt Englehart, a senior state advisor to Masto. Rueda-Linares was first charged by police with felony hit-and-run, <a href="https://www.rgj.com/story/news/crime/2024/04/16/elmer-rueda-linares-entered-us-illegally-feds-say/73348260007/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according</a> to the Reno Gazette Journal. 
According to the Department of Homeland Security, Rueda-Linares illegally entered the United States in March 2021. 
“Rueda entered the United States March 12, 2021, at or near the Rio Grande City, Texas, Port of Entry without inspection by an immigration official,” DHS told the Reno Gazette Journal. “United States Customs and Border Protection arrested him, and he was later released on his own recognizance June 22, 2021.”
Immigration and Customs Enforcement placed an immigration detainer on Rueda-Linares on April 8. The suspect is currently behind bars at the Washoe County Jail with a $100,000 bail and is expected to appear before a Reno Justice Court judge Thursday afternoon. 
“The occupants who fled the scene were later located by police, and the driver arrested,” authorities <a href="https://www.rgj.com/story/news/2024/04/08/kurt-englehart-adviser-to-sen-cortez-masto-killed-in-reno-hit-and-run-saturday/73244414007/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> in a statement after the crash. “Impairment does appear to be a factor in this crash.”
A spokesman for Masto said that she “looks forward to justice being served and has confidence in the local police and prosecutors.”
In a statement remembering Englehart, Masto<a href="https://twitter.com/SenCortezMasto/status/1776788169347694643" target="_blank" rel="noopener"> said</a> he was a “beloved figure.”
“He touched many lives and I know almost everyone in Northern Nevada has a great story about Kurt helping them or making them laugh,&#8221; the senator said . &#8220;Kurt was a dedicated public servant, a loyal friend, and a loving father.&#8221;
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Republican lawmakers have called on President Joe Biden and Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas to take stronger actions to secure the border as <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/illegal-who-killed-kid-driving-drunk-was-arrested-for-two-additional-duis-in-california">reports</a> of illegal aliens being involved in <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/illegal-alien-allegedly-crashes-into-school-bus-killing-small-child-bidens-catch-and-release-under-scrutiny" target="_blank" rel="noopener">fatal crashes</a> have continued to make national news. 
Earlier this year, the House voted to impeach Mayorkas over his handling of the border, which has seen record crossings in recent years. On Wednesday, the Democrat-controlled Senate, including Masto, voted to dismiss the charges.
“There is no evidence that [Mayorkas] committed high crimes and misdemeanors, so I voted to end this waste of time,” Masto <a href="https://twitter.com/SenCortezMasto/status/1780696011372921132" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a>. “Republicans could have made real policy changes, but they decided to play games and killed the bipartisan border package in favor of this frivolous impeachment.”
Masto narrowly survived a challenge from Republican Adam Laxalt in 2022, winning by less than one percentage point.

Senate Luncheons Mar 6

Illegal Immigrant Charged Over Hit-And-Run Crash That Killed Advisor To Democratic Senator

Alejandro Mayorkas

Crime

illegal immigrant

Illegal Immigration

Joe Biden

Nevada

A new poll from the media outlet Axios found that President Joe Biden’s support among the Latino population is eroding while support for former President Donald Trump is rising.
The latest <a href="https://www.axios.com/2024/04/09/biden-approval-drops-democrat-popularity-rises-latino-voters">Axios-Ipsos poll</a> found that among Latinos, Biden was only leading Trump by nine points (41-32) as opposed to Biden’s first year as president when the margin was a whopping 29 points (53-24). That could prove pivotal in swing states such as Nevada and Arizona.
“In almost every case, Trump performs better than the Republican brand and Biden performs worse than the Democratic brand,&#8221; Ipsos pollster and senior vice president Chris Jackson stated.
“Biden’s lead shrinks even further — to 3 points — among Latinos who said they plan to vote in November,” Axios reported. 11% of Latinos surveyed said they would not vote for Biden or Trump; 28% said they were still undecided.
Latinos favored Trump by 22 points regarding the U.S. economy and 11 points on fighting crime.
A <a href="https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/european-political-science-review/article/solidarity-in-question-activation-of-dormant-political-dispositions-and-latino-support-for-trump-in-2020/81B1B5FC8A04CE9D970D801FDA1D4F82">study</a> published in the European Political Science Review noted that Trump’s support among Latinos grew between 2016 and 2020, adding, “Despite his anti-immigration positions and policies, the number of votes cast for Trump unexpectedly increased among members of the group most strongly associated with the issue of immigration. &#8230; We propose a counterintuitive explanation for this trend: due to the activation of dormant political dispositions, it is the very anti-immigration attitudes characterizing Trump that account for his ascendence among Latino voters. Latinos voting for Trump did so because of his anti-immigration positions and not despite those positions.”
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The last time a GOP presidential candidate won in Nevada (which has 6 electoral votes) <a href="https://thenevadaindependent.com/article/fact-brief-was-2004-the-last-time-a-republican-presidential-candidate-won-nevada">occurred</a> in 2004, when George W. Bush won 50.5% of the vote and John Kerry won 47.9% of the vote. Trump <a href="https://thehill.com/opinion/campaign/3870203-these-6-states-will-determine-the-2024-presidential-election/">won</a> Arizona (which has 11 electoral votes) by 3.6% in 2016 but lost narrowly by 0.3% in 2020. Aside from 2020, the only time in the last 50 years that the GOP lost Arizona came in 1996, when Bill Clinton narrowly defeated Bob Dole.
If Trump were to win both states and retain the states he won in 2020, he would receive 249 electoral votes while Biden would win 289. Trump currently is expected to win Georgia, which has 16 electoral votes; that would put him at 265 and Biden at 273.

New Poll Shows Latinos Sour On Biden: Could Cost Him Arizona, Nevada

2024 Election

Arizona

Donald Trump

Latinos

The Biden administration is desperately trying to save the nomination of an extreme judicial nominee who has been accused of anti-Semitism, having connections to an organization that featured pro-terrorist speakers, and <a href="https://www.judiciary.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/napo_letter_mangi_nomination1.pdf">showing</a> an &#8220;anti-victim and anti-police&#8221; bias in his legal work.
The nomination of Adeel Mangi, who Biden tapped to be the U.S. Circuit Judge for the Third Circuit, is on the verge of collapsing as a third Democrat in the U.S. Senate signaled this week that they will vote against him because of how disturbed they are about allegations being made against him.
“Given the concerns I’ve heard from law enforcement in Nevada, I am not planning to vote to confirm this nominee,” said Sen. Jacky Rosen (D-NV).
Rosen joins Sens. Joe Manchin (D-WV), Catherine Cortez Mastro (D-NV), and the entire Senate Republican Conference in opposing Mangi.
“Some Senate Republicans and their extreme allies are relentlessly smearing Adeel Mangi with baseless accusations that he is anti-police,” White House chief of staff Jeff Zients claimed in a statement, adding that the accusations &#8220;could not be further from the truth.&#8221;
The Muslim nominee has been criticized for his work for a group that featured speakers who backed anti-Semitic and anti-American activism.
Republican senators have also highlighted activity at the Center for Security, Race, and Rights at Rutgers Law School, where Mangi was a member of the group&#8217;s advisory board from 2019 to 2023. They <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/biden-renominates-attorney-for-federal-judge-after-he-was-slammed-for-advising-group-that-featured-grotesque-anti-semitic-activism" target="_blank" rel="noopener">found</a> that the center co-sponsored a symposium on the 20th anniversary of 9/11 that featured a panelist who pled guilty to providing support for Islamic jihadists and another panelist who publicly called for an intifada in the U.S.
Multiple law enforcement groups have come out in opposition to Mangi, saying that his work shows strong bias against law enforcement and the victims of crime.
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Some of the law enforcement groups that oppose Mangi include the <a href="https://www.judiciary.senate.gov/download/rcpba-letter-magi-nomination">Rockland County Patrolmen’s Benevolent Association, Inc.</a>; <a href="https://www.judiciary.senate.gov/download/napo-letter-mangi-nomination">National Association of Police Organizations, Inc.</a>; <a href="https://www.judiciary.senate.gov/download/national-sheriffs-letter-mangi-nomination">National Sheriffs’ Association</a>; <a href="https://www.judiciary.senate.gov/download/nj-state-trooper-nco-association-of-new-jersey-mangi-letter">State Troopers NCO Association of New Jersey, Inc.</a>; <a href="https://www.judiciary.senate.gov/download/njspba-letter-mangi-nomination">New Jersey State Policemen’s Benevolent Association, Inc.</a>; <a href="https://www.judiciary.senate.gov/download/sergeants-benevolent-association-of-the-new-york-city-police-department">Sergeants Benevolent Association of the New York City Police Department</a>; <a href="https://www.judiciary.senate.gov/download/national-troopers-coalition-letter">National Troopers Coalition</a>; <a href="https://www.judiciary.senate.gov/download/association-of-former-new-jersey-state-troopers-inc">Association of Former New Jersey State Troopers, Inc.</a>; <a href="https://www.judiciary.senate.gov/download/sen-schumer-letter-from-police-conference">Police Conference of New York</a>; <a href="https://www.judiciary.senate.gov/download/mcop-letter-to-warren-and">Massachusetts Coalition of Police</a>; <a href="https://www.judiciary.senate.gov/download/lvppa-letter">Las Vegas Police Protective Association Metro, Inc.</a>; <a href="https://www.judiciary.senate.gov/download/fop-pa-letter-opposing-mangi">Pennsylvania Fraternal Order of Police</a>; <a href="https://www.judiciary.senate.gov/download/fop-pa-letter-opposing-mangi">Philadelphia Fraternal Order of Police Lodge 5</a>; <a href="https://www.judiciary.senate.gov/download/fop-pa-letter-opposing-mangi">Pennsylvania State Troopers Association</a>; <a href="https://www.judiciary.senate.gov/download/phoenix-law-enforcement-association-letter-re-mangi">Phoenix Law Enforcement Association</a>; <a href="https://www.judiciary.senate.gov/download/police-chiefs-association-of-rockland-county">Police Chiefs Association of Rockland County</a>; and the <a href="https://www.judiciary.senate.gov/download/state-of-hawaii-organization-of-police-officers-letter">State of Hawaii Organization of Police Officers</a>.
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/mcconnell-biden-trying-to-appoint-judge-tied-to-extremist-group-that-unabashedly-celebrates-terrorism" target="_blank" rel="noopener">McConnell: Biden Trying To Appoint Judge Tied To ‘Extremist Group That Unabashedly Celebrates Terrorism’</a>

Senate Judiciary Committee Nomination Hearing

Another Democrat Senator Opposes Extremist Biden Nominee Adeel Mangi As White House Throws Hail Mary

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Nevada Secretary of State Francisco Aguliar, a Democrat, was sued by the Republican National Committee (RNC) last week as the party alleges the 2024 battleground state has “impossibly high” voter rolls.
The <a href="https://prod-static.gop.com/media/documents/1_1710786804.pdf?_gl=1*5emnih*_gcl_au*NDQ2OTY4MTU4LjE3MDc4MzM4MDQ.&amp;_ga=2.198330927.1627804447.1710856647-1306212077.1707833805" target="_blank" rel="noopener">lawsuit</a>, filed in U.S. District Court, alleges that Aguliar and five county clerks failed to properly maintain the requirements of the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 (NVRA).
“Section 8 of the NVRA requires States to maintain clean and accurate voter registration records,” the lawsuit begins. “Nevada has failed to live up to the NVRA’s requirements. At least five counties in Nevada have inordinately high voter registration rates.”
The RNC goes on to allege that three Nevada counties count more registered voters than there are adult citizens, and two additional counties “have voter registration rates that exceed 90 percent of adult citizens over the age of 18,” a number that “far eclipses the national and statewide voter registration rate in recent elections.”
“Based on this and other evidence, Defendants are failing to make a reasonable effort to conduct appropriate list maintenance as required by the NVRA,” the lawsuit states.
Nevada, which has been won by Democratic candidates in every presidential election since 2008, is currently a toss-up in the 2024 presidential race. Former President Donald Trump leads President Joe Biden in the state by just over four points, according to the <a href="https://www.realclearpolling.com/polls/president/general/2024/nevada/trump-vs-biden" target="_blank" rel="noopener">RealClearPolitics</a> polling average.
Newly-elected RNC Chair Michael Whatley <a href="https://gop.com/press-release/rnc-files-election-integrity-lawsuit-in-nevada/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">commented</a> on the lawsuit, saying that looking into the voter rolls “is a critical step towards ensuring that it will be easy to vote and hard to cheat.”
“Election integrity starts with clean voter rolls, and that’s why the National Voter Registration Act requires state officials to keep their rolls accurate and up-to-date. Nevada has universal mail voting and no voter ID requirement, which makes Secretary of State Cisco Aguilar’s failure to comply with the NVRA and provide accurate voter rolls all the more concerning,” Whatley said.
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The lawsuit mirrors one the RNC filed against Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson earlier this month, alleging that multiple counties in the vital swing state have “inflated voter rolls,” The Daily Caller <a href="https://dailycaller.com/2024/03/19/state-official-rnc-nevada-lawsuit/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>. The outlet also <a href="https://dailycaller.com/2024/03/14/republican-national-committee-rnc-donald-trump-election-integrity-2024-lawsuit-voting-rights/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a> that the RNC is working with the National Republican Congressional Committee and the National Republican Senatorial Committee on an expansive effort to combat voter fraud ahead of the 2024 election as the Trump campaign reshapes party leadership.
Last week, the RNC <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2024-election/rnc-hires-lawyers-focused-election-related-concerns-rcna143130" target="_blank" rel="noopener">hired</a> two new lawyers, Charlie Spies, who will serve as the RNC&#8217;s chief counsel, and Christina Bobb, a Trump campaign lawyer who has challenged the results of the 2020 election. The new additions to the RNC’s legal team came as Whatley, the former chair of the North Carolina GOP, took over for Ronna McDaniel as the party’s national chair, and Trump’s daughter-in-law Lara Trump was elected RNC co-chair.

Republican National Committee Spring Meeting

RNC Sues Nevada Secretary Of State Alleging ‘Impossibly High’ Voter Rolls

RNC Sues Nevada Secretary Of State Alleging 'Impossibly High' Voter Rolls

Republican National Committee (RNC)

Secretary of State

Trump 2024

Trump Campaign

Voting

<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/music">U2</a> finished its residency at the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/las-vegas">Las Vegas</a> venue Sphere over the weekend with a tribute to first lady <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/jill-biden">Jill Biden</a>.
Frontman Bono dedicated the song “All I Want Is You” from the 1988 U2 album &#8220;Rattle and Hum&#8221; to Mrs. Biden, who was in attendance.
“This song, when we wrote it, I tried to write the lyrics from the point of view of the woman or the bride, in this case, which is pretty arrogant, I suppose. That was a trick for me to get to the lyric I was playing on myself,” Bono said. 
“Tonight, I want to dedicate it to all the great women in our lives — our partners, our mothers, our daughters, all the women on the U2 crew, all the great women in our audience that we feel we know, and all the great women in parts of the world going through very difficult circumstances that we could never know. And one woman in particular who is with us tonight, she’s a teacher. She’s your first lady, so this is for Jill Biden.”
At another point in the show, Bono mentioned Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, which he’s been doing on stage since Navalny’s death was announced last month.
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“This is a tightly constructed show, but as it’s our last night, we wondered if it might be OK to experiment on you a little bit. The idea is to record something special to honor Alexei Navalny’s widow, Yulia, who is continuing a fight against Vladimir Putin for a free, free Russia, which is what we want for the Russian people,” Bono said before playing “Don’t Dream It’s Over.”
“The other day we got a beautiful email from Neil Finn, who wrote this bewildering beautiful song and he attached to the email a version of this song that he said we could play on or whatever we wanted. It’s a new version that he did, and we thought if we are going to record it, well, maybe if you would be on that recording and we could make that session the last night recording session and dedicating it to Yulia,” he continued, calling the single “a song about freedom.”
The band has played 40 shows at the visually stunning music and entertainment arena beginning in September. U2 was commemorating one of its most successful records, “Achtung Baby” (1991), by playing the album in its entirety along with other selected tracks from the band&#8217;s catalog.
During the performance, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/bono">Bono</a> welcomed the album’s producer, Daniel Lanois, to the stage. He also made mention of drummer Larry Mullen Jr., who was in the audience but unable to play due to his recent neck surgery. 
“The rumors that Larry will be playing with us tonight are not true, sadly. But he is here with us,” Bono said of Mullen Jr. “That is the man who pinned the note on the notice board at Mount Temple Comprehensive School all those years ago. We are very grateful that he did, and that he’s here with us tonight. We wish him a speedy, speedy, speedy recovery. We love you, Larry Mullen Jr.”
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Per <a href="https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/music-news/u2-sphere-las-vegas-residency-jill-biden-1235841957/">The Hollywood Reporter</a>, other celebs in attendance at shows over the weekend included Lenny Kravitz, Dave Grohl, and Brett Ratner. Bono wished a happy birthday to Coldplay frontman Chris Martin and to Mick Jagger’s daughter, Elizabeth Jagger, who were both born on March 2.

Bono Closes Out U2 Vegas Residency By Dedicating ‘All I Want Is You’ To First Lady Jill Biden

Bono Closes Out U2 Vegas Residency By Dedicating 'All I Want Is You' To First Lady Jill Biden

Bono

Entertainment

Jill Biden

Las Vegas

Music

U.S.

On Monday, a federal judge in California ordered the longtime <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/fbi" target="_blank" rel="noopener">FBI</a> informant <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/informant-charged-with-allegedly-lying-to-fbi-about-bidens-role-with-ukrainian-gas-company" target="_blank" rel="noopener">accused</a> in an indictment of fabricating a multi-million dollar bribery scheme involving President <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/joe-biden" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Joe Biden</a> and his son <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/hunter-biden" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Hunter Biden</a> to remain detained until his trial.
Alexander Smirnov, a 43-year-old dual U.S.-Israeli citizen who served as an FBI source for more than a decade, seeks to be let go after being <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/indicted-fbi-informant-re-arrested-under-bizarre-circumstances-his-lawyers-say">arrested for a second time</a> in the days that followed a different judge in Nevada allowing him to be released on <a href="https://www.npr.org/2024/02/20/1232789953/alexander-smirnov-fbi-informant-biden-hunter-ukraine" target="_blank" rel="noopener">a personal recognizance bond</a> with GPS monitoring.
But, during a hearing in Los Angeles on Monday, District Judge Otis Wright II in the Central District of California sided with prosecutors who argued Smirnov posed a flight risk with his <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/fbi-informant-accused-of-lying-about-bidens-claimed-to-have-russian-intel-contacts-doj" target="_blank" rel="noopener">alleged links</a> to Russian and other foreign intelligence operations, access to millions of dollars in &#8220;liquid&#8221; funds, and ability to get new Israeli passport.
&#8220;There is nothing garden-variety about this case,&#8221; Wright said, <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/alexander-smirnov-former-fbi-informant-hunter-biden-joe-biden/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according to CBS News</a>. &#8220;I find no comfort in assurances you may offer that you will not flee the jurisdiction.&#8221;
Special counsel David Weiss, who is leading the criminal inquiry into Hunter Biden, <a href="https://www.justice.gov/sco-weiss/pr/grand-jury-returns-indictment-charging-fbi-confidential-human-source-felony-false" target="_blank" rel="noopener">announced</a> on February 15 that a federal grand jury in California returned an indictment charging Smirnov with false statement and obstruction crimes. He also said Smirnov had been arrested at the international airport in Las Vegas upon his arrival in the United States from overseas.
The charges stem from Smirnov allegedly coming forward during the 2020 election cycle with claims that executives with <a href="https://twitter.com/NEWSMAX/status/1667203652199780353" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Burisma Holdings</a>, a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/mtg-says-bribery-allegations-against-biden-linked-to-burisma" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Ukrainian gas company</a> that employed Hunter Biden on its board for several years, paid $5 million in bribes to the Bidens when Joe Biden was vice president.
Smirnov has pleaded not guilty to the charges, which may result in 25 years in prison upon a conviction. His attorneys have <a href="https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.cacd.915063/gov.uscourts.cacd.915063.33.0.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">argued</a> in court filings that their client does not pose a flight risk, has ties to California and Las Vegas, and suffers from &#8220;significant&#8221; medical issues related to his eyes that require ongoing treatment.
Last week, U.S. Magistrate Judge Daniel Albregts of Nevada <a href="https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nvd.167064/gov.uscourts.nvd.167064.24.1.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">permitted</a> Smirnov&#8217;s release from custody with GPS monitoring while telling him to surrender his U.S. and Israeli passports. The judge also ordered Smirnov to stay in Clark County, Nevada, except to go to Los Angeles for court appearances and to prepare for his case, and barred trips to the airport.
Prosecutors asked Wright for a review of Albregts&#8217; order of bail, which led to Wright issuing a second arrest on the suspicion of a plot to <a href="https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.cacd.915062/gov.uscourts.cacd.915062.27.0_2.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">&#8220;facilitate&#8221; Smirnov&#8217;s departure</a> from the United States. Smirnov&#8217;s lawyers said their client was taken back into custody <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/indicted-fbi-informant-re-arrested-under-bizarre-circumstances-his-lawyers-say" target="_blank" rel="noopener">under &#8220;bizarre circumstances&#8221;</a> while at their law office for meetings with counsel.
Following Wright&#8217;s detention order on Monday, an attorney for Smirnov <a href="https://twitter.com/meghanncuniff/status/1762185860487991740" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> they planned to &#8220;seek relief in the 9th Circuit to try to get him out so he can assist in his defense.&#8221;

Alexander Smirnov and his attorneys

Judge Orders Indicted FBI Informant To Be Detained Until Trial

California

Department of Justice

Hunter Biden

Russia

The <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/nevada" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Nevada</a> Secretary of State’s Office launched an investigation after some residents were told that their votes had been counted in the recent primary election despite the fact that they had not voted.
After local outlets <a href="https://www.8newsnow.com/news/local-news/glitch-causing-unmailed-nevada-ballots-to-show-up-as-counted/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a> the news on Sunday, state officials looked into the issue and said that it had been caused by a “technical” problem and that the irregularities had to do with how county data was uploaded to a state database. 
“The issue was as follows: on a nightly basis, each county uploads their voter registration data to the Secretary of State’s database, which executes code to create the single statewide voter registration file that users see when they log into vote.nv.gov. The legacy systems used by a number of the counties require additional steps be taken to ensure that voters who did not return their ballot do not have vote history; some of those steps were not taken, which resulted in inaccurate data,” a statement from the office of Democrat Secretary of State Cisco Aguilar said on Monday. 
Aguilar’s office said that all the data in the system should be correct within two days. The statement said that the errors did not affect the counting in the<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/none-of-these-candidates-more-than-doubles-nikki-haleys-vote-tally-in-trump-less-nevada-primary" target="_blank" rel="noopener"> primary</a>, which President Joe Biden won on the Democrat side. “None of these candidates” took the top spot for the Republican primary as former President Donald Trump opted to compete in the Republican caucus instead. 
Registered Republican Daphne Lee <a href="https://www.reviewjournal.com/news/politics-and-government/nevada/nevada-identifies-voter-history-errors-on-website-fixes-underway-3003358/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told</a> the Las Vegas Review-Journal that she and her family were all listed as having voted by mail even though they hadn’t. She added that she was told she was no longer registered to vote after attempting to opt out of getting mail ballots. 
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“It’s just so frustrating,” she said. “This makes everyone uncomfortable.”
Nevada Republican Party Chairman Michael McDonald said that the party was speaking with Aguilar&#8217;s office about the investigation. 
“We take these reports very seriously,” said Chairman Michael McDonald. “The cornerstone of our Republic is the trust and confidence of the American people in the electoral process. Any indication of irregularities must be thoroughly investigated to ensure the integrity of our elections.”
Nevada has universal mail voting, meaning that every registered voter in the state is mailed a ballot.

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Former U.N. Ambassador <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/nikki-haley" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Nikki Haley</a> said in an interview on Wednesday, following her loss to &#8220;none of these candidates&#8221; in the Nevada Republican Party presidential primary, that the process in Nevada was &#8220;rigged&#8221; by former President Donald Trump.
Haley won 31% of the vote in the state, while 63% of those who participated in the primary chose “None of These Candidates,” with 89% of the vote counted, <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2024/02/06/us/elections/results-nevada-republican-primary.html?searchResultPosition=2" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according</a> to The New York Times. No delegates are awarded in the state&#8217;s primary, only the state&#8217;s caucus, which Haley did not sign up for.
When asked if the loss &#8220;hurt,&#8221; Haley responded: &#8220;No, I mean, Nevada, it&#8217;s such a scam. They were supposed to have a primary. Trump rigged it so that the GOP chairman, who&#8217;s been indicted, would go and create a caucus. We knew months ago that we weren&#8217;t going to spend a day or a dollar in Nevada, because it wasn&#8217;t worth it.&#8221;
&#8220;And so we didn&#8217;t even count Nevada. That wasn&#8217;t anything we were looking at,&#8221; she said. &#8220;We knew that was rigged from the start. Our focus is on South Carolina, Michigan, and Super Tuesday. So, if you look what we did in Iowa and you look at what we did in New Hampshire, we&#8217;re continuing to grow. That&#8217;s what matters, I think, more than anything else.&#8221;
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&#8220;But look at what happened this week,&#8221; she continued. &#8220;Here you have, Republicans lost a major vote on the border, Republicans lost a major vote on Israel. Donald Trump was found that he will not have immunity in all of these court cases coming up. The RNC chair is fired. All of this chaos is happening around us and Donald Trump&#8217;s fingerprints are on every bit of it. We can&#8217;t continue as the Republican Party to go forward with this chaos. You don&#8217;t defeat Democrat chaos with Republican chaos. And that&#8217;s why we&#8217;ve got to see a change.&#8221;
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NEWS: <a href="https://twitter.com/NikkiHaley?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@NikkiHaley</a> responds to losing the Nevada GOP primary to &quot;none of these candidates:&quot;
She tells me NV&#39;s system was a &quot;scam&quot; that was &quot;rigged from the start.&quot;
There were no delegates at stake so she didn&#39;t &quot;spend a day or a dollar there.&quot; 
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&mdash; Elex Michaelson (@Elex_Michaelson) <a href="https://twitter.com/Elex_Michaelson/status/1755329924066611608?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 7, 2024</a></blockquote>
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Nikki Haley After Nevada Loss: ‘Trump Rigged It’

Nikki Haley After Nevada Loss: 'Trump Rigged It'

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Former South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley, who is attempting to catch up with Donald Trump in the Republican primary, took less than a third of the vote in the Nevada primary on Tuesday even though Trump wasn’t on the ballot.
Haley won 31% of the vote in the state while 63% of those who participated in the primary chose “None of These Candidates” with 93% of the vote counted, <a href="https://decisiondeskhq.com/nevada-presidential-primary-results/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according</a> to Decision Desk HQ. The results are merely symbolic as the Nevada Republican Party will award its 26 delegates in the party’s caucus on Thursday, where Trump will be on the ballot. A new law passed by the Democrat-run Nevada legislature required a Republican primary, but the state GOP opted to maintain its traditional caucus system.
The Haley campaign <a href="https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/4448836-haley-campaign-nevada-caucus-2024-trump/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> earlier this week that it did “not [spend] a dime nor an ounce of energy on Nevada,” slamming the state’s GOP process as “rigged for Trump.” Instead, Haley has remained focused on her home state of South Carolina, which will hold its primary on February 24.
The Nevada Republican Party <a href="https://thenevadaindependent.com/article/nevada-gop-approves-party-run-caucus-that-will-exclude-candidates-who-run-in-primary" target="_blank" rel="noopener">required</a> a $55,000 filing fee to take part in the caucus and barred candidates from participating in the caucus if they chose to put their names on the ballot for the primary. Around 80,000 people participated in the Republican primary, according to an estimate from <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2024-election/nevada-primary-turnout-rcna137533" target="_blank" rel="noopener">NBC News</a>.
“We made the decision early on that we were not going to pay $55,000 to a Trump entity … to participate in a process that was rigged for Trump,” Haley’s campaign manager Betsy Ankney said, The Hill reported.
“So Nevada is not and has never been our focus,” Ankney added. “Truly not sure what the Trump team is out to there, but they seem pretty spun up about it. But we are focused on South Carolina.”
Former Vice President Mike Pence and Sen. Tim Scott also opted to participate in the primary before they ended their presidential campaigns. Pence came away with 4% and Scott took a little over 1% of the vote on Tuesday.
Trump, who won the first two GOP contests in Iowa and New Hampshire, commented on the Nevada primary results in a post on Truth Social.
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“A bad night for Nikki Haley. Losing by almost 30 points in Nevada to ‘None of These Candidates,’” the former president wrote. “Watch, she’ll soon claim Victory!”
Nevada Democrats passed a law requiring a primary in an attempt to get more people to participate by allowing early voting and mail-in ballots. The state GOP, however, wanted to keep its caucus system, arguing that it’s more secure and requires candidates to focus on organizing support throughout the state, The Associated Press <a href="https://apnews.com/article/nevada-2024-presidential-primary-biden-trump-haley-d731bf8ab1e7d4a7379c07d3a37b581b" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>.
Trump campaign advisor Chris LaCivita slammed Haley’s decision to forego the Nevada GOP’s caucus.
“If your goal is to win the Republican nomination for president, you go where the delegates are. And it baffles me that Nikki Haley chose not to participate,” LaCivita said.
Haley’s next big test comes in a little over two weeks when South Carolina Republicans will go to the polls to choose their preferred candidate. Trump is leading the former ambassador to the U.N. by 27 points in the state, according to the Real Clear Politics <a href="https://www.realclearpolling.com/polls/president/republican-primary/2024/south-carolina" target="_blank" rel="noopener">polling average</a>.

‘None Of These Candidates’ More Than Doubles Nikki Haley’s Vote Tally In Trump-Less Nevada Primary

'None Of These Candidates' More Than Doubles Nikki Haley's Vote Tally In Trump-Less Nevada Primary

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While some <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/taylor-swift">Taylor Swift</a> fans are speculating over whether she’ll put on a surprise performance at the Super Bowl, others are doing the math to figure out if she can get there at all to watch her boyfriend play.
The 34-year-old pop icon was spotted on the field celebrating the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/kansas-city-chiefs">Kansas City Chiefs&#8217;</a> AFC Championship win Sunday night over the Baltimore Ravens, which means they’ll be taking on the San Francisco 49ers at <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/super-bowl">Super Bowl LVIII </a>on February 11 in Las Vegas. Swift was photographed kissing her beau, Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce, 34.
The popular singer has made time to attend several NFL games this season as her romance with Kelce heated up, but making it to Vegas for the Super Bowl poses some logistical challenges. Swift will be performing a scheduled stop of her Eras Tour in <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/japan">Tokyo</a> on February 10, meaning she’ll have to jet across the Pacific Ocean right after her concert to make it in time for kickoff. 
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Because she’ll be performing in Japan, the seventeen-hour time difference will work in Swift’s favor. 
Swift’s fans on social media figured out that she could pull it off because of the international date line, which runs between the South and North Poles and serves as the boundary between one calendar day and the next. Technically, the “Karma” singer could perform Saturday night and get a full night of sleep before hopping a plane by Sunday evening, Tokyo time, and she’d still land in Las Vegas prior to kickoff at 3:30 P.M. Pacific time.
In this situation, it’s helpful that Swift has her own private jet and won’t have to worry about long layovers.
Fans are eager to see the Grammy Award-winning star cheering on her boyfriend, and so are the advertisers dropping millions on Super Bowl commercials. While some NFL fans aren’t thrilled with how much attention Swift has received at the Chiefs games this season, the fact remains that her presence has boosted television ratings as a whole new demographic of Swifties tunes into professional football for the first time.

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Six <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/nevada" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Nevada</a> Republicans were indicted by a grand jury in the state on Wednesday for their alleged roles in an &#8220;alternate elector&#8221; scheme that declared that former President Donald Trump won the state in 2020.
The grand jury in the Eighth Judicial District Court in Clark County indicted Nevada Republican Party Chairman Michael McDonald, national committeeman Jim DeGraffenreid, Clark County Republican Party chair Jesse Law, state party vice chair Jim Hindle III, Shawn Meehan and Eileen Rice.
Nevada Attorney General Aaron Ford, a Democrat, said that all six individuals were indicted on two felony counts of offering a false instrument for filing and uttering a forged instrument by submitting fraudulent documents to state and federal officials.
The Nevada Independent reported that the two felony charges were category C and D felonies, respectively, and carried a maximum of four years and five years in prison.
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“When the efforts to undermine faith in our democracy began after the 2020 election, I made it clear that I would do everything in my power to defend the institutions of our nation and our state,” Ford said in a statement. “We cannot allow attacks on democracy to go unchallenged. Today’s indictments are the product of a long and thorough investigation, and as we pursue this prosecution, I am confident that our judicial system will see justice done.”
Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes is currently investigating similar efforts in her state following the 2020 presidential election.
Individuals accused of participating in alternate elector schemes that declared that Trump won in 2020 have also been charged in Georgia and Michigan.
Ten Republicans in Wisconsin who posed as electors in 2020 <a href="https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-fake-electors-wisconsin-fff7cd21e3083f300874eccd69141f8d" target="_blank" rel="noopener">settled</a> a civil lawsuit on Wednesday and admitted that President Joe Biden won the election and agreed to not serve as electors in 2024 or in any election if Trump is on the ballot.

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6 Nevada Republicans, Including GOP Chairman, Indicted In Trump ‘Alternate Elector’ Case

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Several people were shot Wednesday afternoon at the University of <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/nevada" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Nevada</a>, Las Vegas campus and the suspect is deceased, local law enforcement officials said.
The identity of the suspect has not been released and Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Sheriff Kevin McMahill said that he did not have information about a possible motive at this time.
&#8220;No more threat to the community. The suspect is deceased. Right now, we know there are three victims, but unknown extent of the injuries,&#8221; he said in a subsequent statement. &#8220;That number could change. We will update you when we know more.&#8221;
ABC News later reported that there were at least three people killed in the incident.
The shooting prompted an overwhelming response from law enforcement officials, according to various videos posted online.
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URGENT: From Sheriff Kevin McMahill: &quot;No more threat to the community. The suspect is deceased. Right now, we know there are 3 victims, but unknown extent of the injuries. That number could change. We will update you when we know more.&quot; <a href="https://t.co/Y3jT9VcNFz">https://t.co/Y3jT9VcNFz</a>
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The school&#8217;s game tonight against the University of Dayton was canceled due to the shooting.
“Due to the tragic events unfolding on UNLV&#8217;s campus, tonight&#8217;s men&#8217;s basketball contest between UNLV and the University of Dayton will not be played,&#8221; Dayton&#8217;s team posted on X. &#8220;Further information will be released when available. We ask that our fans keep the UNLV community in their thoughts and prayers.&#8221;
The University of Nevada closed its Las Vegas campus and other associated colleges in the state for the remainder of the day.
Both the White House and the U.S. Department of Justice were monitoring the situation as events continued to unfold Wednesday afternoon.
&#8220;The Attorney General has been briefed and is monitoring the situation,&#8221; a DOJ spokesperson said. &#8220;ATF and FBI are on the scene and stand ready to assist our local partners.&#8221;
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