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The roughly one-minute video, posted on X by a conservative podcaster, appeared two weeks before the November third election; it carries no disclaimer naming who paid.

On air: Hank Ledger and Kenji Moonfield on The Five O'Clock
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  1. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorFox News reports that Representative Ilhan Omar's daughter was seen entering her D.C. home as Capitol Police were called, and that rumors are swirling about her whereabouts.

  2. Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentOkay, what's a burner account? Never mind.

  3. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorPresident Trump says he has asked Vladimir Putin to release Stephen Hubbard, a seventy-four-year-old retired schoolteacher from Michigan.

  4. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorHe told reporters to remember the question in a couple of days.

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