BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Sen. Bill Cassidy was decisively defeated in Saturday’s Republican primary in Louisiana, unable to convince voters that he deserved another term five years after voting to convict President Donald Trump during an impeachment trial over the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol.He finished behind U.S. Rep. Julia Letlow, who capitalized on the power of Trump’s endorsement as the president continues purging his party of people he views as disloyal, and John Fleming, the state treasurer. Letlow and Fleming will compete in a runoff on June 27. The result was the latest example of Trump’s…

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Tonight, Saturday, May 16, at the Intuit Dome in Inglewood California, Jake Paul’s Most Valuable Promotions holds its first MMA card. Two women’s MMA legends compete in the main event spot. That fight, Ronda Rousey vs. Gina Carano, finds the two women ending long pauses in their MMA careers. Rousey…

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