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A recently resurfaced interview from 1999 shows Sean "Diddy" Combs bragging about the parties now at the center of the federal case against him. "They won't even give me a permit for the parties ...

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Twelve years might sound like a long time ago, but it isn’t enough for the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee. The DSCC put out an attack ad against Wisconsin Republican senatorial ...

"They don't want me to throw the parties," Combs said, vowing, "We ain't gonna stop." A recently resurfaced interview from 1999 shows Sean "Diddy" Combs bragging about the parties now at the ...

Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee held on to a quote from 12 years ago to use in an attack ad. Hovde campaign does not deny the claim but deflects onto his opponent, Democratic U.S. Sen.