Voters dump Madison Cawthorn.
FAR-RIGHT ELECTION DENIER, WINS PENNSYLVANIA GUBERNATORIAL PRIMARY Doug Mastriano, a far-right state senator who attended the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection and has been at the center of efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election, won the Republican primary for governor in Pennsylvania. Mastriano was endorsed by former President Donald Trump, who thanked him for his commitment to the lie that Trump didn't lose to President Joe Biden. [HuffPost] GOP SENATE CONTEST IN PENNSYLVANIA TOO CLOSE TO CALL The tumultuous GOP Senate contest in Pennsylvania still has no clear winner as hedge fund tycoon Dave McCormick and Trump-backed Mehmet Oz were mired in too-close-to-call territory. It's possible the vote might head into a mandatory recount if the eventual margin of victory is less than 0.5%. [HuffPost] EMOTIONAL BIDEN DENOUNCES RACIST MASS SHOOTING IN BUFFALO AS 'TERRORISM' Only a short distance from where a white teenager killed 10 people inside a supermarket in Buffalo, New York, President Joe Biden urged the country to stand up against a rising tide of violent hate, denouncing the incident as "domestic terrorism." Biden also became emotional recounting the story of a father who was killed in the shooting. [HuffPost] FINLAND, SWEDEN SUBMIT APPLICATIONS TO JOIN NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said Finland, Sweden have officially applied to join the world's biggest military alliance, a move driven by security concerns over Russia's war in Ukraine. [AP] |
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EX-TRUMP OFFICIAL QUITS GOP, SAYS REPUBLICAN PARTY IS NOW A THREAT TO AMERICA Miles Taylor, a former Homeland Security official in the Trump administration who later turned into one of the former president's critics, has quit the Republican Party, saying the GOP can't be saved. He has also admitted to writing the 2018 "Anonymous" op-ed in The New York Times. [HuffPost] MADISON CAWTHORN LOSES PRIMARY AFTER BARRAGE OF GOP ATTACKS Rep. Madison Cawthorn (R-N.C.) lost his bid for reelection, falling to state Sen. Chuck Edwards in the GOP primary in the deeply red 11th Congressional District. Republican leaders in the state ― including Sen. Thom Tillis, who backed Edwards ― worked mightily to unseat him. Still, Trump endorsed the scandal-plagued Cawthorn the day before the election. [HuffPost] PENNSYLVANIA LT. GOV. JOHN FETTERMAN WINS DEMOCRATIC SENATE NOMINATION Pennsylvania Lt. Gov. John Fetterman won the Democratic primary for Pennsylvania's open U.S. Senate seat, kicking off a general-election battle that could determine control of the Senate. His victory is a triumph of personal branding and populist messaging over the power of the state's Democratic elected officials, who largely favored Rep. Conor Lamb. Fetterman continues recovering from a stroke. [HuffPost] SUSPECT ARRESTED IN KOREAN HAIR SALON SHOOTING HAD 'DELUSIONS' ABOUT ASIANS: REPORT The suspect arrested in connection to a shooting at a Korean hair salon in Texas last week had "delusions" about Asians, according to his girlfriend. [HuffPost] JUDGE SUSPENDS MICHIGAN'S DORMANT ABORTION BAN A judge suspended Michigan's dormant ban on abortion, saying it likely violates the state constitution. The law, which makes it a crime to assist in an abortion, has been on the books since 1931, but has had no practical effect since the U.S. Supreme Court legalized abortion in 1973. That could change if the court overturns Roe. [AP] |
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