Sen. Bill Cassidy failed to finish in the top two spots in Louisiana's Republican Senate primary on Saturday, AP projects. - The race now goes to a June 27 runoff between Rep. Julia Letlow and state Treasurer John Fleming. Why it matters: It's a win for President Trump, who backed Letlow and urged voters to oust Cassidy, whom he's described as "very disloyal." Driving the news: Cassidy ran afoul of Trump when he voted more to convict the president during his Senate impeachment trial over the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol. - Trump was acquitted, but he's sought retribution against Republicans who supported the impeachment effort. Between the lines: Cassidy also helped torpedo Casey Means' nomination for surgeon general, a move…
Democrats announced Saturday night that the Senate’s top parliamentary referee had determined that the $1 billion provision did not comply with budget rules.
Senator Bill Cassidy, a two-term Republican who voted to convict President Trump in his 2021 impeachment trial, could not muster enough votes to continue to a runoff next month.
Sen. Bill Cassidy, the Louisiana Republican who angered President Trump by voting to convict him following the Jan. 6 insurrection, was pushed out of his party's nominating contest on Saturday. Two other GOP members, including a Trump-backed candidate, will advance to a runoff. "NewsNation Prime" is America’s source for unbiased news offering a full range of perspectives from across the U.S. Weekends starting at 7p/6C. #Prime NewsNation is your source for fact-based, unbiased news for all Americans.
Common Sense Institute Arizona released a report showing that Arizona lost 8,600 jobs year over year in March. This ranked 16th worst nationwide, the report said.
U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., and Rep. Ro Khanna, D-Calif., introduced the Make Billionaires Pay Their Fair Share Act in March. The proposal would impose a 5% annual wealth tax on the roughly 938 Americans with a net worth exceeding $1 billion.
Many Americans are still experiencing high levels of distrust in health agencies and the medical establishment. In this most recent episode, a lab-infected monkey bit an employee, a detail that public health officials left out of their acknowledgment.
