NYTIMES (Nick Corasaniti) - Fired Navy Admiral Wins Democratic Runoff in South Carolina’s 1st District
Democrats expect Nancy Lacore to run a competitive general election despite the district’s Republican leaning.
JUSTTHENEWS (Misty Severi) - Micah Lasher defeats Schlossberg, Conway for Democratic nomination in NY's 12th district: AP
Lasher, a New York assemblyman, defeated former President John F. Kennedy's grandson Jack Schlossberg and Republican-turned-Democrat attorney George Conway for the nomination, along with assemblyman Alex Bores.
JUSTTHENEWS (Ben Whedon) - Trump saves endorsement record in SC as Mamdani dominates in NYC
Mamdani’s wins seem to have established him as an increasingly potent force in shaping the direction of the Democratic Party moving forward while Trump’s merely reasserted his kingmaker status within the GOP.
JUSTTHENEWS (Eric J. Lyman) - Starmer's 'dull competence,' efforts to make UK more moderate, steady failed amid populist pressure
The U.K.'s first center-left leader since Brexit couldn't contain the debate over mass migration, the role of Muslims, and distrust of elites.
JUSTTHENEWS (Amanda Head) - Trump team ditches the delusion: Sex ed returns to actual sex, not woke propaganda and promiscuity
Trump’s HHS is bringing back common sense and biology to sex education and leaving the Democrats’ porn, role play and abortion-pushing lessons in the rearview mirror.
JUSTTHENEWS (Ashe Short) - ‘It’s about who you work for’: Taxpayers are stuck paying off student loans for NGO employees
Employees at any organization designated as a tax-exempt nonprofit is eligible for a federal student loan forgiveness program, even organizations who are avowedly anti-American.
JUSTTHENEWS (The Center Square Staff) - VA Gov Spanberger pleased with budget compromise; Republican leaders, not so much
House GOP Leader Terry Kilgore said lawmakers avoided a government shutdown but criticized the budget process.
JUSTTHENEWS (The Center Square Staff) - Illinois Gov Pritzker defends plan to raise highway toll rates
Pritzker said there has been a lot of inflation since tolls were last raised for passenger vehicles in 2012. Commercial tolls have risen in Illinois every year since 2021.
JUSTTHENEWS (The Center Square Staff) - Protecting US citizenship will be focus of Senate hearing Wednesday
The hearing, to be chaired by Sen. Eric Schmitt, comes as lawmakers continue debating issues surrounding citizenship, immigration policy, and national security.
ABCNEWS - A top Army general set to announce retirement in abrupt move: Official
Gen. Chris Donahue has spent the past 18 months leading U.S. Army Europe and Africa, the command responsible for Army operations across both continents.