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AXIOS (Holly Otterbein) - Socialist fever breaks: Takeaways from Crowley's win

Milwaukee County Executive David Crowley narrowly defeated socialist Francesca Hong by about 3,000 votes, dealing a blow to the progressive left's momentum Tuesday in Wisconsin's Democratic primary for governor, after his own polling indicated he was behind by nearly 20 points. Why it matters: Crowley's win could breathe new life into a center-left that had been losing primary after primary in recent months, from last week's Senate contest in Michigan to House races across the country . Yes, but: The day wasn't a total loss for progressives. - In the day's other big ideological showdown between Democrats, Minnesota Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan, a progressive, defeated moderate Rep. Angie Craig in Minnesota's Senate primary by 20 points.…

Milwaukee County Executive David Crowley narrowly defeated socialist Francesca Hong by about 3,000 votes, dealing a blow to the progressive left's momentum Tuesday in Wisconsin's Democratic primary for governor, after his own polling indicated he was behind by nearly 20 points. Why it matters: Crowley's win could breathe new life into a center-left that had been losing primary after primary in recent months, from last week's Senate contest in Michigan to House races across the country . Yes, but: The day wasn't a total loss for progressives. - In the day's other big ideological showdown between Democrats, Minnesota Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan, a progressive, defeated moderate Rep. Angie Craig in Minnesota's Senate primary by 20 points.…Open

THEFEDERALIST (Breccan F. Thies) - FBI Decided Biden-Ukraine Scandal Was ‘Russian Disinformation’ Without Even Running An Investigation

Many people considered 'threats' happened to be many of the same people investigating Hunter Biden.

NEWSNATIONNOW (Ali Bradley) - ICE earmarks $20M for electric-shock gloves

DHS sources confirm $20 million has been earmarked to equip ICE personnel with shock-emitting gloves.

NEWSNATIONNOW (Max Rego and The Hill) - HHS touts 35 states that have scaled back 'orphan tax' on Social Security benefits

For decades, state agencies have taken Social Security survivor benefits from children in foster care after the death of their parents.

YOUTUBE (MS NOW) - Joe: Francesca Hong ‘wasn’t a good political athlete’

After Milwaukee County Executive David Crowley shocked the country by beating Democratic socialist Francesca Hong in Tuesday’s primary for Wisconsin governor, Joe says Hong “just wasn’t a good political athlete.” He points to Hong’s history of controversial social media posts, saying she wasn’t able to distance herself from them the way other candidates have.