The DOJ says it will abide by a federal court order pausing its anti-weaponization fund. And, six states are holding primaries today. Here are the races to watch.
The Supreme Court will soon decide a case that could upend the balance built into a bipartisan law that has accelerated the launch of generic drugs and saved American patients, employers, and taxpayers trillions of dollars in recent decades — while still incentivizing biopharmaceutical companies to research and develop medicines in the first place. The […]
California voters must decide top two candidates to advance in governor’s race; Iowa, Montana, New Jersey, South Dakota and New Mexico also hold primariesSign up for the Breaking News US emailCalifornia elections: governor, LA mayor and Congress at stake Californians are frustrated and underwhelmed as they head to the polls to cast their ballots in Tuesday’s primary election, where voters will eliminate all but two candidates in the volatile race for governor, the messy battle for Los Angeles mayor and a series of high-stakes congressional contests.In the marquee race to succeed term-limited Democratic governor Gavin Newsom a trio of new surveys shows Democrat Xavier Becerra pulling slightly ahead as progressive Tom Steyer and Republican Steve Hilton scrap for the second-place spot to advance in the state’s nonpartisan primary. Continue reading...
President Donald Trump has increasingly faced pushback from his “own friends and allies” in recent weeks leading to a series of “losses,” Punchbowl News reported on Tuesday, a dynamic that the outlet attributed to the president’s most powerful point of leverage crumbling in real time.“President Donald Trump is suddenly taking losses from his own friends and allies, especially on Capitol Hill,” Punchbowl News’ report reads.For instance, Trump’s White House ballroom project is in “serious jeopardy” as GOP senators sour at the $1 billion ask for ballroom security. Trump’s proposal for the creation of a new battleship fleet named after himself also hit a speedbump as Republicans on the House Armed Services Committee expressed a “wave of skepticism,” Punchbowl News reported on Monday.Trump’s $1.7 billion “anti-weaponization” fund has also sparked fierce pushback from GOP lawmakers, and this week, House Republicans may end up supporting a bill to provide $600 million in aid to Ukraine, a bill that Punchbowl News reported “Trump is certain to oppose.”The cause for the recent uptick in GOP defiance, Punchbowl News argued, was the primary election season wrapping up around the nation. Trump’s endorsements – “worth more than ever in GOP primaries,” Punchbowl News’ report reads – are no longer a threat for lawmakers who’ve made it past their primaries unscathed. As such, GOP lawmakers are “suddenly finding it advantageous to oppose” the president.Punchbowl News flagged the wave of GOP opposition to Trump’s $1.7 billion fund – established to award payouts to his supporters who claim to have been unfairly targeted by the Biden administration’s Justice Department – as a key example of Trump’s leverage on his own party having waned. “At least a dozen GOP senators said Monday that the White House’s attempt to quell the uproar over Trump’s ‘anti-weaponization’ fund wasn’t enough to win their support for advancing the immigration-centric package – something that should unify them,” Punchbowl News’ report reads.
Voters are gearing up for a key primaries with razor-tight races in six states, including Iowa where Democrats are hoping to win a Senate seat in the traditionally Republican state. Meanwhile in California, former reality star Spencer Pratt is gaining late momentum in his push to lead Los Angeles, the nation’s second-largest city. NBC’s Liz Kreutz reports for TODAY.
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Tuesday’s Democratic Senate primary in Iowa is shaping up as an early test of whether running against Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) resonates with the party’s base in a state President Donald Trump has carried three times. While national Democrats have quietly signaled a preference for state Rep. Josh Turek, state Sen. Zach Wahls […]
Senate Republicans say the Trump administration’s promise to “abide by” a court order blocking its controversial $1.776 billion anti-weaponization fund does not go far enough, demanding assurances the program will be permanently scrapped. “The only thing that’s going to solve this problem, to get immigration funded and law enforced, is for the president to do […]