Trump-endorsed candidates won Senate runoffs in Georgia and Alabama, but in a rare defeat, the president's pick for Georgia governor failed to advance.
Trump has touted his tentative agreement with Iran at the G7 summit. Today, he is expected to field questions at a press conference as the summit wraps up. And, a look at Tuesday's primary election results.
Voters across the country delivered a mixed verdict in a series of high-profile primary contests Tuesday, elevating political outsiders, boosting progressive candidates in deep-blue jurisdictions, and offering fresh clues about President Donald Trump’s hold on the GOP ahead of the midterm elections. Kemp and Trump both lose in Georgia’s gubernatorial race Republican businessman Rick Jackson […]
President Donald Trump says he is canceling a scheduled hearing Wednesday for his nominee to serve as director of national intelligence, saying that Republican lawmakers fell into a legislative "trap."The 80-year-old president announced on Truth Social at 3:54 a.m. EST that he would not allow the hearings to proceed for DNI nominee Jay Clayton, currently serving as Manhattan U.S. attorney, until the Senate confirmed his replacement as federal prosecutor in New York City.“The Republicans agreed with Dumocrats to remove very fair, and talented, William Pulte, from serving as Acting DNI in return for getting FISA approved by the Dumocrats," Trump posted. "However, the Republicans moved so fast with the hearings of the Great Jay Clayton, current U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, that Pulte would be gone before the Dumocrats would vote on FISA."“Now, the Dumocrats are saying they will vote against FISA — So, the Republicans wound up having fulfilled their commitment, but Dumocrats broke the Deal,” he added.It's not clear what Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR), chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, thinks of Trump announcing the 2 p.m. hearing has been canceled, which would typically be the panel chair's decision and not the president's."I don’t want to take Jay Clayton away from the great job he is doing until Jamie is in place," Trump posted. "Therefore, to add a slight bit of intrigue but, for the Good of the Nation, and the People of our Country, I will not approve FISA without THE SAVE AMERICA ACT going along with it.""Not complicated, actually, the Republicans fell into a trap," he added. "Regarding the approval of our Great Patriot, Jay Clayton, we are cancelling the Senate Hearing RE: DNI today, and will not be going forward until Jamie McDonald is approved to be U.S. Attorney. In the meantime, Bill Pulte will remain as the Acting Director of National Intelligence. Thank you for your attention to this matter!"Pulte had immediately drawn bipartisan criticism as lacking minimal qualifications when he was tapped to succeed Tulsi Gabbard as DNI, and he had been slated to start as acting director on Friday.Democrats had refused to put up the votes necessary to an extension of the key foreign surveillance program.
White won 63.2% of the vote compared to his City Council colleague Brooke Pinto, who notched 21.5% when the contest was called by the Associated Press just after 12:10 a.m. ET. Wednesday.
Republican primary runoff voters chose US representative Mike Collins to face Ossoff in November Republicans are pushing for swift Senate confirmation of president Donald Trump’s nominee to lead US intelligence, Jay Clayton, but Democrats said they would wait until his nomination hearing on Wednesday before deciding how to proceed.Trump nominated Clayton, the top US attorney for Manhattan, to be Director of National Intelligence (DNI) less than a week ago, amid a political firestorm over the loyalist he had picked to fill the role temporarily, Reuters reported. Continue reading...
Lt. Gov. Burt Jones lost the Republican runoff for governor to the health care executive Rick Jackson despite the president’s endorsement. Mr. Trump’s picks won in other races.
Georgia Republicans dealt a blow to President Trump on Tuesday, bucking his preferred pick, Lt. Gov. Burt Jones (R), for healthcare executive and billionaire Rick Jackson in the Peach State’s gubernatorial primary. Jackson defeated Jones by single digits in the Republican gubernatorial runoff — marking the second time one of Trump’s endorsees in a major statewide…
Jackson Lahmeyer, founder of Pastors for Trump, and Oklahoma state Rep. Mark Tedford (R) are projected to advance to a runoff in the GOP primary for Oklahoma’s 1st Congressional District, Decision Desk HQ projected. Neither candidate was projected to clear the 50-percent threshold necessary to clinch the nomination on Tuesday. Ten GOP candidates competed for…