Primaries

Real estate transfer taxes, the Israel–Gaza war, and competing allegations of ethics violations are worth watching in Chicago and the Land of Lincoln.

‘It’s a narrower road than it was eight weeks ago,’ Mr. Griffin said at an investment conference in Miami.

LBJ tried the same thing in 1968, and it didn’t go well for him.

An investigative journalist questions what was really behind the FBI’s search of former president Trump’s home. He says it could be related to one of Trump’s lawsuits. The New York primaries are today. Races to watch include incumbent Democrats running against each other in newly-drawn congressional districts. Who will take on Governor Ron DeSantis in Florida’s gubernatorial election? Democrats in Florida are casting votes for their nominee today. A political science professor tells us what he expects to see.

President Biden and Democrats have now spent as much as Trump did in his last two years, but is there a difference between then and now? Representative Liz Cheney loses her House seat. Trump-backed challenger Harriet Hageman doubles Cheney’s votes to win Wyoming’s House-at-Large GOP Primary. And in the Alaska primaries, Senator Lisa Murkowski, Trump-endorsed Kelly Tshibaka, and Sarah Palin all advance. Moderna tests reveal lasting impacts of mRNA vaccines. The results show that the COVID-19 vaccine caused malformations in lab rats’ offspring.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has wrapped up her unannounced trip to Taiwan. Her schedule included a visit to Taiwan’s legislature and a meeting with President Tsai Ing-wen. We take a look at projected winners from Tuesday’s primaries, focusing on the Senate and Governor races in Michigan, Arizona, and Missouri. The State Department approves a multi-billion dollar deal selling missiles to Saudi Arabia. Some suspect this might be part of a quid pro quo.

Trump-endorsed candidates go 12 and 0 in Tuesday’s Primaries. We take a look at the results from elections in eight States. Over a hundred sheriffs in Georgia are condemning a gubernatorial candidate for supporting calls to defund the police. They represent around two-thirds of the sheriffs in the state. Mexico joins the investigation into the human trafficking deaths in Texas, as two Mexican nationals are charged in connection with the smuggling attempt.

Three Trump-endorsed candidates won and one lost in Tuesday’s Primaries. And in a special election, Republican Mayra Flores flips a U.S. House seat in Texas from blue to red. The Sheriff’s Office in Yuma County, Arizona is investigating 16 cases of voting and voter registration fraud. Some may involve third-party non-profit organizations according to the recorder at the Sheriff’s Office. The Federal Reserve, ratcheting up its fight against inflation, possibly. It’s expected to raise interest rates more than it previously forecast. But some say it’s not enough.

Texas governor Greg Abbott ordering random school inspections, to make sure schools are prepared to respond to school shootings, as Uvalde says goodbye to more victims of last week’s attack. Iowa, Mississippi, and South Dakota are among seven states holding primary elections on June 7th. Find out who’s favored to win among senate and gubernatorial candidates. A new report shows at least 19,000 ballots counted in Arizona’s 2020 general election were late and invalid. An election integrity group says the ballots could have affected results from the state.