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Democratic voters put Lt. Gov. Juliana Stratton on a path to the Senate, while the pro-Israel lobby notched its first major victories of the year but also faced a tough defeat.
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Senator Markwayne Mullin of Oklahoma was chosen to replace the ousted secretary Kristi Noem and will face senators at a confirmation hearing on Wednesday.
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A top national security official resigned from the Trump administration Tuesday in response to the war on Iran. "Iran posed no imminent threat to our nation, and it is clear that we started this war due to pressure from Israel and its powerful American lobby," Joe Kent, who served as director of the National Counterterrorism Center, wrote in his resignation letter.
We speak with Josh Paul, a former State Department official who resigned in 2023 to protest the Biden administration's Gaza policy. He says Kent is at least the 16th U.S. official in the last few years to resign over policy related to Israel, spanning both the Biden and Trump administrations.
"We know that there is a very visible, very vocal debate happening in the Democratic Party on that topic. It's clear that there is also a very vocal debate happening within the right wing of American politics," says Paul.
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In a Senate hearing on Wednesday, lawmakers are likely to ask about the information provided to the Trump administration ahead of the U.S.-Israeli war against Iran.
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Mr. Biss emerged after being an early front-runner in the turbulent, crowded contest to replace a longtime incumbent in Illinois's Ninth District.
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Voters kicked off the state's midterm contests for U.S. Senate, U.S. House and other offices on Tuesday.
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