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Donald Trump's chosen candidate for governor in Wisconsin will win the GOP nomination, CNN projects, underscoring the former President's clout among Republican primary voters in the latest contest in which he and former Vice President Mike Pence were on opposite sides -- and the first since the FBI search of Trump's Florida resort.
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Donald Trump on Tuesday once again showcased his control over the GOP's open primaries, as the former President's chosen candidate won Wisconsin's Republican primary for governor over a rival backed by former Vice President Mike Pence and much of the party's establishment in the battleground state.
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Republican Rep. Scott Perry of Pennsylvania said Tuesday that the FBI had seized his cell phone.
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Minnesota Rep. Ilhan Omar survived a primary challenge Tuesday, CNN projected -- but barely, and the narrow result could encourage critics of the progressive "squad" member to try again in two years.
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Republicans chose Tim Michels to challenge Gov. Tony Evers in Wisconsin. In Washington State, a House Republican who voted for impeachment conceded her race.
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 Star Tribune via GettyIt was closer than she wanted, but progressive Rep. Ilhan Omar (D) narrowly defeated centrist Minneapolis City Council member Don Samuels in their primary matchup Tuesday night, winning on a margin that indicates a much shakier standing in her Minneapolis district than most expected.
Samuels ran largely on backlash to Omar's leftist positions, including her support for defunding the police, which has become a hot-button issue in Minneapolis since the murder of George Floyd in 2020. The congresswoman is one of the most liberal members of the House Democratic Caucus, and she has occasionally bucked the party on major policy votes alongside the rest of the so-called progressive "squad."
Although he ultimately lost, Samuels' candidacy appears to have struck a chord with some voters' distaste for Omar's progressive approach. At the point the AP called her race, she was only about 2 percentage points ahead.
Read more at The Daily Beast.
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Becca Balint will win the Democratic primary for Vermont's lone House seat, CNN projects, putting her on a path to become the first woman to represent the state in Congress.
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She is one of three pro-impeachment Republicans likely to be defeated this cycle.
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Don Samuels, a former Minneapolis city councilman with establishment support, tried to unseat the Minnesota progressive.
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Representative Jaime Herrera Beutler conceded in a "jungle primary" in which the top two candidates advance, regardless of party. Marie Perez and Joe Kent were leading, but the race had not yet been called.
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FBI agents reportedly seized the cellphone of Trump ally Rep. Scott Perry.
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Former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo met with the House January 6 committee on Tuesday, according to panel member Rep. Zoe Lofgren. The California Democrat confirmed CNN's earlier reporting that Pompeo would be deposed by the committee, according to a source familiar with the matter.
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 Rob Lee TwitterQuestions have been raised about the Kremlin's version of events after several massive explosions were seen erupting from a Russian military airbase in Crimea on Tuesday.
Videos of the blasts at the Saki base on the Russian-controlled peninsula were shared on social media. In a statement, the Russian defense ministry said the explosions had been caused as a result of aviation munitions detonating, though no explanation was given as to what had caused the ordnance to explode. They also claimed that there were no casualties as a result of the explosions, nor was there any damage to aviation hardware at the site. "Measures are being taken to extinguish the fire and find out the causes of the explosion," the ministry added, Russian state media reported. "According to a report from the site, there was no fire impact on the bunded ammunition storage area at the airfield."
Despite the Kremlin's denials, a contradictory narrative quickly emerged. An unnamed Ukrainian military official told the New York Times that Ukrainian forces were indeed behind the blasts. "This was an air base from which planes regularly took off for attacks against our forces in the southern theater," the source said, adding that a "device exclusively of Ukrainian manufacture was used" in the attack.
Read more at The Daily Beast.
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