Democratic state attorney general Bob Ferguson took the most number of votes in Washington state’s nonpartisan gubernatorial primary Tuesday. He will face Republican Dave Reichert, who placed second, in the Nov. 5 election to replace termed-out Democratic Gov. Jay Inslee. In Washington’s “top two” primary system, all candidates for congressional and state offices are listed...
Rep. Andy Ogles, R-Tenn., announced on social media Tuesday that his phone was seized by the FBI last week – just one day after he won a Republican primary in the Volunteer State. Ogles, a member of the House Freedom Caucus, shared a statement on X about the investigation, which reportedly involves campaign finance filings....
Key Republican and Democrat nomination contests will set the table for this autumn’s battle for the House and Senate majorities as Michigan, Missouri, Kansas and Washington state hold primary elections on Tuesday. Among the contests taking top billing is the Michigan race to succeed retiring longtime Democrat Sen. Debbie Stabenow. The seat is one of...
Democrat Marie Gluesenkamp Perez and Republican Joe Kent have finished first and second in Washington state’s primary in the 3rd congressional district setting up a one on one matchup in November. Washington state uses a top two primary system in which all candidates regardless of party appear on the primary ballot and the top two...
Dave Reichert, a Republican, took the second slot in the gubernatorial primary in Washington state on Tuesday night, beating out numerous other contenders. He now faces Bob Ferguson, the state’s Democratic attorney general, who placed first in Tuesday’s primary. The two will now face off in the Nov. 5 general election contest for governor. In...
Former President Trump has endorsed a second GOP candidate in the primary for Washington’s 4th Congressional District in an effort to oust Rep. Dan Newhouse, who is one of 10 Republicans who voted to impeach him in 2021 following the Jan. 6 Capitol protests. Trump, in a post on Truth Social ahead of Tuesday’s vote,...
Multiple suspects are wanted in Washington, D.C., after allegedly assaulting a police officer and vandalizing government property during an anti-Israel riot last week, officials said Tuesday. The U.S. Park Police is asking for the public’s help in identifying six individuals who they say took part in the incidents that unfolded around 3 p.m. on July...
The Senate overwhelmingly passed legislation Tuesday that is designed to protect children from dangerous online content, pushing forward with what would be the first major effort by Congress in decades to hold tech companies more accountable for the harm that they cause. The bill, which passed 91-3, has been pushed by parents of children who...
Following the protests at Union Station by anti-Israel agitators defacing federal property in protest of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s address to Congress, a Park Police union is pushing back against criticism that only a few arrests were made. Thousands of Hamas-sympathizing agitators descended on Washington, D.C., Tuesday, at one point defacing federal monuments with...
The dust has barely settled following Tuesday’s surpriseresignation announcement by U.S. Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle as ongoing investigations ramp up, exploring the colossal security failings at a campaign rally for former President Trump on July 13. The beleaguered presidential appointee was seemingly successful in uniting our political divisions as politicians fromboth major political parties...
