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in six states yesterday. Perhaps one of the most closely watched was a battle for a single congressional seat in Kentucky. President Trump himself was not on the ballot, but NPR's
“Dominican Montenaro reports he played a key role in this race."”
Trump is on something of a revenge tour. The latest casualty congressman Thomas Massey of Kentucky. He lost to a Trump back challenger by about 10 points Tuesday night, and he sought tens of millions of dollars spent against him. In fact, it was the most expensive
house primary in history with $33 million spent on TV ads. Massey was a thorn in Trump's
side, helping force the release of millions of pages of the Epstein files, for example. Now he joins a list of perceived political enemies that Trump has gone after often successfully in GOP primaries. But while Trump has proven his strength with the Republican base, general elections are a different story, and that will likely put Republican candidates in swing districts in tough positions this fall. Domenical Montenaro and PR News Washington.
Kentucky incumbent congressman Thomas Massey lost to Republican challenger Ed Galerine. He thanked the president at his victory party.
“"I want to thank President Trump for his support, his endorsement, and his counsel as”
I navigated this campaign, which is a journey of unto itself, and for his courageous leadership
of our nation at this critical time." Galerine will face the winner of the Democratic
primary, Melissa Strange, in this fall's general election. In George's primary elections for governor, former Atlanta mayor, Keisha Lance Bottoms, his one-the-democratic gubernatorial nomination. Her opponent isn't clear yet, two candidates advance to the Republican runoff primary in June, Georgia Lieutenant Governor Bird Jones and health care billionaire Rick Jackson. President Trump has endorsed Jones.
Russian president Vladimir Putin has arrived in Beijing to meet Chinese president Xi Jinping, and PR's Jennifer Pack reports from Shanghai. The two leaders have extended a strategic partnership agreement. President Putin had a welcoming ceremony that included a military marching band, a cannon
“salute, smiling children waving Chinese and Russian flags. The same pageantry president”
Trump received just days ago at the Great Hall of the People. During Putin's meeting
with the Chinese leader, Xi said the global situation is fluid and turbulent, according to state-run Xinhua news agency. Xi said there is a resurgence of what he calls unilateralism and hegemonism. Things that China has frequently accused the U.S. of in the past. As permanent members of the UN Security Council, Xi said China and Russia should work together to make the global governance system more
just and reasonable. Jennifer Pack and PR News Shanghai. "You're listening to NPR News from Washington." The head of the World Health Organization says the spread of the Ebola virus strain, Bündabuya, is a public health emergency of international concern, but Dr. Tedros Adnan Amgabria says it is not a pandemic emergency. The WHO says at least 139 deaths are suspected
to be because of the Ebola strain Democratic Republic of Congo. There are now 600 suspected cases. San Diego authorities say three victims for Mondays shooting attack on the Islamic Center of San Diego died as they protected 140 children. The suspected shooters who died by suicide left behind writings, these were filled with racial hatred against Muslims, Jews, black people, and women. This morning, the National Trust for Historic Places just
released its annual list of the most endangered sites in the U.S. and beer's net-oolaby has more. The list of 11 places has a theme, honoring the idea that all people are created equal. It includes the oldest Quaker Meeting House in Massachusetts, and a few sites that have been affected by President Trump's administration, including the President's House in
Philadelphia, where the National Park Service removed some information about enslaved people there. National Trust President Carol Quillin calls that historical erasure. "That's a threat to preservation that we're also interested in protesting." The National Trust is currently suing the Trump administration over its construction of a ballroom on White House grounds, net-o-lipy and PR news. On Wall Street in pre-market trading
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