Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Kristen Wright.
The results of several key primary elections held yesterday are signalling what maybe a head
for Republican and Democratic parties in the midterm elections. Left-wing anti-establishment Democratic candidates are celebrating victories. Democratic Socialist New York City Mayor, Zoran Mamdoni, spoke about the wins during a press conference today. Watching the closely watched Michigan U.S. Senate Democratic primary, won by former public
health official Abdul Al-Sayat. I am proud to be part of a movement of politicians and candidates who are looking to put working-class Americans back at the heart of our politics. And that's our focus here in New York City.
“And just from what we're seeing in Michigan, it looks like that's what Michiganers want”
there to be their focus come November. PDR's Sage Miller reports on how voters decided in other primary races around the country. Progressive Democrats scored another win this election cycle when voters in Michigan's seventh congressional district picked Will Lawrence as their nominee.
Democrats hoped to flip the seat away from first-time Republican Congressman Tom Barrett.
But establishment Democrats won in Missouri and Virginia. Missouri Congressman Wesley Bell beat progressive former congresswoman Cory Bush. Despite a record low approval rating, Trump still has a strong grip on his party. The Trump back candidate won the Republican nomination in a congressional race in Washington State.
And Trump's candidates also won in two races for governor in Kansas and Michigan. Sage Miller and PR news. President Trump is in Las Vegas. He's expected to speak at Red Rock, Resort, and Casino about the economy within the hour.
“The United Nations Human Rights Commissioner condemned a sharp increase in executions and”
death sentences in Iran since the beginning of the war. In a statement issued today, the UN official says Iran continues to use capital punishment to suppress dissent and PR's Hadile Al-Shalchate reports. UN Human Rights Chief Volker Tark said he was "alarmed" at the rise in executions and death sentences issued in Iran since the beginning of the U.S. is really war.
In a statement, he said that since March 19th, at least 56 people have been executed on national security related charges, including 27 individuals in cases linked to January protests. Tark said 100 others are at risk of execution on similar charges. According to Tark, executions have "reportedly been carried out in public some only weeks
after arrest." Tark called the death penalty "incompatible with the right to life and human dignity." Hadile Al-Shalchate and PR News Istanbul The Senate has confirmed Dr. Erika Schwartz as director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
“The vote was along party lines today. Schwartz served as Deputy Surgeon General during”
the first Trump administration. She's the first permanent CDC director in almost a year. This is NPR News. Regular gas in the U.S. is still averaging more than $4 a gallon. NPR News in Iran and Oman say they're getting close to an agreement on the straight
of Hormuz that could ease pressure on the global economy. Part of a space ex Falcon 9 rocket crashed into the moon earlier today. As Joe Palka reports, NASA estimated the impact would create a crater 60 feet across and 12 feet deep. The Falcon 9 rocket left Earth in January of this year.
It was carrying firefly aerospace's blue ghost one lunar lander.
The rocket's upper stage wasn't intended to hit the moon, but it seems space ex never
commended it to maneuver so it would definitely miss the moon. The approximately 10,000 pound upper stage struck the moon traveling at more than 5,000 miles per hour. According to NASA, media droids with similar energy hit the moon every six days or so. Amateur astronomer Bill Gray is credited with predicting the impact would occur using
publicly available data. It will likely be days before telescopes on Earth and in orbit around the moon are able to confirm the size of the impact crater. For NPR News, I'm Joe Palka. Cooler weather and a break in the winds are allowing firefighters and Washington state to
make progress on wildfires that are burning homes and forcing thousands of people to leave for safety. Today's sun are being allowed to go back home in Spokane. But now there are concerns about air quality because of all the smoke. The alert warnings of healthy, unhealthy levels of air pollution are in effect across most
of Washington and surrounding states. I'm Kristen Wright and PR News from Washington. This week on the NPR Politics podcast, another progressive Democrat, Edges Out and Establishment Candidate. Abdul L. Sayed, one Michigan Senate primary campaigning on affordability, health care and
ending U.S. military aid to Israel. Join us as we break down his victory and what it could signal for November's midterms on the NPR Politics podcast.
