news2shortsAUSTIN, TEXAS – The expensive and contentious battle for the Republican Senate nomination in Texas is headed to a May runoff, after none of the three major candidates in the crowded field of contenders topped 50% of the vote in Tuesday’s primary election. Longtime incumbent Sen. John Cornyn will face off with Texas Attorney General … Read more
US Southern Command said joint mission with Ecuadorian forces involves ‘decisive action’ against narco-terrorists US and Ecuadorean forces launched joint operations to combat drug trafficking, the US Southern Command said on Tuesday, but neither side gave more details. Southern Command, which encompasses 31 countries through South and Central America and the Caribbean, said in a … Read more
The Texas Supreme Court temporarily blocked a lower court order to keep Dallas County polling sites open an extra two hours after thousands of voters in Dallas and Williamson counties showed up at the wrong polling sites due to confusion over recent changes. NBC News’ Jane Timm explains the legal fight.
The Department of War on Monday identified four of the six U.S. Army Reserve soldiers killed in a March 1 drone attack in Kuwait while supporting Operation Epic Fury, and officials said the incident remains under investigation. The soldiers were killed at the Port of Shuaiba during what officials described as an unmanned aircraft system … Read more
Michael Whatley has won the Republican primary and Roy Cooper has won the Democratic primary in the North Carolina Senate race, NBC News projects. Former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy reacts to the results, saying the GOP “will have our work cut out for us.”
NBC News projected Former RNC chair Michael Whatley to win the Republican Senate nomination in North Carolina. Whatley thanked Trump in his victory speech and said he is “proud” to stand by the president’s side.
Judge extends voting hours in Dallas county as Jasmine Crockett and James Talarico locked in hotly contested race As polls began to close across Texas on Tuesday evening, Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett and state representative James Talarico were locked in a fiercely contested and unpredictable primary that has drawn record-level turnout and outsized national attention. The … Read more
New York Attorney General Letitia James is instructing a Manhattan hospital to resume offering gender-transition treatment to transgender youth after it ended such treatments last month over funding threats from the Trump administration. NYU Langone’s decision to close its Transgender Youth Health Program violated the state’s anti-discrimination laws by “jeopardizing access to medically necessary healthcare … Read more
Rubio said the US was reacting after learning that Israel planned to strike Iran, but Trump on Wednesday contradicted that explanation – key US politics stories from Tuesday 3 March at a glance Donald Trump attempted to counter a simmering anti-Israel backlash in Congress and among his own Maga supporters on Tuesday by denying suggestions … Read more
Ahead of the polls closing in Texas Tuesday, on the first major primary night of the 2026 midterms, a suspect who drove from Oklahoma was arrested outside GOP candidate Ken Paxton’s Dallas headquarters around 5:15 p.m., later found to be in possession of ammo following a reported disturbance. The arrest came after Dallas police officers … Read more
