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Result tees up marquee race in US midterm elections, which could decide if Republicans or Democrats control Senate Incumbent Dan S Sullivan, the US senator, advanced in Alaska’s nonpartisan primary race for his seat on Tuesday alongside Mary Peltola, a former Democratic congresswoman. With the top four candidates moving forward from Alaska’s open primaries to … Read more
Florida delivered the biggest surprise of the primaries on Tuesday when Democratic Socialist Angie Nixon scored an upset victory in the senate race. NBC’s Ryan Nobles reports for TODAY on all the results and how they’ll impact on the buildup to November’s midterm elections.
The White House announced a last-minute delay of President Donald Trump’s threatened 50% tariffs on a number of goods from Canada. NBC’s Monica Alba reports for TODAY.
President Donald Trump is scaling back major joint military exercises with South Korea after Seoul declined to support U.S. operations against Iran, a sharp U-turn with an ally his administration publicly praised just days prior. The move came just three days after Secretary of State Marco Rubio called South Korea an “indispensable partner” and said … Read more
Baseball showman Bill Veeck’s most audacious stunt sent Eddie Gaedel to bat for the lowly St Louis Browns in 1951 – and created an unforgettable diamond spectacle Bill Veeck had a track record for designing some of the most elaborate marketing promotions during his four stints as a Major League Baseball owner, including an exploding … Read more
Tuesday night’s primary elections featured closely watched federal races from sunny South Florida to the frigid Alaskan tundra and two states in between, all of which will help decide whether Republicans maintain control of Congress, or whether Democrats overtake them. Three states also featured critical gubernatorial primary elections. Observers are already using the race results … Read more
Speculation about US president’s executive assistant sparks furious backlash from White House Wearing shoulder-length blonde hair, gold earrings and a red dress, cancer survivor Natalie Harp introduced herself to the 2020 Republican national convention as “a formerly forgotten American from California” and compared Donald Trump with George Bailey, the everyman hero played by James Stewart … Read more
Incumbent Sullivan is running for third term while Peltola is fighting to flip seat and aid Democrats retake control of Congress Congratulations have been pouring in this morning for Angie Nixon, the progressive who won the primary for US Senate in Florida in a major upset to the Democratic establishment. “Congratulations @AngieNixon,” congresswoman Ilhan Omar … Read more
NBC News projects GOP Sen. Dan Sullivan and Democrat Mary Peltola to advance to the general election for Alaska’s U.S. Senate seat in November. NBC News’ Nikki Battiste breaks down the primary election results in Alaska, Florida and Wyoming, and a special election in California to replace Democratic former Rep. Eric Swalwell, who resigned this … Read more
The special election to fill the seat vacated by former Rep. Eric Swalwell, D-Calif., remained undecided in the early Wednesday morning hours. The battle to succeed Swalwell comes after he resigned in April amid sexual assault allegations from at least five women. Prior to the allegations, Swalwell was also making a bid for California’s gubernatorial … Read more
