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Here’s what went down in bellwether towns that reported a significant enough share of the vote by Wednesday morning:

Oregon Democrats unveiled their plan to roll back the state’s pioneering drug decriminalization law in response to rampant public drug use and rising overdose deaths, immediately drawing criticism from both Republicans and pro-decriminalization advocacy groups. “We need to urgently expand drug treatment and addiction prevention in our state while stopping drug dealers, confiscating hard drugs, … Read more

The United Auto Workers union is expected to endorse President Joe Biden as early as Wednesday, according to three people familiar with the decision.

Former President Donald Trump and President Biden don’t agree on much — but both say their election rematch is set after convincing wins in New Hampshire’s first-in-the-nation primary. Trump, who faces one remaining primary challenger in former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley, claimed an 11-point victory in the Granite State on Tuesday night. In an exclusive … Read more

The House Education and Workforce Committee is threatening retaliatory action against Harvard University after accusing the Ivy League school of an insufficient response to its antisemitism investigation. Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx, R-N.C., slammed Harvard’s response to the House GOP probe as “unacceptable.” “Upon initial review, Harvard’s production to the Committee in response to its antisemitism … Read more

FIRST ON FOX: Sen. JD Vance, R-Ohio, is sending a memo to GOP colleagues ahead of Wednesday afternoon’s closed-door meeting on Ukraine, warning lawmakers about the latest Department of Defense (DOD) report that he said detailed the “shortcomings in monitoring U.S. aid to Ukraine.” The January 2024 report, the most recent in a series of … Read more

New York federal appeals court rules ‘pharma bro’, 40, who went to prison for fraud, cannot return to pharmaceutical industry Martin Shkreli, the “pharma bro” entrepreneur who astronomically increased the price of a life-saving drug by more than 4,000% and became a symbol of corporate Wall Street greed, cannot return to the pharmaceutical industry, a … Read more

A federal appeals court upheld a county law in Maryland on Tuesday that requires gun dealers to distribute information about suicide prevention, conflict resolution and mental health resources. A three-judge panel of the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Richmond, Virginia, ruled in favor of the Anne Arundel County law approved in 2022. The … Read more

Republican Vermont Gov. Phil Scott on Tuesday proposed an $8.6 billion budget for fiscal year 2025 and, as he has done before, urged lawmakers not to raise taxes or fees for Vermonters, saying it will be a tough budget year. The budget proposal makes investments in the priorities the governor focused on earlier this month … Read more

Annual study from Match Group of 5,000 single people finds shift in behavior since supreme court ruling on abortion More than one in 10 single people under 50 say they’re having less sex because the US supreme court overturned Roe v Wade, according to a new study. On Wednesday, Match Group, which operates Tinder, Hinge … Read more