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GOP Rep. Ashley Hinson will win Tuesday's Republican primary for Iowa's Senate seat, CBS News projects. https://t.co/9EosmkcATV

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🚨 #Campaign2026 ALERT: @KenPaxtonTX meets with President Trump after attending a fundraiser hosted by GOP senators in Washington.

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President Trump says housing official Bill Pulte will serve as the acting director of national intelligence. https://t.co/eggtHzIhwv

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New: Many voters CBS spoke to in Maine tells us Platner’s latest controversy isn’t changing their vote. But this race will be long, and hasn’t even really started yet. Our @CBSMornings piece this morning, with reporting from @aaronlarnavarro in Portland:

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New: Our @CBSMornings piece on the Graham Platner sexting scandal a week ahead of a Democratic primary he is poised to win. Reporting with @aaronlarnavarro

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Graham Platner's wife told campaign about sexually explicit texts he sent to other women https://t.co/miqkRVwBc9

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Governor Beshear said the Democratic party should not be a party of litmus tests at Heyward AME Church in Gaston, SC:

“That’s the way the Republican Party is right now. One litmus test - do you agree with everything Donald Trump said today.”

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Congressman Ro Khanna addresses delegates at the South Carolina Democratic party's convention in Columbia, SC

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KY Governor Andy Beshear names Congressman Jim Clyburn Kentucky's newest colonel at his annual fish fry in Columbia, SC

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Congressman Ro Khanna and Governor Andy Beshear say that South Carolina should be one of the first southern states on the primary calendar in 2028 at Congressman Clyburn's world famous fish fry:

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Texas state Rep. and Democratic Senate candidate James Talarico responded to GOP attacks over his past remark that God is “non-binary,” telling @edokeefe that some of his previous comments “missed the mark.”

“There are some statements that I’ve made that I certainly regret,” Talarico said, adding that Ken Paxton, whom he will face in November, “is intentionally clipping my cringey comments to distract from his career of corruption.”

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Texas Democratic Senate candidate and state Rep. James Talarico is pushing back on GOP opponent Ken Paxton calling him “Tala-freak-o,” and calls the Texas attorney general “the most corrupt politician in America.”

“If Ken Paxton is worried about freaks, he should stop giving Epstein-style sweetheart deals to pedophiles,” Talarico tells @edokeefe.

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James Talarico accuses his GOP opponent Ken Paxton of trying to distract voters from his "career of corruption." https://t.co/XjBVCPEX0P

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NEW: In his first network news interview since the GOP Senate runoff, @jamestalarico tells @cbsnews some past comments “missed the mark,” but @kenpaxtontx is "clipping my cringey comments to distract from his career of corruption.” https://t.co/9tveQuPfek

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Paxton projected to win Texas Senate GOP runoff after last-minute Trump endorsement, ousting incumbent Cornyn https://t.co/QLrKxsYLHt

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And Paxton’s Democratic opponent thanks Cornyn for his decades of service and tells the senator’s supporters they’re welcome to support him…

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A @CBSNews PROJECTION: @KenPaxtonTX defeats four-term Sen. @JohnCornyn in the Texas Republican Senate runoff. Paxton faces Democrat @jamestalarico this November.

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DNC releases long-awaited autopsy on 2024 election https://t.co/eiu0Eqv5DI

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Pa. Gov. Josh Shapiro spoke with DNC Chair Ken Martin last week about the party’s 2024 election autopsy, sources familiar with the call confirm to @CBSNews. Shapiro conveyed to Martin that the DNC should release the report to the public for transparency. First reported by @natashakorecki. @CBSPolitics

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Exclusive: A bipartisan group of House lawmakers will launch a U.S.-Mexico caucus amid diplomatic strain. https://t.co/pRW6Wn8AWV