Voters in six states head to polls with Kentuckyโs Massie facing Trumpโs fury โ US politics live
Contest seen as latest test of presidentโs grip on GOP as he urges voters to reject one of the few senior Republicans who has defied him Sign up for the Breaking News US email Defense secretary Pete Hegseth visited Kentucky on Monday to support Thomas Massieโs rival Ed Gallrein in a significant a break from tradition. Hegseth said he was speaking โas a private citizenโ and that Gallrein is a โwarfighterโ. Police are investigating a deadly shooting at the Islamic Center of San Diego as a hate crime, after three people were killed and two dead suspects were identified near the scene. Democratic leaders from across the country issued statements in the wake of the shooting calling out Islamophobia and advocating for stricter gun laws. At a healthcare affordability event, Donald Trump announced that his website TrumpRx.gov will now include a catalog of generic drugs. Trump touted the move as โincreasing the number of drugs available on TrumpRx by nearly seven times, adding over 600 affordable generics to the websiteโ. Trump moved to dismiss a $10bn lawsuit against the Interal Revenue Service and his administration created a $1.776bn โanti-weaponizationโ fund to compensate his allies for supposed persecution by the government. Democrats harshly criticized the settlement, saying it amounts to the creation of a โslush fundโ for the presidentโs allies. An effort to reshape South Carolinaโs congressional districts got its first full airing Monday in the state House. Lawmakers launched a lengthy discussion over the consequences of acceding to Trumpโs calls for a US House map that could yield a clean sweep for Republicans. Trump also said he is requesting the attorney general and Justice Department investigate mail-in voting in Maryland. In a post on Truth Social, Trump alleged that Maryland had โsent out 500,000 Illegal Mail In Ballotsโ and blamed โthe Corrupt Governor of the State, Wes Mooreโ, a Democrat, who โallowed this to happen in order to make sure that Democrats winโ. Nancy Pelosi has endorsed San Francisco supervisor Connie Chan in the race to fill the seat Pelosi will vacate at the end of her term. The Trump administration has proposed allowing up to 17,500 white South Africans to enter the United States as refugees, beginning in the new fiscal year, CNN reports, citing an emergency determination letter sent to Congress that it obtained. Continue reading...