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    • Bell fends off Bush in House Democratic primary rematch in Missouri

      Rep. Wesley Bell (D) has fended off former Rep. Cori Bush’s (D) comeback bid as he seeks reelection to the House in Missouri, Decision Desk HQ projects. Bush was running to retake her seat in the solidly blue 1st Congression District two years after Bell ousted her by roughly 5 percentage points in the 2024…

    • Cleaver to fight for political life against Brattin in Missouri House race

      Democratic Rep. Emanuel Cleaver (Mo.) is projected to face off against Republican state Sen. Rick Brattin in Missouri’s 5th Congressional District, according to Decision Desk HQ. Cleaver ran unopposed in Tuesday’s Democratic primary, while Brattin defeated five other Republicans to capture the party’s nomination. The GOP nominee has represented Missouri’s 31st district in the state…

    • Trump’s pick for Kansas governor wins GOP primary

      Kansas state Senate President Ty Masterson (R), President Trump’s endorsed candidate to become the next governor of Kansas, is projected to defeat a crowded field of Republican candidates to advance to the general election, according to preliminary results from Decision Desk HQ (DDHQ). Masterson defeated five other GOP candidates vying to replace Gov. Laura Kelly…

    • Marshall set to face pastor in Kansas Senate election 

      Kansas’s US Senate race was set after Democrat Adam Hamilton, a United Methodist pastor and founder of the Church of the Resurrection in the Kansas City area, won his party’s crowded primary on 4 August. He will face the Republican incumbent, Roger Marshall, in the November general election. Marshall secured the Republican nomination with little…

    • OpenAI pays $3.2m to settle claims it discriminated against US workers

      OpenAI and its subsidiary Statsig have agreed to pay $3.2m (£2.5m) to settle US justice department claims that they discriminated against American job applicants by favouring foreign workers on temporary employment visas. The department alleged the companies discouraged US citizens from applying by requiring paper applications, advertising roles late at night on the radio, and…

    • Labor’s huge immigration crackdown thrown into chaos after internal blow-up forces minister to postpone major announcement

      Australia’s Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke has postponed a National Press Club address at which he had been expected to unveil a major package of reforms designed to sharply cut net migration, after an internal disagreement within the Labor government threw the plans into disarray. The move raises questions over the government’s timetable for tightening…

    • Trump urges Senate to pass bill making daylight saving time permanent after overwhelming House vote

      President Donald Trump has urged the Senate to swiftly pass legislation making daylight saving time permanent, after the House of Representatives voted overwhelmingly in favour of the Sunshine Protection Act. The bill would eliminate the twice-yearly practice of changing clocks in spring and autumn, a system many Americans find disruptive and which has long faced…

    • Dems select their candidate to face longtime GOP lawmaker who balked at Virginia redistricting

      Democrat Shannon Taylor has won her party’s primary in Virginia’s 1st Congressional District, setting up a general election challenge against long-serving Republican incumbent Rep. Rob Wittman on 3 November. Wittman, who has held the seat since 2007, has previously voiced opposition to a proposed Virginia redistricting measure, and Democrats are hoping that shifting voting patterns…

    • Ebola deaths top 1,700 in eastern Congo

      The Ebola outbreak in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo has become the fastest-growing on record, with the death toll passing 1,700 and new infections continuing to outpace health workers’ ability to trace and contain them. The crisis, centred on the town of Bunia in Ituri province, is especially alarming because officials have not yet identified…

    • Virginia voters cement swing district rematch after Dems’ redistricting fail

      Virginia Democrats have renominated former Congresswoman Elaine Luria to run in the state’s 2nd Congressional District, setting up a rematch against Republican incumbent Jen Kiggans. The primary result comes shortly after the Virginia Supreme Court struck down a Democratic-backed redistricting map, a ruling former state Attorney General Jason Miyares described as a win for the…