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Wyoming secretary of state wins GOP primary for open House seat
Chuck Gray, Wyoming’s Republican Secretary of State, has won the GOP primary for the state’s sole at-large US House seat, making him the heavy favourite to win the seat outright given Wyoming’s strongly conservative electorate. He is seeking to succeed Rep. Harriet Hageman, who is vacating the seat to run for the Senate instead. Gray,…
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Canada secures brief reprieve from impending 50% US tariff
Canada secured a three-day pause on a threatened 50% US tariff after Donald Trump announced late on Tuesday that the two countries had reached a deal “subject to the finalisation of documents.” The reprieve came just hours before the tariff hike, which would have hit around $20bn worth of Canadian exports including wine and hockey…
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Florida voters, hungry for change, snub Dem establishment and even Trump
Democrats picked a progressive for Senate. The GOP spurned the president’s endorsements in two House races.
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Shapiro signs order restricting data centers in Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro (D) on Tuesday signed an executive order that could limit AI data center development in the Keystone State. The executive order, which implements his Governor’s Responsible Infrastructure Development (GRID) requirements, requires prospective developers to provide a notice of intent to comply with the safeguards — which include requiring that firms pay…
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Democrats pick their fighter for uphill bid to flip deep-red Senate seat
Democrats have selected former state representative James Byrd as their nominee for Wyoming’s open US Senate seat, setting up an uphill battle in one of America’s most reliably Republican states. The seat became available after incumbent Republican Senator Cynthia Lummis announced in December that she would not seek re-election. Byrd defeated former golf club greenskeeper…
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Hageman-Byrd matchup set to replace Lummis in Wyoming
Wyoming Rep. Harriet Hageman (R) and former state Rep. James Byrd (D) are projected to face off in the November race to replace retiring Sen. Cynthia Lummis (R-Wy.), according to Decision Desk HQ. Hageman launched her Senate bid in December, just days after Lummis announced her retirement from Congress. President Trump was quick to back…
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Trump’s pick for Wyoming governor is the latest endorsee to lose primary
State Sen. Eric Barlow defeated Superintendent of Public Instruction Megan Degenfelder, who had President Donald Trump’s support in the race.
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QUENTIN LETTS: Chilling threats from Putin, a bloated welfare bill and a deepening small boats crisis… but Andy’s at a bus depot like the Mayor of Trumpton
Quentin Letts’s parliamentary sketch criticises Prime Minister Andy Burnham for a lacklustre response to a month in office marked by serious international and domestic pressures, including Russian military build-up near Nato borders, the collapse of the Iran-US ceasefire, and Reform UK and Conservative policy announcements on welfare and Net Zero. Letts draws a historical parallel…
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Republican who kicked Liz Cheney out of Congress seeks higher office in reddest state
Wyoming Republicans have selected Rep. Harriet Hageman as their nominee for the state’s open U.S. Senate seat, positioning her to run in one of America’s most reliably Republican states. Hageman, who is backed by Donald Trump, previously gained national attention for defeating incumbent Liz Cheney in a 2022 primary after Cheney’s break with Trump over…
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Excruciating debate moment as Lindsey Graham’s sister confesses glaring blind spot ahead of runoff campaign: ‘Not that informed’
Darline Graham, the interim South Carolina senator running to permanently succeed her late brother Lindsey Graham, admitted during a Tuesday debate that she was “not that informed” on national security, handing rival Ralph Norman a powerful attack line just days before their runoff. The exchange came after moderator Greta Van Susteren asked whether Taiwan and…