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STATE OF PLAY: Highly watched Hong race remains too close to call as progressives notch key primary wins

The Democratic Party's progressive wing faces critical tests in Upper Midwest primaries as Peggy Flanagan battles Angie Craig for Minnesota's Senate nod.

Posted on 12 August 2026 | 12:06 am

Ilhan Omar on track for fifth term as Minnesota voters maintain far-left streak

Ilhan Omar faced four challengers in Minnesota's 5th Congressional District Democratic primary as affordable housing and public safety dominated.

Posted on 11 August 2026 | 11:53 pm

Schumer dealt another blow as progressive insurgency scores win in key Senate battle

Peggy Flanagan defeated Angie Craig in Minnesota's Democratic primary, backed by Bernie Sanders and Ilhan Omar in a growing progressive proxy war.

Posted on 11 August 2026 | 11:41 pm

Minnesota House speaker Lisa Demuth wins GOP gubernatorial primary to replace Tim Walz in November

Minnesota House Speaker Lisa Demuth beat Trump-backed MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell for the GOP governor nomination to replace outgoing Gov. Tim Walz.

Posted on 11 August 2026 | 11:35 pm

Democrats take sixth shot at ousting popular GOP governor who voted for Harris

Vermont Democrats pick their nominee to challenge Republican Gov. Phil Scott, who is seeking a sixth term as the dark-blue state's longest-serving governor.

Posted on 11 August 2026 | 11:03 pm

Dems eye pick-up in Wisconsin swing district as Rep Van Orden set for rematch in key House race

Rebecca Cooke won Wisconsin's 3rd Congressional District Democratic primary, setting up a rematch with Republican Rep. Derrick Van Orden this fall.

Posted on 11 August 2026 | 10:39 pm

Longtime anti-Trump Dem ousted after tough primary from upstart progressive mayor

Fourteen-term Rep. John Larson faced Hartford Mayor Luke Bronin and two others in a hard-fought Democratic primary centered on generational change.

Posted on 11 August 2026 | 10:08 pm

Republican survives primary on Tim Walz's old congressional turf as Dems eye seat flip

Brad Finstad faced challengers Gregory Goetzman and Oliver Morlan in the Minnesota 1st Congressional District Republican primary on Tuesday.

Posted on 11 August 2026 | 9:52 pm

Failed presidential candidate wins Dem primary for Midwest governor amid fraud scandal fallout

Amy Klobuchar defeated long-shot challengers in the Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party primary as she seeks to replace Tim Walz amid a $9 billion fraud scandal.

Posted on 11 August 2026 | 9:32 pm

White House asks DOJ to consider new prosecution in Reflecting Pool case

Officials are exploring a misdemeanor prosecution in the Lincoln Memorial pool case after prosecutors moved to drop the felony charge against Olympic canoeist David Hearn.

Posted on 11 August 2026 | 9:26 pm

Trump’s ‘firewall’ against socialism in battleground state punches ticket to election

Tom Tiffany wins the GOP gubernatorial nomination in Wisconsin and is expected to face Democratic Socialist Francesca Hong in November's election.

Posted on 11 August 2026 | 9:25 pm

Trump looms over blue state primary as progressive gov faces far-left challenge

Connecticut Democratic Gov. Ned Lamont faces Josh Elliott, who says the incumbent is too "nice" to Trump and calls that a liability against fascism.

Posted on 11 August 2026 | 8:31 pm

South Carolina GOP Senate showdown heads to runoff in race to succeed Lindsey Graham

The race for the Republican nomination to succeed the late GOP Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina heads to a runoff in two weeks.

Posted on 11 August 2026 | 8:22 pm

Federal judge blocks Trump administration from restricting mail-in ballots ahead of midterms

A federal judge in Boston blocked the USPS from enforcing Trump's executive order on mail-in voting rules ahead of the 2026 midterm elections.

Posted on 11 August 2026 | 7:36 pm

Trump directs CMS Administrator Mehmet Oz to end Medicaid gender transition funding for minors

Trump instructed CMS to end Medicaid funding for gender transition procedures, calling the surgeries "barbaric" in a Truth Social post.

Posted on 11 August 2026 | 5:39 pm

Vulnerable Dem's campaign pitch clashes with 'radical' voting record on top culture war issue

Sarah Trone Garriott's Iowa legislature votes on bathroom policy and girls' sports clash with her new campaign video opposing men in women's locker rooms.

Posted on 11 August 2026 | 4:56 pm

Trump’s sly plane switch raises eyebrows over safety of passengers left behind on board

Trump secretly switched to a military jet in Turkey over an Iranian missile threat, leaving journalists and White House staff aboard the decoy aircraft.

Posted on 11 August 2026 | 4:50 pm

Socialist Wisconsin governor candidate referred to America as 'abundance of suffering,' resurfaced post shows

Fox News Digital found Francesca Hong's X posts calling America "an abundance of suffering" and urging police abolition in her governor campaign.

Posted on 11 August 2026 | 3:15 pm

HHS bureaucrats accused of 'sabotaging' RFK Jr's efforts to expose Fauci records

Sen. Ron Johnson alleges career bureaucrats within HHS are sabotaging efforts to uncover pandemic-era information from Anthony Fauci's government iPhone.

Posted on 11 August 2026 | 2:35 pm

Sherrill drops head-turning voter ID declaration in wake of registration fiasco: ‘Significant shift’

Gov. Mikie Sherrill says she would support voter ID in New Jersey, even as she blasts the federal SAVE Act that Donald Trump champions as suppression.

Posted on 11 August 2026 | 1:58 pm

Trump cheers Alito staying for another Supreme Court term: 'One of the greatest of all time'

President Donald Trump praised Associate Justice Samuel Alito's decision to stay on the U.S. Supreme Court in a social media post on Truth Social.

Posted on 11 August 2026 | 1:43 pm

Francesca Hong asked about lack of AOC endorsement and the House Dem's remark about the 'Woke 1' era

Wisconsin state Rep. Francesca Hong, who is running in the Democratic gubernatorial primary, was asked about U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's "Woke 1" comment.

Posted on 11 August 2026 | 1:34 pm

Replacement GOP nominee named after Rep Chuck Edwards drops re-election bid

North Carolina state Rep. Jennifer Balkcom has been tapped as the GOP nominee to run for U.S. House in the state's 11th Congressional District.

Posted on 11 August 2026 | 12:17 pm

US Marine veteran released from Russian prison after 1,666 days of detention

United States Marine veteran Robert Gilman spent 1,666 days in Russian custody and was in a catatonic state before his release in a prisoner exchange.

Posted on 11 August 2026 | 12:04 pm

Dem governor booed at Virginia Old Fiddlers' Convention

Video shows Virginia Democratic Gov. Abigail Spanberger greeted by loud boos at the Old Fiddlers' Convention in Galax amid sagging poll numbers.

Posted on 11 August 2026 | 11:58 am