Rhode Island Gov. Dan McKee lost his Democratic primary to former CVS executive Helena Foulkes, the first time a governor has been defeated in a primary in eight years.
The Supreme Court on Thursday blocked an attempt by a Republican state official in Missouri to use a newly drawn GOP congressional map for this year’s election.
The court, in a brief order with no noted dissents, granted an emergency request brought by a group called People Not Politicians, led by activist Richard von Glahn.
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Hillary Clinton panned the GOP midterm convention in the “Morning Joe” interview, saying that it actually helps Democrats’ chances in November.
“I thought the whole Republican mini convention and Trump’s speech was, you know, making the case for the Democrats. I think it actually helps us,” she said.
Clinton argued that it allows voters to see the contrast between the Trump administration’s record and the potential for change from Democrats.
“I am very confident we’re going to take back the House, and I’m increasingly confident we’re going to take the Senate because I think the American people, even people who wanted to give Trump a chance, even people who voted for Trump, they didn’t vote for what’s happening now,” she said.
Trump claimed on Truth Social this morning that the GOP midterm convention in Dallas was “a major, sold out hit” even though there were hundreds of vacant seats in the arena.
“It was really something, streaming all over the place, and really big numbers, despite going up against the NFL. The overall numbers beat the NFL. The Arena, which was really nice, beat its own attendance records,” Trump said, adding, “There were thousands of people outside who couldn’t get in. Screens were provided.”
Empty seats during Trump's speech yesterday in Dallas. Brandon Bell / Getty Images
There were hundreds of empty seats, however, throughout the upper levels of the American Airlines Center, which seats about 19,000. Hundreds of state delegates were seated on the floor of the arena, with other guests in the general seating areas.
The NFL’s viewership numbers from last night are also not yet available.
Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton argued this morning that the U.S. should remember the lessons learned from 9/11 and take seriously the warnings about AI.
Clinton said in an interview on MS NOW’s “Morning Joe” that the “most dramatic statement” that came out of the 9/11 Commission report “was that it was a failure of imagination.”
“That is what we’re facing with AI,” she said. “The alarm bells are sounding. People from within the industry. … Let’s learn the lesson of 9/11, there was a failure of imagination.”
Clinton continued, “People could not imagine that a bunch of guys would go learn how to fly and fly commercial airliners into buildings, and now we’re facing the same thing. And we faced it during Covid — there was a failure of imagination, a failure of honesty. Now we are facing it with artificial intelligence.”
The former first lady’s comments come as people within the AI industry are issuing warnings about the technology potentially ending humanity.
The president said last night that every adult U.S. citizen would receive a $5,000 “dividend” if Republicans win both the House and the Senate in November.
“Here is my promise: If the Republicans win the House of Representatives and the United States Senate, both of them, because of our economic, tremendous economic success, I will issue a dividend to every adult citizen in the United States of America for $5,000,” he said.
Trump, who has made a similar promise before, added that the “only condition” is that it must be spent in the U.S.
“We don’t want you going to Canada to spend the money. We don’t want you going to China to Germany,” Trump said. “You got to spend the money in the United States of America.”
Trump added that he would call it “the Trump dividend.”
“So if the Republicans win, you win with us, and you get $5,000,” Trump said as the crowd cheered.
The White House did not immediately respond to questions about where the estimated $1.35 trillion would come from and how the requirement to spend in the U.S. could be enforced.
After Trump’s remarks, Sen. Bernie Moreno, R-Ohio, appeared to suggest that the president doesn’t have the authority to unilaterally disburse the proposed dividend by saying he would introduce legislation on it.
“I will get a bill ready so that we can get the Trump Dividend passed immediately after the November 3rd election … because Republicans (and America) will win!” Moreno wrote on X.
Trump tried to turn one of his biggest political vulnerabilities into a strength for Republicans in Dallas last night, making the war with Iran a key focus of his speech at the party’s midterm convention.
“Does anybody here think that Iran should have a nuclear weapon? Anybody?” Trump asked the crowd at American Airlines Center, articulating the administration’s core argument for attacking Iran.
The audience responded loudly and decisively: “No!”
Trump also repeated a claim he made to reporters earlier in the day.
“The war will be over very shortly after the election,” he said. “They’re hanging out for dear life, hoping that we lose, so they can deal with dumb, weak Democrats and they can have their nuclear bomb. But we’re not going to let that happen.”
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Just eight weeks out from the midterm elections, Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pa., gave Republicans a boost last night.
Fetterman appeared on video at the Republican midterm convention, praising Sen. Dave McCormick, R-Pa., and touting working with Trump.
“Yes, I’m a Democrat. Why am I here talking to you today? Because, well, I’m a commonsense Democrat,” Fetterman said in the video message. “I’m always going to stand with America. I’m always going to reject the extremes and socialism and the anti-American way of life. Dave McCormick is the kind of senator that gets the job done, and he’s going to fight for Pennsylvania. I’m proud to count him as my friend.”
Sen. John Fetterman delivers a video message in Dallas last night. Al Drago / Bloomberg via Getty Images
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Rhode Island Gov. Dan McKee has lost his Democratic primary to former CVS executive Helena Foulkes, NBC News projects, after having faced a significant spending disadvantage and voter discontent with his tenure.
In an election season that has seen a wave of anti-incumbent energy, McKee, 75, becomes the first governor to fall in a primary this year — and the first in eight years.
Public polling had shown McKee, who was running for a full second term, trailing by double digits heading into Tuesday. And Foulkes, 62, outspent him on the airwaves by 3-to-1, according to the ad-tracking firm AdImpact.
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Trump wants to make one thing clear: His name is not on the ballot in November, but his supporters need to vote like it is.
Republicans from across the country convened in Dallas yesterday for their party’s first midterm convention, an event designed to put Trump front and center in the closing stages of the midterm election cycle.
“Pretend that I am on the ballot,” Trump said to loud cheers during his keynote address last night. “I’m on the ballot.”
Indeed, Trump was the star of the show. Speakers mentioned his name 155 times, and Trump invoked his own name 16 times, bringing the total mentions to 171. The only other word mentioned more was variations of “America.”
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