Trump is visiting Walter Reed National Military Medical Center this morning for what a White House official said would be medical and dental exams.
The Supreme Court this morning threw out a long-shot lawsuit in which Florida sought to sue the states of California and Washington for allegedly allowing people who entered the country illegally to obtain commercial truck driver licenses.
Florida’s claim was filed in the aftermath of a high-profile crash in Florida last year in which a truck driven by an Indian man, Harjinder Singh, was involved in an accident that left three people dead. The state, which says Singh did not have legal status in the United States, alleges he was wrongly issued licenses in both California and Washington. Singh faces criminal charges over the incident.
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Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, said in an interview this morning that he’s an “ally” of Trump’s despite the president’s endorsement of his GOP primary challenger Ken Paxton, the attorney general of Texas.
“I’ve supported the president’s agenda the whole time that I, that he’s been president,” Cornyn said on Fox News’ “Fox and Friends” as Texans vote in the GOP primary runoff today.
“I’m proud of the fact that we confirmed hundreds of Supreme justices, including three new Supreme Court justices. I was the whip, or the chief vote counter, during his first term when we passed the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, and the Working Family Tax Cuts Act,” Cornyn said, defending his record in Congress.
“So I’ve been an ally of the president,” he added. “He’s called me a friend. I understand he’s made his choice … but only Texans get a chance to vote in this primary.”
After ticking through some of the controversies that surrounded Paxton in the past, the senator said he nevertheless would support the Republican ticket in November if he loses the runoff election.
While Cornyn has largely backed Trump’s agenda, there have times when he hasn’t enthusiastically supported the president or his goals. It took him a while, for example, to announce support for ending the Senate filibuster as Trump said was necessary to pas the SAVE America Act, a sweeping election overhaul bill.
In the 2016 presidential primary, Cornyn remained neutral instead of endorsing Trump for the GOP ticket, and the senator was slow to back him in the 2024 presidential election.
Trump has arrived at Walter Reed for a scheduled medical and dental checkup, his third in-person doctor’s visit in a little over a year.
The in-person appointments, which include visits in October and April of last year, have focused public attention on the health status of the president, who turns 80 next month.
President Donald Trump departs the White House this morning. Will Oliver / Pool via Shutterstock
Rep. Jake Auchincloss, D-Mass., said in an interview with CNN’s “The Arena” that he finds Graham Platner’s “tattoo and his commentary about it to be personally disqualifying.”
“I hope Maine voters agree with me,” he added. “I think that would be a mistake for the Democratic Party to think that Graham Platner’s brand of the Democratic Party is what wins us durable majorities throughout this country.”
Platner, the presumptive Democratic nominee for Senate in Maine, has received criticism for an old chest tattoo that resembled a Nazi symbol, which he covered up after receiving criticism for it after launching his campaign.
Platner has said that he is not a Nazi and “at no point in this entire experience of my life did anybody ever once say, ‘Hey you’re a Nazi,’ when seeing his tattoo.
In October, Auchincloss called for Platner to drop out of the race. His recent comments sparked controversy, with some calling for him to face a primary challenger.
Saikat Chakrabarti, a Democrat running for Pelosi’s seat, said in a post to X that Auchincloss “is essentially endorsing Susan Collins in Maine,” referring to the Republican incumbent.
“Absolutely no excuse for a Democrat in the House to back a Republican for Senate in a crucial swing seat,” he said. “Auchincloss should be primaried.”
The Democratic National Committee faced online criticism on Memorial Day for a social media post that honored “Americans who have died in Trump’s war with Iran.”
The post, which has since been deleted, showed photos of the service members who were killed and was criticized for its political tone on a holiday for commemorating fallen troops.
“This is one of the most classless, disrespectful, and vile posts using America’s fallen warriors as props to try to score cheap political points against President Trump,” the Pentagon said in a social media post. “Their sacrifice should NEVER be exploited, especially on Memorial Day.”
Sen. Tammy Duckworth, D-Ill., also criticized the post, calling it “incredibly distasteful.”
“This incredibly distasteful to use our heroic dead for a political attack on Memorial Day,” Duckworth, a veteran, said in a post to X. “I’m a Dem and I condemn this distasteful post by the DNC.”
Fresh off last week’s primary loss, Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., announced yesterday he had filed paperwork for a 2028 run for the House — or something else.
“I filed with the [Federal Election Commission] for the 2028 House race. This allows me to raise funds to continue my political operations supporting my position as a current office holder and as a potential candidate for federal office,” Massie wrote on X.
“I haven’t made a final decision about which office to seek, if I run,” he added.
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After thousands of people showed up at the wrong place to vote in the March primary, Dallas County voters can again choose any polling site in the county to cast ballots in today’s runoff.
The Dallas County GOP forced the county to move to precinct-based voting for Election Day in March as part of a plan to hand-count its ballots for the primary.
The plan — which was motivated by conspiracy theories about the accuracy of voting machines — was abandoned when it proved too labor-intensive and costly. Still, voters nonetheless had to go to their assigned precincts to cast ballots during the March election.
The change proved chaotic. After years of countywide voting, many voters went to the wrong polling sites. Democrats went to court in pursuit of extended voting hours, which were granted but then revoked when the state’s top court weighed in.
Then-Dallas County Republican Party Chairman Allen West announced they would return to countywide voting in mid-March. That angered some in his party, who sued to try to maintain precinct-level voting. Last month, West resigned amid the controversy.
Trump plans to go to Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, Maryland, today for a medical and dental checkup, a White House official said yesterday.
It will be Trump’s third in-person doctor’s visit in a little over a year. He went to Walter Reed twice last year, in April and October. He also visited his dentist in West Palm Beach, Florida, twice this year — first in January and then again this month for a follow-up.
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Today’s primary runoffs in Texas will put Trump’s endorsement to the test again — the latest step in a mission to punish some incumbent Republicans Trump has deemed insufficiently loyal.
Texas also has a slew of House primary runoffs on tap today, including one in a battleground district where a secretive group with some Republican links has spent to boost a controversial Democrat. Two Democratic incumbents could also lose House primaries, and a handful of winners in solidly Republican seats are likely to be heading to Congress next year.
Polls in most of the state close at 8 p.m. ET, and the full state closes at 9 p.m. ET. Here are the major races to watch.Read the full story here.
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