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Sen. Jon Husted (R) and former Sen. Sherrod Brown (D) are projected to win their primaries for Senate in Ohio on Tuesday, teeing up a November showdown in one of the most competitive midterm races in the country. Husted was unopposed in the GOP contest, and Brown easily defeated a longshot Democratic rival, according to...

Republican billionaire Vivek Ramaswamy and Democrat Amy Acton, a former state health director, are set for a showdown in the November general election for governor of Ohio, Decision Desk HQ (DDHQ) projects. The rivals are running in the red state’s open race to replace term-limited Gov. Mike DeWine (R), who has endorsed Ramaswamy — but...

Republican Sen. Tim Scott (S.C.) predicted Tuesday that his party will maintain control of the Senate in November, but he was not as certain about the House. “Republicans will stay in the majority,” the South Carolina Republican told Fox Business Network’s Charles Gasparino at the Milken Institute Global Conference in Beverly Hills, California. When Gasparino...

President Trump announced a pause on the U.S. operation Project Freedom on Tuesday evening based on a request from Pakistan and other countries but added that the U.S. Navy blockade of ships in the Strait of Hormuz will remain in place.  “Based on the request of Pakistan and other Countries, the tremendous Military Success that...

Welcome to The Hill's Defense & NatSec newsletter {beacon} Defense &National Security Defense &National Security   The Big Story Rubio says Operation Epic Fury is over Secretary of State Marco Rubio argued on Tuesday that the U.S. military operation against Iran is over, distinguishing between that and the new effort by the U.S. Navy to...

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Tuesday approved marketing for four flavored vapes made by the company Glas Inc. in what the agency says is an effort to tamp down on underage use of these products. The FDA said the products will be age-restricted through the use of age verification with a government-issued ID...

Rep. Russell Fry (R-S.C.) said Monday that Iran is like a “petulant child” amid the ongoing conflict with the U.S., adding that the country is “trying to wait out” President Trump. “I think you're — what you're seeing right now — is, Iran test this administration. I think they're, they're much like a petulant child...

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz on Monday demoted the state Department of Human Services (DHS) commissioner after 70 days in the role and a funding battle with the Trump administration over allegations of Medicaid fraud. Shireen Gandhi was demoted to deputy commissioner months after the federal government paused $259.5 million in Medicaid funds for the North Star...

Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Tuesday that the initial U.S. operation in Iran has concluded, distinguishing between that and the newer effort by the U.S. Navy to guide commercial ships through the Strait of Hormuz.  “The operation is over. Epic Fury, as the president notified Congress, we're done with that stage of it. We're...

Presented by ACT The App Association {beacon} Technology Technology PRESENTED BY The Big Story White House, Pentagon drift further apart on Anthropic The White House and the Pentagon are taking significantly different approaches to how — and whether — the federal government would use Anthropic’s artificial intelligence systems. © AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein As the White...

Nearly 6 in 10 Americans believe prices will be higher than they are currently a year from now, according to a new poll. In the survey from The Economist/YouGov, 59 percent said they believe prices are set to be “higher” than they currently are in 12 months. Fifteen percent said prices are set to be...

House progressives in leadership positions knocked the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) — their own campaign arm — on Monday for endorsing a candidate in a contested primary. The Congressional Progressive Caucus PAC (CPC PAC) publicly took issue with the DCCC endorsing California Assemblymember Jasmeet Bains and adding her to its "Red to Blue" program,...

Billionaire investor Ken Griffin on Monday predicted that Democrats will take back the House in November. “It’s almost a certainty the Democrats will take the House. That’s the nature of almost every midterm election cycle, is the House seats swing in the favor of the opposing party,” Griffin, a supporter of President Trump, told host...

CNN analyst Van Jones on Monday defended Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.) against criticism from inside the Democratic Party amid reports that some Republicans are quietly trying to persuade the senator to switch parties or become an independent ahead of the midterm elections. “Look, I think he is a moderate Democrat, and that should not be...