The earliest signals of a presidential race normally involve such subtle and behind-the-scenes positioning from candidates that it's been dubbed in political circles as the "shadow primary."

The Senate advanced legislation Tuesday that seeks to force President Donald Trump to withdraw from the Iran war, as a growing number of Republicans defied the president's wishes.

Republican voters in northern Kentucky will choose between U.S. Rep. Thomas Massie and challenger Ed Gallrein in Tuesday's House primary, another test of President Donald Trump's power over his party after he handpicked Gallrein to take on the incumbent.

President Trump's $1.8 billion Anti-Weaponization Fund has drawn criticism as a slush fund for political allies -- but in many ways it resembles Obama-era initiatives that steered billions of dollars to Democratic-aligned groups.

ANOTHER LOOK AT THE GOP’S 2026 CHANCES. Monday’s newsletter — “With Trump approval ticking down, midterm elections are still a gloomy picture for GOP” — was pretty pessimistic about Republicans’ chances of holding the House this November. Those chances do, in fact, look terrible. The numbers — President Donald Trump’s job approval, generic ballot polling, historical […]

Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro (D) is projected to face off against state Treasurer Stacy Garrity (R) in his bid to hang onto his seat this November, according to Decision Desk HQ. Shapiro and Garrity ran uncontested in their respective primary contests, but Tuesday’s primaries have now formally finalized the race between the two statewide elected officials. Shapiro, widely seen...

Billionaire healthcare executive Rick Jackson and Lt. Gov. Burt Jones are projected to advance to a runoff in the Republican primary for Georgia governor, according to Decision Desk HQ. Jackson and Jones notched spots in the June 16 runoff as the two top vote-getters in the GOP race to succeed Gov. Brian Kemp (R), beating Brad Raffensperger, Georgia’s secretary of state,...

Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) is projected to lose his Kentucky House primary race to President Trump-endorsed challenger Ed Gallrein, according to Decision Desk HQ, a major victory for the president in his bid to oust Republican lawmakers who openly defy him. Gallrein, a retired Navy SEAL and farmer, was projected to win the GOP primary...

Rep. Andy Barr (R-Ky.) is projected to win the Republican primary for Senate in Kentucky, putting him on a glidepath to replace retiring Sen. Mitch McConnell (R), the longest-serving Senate leader in history. Barr defeated former state Attorney General Daniel Cameron in a competitive primary that marked the first race without McConnell on the ballot...

Senate Democrats pressed Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy on Tuesday about a cross-country road trip he recently took with his family and filmed for an upcoming reality TV-style series commemorating the nation’s 250th anniversary. “It doesn’t smell right,” Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) told Duffy during a Senate Appropriations subcommittee hearing on the Department of Transportation’s (DOT)...