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(The Center Square) - Rep. Andy Barr and Ed Gallrein secured partisan nominations in high-profile Kentucky primary races Tuesday, according to multiple outlets. President Donald Trump's endorsement appeared critical for both candidates. Gallrein, a farmer and business owner, rode the political capital and the endorsement of President Donald Trump to defeat long-time Congressman Thomas Massie, who has served in Kentucky's fourth congressional district since 2012. Massie drew the ire of Trump for his continued pressure on the administration about the Jeffery Epstein files and the ongoing conflict with Iran. Trump surrogates Vice President JD Vance and Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth both made campaign apperances for Gallrein. “Fourth district voters appreciate having an independent conservative voice who works for them,” Massie said Gallrein has spoken out about Massie’s voting record and criticized his lack of support for Trump’s agenda, including Massie’s vote seeking to restrict Trump’s authority in the conflict with Iran. "If we do not take advantage of this narrow window of opportunity we have, history will punish us," Gallrein said at a campaign event on Monday. Trump has called Massie is "fraudulent" and the "Worst Congressman in the History of our Country" before polls closed on Tuesday. "Thomas Massie is a terrible congressman, he's been a terrible congressman from day one," Trump said to reporters on Tuesday. "I don't think he's a Republican, I think he's actually a Democrat, he's not a libertarian, he's really a Democrat." Gallrein will face off against Melissa Claire Strange, the Democrat candidate in Kentucky's fourth district, in November. Andy Barr, a Trump-endorsed Republican, came out on top of the race to succeed Sen. Mitch McConnell. He became a frontrunner after Nate Morris was nominated to an unnamed ambassadorship in the Trump administration's cabinet. Barr has touted his record in Kentucky’s sixth congressional district throughout his campaign. Barr was first elected to his post in 2012. “Together, we’ll cut taxes, slash waste and fire the deep state bureaucrats who steal our freedoms,” Barr said. “We’ll deport illegal aliens instead of putting them in luxury hotels.” Voters in Kentucky will return to the polls in November to elect candidates who will serve in the U.S. Senate and U.S. House next year.

OMAHA — On what would have been Malcolm X’s 101st birthday, leaders of the city in which the human rights activist was born revealed new details about a possible $120 million revamp of the campus that marks the historical icon’s birthplace. Tuesday, speakers including Mayor John Ewing Jr., Omaha’s first Black elected mayor, and Brenda […]

O presidente da Câmara dos Deputados, Hugo Motta (Republicanos-PB), anunciou nesta terça-feira (19) a intenção de votar na próxima semana a Proposta de Emenda à Constituição (PEC) que altera a jornada de trabalho no país. O cronograma prevê a votação do texto na comissão especial até o dia 27 de maio, seguindo diretamente para o […] Fonte

Aunque los mandos aseguran que la capacidad defensiva no se verá afectada, el movimiento alimenta las inquietudes sobre el compromiso militar de EE UU con el continente y obliga a los aliados europeos a acelerar su rearme y autonomía estratégica.

Director Andrey Zvyagintsev premiered his new film Minotaur at the 79th Cannes Film Festival — his first feature in nearly a decade.

دونالد ترامپ، رئیس‌جمهوری آمریکا، سه‌شنبه شب در سخنانی در کاخ سفید گفت ایالات متحده «به‌سرعت» به «جنگ» با جمهوری اسلامی پایان خواهد داد و افزود رژیم ایران «به‌شدت مایل» به رسیدن به توافق است و از شرایط حاضر «خسته» شده است.

President Donald Trump’s Election Day wish came true — U.S. Rep. Thomas Massie has been ousted from Congress.  Ed Gallrein, the Shelby County Republican and former Navy SEAL Trump recruited last year to take on the seven-term congressman, won the GOP primary in Kentucky’s 4th Congressional District Tuesday night.  Gallrein, 68, will face a Democratic opponent […]

A Republican proposal that would remove the governor’s power to appoint State Board of Education members advanced out of a House committee on Tuesday amid pushback from Democrats that it would deepen partisan influence over public education. House Bill 144 would replace most of the governor’s appointment authority over the board with elected seats drawn […]

Para enfrentar desafios como polarização, escassez de dados e desconexão com o público, o jornalismo climático na América Latina deve se apoiar na ciência, em abordagens locais e na colaboração, afirmam os jornalistas especialistas Daniel Nardin e Fermín Koop. The post Jornalistas latino-americanos dizem que os dados podem construir pontes na cobertura climática appeared first on LatAm Journalism Review by the Knight Center.

The State of Montana received federal approval from the United States Department of Agriculture to ban soft drinks, junk food, and candy from the state’s Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. SNAP is a federal program administered by the USDA. Montana joins 22 other states in banning soft drinks, junk food and candy from its SNAP program. […]

Maryland is at the head of a lawsuit with 25 other Democratic jurisdictions that are challenging a new U.S. Department of Education rule that would limit loan access for students pursuing some graduate and professional degrees.

An unrelenting wildfire has swallowed nearly a third of Santa Rosa Island, a small strip of land off the coast of California that is largely uninhabited by people but abundant with wildlife and plants, including several found nowhere else on Earth.  The blaze, which started last Friday, is human-caused but its exact origin is still […]

Três brasileiras que integravam a Flotilha Global Sumud (GSF) foram detidas e transportadas por forças israelenses nesta segunda-feira (18). Ariadne Teles, Thainara Rogério e Beatriz Moreira de Oliveira, do Movimento dos Atingidos por Barragens (MAB), estavam em alto-mar e agora são levadas à Palestina ocupada. Assim como ocorreu em missões anteriores de ajuda à população […] Fonte

Within two hours, flames from the brush fire were spreading over the grounds of Campo Indian Reservation. By 4:15 p.m., the blaze had charred 500 acres.

A contar de las 7:30 horas de este miércoles 20 de mayo comenzará una nueva jornada de restricción vehicular...

台湾国防部长顾立雄星期二(5月19日)表示，美台军售管道是维持台海和平稳定的重要反制力量之一，中国是台海和平的破坏者，美方多次表对台政策不变，他对军售案保持审慎乐观的态度。在他发表这番评论之前，美国总统唐纳德·特朗普在美中峰会后有关台湾军售的评论引起关注。

Senate Bill 79 will soon go into law. The city and pro-developers discuss the impact and how the city looks to implement it.

On May 19, Latvia’s Foreign Ministry summoned the Russian Embassy’s chargé d’affaires ad interim, Dmitry Kasatkin, and lodged a formal protest against Russia’s Foreign Intelligence Service for claiming that Ukraine plans to launch drones from Latvian territory.

“The anti-Muslim, anti-Arab rhetoric needs to come to a stop," Tazheen Nizam said, asking leaders to speak out against bigotry.