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House Democratic Whip Katherine Clark won her Massachusetts primary Tuesday, defeating two progressive challengers who tried to make her pro-Israel campaign money and stance on Gaza a central campaign issue.

Former Biden aide Dan Koh won a crowded Massachusetts Democratic House primary to succeed Rep. Seth Moulton, while Sen. Ed Markey turned back Moulton’s Senate challenge on the same night.

A second Iranian ballistic missile attack in three days targeted a U.S. base near Aqaba, Jordan, with defenses intercepting most incoming missiles as President Trump warned Iran could be “totally wiped out” if strikes continue.

A knife-wielding woman with a documented mental health history fatally stabbed a Bank of America executive and wounded another man in Times Square before charging NYPD officers, who shot and killed her.

A new Quantus Insights poll shows Vice President JD Vance leading Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez by just 3.3 points in a hypothetical 2028 matchup, a margin within the poll’s error range, while both parties’ primary fields remain wide open.

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Michelle Obama’s podcast comment that she doesn’t miss her adult daughters, Malia and Sasha, has drawn pushback from parents online, including Meghan McCain, while others defended her embrace of independence.

A North Carolina teenager is in critical condition after contracting the rare Naegleria fowleri amoeba, state health officials confirmed, though few details about the exposure have been released.

A federal judge in California has ruled the Trump administration cannot deport or revoke visas from noncitizen students over their criticism of Israel, siding with Stanford’s student newspaper in a case that found the policy unconstitutional.

Goodell Says NFL Will Keep Bad Bunny as Super Bowl Halftime Headliner The NFL is not considering dropping Bad Bunny as its Super Bowl halftime headline performer, Commissioner Roger Goodell said Wednesday, and the league is standing by a choice that already stirred public debate. That decision put the Grammy-winning Puerto Rican artist on the league’s biggest stage and drew criticism from U.S. President Donald Trump and some of his supporters. That pushback was predictable from a conservative perspective that sees the Super Bowl as a rare cultural touchstone where the league should avoid courting political friction. Many Republicans argue…