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Sen. Ed Markey defeated Rep. Seth Moulton in Massachusetts’ Democratic Senate primary, defending his support for transgender athletes in sports against a generational-change challenge.

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.