El-Sayed’s money challenge raises question for Sanders

Bernie Sanders got his guy in Michigan, but he’s going to have to do more if he wants to successfully shepherd Abdul El-Sayed through the general election.
Bernie Sanders and Abdul El-Sayed
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Four takeaways from a huge primary Tuesday

Not every one of Tuesday’s primaries can be called yet, but the big trends are clear. 
Peggy Flanagan
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Houthis kill 6 in attack on Red Sea cargo ship

The attack on a ship travelling through the Bab el-Mandeb strait is the first deadly strike by the Iran-backed militant group on the key waterway in a year.
Smoke rises during Houthi missile and drone strikes in Mocha, Yemen.
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The gap is widening between corporate AI adopters and laggards

OpenAI’s enterprise customers are shifting toward agents that do work, not chatbots that answer questions, new data suggests.
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Balkans’ Trump lobbying heats up

Bosnian Croat leader Dragan Čović has tapped Trump-linked firm Mercury Public Affairs to lobby for his party.
Dragan Covic
Dragan Covic in 2018. Denis Kapetanovic/Reuters

Republican students trust their colleges despite Trump scrutiny, poll finds

Sixty-two percent of Republican students said their college’s leadership mostly acts in students’ best interests, compared with 55% of Democrats and half of independents.
A college student
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El-Sayed’s money challenge raises question for Sanders

Bernie Sanders got his guy in Michigan, but he’s going to have to do more if he wants to successfully shepherd Abdul El-Sayed through the general election.
Bernie Sanders and Abdul El-Sayed
Rebecca Cook/Reuters

US inflation rises 0.1% in July, easing pressure on Fed

The inflation data, along with a weak July jobs report, bolster the argument for a hold on rates.

Campaign finance violation allegations fly in Swalwell special

The final week of the race to fill former Rep. Eric Swalwell’s, D-Calif., seat is being roiled by disputes over the role of the local Democratic Party and money.

Hong’s defeat shows the left evolving further away from 2020

Hong’s narrow defeat in Wisconsin revealed how many Democrats worry that they’ll lose if they “talk like aliens.”

Progressive lawmakers prepare AI regulation push

“The foundational idea here is that you shouldn’t lose your freedoms because of the development of AI,” Progressive Caucus Chair Rep. Greg Casar, D-Texas, told Semafor.

Conservative groups launch ad deluge in Maine

The Senate Leadership Fund is launching its first ad Wednesday hitting Democratic Senate nominee Troy Jackson.

Four takeaways from a huge primary Tuesday

Not every one of Tuesday’s primaries can be called yet, but the big trends are clear. 

VoteVets goes after Sullivan for Iran votes

VoteVets Action Fund is launching a $225,000 ad buy against Sen. Dan Sullivan, R-Alaska, for his votes against reining in President Donald Trump’s Iran war powers.

Inside Trump’s college sports lobbying push

The fan-in-chief is getting closely involved in lobbying for the deal, even enlisting Alabama football coach Nick Saban.
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