Democratic Gov. Katie Hobbs cruised to re-nomination in battleground Arizona. That’s because the incumbent governor was unopposed in Tuesday’s Democratic primary. Hobbs, a former Arizona Secretary of State who narrowly defeated then-GOP nominee Kari Lake four years ago, now heads to the general election in the key southwestern battleground state. “I’ve never lost an election, but I’ve also never won one alone. This will be a close race,...

The House of Representatives voted on Tuesday night to punt the threat of another government shutdown until after the November midterm elections. House lawmakers passed a bill to extend the current fiscal year’s funding levels until Dec. 4 via a measure called a continuing resolution (CR). It would extend several weeks into fiscal year (FY) 2027, which begins on Oct. 1. The legislation passed in a 220 to...

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani acknowledged Tuesday that he can’t have Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrested despite promising to do so during his mayoral campaign. But he called on the federal government to execute an International Criminal Court’s arrest warrant if the Israeli leader visits New York. In a video posted on X, Mamdani called Netanyahu a “war criminal” while conceding that New York City could...