Squad member Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez won her Democratic primary challenge against former investment banker Marty Dolan on Tuesday evening.  The Associated Press called the race minutes after polls closed at 9pm. New York’s 14th Congressional District includes portions of the Bronx and Queens, and has been represented by Ocasio-Cortez since 2019.  Dolan, 66, ran as a “progressive” Democrat, but not a “radical,” as he described Ocasio-Cortez on the...

Sheri Biggs, a nurse practitioner who had the backing of Gov. Henry McMaster, defeated her GOP primary challenger in a Tuesday runoff election to clinch the Republican nomination to replace outgoing GOP Rep. Jeff Duncan in South Carolina’s 3rd Congressional District. The runoff election between GOP candidates Mark Burns and Sheri Biggs was triggered earlier this month after neither candidate received a majority of the vote in the...

Border Patrol agents announced they have stopped multiple sex offenders in a single weekend attempting to evade them as they crossed into the United States — amid continued concerns about criminals breaking into the U.S. Border Patrol Chief Jason Owens announced that agents had stopped seven previously convicted sex offenders at the border. He said the crimes include rape, aggravated sexual abuse and assault and criminal unlawful contact...