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During an interview aired on Tuesday’s broadcast of NewsNation’s “Katie Pavlich Tonight,” Sen. Tim Sheehy (R-MT) said that Iran will not honor any deal reached with them over the long run and “They may short-term honor it. We may get the [strait] open and the president may be able to negotiate a short-term condition that assuages oil prices and makes sure that we bring temporary stability to the region,” but we’ll still have to deal with the IRGC. Sheehy said, “[A]ny deal with this regime, any ‘deal,’ I call it a deal, because they will not honor it. They may…

Multiple attendees broke out in a “Where’s Mitch?” chant on Saturday during Kentucky’s iconic political picnic as the 84-year-old senator was conspicuously absent. Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) has not appeared in public since he suffered a medical emergency on June 14, and those gathered at the Fancy Farm event apparently wanted answers regarding his well-being, MEAWW reported. “The chants quickly turned the annual political gathering into a fresh reminder of unanswered questions surrounding McConnell’s condition. They also came as attention remained fixed on the approaching August 3 deadline tied to a potential Senate vacancy,” the outlet said. Video footage of…

Read our latest coverage of yesterday’s primary results in Michigan, Missouri and elsewhere on our live POLITICO blog. Rep. Chuck Edwards just announced he is dropping his reelection bid after the House Ethics Committee recommended a censure for inappropriate behavior with female staffers. But Rep. Max Miller says he is not backing down from his race amid domestic abuse allegations — and claims Speaker Mike Johnson has his back. Johnson says he hasn’t talked to him. The speaker sat down with POLITICO’s Dasha Burns for an episode of The Conversation on Tuesday night, where he was asked about Miller’s comments earlier…

Michigan’s Democratic Senate primary was hotly contested until the end. And it may take nearly every vote counted before we get a call — with the state’s largest population center still outstanding hours after polls closed. With a bit shy of 30 percent votes counted according to the Associated Press, former public health official Abdul El-Sayed narrowly leads Rep. Haley Stevens by about five points. El-Sayed is performing especially well in highly educated suburban areas, including his home county of Washtenaw and Stevens’ home county of Oakland. But Stevens is winning rural counties across the state, keeping the race close…

Democrat Raphael Warnock argued against giving “unhinged” President Donald Trump more power to impose tariffs Democratic US Senator Raphael Warnock from Georgia has blocked an effort to fast-track the passage of a sweeping Russia-Iran sanctions bill, Punchbowl News reported on Tuesday.The revised legislation, championed by the late Senator Lindsey Graham, a prominent Russia hawk, would authorize US President Donald Trump to impose tariffs of up to 100% on goods from countries that buy Russian oil, including China and India.Sen. Warnock placed a hold on the bill despite voting last week to advance it.“Supporting Ukraine does not mean giving this unhinged…

Bernie Moreno speaks to reporters on Capitol Hill – Aug. 4, 2026 (screenshot via CBS) Republican Ohio Senator Bernie Moreno spoke to reporters on Tuesday after his ex-son-in-law, Rep. Max Miller (R-OH), accidentally released a nude photo of Moreno’s granddaughter over the weekend amid allegations that Miller assaulted his ex-wife.  Miller is accused of assaulting his ex-wife, Emily Moreno, the daughter of Senator Bernie Moreno, and their two-year-old daughter. Miller allegedly held a gun to Emily Moreno’s head and broke their daughter’s collarbone. As The Gateway Pundit reported, Miller has denied the allegations and vowed to remain in his reelection…

A group of over 1,000 left-wing lawyers in Germany have demanded the government ban the anti-mass migration Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) party as it has surged to become the most popular in the country. The self-described leftist Republican Lawyers’ Association issued a public appeal to the German government and lawmakers in the Bundestag to launch proceedings to ban the AfD, which it argues “contradicts the central fundamental values” of the country and its constitution, Die Welt reported. Chairwoman Angela Furmaniak said that banning the leading opposition party would be necessary for the sake of “the human dignity of all people.” The…

Actress Patricia Heaton shared her support to ban Democratic Socialist New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani from this year’s 9/11 anniversary ceremony. “Keep it going New Yorkers,” the Everybody Loves Raymond star wrote in a Monday X post, reacting to a petition urging Mamdani to skip this year’s 25th anniversary commemorative event honoring the nearly 3,000 people who were murdered in the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. In her post, Heaton also shared another message from a New Yorker, who wrote, “The petition was drafted by someone who lost their family member on 9/11.” The X post also featured a quote from someone who lost a…

With 90 days until the midterms, the DCCC is adding 12 Republican-held districts to its offensive battlefield, bringing its target list up to 58 seats, according to plans shared first with POLITICO. The expansion puts several prominent Republicans in Democrats’ sights, notably including Lauren Boebert in Colorado’s 4th, Victoria Spartz in Indiana’s 5th, French Hill in Arkansas’ 2nd, while also adding Tony Gonzales’ now open border seat in Texas’ 23rd, as Democrats bet voter backlash has put even Trump territory in play. Also on the list: Jeff Hurd in Colorado’s 3rd, Gus Bilirakis in Florida’s 12th, Mike Flood in Nebraska’s…

Voters in the red state overwhelmingly rejected a referendum designed to overturn Kansas’ constitutional right to abortion on Tuesday. The Legislature’s GOP supermajority had attempted to amend the Kansas constitution to change the way the state’s Supreme Court justices are chosen. It was an effort to fill the bench with more conservatives after a slate of rulings that roiled Republican lawmakers, most notably a 2019 decision upholding the right to abortion. Voters dismissed that amendment by more than 25 percentage points. Tuesday’s result is reminiscent of the state’s 2022 referendum, months after the U.S. Supreme Court struck down Roe v.…