NPR Politics is reporting that the primary season is nearing its end without a clear overarching narrative. It said recent primaries in Florida showed mixed results, with Democratic voters supporting both progressive State House Rep. Angie Nixon for U.S. Senate and former Republican-turned-Democrat David Jolly for governor. On the Republican side, NPR noted three Trump-endorsed candidates lost their primaries, adding to a growing list of losses for the president. A White House official, not authorized to comment publicly, dismissed the focus on these failures as overblown. NPR highlighted the upcoming South Carolina runoff where Darline Graham, endorsed by Trump, faces Rep. Ralph Norman. It said Graham flubbed a debate question about Taiwan and the South China Sea, leading to Trump holding a rally for her. The White House expects Trump's campaign cadence to increase to motivate his base for the November general election.
NPR is reporting the U.S. Supreme Court is allowing construction of President Trump’s White House ballroom to continue for now, following legal disputes with the National Trust for Historic Preservation.
NPR said the U.S. national debt has reached $40 trillion.
NPR is reporting President Trump plans to shift the U.S. strategy in the war with Iran to focus on dismantling the Iranian economy. It said Iranian leaders view this as an admission of U.S. military failure.
NPR noted that in Florida's 19th Congressional District primary, nine of the 10 Republican candidates moved to the state specifically to run for Congress, but the winner was a "true Florida man."
NPR is reporting concerns that new voter ID laws in about a dozen states, which ban the use of student IDs for verification at polls, will impact young voters.
NPR said the House Ethics Committee is investigating California Democratic Rep. Jimmy Gomez over sexual misconduct allegations.
NPR exclusively reported on an unauthored seven-page report on the Census Bureau website alleging thousands of noncitizens voted in the 2020 election. It said the analysis was not conducted by the bureau but by individuals affiliated with the America First Policy Institute, a think tank linked to Trump's first administration. NPR noted that data and election experts have raised concerns about the report's methodology and conclusions, with one expert calling it "laughable" and stating Census data cannot reliably be matched to voter data. It said this report is the latest attempt by Trump officials to promote unsubstantiated claims of widespread voter fraud in the 2020 election.
NPR is reporting on a historic culinary competition in West Africa over which country makes the best jollof rice, noting a blind tasting at the Jollof Festival near Washington, D.C.