Bobbi Boudman (D) flipped a Republican-held seat in the New Hampshire state House in a special election on Tuesday night, the Downballot reports,
Homeland Security Weighs Nixing Luxury Jet
“Discussions are underway at the Department of Homeland Security about reevaluating plans to buy a Boeing 737 MAX luxury jet that had been used by Kristi Noem prior to her ouster as DHS secretary,” National Review reports.
Runoff Set for Greene’s Seat
Clay Fuller (R) will face Shawn Harris (D) in a runoff to replace former Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene in Georgia’s 14th congressional district, CNN projects.
Politico: “Fuller, a local prosecutor and Air National Guard member, is heavily favored in the April 7 runoff in the deep-red northwest Georgia district. He overcame a crowded field of Republican competitors with the help of an endorsement from President Donald Trump in early February.”
“But his inability to win 50 percent of the vote means the seat will remain open for another month, hampering House Republicans’ already-slim majority.”
Kevin Hern to Announce Senate Bid from Oklahoma
Rep. Kevin Hern (R-OK) will announce Wednesday afternoon that he is running for Senate, Punchbowl News reports.
“Hern, in his fourth term in the House, will run for the seat being vacated by Markwayne Mullin, who President Donald Trump nominated to be secretary of the Department of Homeland Security.”
Extra Bonus Quote of the Day
“I believe Tucker Carlson is the single most dangerous demagogue in this country.”
— Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX), quoted by Politico.
Tonight’s Election Results
If it’s Tuesday, voters are casting ballots somewhere — and today is no different. Here are the race we’re watching.
Georgia’s 14th: Seventeen candidates qualified in the free-for-all to replace former Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) — 12 Republicans, three Democrats, one Libertarian and one independent. The top two vote-getters advance to an April runoff in a district drawn for Republicans to dominate.
Polls close at 7 p.m. ET.
Mississippi: The biggest race on the ballot is the primary for Mississippi’s U.S. Senate seat, along with party primaries for all four of the state’s U.S. House districts.
Polls close at 8 p.m. ET.
Leave your reactions in the comments as the votes come in.
Deleted Tweet Sends Oil Markets on Another Wild Ride
Wall Street Journal: “A plunge in oil prices intensified in the early afternoon after Energy Secretary Chris Wright said on X that ‘The U.S. Navy successfully escorted an oil tanker through the Strait of Hormuz to ensure oil remains flowing to global markets.’ The prospect of a prolonged energy shock momentarily dimmed. Futures for oil, diesel and gasoline slid. Stocks jumped.”
“But the message vanished within minutes, leaving investors the world over struggling to see through the fog of war emanating from the Trump administration itself.”
Trump Pick for State Department Drops Out
Politico: “A political commentator who argued that white people are the victims of racism and need help protecting their ‘identity’ withdrew his candidacy Tuesday for a senior diplomatic role in the State Department as Republican opposition placed his nomination in jeopardy.”
“Jeremy Carl was nominated by President Donald Trump to serve as assistant secretary of state for international organization affairs in June, but his confirmation appeared precarious in recent weeks after Sen. John Curtis (R-Utah) vowed to vote against his confirmation.”
U.S. Showers Iran With Bombs
“Amid what the Pentagon said was the fiercest bombardment of Iran since the start of the war, the Pentagon’s leaders said Tuesday that American and Israeli forces were ‘winning decisively’ but declined to set a timetable for the end of the conflict, saying it was for President Trump to decide,” the New York Times reports.
“Iranians described a hellish night of bombs seeming to come from every direction without letup.”
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Iran’s New Leader Was Injured
A source told the Jerusalem Post that the assessments are that although Mojtaba Khamenei was injured during the war he remains capable of carrying out his duties as Iran’s new supreme leader.
The Iran Terror Report Trump Didn’t Want You to See
“A shocking intelligence report that was blocked by the White House warns that Iran could launch waves of terrorist attacks on U.S. soil including assassinations, bombings and stabbings, because of the President’s new war,” the Daily Mail reports.
Trump Warns Iran Against Laying Mines
“President Donald Trump warned Iran against laying mines in the Strait of Hormuz after news reports suggested Iran was either preparing to, or had already begun doing so, in the vital waterway,” Bloomberg reports.
Said Trump: “If Iran has put out any mines in the Hormuz Strait, and we have no reports of them doing so, we want them removed, IMMEDIATELY! If for any reason mines were placed, and they are not removed forthwith, the Military consequences to Iran will be at a level never seen before.”
CBS News: Iran signaling it may deploy mines to disrupt Strait of Hormuz, U.S. sources say.
CNN: Iran begins laying mines in Strait of Hormuz, sources say.
JD Vance to Headline Fundraising Tour
“JD Vance is to embark on a fundraising tour this month, swinging through Texas and Tennessee to raise money for the Republican Party and burnish his own brand ahead of critical midterm elections this November,” the Financial Times reports.
Mississippi’s Senate Race Is Very Personal
“Scott Colom says his challenge to Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith isn’t about revenge over her blocking his bid to become a federal judge — but that she’ll still come to regret it,” Semafor reports.
“Had Hyde-Smith not objected to Colom’s judicial nomination in 2023, he would be on the federal bench for life, and the Mississippi GOP senator would probably lack a real opponent. But Hyde-Smith used her veto power as a home-state senator to stop Colom; and now, she is in the unusual position of running against a nominee she tanked.”
Said Colom: “She’s really going to regret it when we win on Nov. 3. That’s when the regret’s really going to hit her.”
GOP Senator Apologizes for Attack on Iranian School
Sen. John Kennedy (R-LA) apologized for what he says was a U.S. strike on a school in Iran that reportedly killed over 160 people, the Times of Israel reports.
Said Kennedy: “It was terrible. We made a mistake.”
He added: “Other countries do that sort of thing intentionally, like Russia. We would never do that intentionally. I think the Defense Department is investigating it now, and I’m sorry. I’m just so sorry it happened.”
How Jeffrey Epstein Got Access to Powerful Men
Fortune looks at how Jeffrey Epstein pulled Bill Gates and Microsoft “into a web of sex, money, and secrets.”
Ex-DOGE Member Took Social Security Data to New Job
“The Social Security Administration’s internal watchdog is investigating a complaint that alleges a former U.S. DOGE Service employee claimed he had access to two highly sensitive agency databases and planned to share the information with his private employer — a claim that, if true, would constitute an unprecedented breach of security protocols at an agency that serves more than 70 million Americans,” the Washington Post reports.
“The agency’s inspector general is investigating the disclosure and has alerted members of Congress of its existence.”
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