Quick Take: Yesterday’s primaries produced mixed results for Trump-backed candidates, with notable wins and upsets in Florida and other states. The DOJ plans to deploy about 1,000 federal monitors for November — a major rise from 2022. Other headlines: a three-day pause on U.S. tariffs with Canada, a six-week Meta court hearing on youth impacts, and NASA released images of a ~60-foot lunar crater from a SpaceX crash.
Mixed Results for Trump Endorsements as Primaries Advance — Key Races, Monitors and Major Headlines
Byron Donalds points at supporters during a primary election party in Orlando. | John Raoux/AP
Voters in yesterday's primaries produced a mix of expected outcomes and surprising upsets, delivering uneven results for candidates endorsed by former President Donald Trump while advancing several high-profile contests ahead of November.
Florida: Competitive Primaries, A Few Upsets
In Florida's races to replace Gov. Ron DeSantis, Republican Byron Donalds and Democrat David Jolly each won their gubernatorial primaries and now move toward general-election matchups. In the Senate contest, Republican Attorney General Ashley Moody secured the GOP nomination, while progressive state Rep. Angie Nixon upset a better-funded Democratic opponent to win her party's primary.
President Trump speaks with Canada's Mark Carney at a G7 summit in June. | Evelyn Hockstein/Pool/Reuters
Other State Races
Across the country, several competitive contests also advanced. In Alaska, incumbent Republican Sen. Dan Sullivan and former Democratic Rep. Mary Peltola advanced in a closely watched Senate contest. In Wyoming, Trump’s preferred gubernatorial pick, Megan Degenfelder, was defeated by state Sen. Eric Barlow. Counting continued in a special U.S. House race in California.
Election Oversight: DOJ Plans Major Monitoring Effort
The Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division intends to deploy roughly 1,000 federal monitors to polling locations in November — a substantial increase from the 289 monitors sent during the 2022 midterms. Officials say the operation will require careful planning and will stretch an already reduced DOJ workforce.
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Trade and International Relations
President Trump announced a three-day pause on planned U.S. tariffs on Canadian goods while negotiations continued. He linked the pause to talks related to the canceled Keystone XL pipeline and declared on social media that "Canada and the U.S.A., subject to the finalization of documents, have a DEAL!"
Tech, Courts and Kids
A six-week court hearing in California opened this week to examine allegations that Meta, Facebook’s parent company, intentionally engineered products that hooked a generation of young users. Plaintiffs argued the company’s design choices fostered addictive behavior among children; Meta’s lawyers countered that social-media addiction is not a recognized diagnosable condition.
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Space News
NASA released before-and-after images of a lunar crater created when a SpaceX rocket impacted the Moon on Aug. 5. Scientists described the site as roughly 60 feet across and under 10 feet deep — about twice the diameter of a large swimming pool — and published comparative imagery of the affected area.
Culture and Sports
Frank Beard, ZZ Top’s longtime drummer, died at 77 in hospice care with family present, a band spokesperson said. Beard joined the Texas blues-rock trio in 1969 and anchored its rhythm section for more than five decades.
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In baseball, the Milwaukee Brewers rolled to a historic 22–0 shutout over the Seattle Mariners — one of the largest margins of victory in more than a century. The game included an unusual moment when Seattle’s Julio Rodríguez accidentally threw a live ball into the stands after making a catch.
Entertainment, Business and Oddities
Season 2 of the action-comedy thriller "Average Joe" premiered on Paramount+. In sports scheduling, the league’s top two teams were set to meet on USA Network, and a Yankees–Orioles game was scheduled to stream on Amazon Prime Video. In business news, Google's 2004 IPO — priced at $85 per share — and Alphabet’s recent valuation near $4 trillion were cited as markers of a resurgent interest in tech and artificial intelligence.
In a colorful recovery from the past, a diver resurfaced with a bottle of Guinness brewed in 1864; researchers are testing whether the 162-year-old stout remains drinkable and to learn how it once tasted.
Parenting Tip
If a child is struggling to make friends, some child-development experts recommend increasing unstructured free time to help them grow social skills naturally.
Sources: BBC News, USA Today, The Associated Press, CBS News, Yahoo Finance, Reuters, Hollywood Reporter, Deadline and other outlets.
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