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A Candidate’s Past Ties to a Militant Cleric Are Surfacing in a N.J. House Race

30 May 2026 at 23:23
Dr. Adam Hamawy, a New Jersey Democrat with big-name support on the left, has touted his humanitarian work, but some opponents want to talk about Sheikh Omar Abdel Rahman.

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A Clean Energy PAC Helped Beat Chip Roy, and Now It Has New Targets

30 May 2026 at 03:47
A PAC representing wind and solar energy interests spent $1.1 million to boost the Republican primary opponent of Chip Roy, an opponent of renewables. Now they are trying to save a Republican ally in Iowa.

© Michael A. McCoy for The New York Times

A group of renewable energy investors paid for this projection on the side of the Energy Department building in Washington gloating over Representative Chip Roy’s defeat in a Republican primary for Texas attorney general.

Does Trump Want to Lose the Midterms?

The president doesn’t seem that concerned that his party could lose control of Congress. Ezra Klein and the Republican strategist Liam Donovan discuss Trump’s midterm strategy and Democratic paths to victory.

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California House Primary in Sacramento Displays Democrats’ Fierce Generational Battle

29 May 2026 at 17:02
Representative Doris Matsui has been re-elected 10 times with ease. But an upstart Democrat is threatening to end her run in Congress.

© Eric Lee for The New York Times

Representative Doris Matsui is facing her toughest re-election fight in her more than two decades of representing a safely Democratic district in the Sacramento region.
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