.NBC News projects that Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick will defeat anti-abortion rights activist Mark Houck in the PA-1 primary

Readout of Trump's meeting w/ former Japanese PM Taro Aso: 'The two ... discussed challenges posed by China and North Korea. President Trump praised Japan’s increased defense spending.'

20% of the expected vote in for the Democratic presidential primary in PA. Most if not all is mail-in variety

Biden: 93.4%
Dean Phillips: 4%
Write-in: 2.7%

.NBC News projects Donald Trump has won the GOP presidential primary in PA

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23% in in PA-1, where moderate GOP Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick is facing a challenge from anti-abortion rights activist Mark Houck

Fitzpatrick: 82.7%
Houck: 17.2%

.NBC News projects that Joe Biden wins the Pennsylvania Democratic presidential primary

More here:

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Big chunk of vote in for the PA-12 race between Rep. Summer Lee and Bhavini Patel. All mail-in in Allegheny County. Accounts for 48% of the expected vote.

Lee: 55.19%
Patel: 44.81%

Least surprising development of the night in Pennsylvania right off the top

NBC News projects that Sen. Bob Casey and Dave McCormick have won the Democratic and Republican Senate primaries

(They were uncontested)

Also quote the National Lawyers Guild, which advises protesters to mask up to protect their face/identity - state anti-mask laws (including New York's) fell in 2020 and made this possible.

Gaza is the ~13th~ most important issue to Gen Z voters, according to the new Harvard Youth Poll.

#1 - still the economy

Smart piece from David Weigel on why so many of the Israel-Gaza protesters are masked

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Santos drops out of the race for NY1

BREAKING: In 3-2 vote the FTC approves its sprawling, historic ban on non-compete agreements.

All non-competes banned moving forward. Existing ones can remain in effect only for senior executives.

Lawsuits seeking to block the rule certain to follow.
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'David Pecker, the former publisher of the National Enquirer, testified at Trump's trial Tuesday that the tabloid completely manufactured a negative story in 2016 about the father of Sen. Ted Cruz, who was then Trump's rival for the GOP pres nomination.'

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Romney flattered by Fetterman’s idea he take over as Harvard president.

“One way of ending the demonstrations on Gaza would be to name me president of Harvard because then the demonstrations would all be about getting rid of President Romney. There would be mayhem,” he quips

You wouldn’t last an hour in the asylum where they raised me

Blanche says that 'reposting an article from a news site' or 'a news program' doesn't violate the gag order.

Justice Merchan asks him where the case law supports that.

'I don't have any case law,' Blanche says, calling the proposition 'common sense.'

Trump says RFK Jr. will hurt Biden. In private, he's not so sure. nbcnews.com/politics/2024-… via Allan Smith