Alme won the nomination, NBC News projects, after a late launch following GOP Sen. Steve Daines’ last-minute retirement, sparking criticism that Daines picked his successor.

Montana voters will select nominees in Tuesday’s state primary to replace departing Republican incumbents in the U.S. Senate and House, but one major contender won’t be on the ballot.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa state Rep. Josh Turek won Tuesday’s Democratic primary for U.S. Senate and will next try to flip the seat currently held by GOP Sen. Joni Ernst, who is retiring.

DES MOINES, Iowa — Iowa Secretary of State Paul Pate joined the Today in Iowa crew on Tuesday to talk about the Primary Election.

It would be Paxton’s first in-person meeting with the president since he won the brutal primary runoff against incumbent Sen. John Cornyn last week.

Trump administration officials on Monday confirmed reports that they’re retreating on their controversial “anti-weaponization fund,” after a significant portion of the Republican-run Senate voiced objections and held off on passing a bill to provide money to the Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Customs and Border Protection agencies.

President Donald ⁠Trump's $1.8 billion "anti-weaponization" ​fund that would ‌have benefited political ‌allies ⁠is ⁠on hold, two sources familiar ​with the plan said ​on Monday.

The unprecedented fund is part of a settlement in which President Trump agreed to drop his $10 billion lawsuit against the IRS — and the agency agreed to drop any pending tax claims against him in ret...