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The polls are just opening now in New Jersey. I'm Dave Anthony. FOX News where four Republicans are vying for the chance to challenge Democratic Senator Cory Booker in November. New Jersey, one of six states with primaries today, moving to Iowa now, where
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State Representative Josh Turek and State Senator Zach Walz are competing in the Democratic primary for the US Senate seat being vacated by incumbent Republican Joni Ernst. Republicans have largely rallied behind U.S. representative Ashley Hinson. President Trump posted on Truth Social, I know Ashley and she is a winner.
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That's fox's Alex Hogan. The president also made other endorsements with contests also in Montana, New Mexico and South Dakota and California. He's backing Republican Steve Hilton for governor. Hilton tells Fox we have the highest
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taxes in the country in California and we get the worst results.
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There are numerous candidates on the ballot. The top two in the voting, regardless of party, go to a runoff. That's the same in Los Angeles where Mayor Karen Bass is facing challenges, including Spencer Pratt. The president suggests the US And Iran could work out a deal within a week. Iran's threatened to stop talking unless Israel stops attacking Hezbollah and Lebanon.
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The president says he had a very productive call with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and that no Israeli troops will go to Beirut. Israel's government ordered strikes in Beirut suburbs Monday, a day after ground forces reached deeper into the country than at any point in the last 26 years. To representatives, President Trump says he also had a very good call with Hezbollah and says the militant group agreed that all shooting will stop.
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That's Fox's Jared Halpern. Russia launched another barrage at UKRA, killing at least 16 people. Seven people are dead in a murder suicide in Iowa, all from the same family.
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Police call to a home in Muscatine about 50 miles southeast of Cedar Rapids. They say when they got there, they found the first four people fatally shot. They then say they tracked 52 year old Ryan Willis McFarland to a trail where he took his own life as officers closed in. Two other relatives were later found shot to death at another location.
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A win for transgender rights activists in a federal appeals court keeping in place a judge's block on a Trump executive order to remove transgender troops from the military. The ruling allows those troops to keep serving but does not allow new recruits. War Secretary Pete Hegseth reacted on XCU at the Supreme Court. Meanwhile, on a video on social media, Hegseth also keeps pushing to boost the Pentagon's budget to $1.5 trillion.
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The secretary said that not enough has been done for the military off of the battlefield for far too long and announced that $90 billion will be spent on service members living conditions when they return to duty.
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They're met with outdated facilities, substandard barracks and too often straight up hazardous living conditions.
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Hegseth also specified upcoming pay raises.
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This budget includes the largest pay raise for our troops in modern history, up to 7% for junior enlisted and pay raises for everyone in the force, he added.
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There will also be improvements to health programs and family related programs given Yoretsky,
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Fox News A police officer has been fired in North Carolina and criminally charged over a confrontation with a woman caught on video last Friday.
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Officer Carson Heider of Shelby, North Carolina is charged with assault. The 22 year old turned himself in Monday. Doorbell video appears to show Hyder pummeling Cheryl Moore, breaking her nose and busting her lip. He was responding to a report of a break in at the time of the beating. She was initially charged with breaking and entering, resisting arrest and assault on a public officer, but the latter two charges have since been dropped.
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Tom Graham, FOX News On Wall street, stock futures are mostly lower the day after record highs for the Dow in the nasdaq. I'm Dave Anthony. This is Fox News.
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This episode delivers the key political, world, and national news headlines from the early morning of June 2, 2026. Coverage spans significant primary elections across multiple states, international diplomatic tensions, domestic crime stories, military and defense updates, and legal developments in policing.
For listeners seeking a comprehensive roundup of early June 2, 2026’s key news, this episode delivers succinct, direct reporting with a focus on major politics, military updates, crime incidents, and relevant legal developments—all in a brisk five-minute broadcast.