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Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Korva Coleman. Results are coming in from primary elections in six states yesterday. Perhaps one of the most closely watched was a battle for a single congressional seat in Kentucky. President Trump himself was not on the ballot, but NPR's Domenico Montanaro reports he played a key role in this race.
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Trump is on something of a revenge tour. The latest casualty, Congressman Thomas Massie of Kentucky. He lost to a Trump backed Challenger by about 10 points Tuesday night and he saw tens of millions of dollars spent against him. In fact, was the most expensive House primary in history with $33 million spent on TV ads. Massie was a thorn in Trump's side, helping force the release of millions of pages of the Epstein files, for example. Now he joins a list of perceived political enemies that Trump has gone after, often successfully in GOP primaries. But while Trump has proven his strength with the Republican base, general elections are a different story and that'll likely put Republican candidates in swing districts in tough positions this fall. Domenico Montanaro, NPR News, Washington.
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Kentucky incumb Congressman Thomas Massie lost to Republican challenger Ed Gal Rhein. He thanked the president at his victory party.
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I want to thank President Trump for his support, his endorsement and his counsel as I navigated this campaign, which is a journey of unto itself and for his courageous leadership of our nation at this critical time.
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Gal Rhyne will face the winner of the Democratic primary, Melissa Strange, in this fall's general election. In Georgia's primary elections for governor, former Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms has won the Democratic gubernatorial nomination. Her opponent isn't clear yet. Two candidates advanced to the Republican runoff primary in June, Georgia Lieutenant Governor Bird Jones and healthcare billionaire Rick Jackson. President Trump has endorsed Jones. Russian President Vladimir Putin has arrived in Beijing to meet Chinese President Xi Jinping. NPR's Jennifer Paak reports from Shanghai. The two leaders have extended a strategic partnership agreement.
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President Putin had a welcoming ceremony that included a military marching band, a cannon salute, smiling children waving Chinese and Russian flags, the same pageantry President Trump received just days ago at the Great hall of the People. During Putin's meeting with the Chinese leader, Xi said the global situation is fluid and turbulent, according to state run Xinhua News Agency. Xi said there is a resurgence of what he calls unilateralism and hegemonism, things that China has frequently accused the US of in the past. As permanent members of the UN Security Council, Xi said China and Russia should work together to make the global governance system more just and reasonable. Jennifer Pack, NPR News, Shanghai.
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You're listening to NPR news from Washington. The head of the World Health Organization says the spread of the Ebola virus strain Bundabuya is a public health emergency of international concern. But Dr. Tedros Adnaham Ghebreyesos says it is not a pandemic emergency. The WHO says at least 139 deaths are suspected to be because of the Ebola strain. Democratic REPUBLIC of Congo. There are now 600 suspected cases. San Diego authorities say three victims from Monday's shooting attack on the Islamic center of San Diego died as they protected 140 children. The suspected shooters, who died by suicide, left behind writings. These were filled with racial hatred against Muslims, Jews, black people and women this morning. The National Trust for Historic Places just released its annual list of the most endangered sites in the U.S. nPR's Netta Ulaby has more.
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The list of 11 places has a theme honoring the idea that all people are created equal. It includes the oldest Quaker meeting house in Massachusetts and a few sites that have been affected by President Trump's administration, including the president's house in Philadelphia where the National Park Service removed some information about enslaved people there. National Trust President Carol Quillen calls that historical erasure that's a threat to preservation
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that we're also interested in protesting.
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The National Trust is currently suing the Trump administration over its construction of a ballroom on White House grounds. Nada. Ulupi, NPR News.
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