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Oz, McCormick race heads into recount in Pennsylvania Senate primary

By Marc Levy, Associated Press

Pennsylvania's top election official says the margin between the top two candidates in last week's Republican primary for U.S. Senate is tight enough to trigger a recount.

WATCH: Democratic candidate Beto O'Rourke confronts Texas Gov. Abbott at news briefing for Uvalde school shooting

By Acacia Coronado, Associated Press/Report for America

Beto O’Rourke interrupted a press conference Wednesday about the school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, calling the tragedy “totally predictable when you choose not to do anything.”…

WATCH: Biden signs policing order on the 2nd anniversary of George Floyd's death

By Mike Balsamo, Zeke Miller, Chris Megerian, Associated Press

Biden signed an executive order Wednesday to improve accountability in policing — a meaningful but limited action that reflected the challenges in addressing racism, excessive use of force and public safety when Congress is deadlocked on stronger measures.

'The sweetest little boy.' Families mourn, await news after Texas school shooting

By Jim Vertuno, Heather Hollingsworth, Associated Press

Families turned to social media in a desperate attempt to find their missing children as the death toll in a gruesome school shooting at a Texas elementary school rose to at least 19 students and two teachers.

In Texas school massacre, shooter took aim at 'anyone that was in his way'

By Acacia Coronado, Associated Press/Report for America, Jim Vertuno, Associated Press

An official says an 18-year-old gunman who killed 19 children and two teachers at a Texas elementary school barricaded himself inside a classroom, "shooting anyone that was in his way."…

Sen. John Boozman clinches Republican nomination in Arkansas

By Andrew DeMillo, Associated Press

Boozman on Tuesday defeated three rivals in the state's GOP primary after relying heavily on his endorsement from Donald Trump and the state's top GOP figures.

Trump press secretary Sarah Sanders wins GOP Arkansas governor primary

By Andrew DeMillo, Associated Press

Former White House press secretary Sarah Sanders has won the Republican nomination for governor in Arkansas. Sanders defeated former talk radio host Doc Washburn in Tuesday's Republican primary.

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene wins Georgia primary

By Russ Bynum, Associated Press

U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene defeated five challengers Tuesday in a GOP primary race that tested how her conservative Georgia constituents judged her turbulent freshman term.

What we're learning about the Texas elementary school massacre

Texas state officials say a gunman killed 18 children and at least two adults, including one teacher, at an elementary school Tuesday in the city of Uvalde outside San Antonio. The 18-year-old shooter was reportedly killed by police. Taylor Pettaway,…

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Brian Kemp wins Georgia GOP governor's race against Trump-backed challenger

By Steve Peoples, Jeff Amy, Associated Press

Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp has defeated his Donald Trump-backed challenger David Perdue after a furious push by the former president to punish Kemp for not overturning the 2020 election results.