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In the nation’s first statewide vote on abortion after the overturning of Roe v. Wade, Kansas voters upheld the right to abortion late Tuesday night as primary elections unfolded in five states. Even in heavily red districts where former President Donald Trump held double-digit margins in 2016 and 2020, voters overwhelmingly chose to protect abortion rights. Kansas Secretary of State Scott Schwab noted significantly high voter turnout in the state, nearly reaching 50% — a number typically seen in a November midterm election. Races for elected office in many other states are still waiting on results to come in. Trump is looking at mixed results in his effort to defeat three House Republicans who impeached him over the insurrection of Jan. 6, 2021. Rep. Peter Meijer, R-Mich., was losing a Republican primary early Wednesday to Trump-backed challenger John Gibbs. Trump-backed Blake Masters, calling to finish the former president’s controversial border wall and resume his agenda if he is elected, won the Arizona GOP Senate primary.
Nearly a week has passed since flooding devastated eastern Kentucky, and high temperatures and humid conditions forecasted for Wednesday are creating new obstacles for thousands of residents who no longer have power, water or are in temporary housing. At least 37 people have died in what the governor called “one of the worst, most devastating flooding events in Kentucky’s history.
