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A prominent conference of American conservatives is taking place in Hungary

The Conservative Political Action Conference is in Hungary this week, with a keynote from Prime Minister Viktor Orban. He has clamped down on democratic institutions and targeted minority groups.
- Mara Liasson
5 states went to the polls Tuesday to pick candidates in primary elections

A key U.S. Senate race in Pennsylvania is too close to call. North Carolina Rep. Madison Cawthorn, a freshman Republican who's been beset by scandal, has been ousted in a heated primary.
- Leila Fadel
Tina Kotek's win comes amid a wave of LGBTQ candidates running for office

Kotek won her state's Democratic primary on Tuesday. If she wins the general election later this year, she will become the country's first openly lesbian governor.
- Ashley Westerman
Scandal-plagued Rep. Madison Cawthorn is ousted in North Carolina primary

The Republican narrowly lost to state Sen. Chuck Edwards, who had received the backing of some Republicans who had tired of Cawthorn's controversies.
- Barbara Sprunt
The latest on the Pennsylvania Republican primary for Senate

Five states hold primaries Tuesday, with Senate races in Pennsylvania and North Carolina getting top billing.
- Don Gonyea
New York attorney general speaks to NPR about Buffalo shooting

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with New York state Attorney General Letitia James, who appeared in Buffalo with President Biden after the mass shooting, about gun violence and extremism in the state.
- Justine Kenin
Congress is holding its first UFO hearing in more than 50 years

The hearing, which will include testimony from military intelligence officials, is the first on the subject since 1969. It will be livestreamed on the House Intelligence Committee's YouTube channel.
- Giles Snyder
Abortion might swing WA's 8th congressional race

Republicans are hoping to regain control of the House of Representatives this November. And there’s only one district in Washington state that’s up for grabs. Democrat Kim Shrier’s in the 8th. There's now a new wrinkle in the race with the leaked Supreme Court opinion on abortion. KUOW political reporter David Hyde explains.
- Patricia Murphy
Congressional candidate Alexandra Hunt wants you to look beyond her past

The 29-year-old looking to unseat Rep. Dwight Evans for Pennsylvania's 3rd Congressional District, has grabbed attention for her past as a stripper and for creating an OnlyFans.
- Jaclyn Diaz
How the 'Replacement' theory went mainstream on the political right

The theory began in white supremacist circles and has slowly integrated into the mainstream of Republican politics.
- Domenico Montanaro

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