2026年8月5日 15:39 / 联合早报
7月27日，一艘商船驶过红海也门哈尼什群岛附近的国际航道。（法新社）
也门胡塞武装星期三（8月5日）称，袭击了一艘位于红海海域的沙特油轮。
法新社报道，也门胡塞武装发言人萨里在一段视频声明中声称，他们“在红海北部延布（Yanbu）近海，成功用多枚弹道导弹击中了沙特油轮‘瓦法’（Wafa）号”。
这是自上个月胡塞武装宣布对沙特实施海上禁运以来，他们袭击的第八艘船只。
沙特官员尚未对此作出回应。
也门胡塞武装称袭击一艘沙特油轮
2026年8月5日 15:39 / 联合早报
7月27日，一艘商船驶过红海也门哈尼什群岛附近的国际航道。 （法新社）
也门胡塞武装星期三（8月5日）称，袭击了一艘位于红海海域的沙特油轮。
法新社报道，也门胡塞武装发言人萨里在一段视频声明中声称，他们“在红海北部延布（Yanbu）近海，成功用多枚弹道导弹击中了沙特油轮‘瓦法’（Wafa）号”。
这是自上个月胡塞武装宣布对沙特实施海上禁运以来，他们袭击的第八艘船只。
沙特官员尚未对此作出回应。
2026年8月5日 美国东部时间凌晨12:52 / 福克斯新闻
获得美国民主社会主义者协会支持的堪萨斯城租户组织者未能进入大选
作者：摩根·菲利普斯 福克斯新闻
当地时间周二，律师、空军退伍军人、前密苏里州助理总检察长乔丹·埃雷拉在密苏里州最新重划的第4国会选区民主党初选中胜出，击败了资金更为雄厚的民主社会主义候选人哈特泽尔·格雷，该初选共有7名候选人参与角逐。
埃雷拉击败了33岁的格雷——这位前堪萨斯城电台主持人、租户组织者曾登上哈桑·皮克尔的Twitch直播频道，抨击“背叛民主党人”，因此受到全国关注。
此次结果意味着11月的大选 ballot 上，将由一位更为传统的民主党人对阵共和党现任议员马克·奥尔福德，而非格雷。格雷此前将自己的竞选定位为对民主党建制派的左翼挑战。
乔丹·埃雷拉：律师、空军退伍军人、前密苏里州助理总检察长。（乔丹·J·埃雷拉竞选国会团队供图）
新划分的第4选区涵盖堪萨斯城部分区域，向南延伸至密苏里州大片郊区和农村地区。尽管新地图让奥尔福德所在选区的共和党优势有所缩小，但该选区仍属于稳固的共和党席位。
格雷曾是民主党初选中明显的筹款领先者。联邦选举委员会记录显示，截至7月中旬，他的竞选团队已筹集约25万美元，是埃雷拉筹集的约4万美元的6倍多，也远超2024年民主党提名候选人、此次再次参选的珍妮特·卡斯。
堪萨斯城民主社会主义者协会表示，支持格雷是该协会首次在联邦选举中背书候选人。该协会称赞格雷拒绝接受企业、开发商和游说团体的捐款，并指出他支持全民医保、租户保护和更累进的税收政策。
2022年，时任堪萨斯城体育电台主持人哈特泽尔·格雷在权力与灯光区举行的2026年世界杯主办城市揭晓派对上鼓动观众。（杰·比格斯塔夫-今日美国体育社供图）
格雷还呼吁实施租金管制、推行“全民医保”并废除最高法院的“联合公民诉联邦选举委员会”案判决。他将自己的竞选定位为对民主党党的谴责，他认为民主党已过于紧密地绑定在富裕捐赠者和企业利益之上。2010年的这项判决允许企业和工会无限制地独立支出以影响选举。
他在皮克尔节目中的亮相让这场原本低调的密苏里州初选成为民主党左翼社会主义派别的一个小型试金石。该派别日益依赖社交媒体名人、小额捐款人和 activist 网络，在传统政党结构之外建立支持基础。
哈桑·皮克尔将奥卡西奥-科特茨列为2028年总统候选人首选 称这“甚至不成问题”
格雷的竞选团队表示，在登上皮克尔的节目后，观众捐款超过3万美元。随后他又亮相另一左翼在线节目《多数党报告》，他的竞选团队试图将全国关注度转化为堪萨斯城的投票率。
2019年5月1日劳动节，民主社会主义者协会成员在纽约市特朗普旗下建筑外集会。（盖蒂图片社供图）
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本次民主党初选的其他候选人还包括前民主党提名候选人珍妮特·卡斯、律师兼空军退伍军人埃雷拉、电台主持人兰迪·米勒、阿什利·罗杰斯、韦恩·拉塞尔和G·里克。
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Socialist tenant organizer who blasted ‘sell-out Democrats’ loses Midwest primary
August 5, 2026 12:52am EDT / Fox News
The Kansas City tenant organizer backed by DSA failed to advance to the general election
By Morgan Phillips Fox News
Jordan Herrera, an attorney, Air Force veteran and former Missouri assistant attorney general, won the Democratic nomination Tuesday in Missouri’s newly redrawn 4th Congressional District, defeating better-funded democratic socialist Hartzell Gray in a seven-way primary.
Herrera prevailed over Gray, the 33-year-old former Kansas City radio host and tenant organizer who drew national attention after appearing on Hasan Piker’s Twitch livestream and blasting “sell-out Democrats.”
The result puts a more conventional Democrat on the November ballot against Republican Rep. Mark Alford in the GOP-leaning district, rather than Gray, who had framed his campaign as a left-wing challenge to the party establishment.
Jordan Herrera is an attorney, Air Force veteran and former Missouri assistant attorney general.(Jordan J Herrera for Congress)
RNC AND NRCC FILE LAWSUIT DEFENDING MISSOURI’S NEW CONGRESSIONAL MAP AGAINST DEMOCRATIC CHALLENGES
The new 4th District takes in part of Kansas City before extending south through a broad swath of suburban and rural Missouri. While the map made Alford’s district less Republican than it had been, it remains a solidly GOP seat.
Gray emerged as the clear financial leader in the Democratic field. FEC records showed his campaign had raised about $250,000 through mid-July — more than six times the roughly $40,000 raised by Herrera and far more than Cass, the 2024 Democratic nominee who again sought the seat.
The Kansas City chapter of the Democratic Socialists of America said its backing of Gray marked its first endorsement in a federal race. The group praised Gray’s refusal to take money from corporations, developers and lobbying groups, while pointing to his support for universal health care, tenant protections and more progressive taxation.
Then-Sporting Kansas City host Hartzell Gray pumps up the crowd in 2022 during a watch party for the announcement of the FIFA World Cup 2026 host cities at Power & Light District.(Jay Biggerstaff-USA TODAY Sports)
BERNIE SANDERS, DSA REVEAL DEMANDS FOR DEM PARTY AFTER SOCIALISTS SWEEP NEW YORK ELECTIONS
Gray, who has also called for rent controls, Medicare for All and ending the Supreme Court’s Citizens United decision, has framed his campaign as a rebuke of a Democratic Party he argues has become too closely tied to wealthy donors and corporate interests. The 2010 ruling allowed corporations and unions to spend unlimited sums independently to influence elections.
His appearance on Piker’s show helped turn an otherwise low-profile Missouri primary into a small test case for the party’s socialist left, which has increasingly relied on social media personalities, small-dollar donors and activist networks to build support outside traditional party structures.
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Gray’s campaign said viewers gave more than $30,000 after the Piker appearance. He later appeared on The Majority Report , another left-leaning online program, as his campaign sought to translate national attention into turnout in Kansas City.
Members of the Democratic Socialists of America gather outside a Trump-owned building on May Day, May 1, 2019, in New York City.(Getty Images)
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The primary also included former Democratic nominee Jeanette Cass, attorney and Air Force veteran Herrera, radio host Randy Miller, Ashleigh Rogers, Wayne Russell and G. Rick.
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2026年8月5日 15:59 / 联合早报
7月25日，在美国新泽西州巴约讷的自由港，一艘船从自由女神像前驶过。 （彭博社）
美国海关与边境保护局官员向美国国际贸易法院披露的数据显示，美国海关已退回此前根据美国《国际紧急经济权力法》征收的约1000亿美元（约1281亿新元）关税。
新华社报道，美国海关与边境保护局官员星期二（8月4日）说，超过1280亿美元的关税退款申请已经受理。当前，已退款金额大约占特朗普政府援引该法征收的1650亿美元关税的60%。
根据美国最高法院今年2月的裁定，《国际紧急经济权力法》不授权总统征收大规模关税。
美国国际贸易法院随后下令海关办理相关退款。海关与边境保护局4月20日启动第一阶段退款工作，首批退款于5月11日前后发放。
美国海关已退回约1000亿美元关税
2026年8月5日 15:59 / 联合早报
7月25日，在美国新泽西州巴约讷的自由港，一艘船从自由女神像前驶过。 （彭博社）
美国海关与边境保护局官员向美国国际贸易法院披露的数据显示，美国海关已退回此前根据美国《国际紧急经济权力法》征收的约1000亿美元（约1281亿新元）关税。
新华社报道，美国海关与边境保护局官员星期二（8月4日）说，超过1280亿美元的关税退款申请已经受理。当前，已退款金额大约占特朗普政府援引该法征收的1650亿美元关税的60%。
根据美国最高法院今年2月的裁定，《国际紧急经济权力法》不授权总统征收大规模关税。
美国国际贸易法院随后下令海关办理相关退款。海关与边境保护局4月20日启动第一阶段退款工作，首批退款于5月11日前后发放。
2026年8月5日 / 美国东部时间凌晨1:02 / 哥伦比亚广播公司新闻
作者：凯特琳·伊莱克
凯特琳·伊莱克是哥伦比亚广播公司新闻网驻华盛顿特区的政治记者。她曾供职于《华盛顿考察家报》和《国会山报》，并曾入选美国国家新闻基金会2022年保罗·米勒华盛顿报道奖学金项目。
哥伦比亚广播公司新闻网预测，民主党众议员玛丽·格卢森坎普·佩雷斯与共和党州参议员约翰·布劳恩将晋级华盛顿州第三国会选区的大选。
华盛顿州采用无党派初选制，得票最多的两名候选人将进入11月的大选 ballot。格卢森坎普·佩雷斯与布劳恩击败其他七名候选人成功晋级。
这场竞选是本届国会选举中受关注程度最高的众议院席位争夺之一，将有助于决定明年年初众议院的控制权归属。该选区是2024年总统选举中特朗普获胜、同时选出民主党众议员的13个选区之一。
弗吉尼亚大学政治中心将该选区竞选评级为“倾向民主党”。《库克政治报告》则将其评为“势均力敌”。
格卢森坎普·佩雷斯自2023年起代表这个位于该州西南部的选区，曾两次击败极右翼保守派候选人乔·肯特。肯特之后曾担任特朗普的反恐事务负责人，后因抗议伊朗战争辞职。
这位连任两届的众议员因一些投票立场惹怒了本党左翼，这些投票也让她在该农村选区颇具吸引力。她曾投票反对拜登总统的学生贷款减免计划，支持向以色列提供军事援助，并曾支持特朗普一项有关选举规则的法案的早期版本，该法案如今被称为《拯救美国法案》。
特朗普于4月背书布劳恩，称格卢森坎普·佩雷斯是“真正的极左翼极端分子”。
布劳恩曾服役于美国海军，经营一家应急车辆制造厂，自2012年当选州参议员以来，曾担任多个领导职务。
在近日接受当地新闻电台KGW采访时，布劳恩在特朗普是否输掉2020年大选的问题上与特朗普持不同立场，明确表示拜登赢得了选举。
当被要求澄清拜登确实获胜时，布劳恩说道：“没错。”
布劳恩还批评了特朗普的全面关税政策，称“大范围、有时不加区分地使用关税会造成极大危害”，这对他自己的制造企业也不例外。他补充称，进口税也有合理的使用场景，比如“当你谈论来自中国和俄罗斯的某些威胁时”。
Democratic Rep. Gluesenkamp Perez and Trump-backed Republican advance in Washington’s 3rd District primary
August 5, 2026 / 1:02 AM EDT / CBS News
By Caitlin Yilek
Caitlin Yilek is a politics reporter at CBSNews.com, based in Washington, D.C. She previously worked for the Washington Examiner and The Hill, and was a member of the 2022 Paul Miller Washington Reporting Fellowship with the National Press Foundation.
Democratic Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez and Republican state Sen. John Braun will advance to the general election in Washington’s 3rd Congressional District, CBS News projects.
Washington has nonpartisan primaries, with the top two candidates with the most votes appearing on the November ballot. Gluesenkamp Perez and Braun beat seven other candidates to advance.
The race is one of the closest-watched House contests this cycle and will help decide who controls the lower chamber as of early next year. It was one of 13 districts that voted for President Trump in 2024 while also electing a Democrat to the House.
University of Virginia’s Center for Politics rates the race as leans Democratic. The Cook Political Report rates it as a tossup.
Gluesenkamp Perez has represented the district in the southwestern corner of the state since 2023, twice defeating far-right conservative Joe Kent, who went on to become Mr. Trump’s counterterrorism chief before resigning in protest over the Iran war.
The two-term congresswoman has angered the left flank of her party with votes that have helped make her appealing in the rural district. She voted against President Joe Biden’s student loan forgiveness plan, in favor of military support to Israel and supported a previous version of Mr. Trump’s voting regulations bill, now known as the SAVE America Act.
Mr. Trump endorsed Braun in April, calling Gluesenkamp Perez “a true radical left extremist.”
Braun, a Navy veteran who runs an emergency vehicle manufacturing plant, has served in various leadership roles since his election to the state Senate in 2012.
In a recent interview with local news station KGW, Braun disagreed with Mr. Trump on whether he lost the 2020 election, affirming that Biden won.
“That’s correct,” Braun said when asked to clarify that Biden won.
Braun also criticized Mr. Trump’s sweeping tariffs, saying the “broad, sometimes indiscriminate use of tariffs can be very harmful,” including on his own manufacturing business. He added that there are appropriate uses for the import taxes, such as “when you’re talking about some of the threats from China and from Russia.”
发布于 美国东部时间2026年8月5日周三凌晨0:33 / CNN
电影制片人迈克尔·摩尔认为，进步派候选人阿卜杜勒·埃尔赛义德正是密歇根州国会领导层所需要的人选。埃尔赛义德在民主党参议院初选中以微弱优势领先国会女议员黑利·史蒂文斯。摩尔表示，密歇根州已经准备好迎接一位能够带来变革的进步派人士，并称传统民主党人“两次都没能阻止特朗普”。在几场关键选举中进步派获胜之后，摩尔告诉劳拉，他“对当前局势非常乐观”。
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https://www.cnn.com/2026/08/05/politics/video/michael-moore-calls-el-sayed-the-midwests-mamdani-moment-lcl
Michael Moore calls El-Sayed the ‘Midwest’s Mamdani moment’
Published 12:33 AM EDT, Wed August 5, 2026 / CNN
Michael Moore calls El-Sayed the ‘Midwest’s Mamdani moment’
Filmmaker Michael Moore believes progressive candidate Abdul el-Sayed is what Michigan needs as a leader in Congress. El-Sayed holds a narrow lead over Congresswoman Haley Stevens in the Democratic Senate primary. Moore says Michigan is ready for a progressive who can bring change and that traditional democrats were “unable to stop Trump twice.” On the heels of several progressive wins in key races, Moore told Laura he’s “very optimistic about what’s going on.”
4:05 • Source: CNN
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一家存在分歧的联邦上诉法院为佛罗里达州实施罗恩·德桑蒂斯州长支持的法案扫清了道路，该法案禁止儿童观看某些露骨的现场表演，包括该州认为对未成年人来说属于淫秽内容的变装表演。
美国第十一巡回上诉法院全体法官以8票对5票的表决结果于周二裁定，奥兰多餐厅汉堡玛丽（Hamburger Mary’s）未能证明其针对佛罗里达州《儿童保护法案》提出的第一和第十四修正案诉讼很可能获得成功。
法院全面撤销了初步禁令，并将案件发回佛罗里达中区美国地区法院进行后续审理。这一裁决为法案的实施扫清了障碍，尽管汉堡玛丽仍可寻求进一步的司法审查。
佛罗里达州总检察长詹姆斯·尤特迈尔在X平台上发文庆祝了这一裁决。
佛罗里达州总检察长詹姆斯·尤特迈尔（中）在周二的裁决后于X平台上发文称赞该决定。（里奇·波普/盖蒂图片社，资料图）
“这是我们团队在第十一巡回法院取得的重大胜利！经过三年的诉讼，全体法院确认了佛罗里达州禁止儿童观看色情化变装表演的法案符合宪法，”尤特迈尔写道。
根据法院的判决意见，该法案将“明知允许儿童观看成人现场表演”定为轻罪。
该法案将“成人现场表演”定义为：现场表演“描绘或模拟裸体、性行为、性兴奋或特定性活动……猥亵行为，或猥亵展示假体或仿制的生殖器或乳房”，并且主要迎合“淫荡、羞耻或病态的兴趣”，“对于在场儿童的年龄来说明显令人反感”，并且整体上对于该儿童的年龄而言缺乏严肃的文学、艺术、政治或科学价值。
主笔该判决的安德鲁·布拉舍法官称该法案是“一项直截了当的淫秽内容管制措施”。
“阻止儿童观看对他们来说属于淫秽的成人现场表演，与佛罗里达州保护未成年人福祉的利益合理相关，”布拉舍写道。
迈阿密的一名变装表演者。（盖蒂图片社，资料图）
多数派驳回了汉堡玛丽的论点，即“猥亵”和“在场儿童的年龄”等条款使该法案因过于模糊或范围过宽而违宪。
布拉舍写道，佛罗里达州最高法院的先例将“猥亵”的含义限定为性行为。他还写道，只有同时满足该法案淫秽测试的三个要素，表演才会被禁止。
多数派还裁定，采用随年龄变化的标准并未使该法案在表面上违宪。
八名法官一致认为，汉堡玛丽不太可能在其宪法诉求的实质问题上胜诉。六名法官完全赞同布拉舍的意见，而凯文·纽瑟姆法官和布里特·格兰特法官则除了涉及普遍禁令的部分外，其余内容均表示赞同。
格兰特单独撰文指出，在认定汉堡玛丽不太可能在实质问题上胜诉后，法院无需就禁令的范围作出裁决。
五名法官表示反对。
一名变装皇后在迈阿密的舞台上表演。（盖蒂图片社，资料图）
罗宾·罗森鲍姆法官辩称，该法案迫使场所经营者猜测哪些表演适合不同年龄的儿童，同时让经营者面临刑事处罚、罚款乃至可能吊销营业执照的风险。
“今天，本院采纳了‘瞎搞就会倒霉’（MAFO）式的第一修正案司法原则，”罗森鲍姆写道。
她辩称，该法案迫使企业在了解官员将如何执行该法案之前就面临被起诉的风险，从而可能抑制受保护的言论。
罗森鲍姆还辩称，该法案实际上对儿童的年龄实行严格责任，可能让违规者面临监禁、罚款和吊销营业执照的处罚。
人们在佛罗里达州奥兰多观看变装表演。（盖蒂图片社，资料图）
她写道，该法案“对受保护的言论产生了巨大的寒蝉效应”。
南希·阿卜杜杜法官就该法案的立法历史提交了单独的反对意见。
阿卜杜杜辩称，该法案支持者的言论以及立法工作人员的警告，支持了汉堡玛丽的主张，即该法案将抑制受保护的变装表演。
多数派驳回了这一论点，写道法院通常不会基于所谓的不当立法动机而否决一项原本符合宪法的法律。
佛罗里达州州长罗恩·德桑蒂斯在塔拉哈西的佛罗里达州议会大厦与记者交谈。（马蒂亚斯·J·奥克纳/迈阿密先驱报/论坛新闻服务/盖蒂图片社，资料图）
多数派还写道，该法案并未仅仅因为表演包含变装内容就针对它们。
汉堡玛丽于2023年佛罗里达州通过该法案后提起了诉讼。
该餐厅表示，其此前曾举办过宣传为适合家庭参加的周日变装表演，但后来取消了这些活动，并禁止未成年人参加其其他演出，因为它担心会违反法律。
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Federal appeals court clears way for DeSantis-backed law restricting children at some drag shows
11th Circuit rules venue failed to show it would likely succeed in its First Amendment challenge
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A divided federal appeals court cleared the way for Florida to enforce a Gov. Ron DeSantis-backed law restricting children from certain sexually explicit live performances, including drag performances the state argues are obscene for minors.
The full U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit ruled Tuesday 8-5 that Orlando restaurant Hamburger Mary’s had not shown it was likely to succeed in its First and Fourteenth Amendment challenge to Florida’s Protection of Children Act.
The court vacated the preliminary injunction in full and sent the case back to the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida for further proceedings. The ruling clears the way for enforcement, though Hamburger Mary’s could still seek additional review.
Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier celebrated the decision in a post on X.
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Florida AG James Uthmeier, center, touted Tuesday’s decision in a post on X.(Rich Pope/Getty Images, File)
“Huge victory for our team at the 11th Circuit! After 3 years of litigation, the full court affirmed the constitutionality of Florida’s ban on children attending sexualized drag shows,” Uthmeier wrote.
The law makes it a misdemeanor to “knowingly admit a child to an adult live performance,” according to the court’s opinion.
The law defines an “adult live performance” as a live show that “depicts or simulates nudity, sexual conduct, sexual excitement, or specific sexual activities … lewd conduct, or the lewd exposure of prosthetic or imitation genitals or breasts” and that also predominantly appeals to a “prurient, shameful, or morbid interest,” is “patently offensive” for the age of the child present and, taken as a whole, lacks serious literary, artistic, political or scientific value for that child’s age.
Writing for the court, Judge Andrew Brasher called the law “a straightforward regulation of obscenity.”
“Preventing children from attending adult live performances obscene for them is rationally related to Florida’s interest in safeguarding the well-being of minors,” Brasher wrote.
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A drag performer in Miami.(Getty Images, File)
The majority rejected Hamburger Mary’s arguments that the terms “lewd” and “the age of the child present” made the law unconstitutionally vague or overly broad.
Brasher wrote that Florida Supreme Court precedent limits the meaning of “lewd” to sexual conduct. He also wrote that all three parts of the law’s obscenity test must be met before a performance is prohibited.
The majority also ruled that using an age-variable standard did not make the law unconstitutional on its face.
Eight judges agreed that Hamburger Mary’s was unlikely to succeed on the merits of its constitutional claims. Six judges joined Brasher’s opinion in full, while Judges Kevin Newsom and Britt Grant joined all but the section addressing universal injunctions.
Grant wrote separately that the court did not need to rule on the scope of the injunction after deciding that Hamburger Mary’s was unlikely to succeed on the merits.
Five judges dissented.
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A drag queen performs onstage in Miami.(Getty Images, File)
Judge Robin Rosenbaum argued that the law forces venues to guess which performances are suitable for children of different ages while exposing operators to criminal penalties, fines and the possible loss of a business license.
“Today our Court embraces mess-around-and-find-out (‘MAFO’) First Amendment jurisprudence,” Rosenbaum wrote.
She argued that the law could chill protected speech by forcing businesses to risk prosecution before learning how officials would apply it.
Rosenbaum also argued that the statute effectively imposes strict liability over a child’s age and could expose violators to jail, fines and the loss of a business license.
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People take in a drag performance in Orlando, Fla.(Getty Images, File)
She wrote that the law “wields a Titanic-sized iceberg of chilling power against protected speech.”
Judge Nancy Abudu filed a separate dissent focused on the law’s legislative history.
Abudu argued that comments from the law’s supporters, along with warnings from legislative staff, supported Hamburger Mary’s claim that the measure would chill protected drag performances.
The majority rejected that argument, writing that courts generally do not strike down an otherwise constitutional law based on an alleged improper legislative motive.
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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis speaks with reporters at the Florida State Capitol in Tallahassee.(Matias J. Ocner/Miami Herald/Tribune News Service via Getty Images, File)
The majority also wrote that nothing in the law targets performances simply because they feature drag.
Hamburger Mary’s filed the lawsuit in 2023 after Florida enacted the measure.
The restaurant said it had previously hosted Sunday drag performances advertised as family-friendly but canceled those shows and barred minors from its other performances because it feared enforcement.
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A federal district judge initially issued a preliminary injunction blocking enforcement of the law. A divided three-judge panel of the 11th Circuit affirmed that decision before the full court agreed to rehear the case.
DeSantis’ and Uthmeier’s offices, as well as the ACLU of Florida, did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital’s request for comment.
Jasmine Baehr is a breaking news writer for Fox News Digital, where she covers politics, the military, legal debates surrounding life and family policy, as well as faith and culture.
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美国总统唐纳德·特朗普在共和党初选中的造王者地位，周二在密歇根州共和党州长提名对决中接受考验——而这位总统通过了测试。
据美联社报道，曾两度参选参议员的共和党众议员约翰·詹姆斯在这个关键的五大湖摇摆州获得特朗普6月底背书，他击败了亿万富翁商人佩里·约翰逊，赢得共和党初选提名。
这位西点军校毕业生、陆军游骑兵曾在伊拉克战争中以阿帕奇直升机飞行员身份执行多次作战任务，他将在高风险且耗资巨大的大选对决中，与民主党提名的密歇根州现任国务卿、连任两届的乔斯琳·本森展开较量，角逐接任任期将满的州长格雷琴·惠特默的职位。
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密歇根州共和党州长候选人约翰·詹姆斯2026年8月3日在密歇根州哈里森镇的竞选活动中与选民交谈。（卢克·特雷维桑/福克斯新闻）
詹姆斯在胜选演讲中呼吁党内团结。
“初选已经结束，现在我们要团结起来。同一支队伍、同一场战斗、同一个使命：拯救密歇根。感谢那些支持我的人，而对于那些没有支持我的人，我将每天都努力赢得你们的信任。”他对支持者说道。
詹姆斯与约翰逊——这位曾参选州长和总统的候选人——之间的共和党初选充满火药味。身为白人的约翰逊将身为国会为数不多的黑人共和党议员之一的詹姆斯称为“多元化、公平性与包容性（DEI）候选人”，并在近期的辩论中指责詹姆斯“打种族牌”。而詹姆斯则称约翰逊“走投无路”。
约翰逊自掏腰包数百万美元投入竞选，在初选中的开支远超詹姆斯。
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共和党州长候选人佩里·约翰逊2026年8月3日在密歇根州诺维市的竞选活动中开展竞选造势。（卢克·特雷维桑/福克斯新闻）
但詹姆斯在初选前一天对福克斯新闻表示：“游骑兵从不松懈”，“金钱不是万能的。选民们想要的是能与他们产生共鸣、有 proven 领导能力扭转州局面的人。”
詹姆斯和约翰逊是此次提名竞选的最后两位候选人，此前还有前密歇根州总检察长迈克·考克斯和州参议院共和党领袖阿里克·内斯比特参与竞选。两人虽已暂停共和党州长竞选，但他们的名字仍留在初选选票上。
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密歇根州国务卿乔斯琳·本森是民主党人，她正在2026年州长竞选中角逐接任任期将满的格雷琴·惠特默州长职位。（比尔·普利奥/盖蒂图片社）
特朗普上月在密歇根州的一场集会上与这位众议员一同竞选，为詹姆斯提供了助力。
今年春夏，总统背书的强大威力在共和党初选中尽显无疑，他支持的候选人在印第安纳州、肯塔基州、德克萨斯州以及路易斯安那州的初选中击败了他 targeted 的现任官员。
但特朗普在全州和国会共和党初选中的连胜在6月初被打破：他最后时刻为爱荷华州共和党众议员兰迪·芬斯特拉背书，助力其接任即将退休的共和党州长金·雷诺兹，但芬斯特拉未能胜出。
芬斯特拉以微弱劣势输给了扎克·拉恩，这位商人、农场主兼前政治策略师得到了与特朗普政府卫生部长小罗伯特·F·肯尼迪 Jr. 领导的“让美国再次健康”运动（MAHA）政治分支以及由已故查理·柯克联合创立的保守派强团“转折点美国”的支持。
6月，特朗普背书的候选人在佐治亚州和阿拉巴马州关键的共和党初选 runoff 选举中拿下了三场顶级竞选的其中两场，唯一的失利是败给了自掏腰包超1亿美元助力竞选的亿万富翁商人里克·杰克逊。
美国总统唐纳德·特朗普（中）与共和党参议员候选人、前众议员迈克·罗杰斯（左）在听取共和党州长候选人约翰·詹姆斯的演讲，2026年7月27日周一，密歇根州米尔福德通用汽车测试场。（保罗·桑西亚/美联社照片）
一周后，特朗普背书的首次参选候选人、商人兼前拳击手安东尼·康斯坦蒂诺击败了罗伯特·斯穆伦——这位退役海军陆战队上校、纽约州议员得到了州共和党支持——在纽约上州的竞选中接任即将退休的共和党众议员伊莉斯·斯特凡尼克。
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与此同时，在南卡罗来纳州共和党州长 runoff 选举中，特朗普并未失手。
这是因为除了几周前背书副州长帕梅拉·埃维特之外，他还在最后时刻为州检察长艾伦·威尔逊背书，威尔逊最终在6月底的对决中以压倒性优势获胜。
总统在路易斯安那州也取得了胜利：曾在2021年弹劾审判中投下定罪特朗普票的参议员比尔·卡西迪在寻求连任提名时被击败。特朗普背书的众议员朱莉娅·莱特洛最终在 runoff 选举中拿下提名。
而上个月，特朗普背书的前众议院自由团主席安迪·比格斯众议员在亚利桑那州州长初选中以压倒性优势获胜。
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President Donald Trump’s kingmaker status in Republican primaries was on the line Tuesday in Michigan’s GOP gubernatorial nomination showdown – and the president passed the test.
Republican Rep. John James, a two-time U.S. Senate nominee in the crucial Great Lakes battleground state who was endorsed by Trump in late June, topped multimillionaire businessman Perry Johnson to win the GOP primary, the Associated Press reported.
The West Point graduate and Army Ranger who served multiple combat tours as an Apache helicopter pilot in the Iraq war will face off in a high-stakes and expensive general election battle with two-term Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson, the Democrats’ gubernatorial nominee, in the race to succeed term-limited Gov. Gretchen Whitmer.
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Rep. John James of Michigan, a Republican candidate for governor, speaks to a voter at a campaign event in Harrison Township, Michigan, on August 3, 2026.(Luke Trevisan/Fox News)
James preached party unity in his victory speech.
“The primary is over now. We come together. One team, one fight, one mission to save Michigan. To those who supported me. Thank you. And for those who did not, I’m going to work every single day to earn your trust,” he told supporters.
The GOP primary between James and Johnson, a former gubernatorial and presidential candidate, turned combative. Johnson, who is White, referred to James, one of the few Black Republicans in Congress, as a “DEI candidate” and in a recent debate accused James of playing the “race card.” James, meanwhile, called Johnson “desperate.”
Johnson, who shelled out millions of his own money into his campaign, dramatically outspent James in the primary showdown.
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Republican gubernatorial candidate Perry Johnson campaigns on eve of the Michigan primary at a campaign event on August 3, 2026 in Novi, Michigan.(Luke Trevisan/Fox News)
But James told Fox News on the eve of the primary that “nobody outworks a ranger,” and “money isn’t the only thing. People want someone who resonates with them, someone who has the proven leadership capability to turn the state around.”
James and Johnson were the final two Republican candidates in a nomination race that previously included former Michigan Attorney General Mike Cox and state Senate Republican leader Aric Nesbitt. They both suspended their GOP gubernatorial campaigns, but their names remained on the primary ballot.
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Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson, a Democrat, is running for governor in the 2026 race to succeed term-limited Gov. Gretchen Whitmer.(Bill Pugliano/Getty Images)
Trump gave James a boost last month as he campaigned with the congressman at a rally in Michigan.
The brute force of the president’s endorsement power has been on display in GOP primaries this spring and summer, with his candidates ousting incumbents he targeted in showdowns in Indiana, Kentucky and Texas, as well as the Louisiana primary.
But Trump’s endorsement streak in statewide and congressional Republican primaries was snapped in early June when his last-minute endorsement of Republican Rep. Randy Feenstra of Iowa in the race to succeed retiring GOP Gov. Kim Reynolds wasn’t enough to propel the three-term congressman to victory.
Feenstra was narrowly edged by Zach Lahn, a businessman, farmer and former political strategist who was backed by the political wings of MAHA — the acronym for the Make America Healthy Again movement aligned with Trump’s Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. — and Turning Point USA, the powerful conservative organization co-founded by the late Charlie Kirk.
Trump-backed candidates won two of the three top races in key GOP primary runoff elections in Georgia and Alabama in June, with the one setback coming against billionaire businessman Rick Jackson, who shelled out over $100 million of his own money to boost his campaign.
President Donald Trump, center, and GOP Senate candidate former Rep. Mike Rogers, left, listen as Rep. John James, a Republican gubernatorial candidate, speaks at an event at the General Motors Proving Ground Monday, July 27, 2026, in Milford, Mich.(Paul Sancya/AP Photo)
A week later, Trump-backed first-time candidate Anthony Constantino, a businessman and former boxer, defeated Robert Smullen, a retired Marine Corps colonel and New York assemblyman who had the backing of the state party, in the upstate New York race to succeed retiring GOP Rep. Elise Stefanik.
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Meanwhile, in South Carolina’s Republican gubernatorial runoff, Trump couldn’t lose.
That’s because, besides backing Lt. Gov. Pamela Evette a few weeks earlier, he also gave a last-minute endorsement to state Attorney General Alan Wilson, who ended up winning the late June showdown in a landslide.
The president also enjoyed victory in Louisiana, where Sen. Bill Cassidy, who voted to convict Trump in his 2021 impeachment trial, was ousted as he sought renomination. Trump-backed Rep. Julia Letlow ended up winning the nomination in the runoff election.
And last month, Trump-backed Rep. Andy Biggs, a former House Freedom Caucus chair, won Arizona’s primary for governor in a landslide.
Paul Steinhauser covers the national campaign trail from coast to coast for Fox News
特朗普总统在共和党初选中的背书影响力周二将在多场关键提名战中接受新考验
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密歇根州民主党参议院候选人阿卜杜勒·赛义德对黑利·史蒂文斯获得的建制派背书不屑一顾：“背书不会投票。人民才会投票。”
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堪萨斯州、密苏里州以及密歇根州大部分地区的投票现已结束，这三个州是全美周二举行初选的五个州中的三个。
本次初选最受关注的当属密歇根州，左翼与中左翼建制派之间为民主党未来走向展开的激烈角逐在此成为焦点。
得益于今年春季在全美各地蓝营国会选区取得的一系列胜利，民主党人的意识形态内战蔓延至这个大湖战场州。若左翼候选人获胜，可能重塑民主党格局，并危及民主党在中期选举中必须守住的席位。
随着密歇根州、堪萨斯州、密苏里州与弗吉尼亚州、华盛顿州一同在仲夏举行初选，特朗普总统对共和党的巨大影响力以及他在共和党提名竞争中的背书威力同样面临考验。
但最受瞩目的仍是密歇根州民主党参议院初选这场分歧严重、耗资巨大的角逐，这场初选被视为迄今为止民主党为争夺未来走向而展开的激烈斗争中最大的舞台。
众议员黑利·史蒂文斯回击关于 electability 的攻击，加里·彼得斯参议员称她是民主党在密歇根州的最佳人选https://www.foxnews.com/video/6402686759112
“这里是民主党未来之战的核心战场，一边是维持现状的企业民主党人，另一边是推动体制变革的经济斗士，我们将见证谁能胜出，”左翼核心组织进步变革竞选委员会（PCCC）联合创始人亚当·格林在接受福克斯新闻数字频道采访时表示。
本次初选对决的双方是前韦恩县卫生部门主任阿卜杜勒·赛义德，以及获得建制派支持的温和派候选人、众议员黑利·史蒂文斯。这场旨在接替即将退休的民主党参议员加里·彼得斯的角逐对民主党而言至关重要，全美范围内约有12场参议院选举将决定共和党是否能保住微弱的参议院多数席位，这场初选便是其中之一。
美国领先的中左翼民主党组织“第三条道路”的领导人之一马特·贝内特告诉福克斯新闻数字频道，密歇根州的这场对决“是左翼首次争夺摇摆席位”，并警告称，“其重要性在于，这场初选可能真的会让这个席位陷入危险境地。”
赛义德如果当选，将成为美国首位穆斯林参议员，他是一名流行病学家，曾在2018年以左翼 insurgent 候选人身份竞选州长但未成功。他将支持“全民医保”作为竞选的核心主张。
这位极左翼候选人还呼吁废除移民与海关执法局（ICE），并在以色列与哈马斯的战争中直言不讳地批评以色列，甚至将以色列在加沙的行动描述为对巴勒斯坦人的“种族灭绝”。
2026年8月2日，密歇根州民主党参议院候选人阿卜杜勒·赛义德在密歇根州底特律的一场竞选集会上向支持者发表讲话。（保罗·施泰因豪泽/福克斯新闻）
赛义德得到顶尖极左翼领导人的支持，两周前还与进步派领袖、佛蒙特州参议员伯尼·桑德斯以及纽约州众议员亚历山德里亚·奥卡西奥-科特兹一同在密歇根州开展竞选活动，他曾在桑德斯2020年总统竞选活动中担任核心 surrogates。他誓言不接受政治行动委员会（PAC）的捐款。
史蒂文斯在2018年当选国会众议员时翻转了共和党掌控的选区，她得到了全美和密歇根州顶尖民主党人的支持，包括彼得斯、任期将满的州长格雷琴·惠特默，以及参议院民主党长期领袖查克·舒默参议员。
舒默和民主党建制派认为史蒂文德比赛义德更具 electability，赛义德此前的言论引发了诸多争议。
“我是最适合继续参选的民主党人。我是这场竞选中唯一多次在艰难初选中获胜的人。你们知道，带着密歇根州的坚韧、韧性和决心参选，”史蒂文斯周日在与彼得斯一同开展竞选活动时告诉福克斯新闻数字频道。
2026年8月2日，密歇根州民主党参议院候选人、众议员黑利·史蒂文斯（右）与即将退休的参议员加里·彼得斯在密歇根州麦迪逊高地的一场竞选集会上。（保罗·施泰因豪泽/福克斯新闻）
这场初选对决已耗资超过8000万美元，使其成为历史上耗资最高的民主党参议院提名竞选。大部分资金由支持史蒂文斯、反对赛义德的外部团体投入。最大的支出来自联合美国以色列公共事务委员会（AIPAC）的政治行动委员会“联合民主项目”。
赛义德多次就AIPAC关联团体注入的巨额资金攻击史蒂文斯，他周日对记者表示：“如果需要7000万美元才能当选，那么问题就来了：你真的能靠自己的实力当选吗？”
获胜者将在中期选举中对阵前共和党众议员迈克·罗杰斯，他几乎已锁定共和党参议院提名。
得到特朗普背书的罗杰斯在2024年密歇根州参议院选举中以微弱差距落败，他在接受福克斯新闻数字频道采访时表示，他不在乎在11月对阵哪位民主党候选人。
“这对我们来说无关紧要。我们已经研究了两位候选人，我们有信心击败这场初选产生的任何一位候选人，”罗杰斯强调。
罗杰斯还声称：“他们都非常激进，对密歇根州来说太过极端。我的意思是，阿卜杜勒，他就是那种疯狂的秘制酱料。”
密歇根州共和党参议院候选人迈克·罗杰斯表示他能击败任何一位民主党对手，抨击对手“太过极端”https://www.foxnews.com/video/6402686175112
但民主党人有信心在充满火药味的初选后重新团结起来。
“确保除迈克·罗杰斯之外的任何人都能进入美国参议院，”史蒂文斯周日对记者表示，“初选结束后，你们将看到民主党团结起来。我们将全力以赴，全速前进。”
赛义德则告诉福克斯新闻数字频道：“我认为我们都明白唐纳德·特朗普带来的风险。我们都明白迈克·罗杰斯带来的风险。”
密歇根州民主党参议院候选人阿卜杜勒·赛义德表示，在充满火药味的初选结束后，他将团结民主党对抗特朗普和罗杰斯https://www.foxnews.com/video/6402684489112
左翼与建制派的斗争也在密歇根州第7国会选区上演，这是一个关键的共和党控制的摇摆席位角逐，全美约有24场此类角逐将影响共和党是否能保住脆弱的众议院多数席位。
倡导采取政治行动应对气候变化的“日出运动”联合创始人威廉·劳伦斯正在崛起，他挑战两位更为温和的民主党对手。劳伦斯得到桑德斯、赛义德以及一些顶尖进步团体的支持。初选获胜者将在大选中对阵共和党众议员汤姆·巴雷特。
党派内战也在密歇根州深蓝的第13国会选区上演。
2026年8月2日，密歇根州州众议员多诺万·麦金尼在为击败密歇根州民主党众议员什里·塔纳德的竞选活动中于周末举行集会。（保罗·施泰因豪泽/福克斯新闻数字频道）
得到众议院民主党高层支持的众议员什里·塔纳德正面临州众议员多诺万·麦金尼的挑战，麦金尼得到桑德斯、赛义德以及“国会激进派”成员明尼苏达州众议员伊尔汗·奥马尔、马萨诸塞州众议员阿雅娜·普雷斯利和宾夕法尼亚州众议员萨默·李的支持。
意识形态斗争也在密苏里州成为焦点，该州位于圣路易斯的深蓝第1国会选区便是如此。
众议员韦斯利·贝尔正与前众议员科里·布什展开复赛，科里·布什是“国会激进派”成员，贝尔在2024年初选中击败了她。
2026年8月2日，前众议员科里·布什正在为夺回密苏里州第1国会选区席位发起复出竞选。（迈克尔·托马斯/盖蒂图片社）
特朗普的背书在周二的两场全州对决中接受考验，分别在密歇根州和堪萨斯州。
特朗普总统在密歇根州共和党州长初选中背书众议员约翰·詹姆斯。詹姆斯毕业于西点军校，曾是共和党新星，他正对阵百万富翁商人、前州长和总统候选人佩里·约翰逊。
获胜者将在竞选中对阵民主党可能的候选人、现任国务卿乔斯林·本森，以接替惠特默。
在堪萨斯州，特朗普在共和党州长候选人的激烈角逐中支持州参议院议长泰·马斯特森。
民主党州长劳拉·凯利任期将满，这使得接替她的竞选成为共和党扭转局势的绝佳机会。
在华盛顿州，最受瞩目的初选对决出现在该州第3国会选区，民主党众议员玛丽·格卢森坎普·佩雷斯曾是汽车修理厂联合所有人，她正面临来自两党多位挑战者的激烈竞争。
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华盛顿州采用“前二名初选”制度，所有候选人不分党派在同一张选票上竞争，得票最高的两位候选人将进入大选。
这场角逐是另一场关键的众议院对决，可能决定众议院的控制权归属。
在弗吉尼亚州，选民将前往投票站参与参议院初选以及多个众议院初选，这些选区竞争激烈，可能影响国会山的权力平衡。
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Michigan Democratic Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed shrugs off Haley Stevens’ establishment endorsements: ‘Endorsements don’t vote. People vote.’
Democratic Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed of Michigan takes questions from Fox News in the final stretch ahead of Tuesday’s high-stakes primary in the Great Lakes battleground state.https://www.foxnews.com/video/6402685079112
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The polls are now closed in Kansas, Missouri, and most of Michigan, three of the five states from coast-to-coast holding primary elections on Tuesday.
The biggest spotlight is on Michigan, where the high-stakes fight between the left-wing and the center-left establishment for the future of the Democratic Party is front-and-center.
Boosted by a string of victories this spring in mostly blue congressional districts across the country, the Democrats’ ideological war moves to the Great Lakes battleground state, where progressive victories could reshape the party and endanger must-hold seats in the midterm elections.
Also at stake as Michigan, Kansas, Missouri join Virginia and Washington State in holding mid-summer primaries is President Donald Trump’s immense clout over the GOP and the power of his endorsements in Republican nominating contests.
But taking top billing is Michigan’s divisive and expensive Democratic Senate primary, which is seen as the biggest stage to date in the fierce fight for the future of the Democratic Party.
THE MIDTERM SENATE RACES THAT COULD FLIP THE BALANCE OF POWER IN CONGRESS
Rep. Haley Stevens pushes back on electability attacks as Sen. Gary Peters says she’s Democrats’ best shot in Michiganhttps://www.foxnews.com/video/6402686759112
“This is ground zero in the battle for the future of the Democratic Party, pitting status quo corporate Democrats against shake up the system economic fighters, and we’ll see who wins,” Adam Green, co-founder of the Progressive Change Campaign Committee (PCCC), a leading group on the left, told Fox News Digital.
The primary face-off pits Abdul El-Sayed, a former Wayne County Health Department director, against Rep. Haley Stevens, a more moderate candidate backed by the establishment. The race to succeed retiring Democratic Sen. Gary Peters, who is backing Stevens, is a must-hold for the Democrats and one of roughly a dozen Senate races from coast to coast that will determine if Republicans hold onto their slim Senate majority.
Matt Bennett, one of the leaders at the Third Way, a leading center-left Democratic organization, told Fox News Digital the Michigan showdown is “the first time the left is competing for a swing seat” and warned, “the significance is it could really put this seat in jeopardy.”
El-Sayed, who, if elected, would make history as the nation’s first Muslim senator, is an epidemiologist who unsuccessfully ran for governor as an insurgent candidate in 2018. He has made support for “Medicare-for-all” a major component of his campaign.
The far-left candidate has also called for abolishing Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), and is a vocal critic of Israel amid its war with Hamas — even characterizing Israel’s actions in Gaza as “genocide” against Palestinians.
MIKE ROGERS ARGUES ABDUL EL-SAYED IS ‘A SPECIAL SAUCE OF CRAZY’
Abdul El-Sayed, a Democratic Senate candidate in Michigan, speaks to supporters at a campaign event on Aug. 2, 2026, in Detroit, Michigan.(Paul Steinhauser/Fox News)
And El-Sayed, who is backed by top far-left leaders and teamed with progressive champions Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York on the Michigan campaign trail two weeks ago, and who served as a top surrogate on Sanders’ 2020 presidential campaign, has vowed not to accept PAC donations.
Stevens, who flipped a GOP-held district in her 2018 election to Congress, is backed by top national and Michigan Democrats, including Peters, term-limited Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, and longtime Senate Democratic Leader Sen. Chuck Schumer.
Schumer and the party establishment view Stevens as more electable than El-Sayed, who has sparked controversy with his past comments.
“I am the best Democrat to go forward. I am the only person in this race who has won tough primaries multiple times. You know, running with the Michigan grit, resilience and determination,” Stevens told Fox News Digital on Sunday, as she teamed up with Peters on the campaign trail.
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Democratic Senate candidate Rep. Haley Stevens of Michigan, right, and retiring Sen. Gary Peters, at a campaign rally on Aug. 2, 2026, in Madison Heights, Michigan.(Paul Steinhauser/Fox News)
Over $80 million has been spent on the primary showdown, making it the most expensive Democratic Senate nomination race in history. Much of the money has been shelled out by outside groups in support of Stevens and against El-Sayed. The biggest spending comes from United Democracy Project, a political action committee aligned with the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC).
El-Sayed, who has repeatedly attacked Stevens over the massive infusion of AIPAC-linked money, told reporters on Sunday, “If you need $70 million to come in here and help get you elected, then the question has to be, are you actually electable on your own terms.”
The winner will face off in the midterms against former Republican Rep. Mike Rogers, who is on a glidepath to win the GOP Senate nomination.
The Trump-backed Rogers, who lost the 2024 Senate election in Michigan by a razor-thin margin, said in a Fox News Digital interview that he doesn’t care whom he faces off with in November.
“It doesn’t matter to us. We’ve looked at both candidates. We feel confident we’re going to beat either one of those candidates that come out of that race,” Rogers highlighted.
And Rogers claimed, “They are very radical, and they are way too extreme for Michigan. I mean, Abdul, he has his own special sauce of crazy.”
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Michigan GOP Senate hopeful Mike Rogers says he’d beat either Democrat, blasts rivals as ‘too extreme’https://www.foxnews.com/video/6402686175112
But Democrats are confident they can regroup after a combustible primary.
“Let’s make sure that anyone but Mike Rogers gets to the United States Senate,” Stevens told reporters on Sunday. “After the primary, you’re going to see a united Democratic Party. You are going to see us going full force, full fledged ahead.”
And El-Sayed told Fox News Digital, “I think we all understand the risk of Donald Trump. We all understand the risk of Mike Rogers.”
Michigan Democratic Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed says he’ll unite party against Trump, Rogers after combustible primaryhttps://www.foxnews.com/video/6402684489112
The left-wing versus establishment battle is also playing out in Michigan’s 7th Congressional District, a key Republican-controlled swing seat race that’s among roughly two-dozen that will impact whether the GOP holds onto its fragile House majority.
William Lawrence, a co-founder of the Sunrise Movement, which advocates for political action to tackle climate change, is on the rise against two more moderate Democrats. Lawrence is backed by Sanders and El-Sayed, as well as some top progressive groups. The primary winner will face GOP Rep. Tom Barrett in the general election.
The party civil war is also on display in Michigan’s deep blue 13th Congressional District.
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Michigan state Rep. Donavan McKinney rallied over the weekend in his bid to unseat Rep. Shri Thanedar, D-Mich., on Aug. 2, 2026.(Paul Steinhauser/Fox News Digital)
Rep. Shri Thanedar, who is supported by top House Democratic leaders, is being challenged by state Rep. Donovan McKinney, who is backed by Sanders, El-Sayed, and “Squad” members Reps. Ilhan Omar of Minnesota, Ayanna Pressley of Massachusetts, and Summer Lee of Pennsylvania.
And the ideological warfare is also front-and-center in Missouri, in the state’s St. Louis-based and heavily Democratic 1st Congressional District.
Rep. Wesley Bell is facing off in a rematch against former Rep. Cori Bush, a Squad member who Bell ousted in the 2024 primary.
Former Rep. Cori Bush is mounting a comeback bid to retake her seat in Missouri’s 1st Congressional District.(Michael B. Thomas/Getty Images)
Trump’s endorsements are getting tested in two statewide showdowns on Tuesday, in Michigan and Kansas.
The president is backing Rep. John James in Michigan’s GOP gubernatorial primary. James, a West Point graduate and one-time Republican rising star, is facing off against multi-millionaire businessman Perry Johnson, a former gubernatorial and presidential candidate.
The winner will take on likely Democratic nominee and current Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson, in the race to succeed Whitmer.
In Kansas, Trump is supporting state Senate President Ty Masterson in a crowded field of Republican gubernatorial contenders.
Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly is term-limited, which makes the race to succeed her a top flip opportunity for the GOP.
In Washington State, the marquee primary showdown is in the state’s 3rd Congressional District, where Democratic Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez, a former auto shop co-owner, is facing a crowded field of challengers from both parties.
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Washington state has a top-two primary system in which all candidates, regardless of party, compete on the same ballot and the two highest vote-getters move on to the general election.
The race is another crucial House showdown that may decide the chamber’s majority.
In Virginia, voters head to the polls to cast ballots in Senate primaries and in a handful of House primaries in extremely competitive districts that may impact the balance of power on Capitol Hill.
Paul Steinhauser covers the national campaign trail from coast to coast for Fox News
2026-08-04T22:47:07-04:00 / 福克斯新闻频道
获胜者将在11月的大选对阵共和党候选人泰·马斯特森，接替任期届满的民主党州长劳拉·凯利
作者：阿曼达·马西亚斯 福克斯新闻频道
发布于2026年8月4日美国东部夏令时晚上10:47
民主党推出辛迪·霍尔舍，将在11月3日的大选中对阵共和党提名候选人泰·马斯特森，他们希望这位新候选人能在深红州堪萨斯保住州长职位的民主党控制权。
民主党州长劳拉·凯利已任期届满，尽管堪萨斯州整体倾向共和党，该党仍希望能继续把持州长办公室。与此同时，共和党将这场开放席位的竞选视为在凯利执政两届后重新夺回州长职位的绝佳机会。
民主党初选阵营包括州参议员伊桑·科森和辛迪·霍尔舍，以及欧弗兰帕克市市长柯特·斯库格。
堪萨斯州民主党州长初选获胜者：州参议员辛迪·霍尔舍（路透社）
共和党方面，选民需从多位候选人中选出提名人选，初选竞争激烈。
州务卿斯科特·施瓦布、参议院议长泰·马斯特森、保险专员维姬·施密特、前约翰逊县专员夏洛特·奥哈拉、商人尼克·赖内克、商人菲利普·萨尔内基以及前约翰逊县警长斯泰西·罗杰斯为提名展开激烈角逐。
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堪萨斯州参议院议长泰·马斯特森（R-安多弗）在委员会听证会上作证，2025年2月25日，堪萨斯州托皮卡州议会大厦（美联社照片/约翰·汉娜，资料图）
堪萨斯州此次初选恰逢一项备受关注的宪法修正案投票，该修正案将取代现行的堪萨斯州最高法院法官任命制度，改为直选。
这项得到共和党议员支持的提案，源于保守派多年来对该州司法选拔程序的批评。若获得通过，将修改堪萨斯州宪法，要求最高法院法官通过选举产生，而非通过州提名委员会制度选拔。
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这场竞选将决定谁将入主堪萨斯州州长官邸，届时共和党有望全面掌控州政府。（唐和梅林达·克劳福德/UCG/环球图片社/盖蒂图片社）
1月凯利任期届满后，11月选举的获胜者将成为堪萨斯州下一任州长。
近年来的选举周期中，州长职位更迭频繁，尽管堪萨斯州有着强烈的红色倾向，选民仍在民主党和共和党州长之间交替选择，例如该州在2024年总统大选中有57%的选民支持唐纳德·特朗普。
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Dems rally around best hope to defend governor’s mansion from GOP takeover
2026-08-04T22:47:07-04:00 / Fox News
The winner will face the Republican Ty Masterson in November’s general election to succeed term-limited Dem Gov. Laura Kelly
By Amanda Macias Fox News
Published August 4, 2026 10:47pm EDT
Democrats are hoping their new candidate will be able to keep the governor’s mansion Democrat in deep red Kansas as they put up Cindy Holscher to face the Republican nominee Ty Masterson in the Nov. 3 general election.
Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly is term-limited, and the party is hoping to extend their hold on the governor’s office despite Kansas’ strong Republican lean. Meanwhile, the GOP views the open-seat race as a prime opportunity to reclaim the governorship after two terms under Kelly.
The Democratic field featured state Sens. Ethan Corson and Cindy Holscher, along with Overland Park Mayor Curt Skoog.
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State Sen. Cindy Holscher wins the Democratic gubernatorial primary in Kansas on Tuesday.(REUTERS)
On the Republican side, voters had a crowded field from which to select their candidates.
Secretary of State Scott Schwab, Senate President Ty Masterson, Insurance Commissioner Vicki Schmidt, former Johnson County Commissioner Charlotte O’Hara, businessman Nick Reinecker, businessman Philip Sarnecki and former Johnson County Sheriff Stacy Rogers duked it out for the nomination.
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Kansas Senate President Ty Masterson, R-Andover, testifies during a committee hearing, Feb. 25, 2025, at the Statehouse in Topeka, Kans.(AP Photo/John Hanna, File)
The primary in the Sunflower State coincided with a closely watched constitutional amendment that would replace the current system of appointing Kansas Supreme Court justices by instead holding direct elections.
The proposal, backed by Republican lawmakers, comes after years of criticism from conservatives over the state’s judicial selection process. If approved, it would amend the Kansas Constitution to require Supreme Court justices to be elected rather than selected through the state’s nominating commission system.
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The race will determine who occupies the governor’s office in the Kansas Statehouse as Republicans seek unified control of state government.(Don and Melinda Crawford/UCG/Universal Images Group/Getty Images)
The winner of November’s election will become Kansas’ next governor after Kelly reaches her term limit in January.
The governorship has frequently changed hands in recent election cycles, with voters alternating between Democratic and Republican leadership in Kansas despite it’s strong red tendencies, including voting 57 percent for President Donald Trump in 2024.
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2026-08-04T21:23:43-04:00 / 福克斯新闻网
作者：利奥·布里塞诺 福克斯新闻网
发布于 美国东部夏令时2026年8月4日晚9:23 | 更新于 2026年8月4日晚9:24
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6384951326112 迈克·布沙尔上尉在宣布参选后接受福克斯新闻数字频道采访
密歇根州第10国会选区候选人迈克·布沙尔上尉在退伍军人节前夕接受了福克斯新闻数字频道的采访。
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获得总统唐纳德·特朗普背书的铜星勋章退伍军人、共和党国会候选人迈克尔·布沙尔于周二晚间赢得共和党初选，有望代表密歇根州第10国会选区参选国会议员。
共和党希望凭借布沙尔显赫的履历以及扭转国家发展方向的竞选主张，拿下该选区席位——目前共和党正试图保住其在众议院的微弱多数优势。
但该选区的胜选绝非板上钉钉。
民主党在左翼初选 Socialist 候选人获胜后，计划拿下更多共和党众议院席位
密歇根州第10国会选区国会候选人、铜星勋章获得者迈克尔·布沙尔在竞选视频中留影。（迈克尔·布沙尔竞选团队供图）
在任议员、来自密歇根州的共和党人约翰·詹姆斯于2024年首次赢得连任，他以51.1%比45.0%的得票率击败民主党挑战者、法官兼前检察官卡尔·马林加。
而在上一个选举周期，也就是2022年，詹姆斯以48.8%比48.3%的微弱优势击败马林加。
借助在任优势的詹姆斯此前宣布将不再竞选连任，转而参选州长，他称此举是为“为子孙后代保障密歇根州的繁荣”。
“我的家庭和无数其他人一样，来到我们伟大的州，寻求制造业和汽车行业提供的更好机遇，实现美国梦，”詹姆斯在一份声明中说道。
布沙尔强调了自己作为第82空降师和第101空降师成员的军旅生涯。他曾被部署到伊拉克以及美国南部边境。和同样有军旅背景的詹姆斯一样，布沙尔因在打击ISIS联合特遣部队的服役表现被授予铜星勋章。
布沙尔此前从未担任过公职，是政坛新人，他将自己定位为美国摆脱上一届政府执政方向的延续力量。
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密歇根州共和党州长候选人、联邦众议员约翰·詹姆斯（R-密歇根州）于2026年8月3日在密歇根州诺维市的Fireside Grill & Patio早餐会上发表演讲。詹姆斯将于8月4日周二的共和党初选中与商人佩里·约翰逊展开角逐。（芬恩·戈麦斯/盖蒂图片社）
“在特朗普总统执政期间，我带领团队在南部边境执行任务；那时我们完成了任务。但乔·拜登上台第一天就叫停了所有举措；他开放了边境，”布沙尔在一段竞选视频中说道。
“人口贩卖、毒品走私、已知恐怖主义分子直接长驱直入，”他继续说道，“军队教会我，软弱的领导力会带来后果，我已准备好带领美国重回正轨。”
在个人竞选网站上，布沙尔突出强调了推动美国制造业发展、完成南部边境墙建设以及加强家长参与教育体系的主张。
特朗普于今年早些时候在Truth Social平台发帖，背书布沙尔。
“作为第三代密歇根人、勇敢的美国陆军退伍军人、铜星勋章获得者，迈克以优异的表现为他的州和国家服务，他将把同样的战斗精神带到美国国会，”特朗普写道。
“迈克·布沙尔完全获得我的背书，将成为密歇根州第10国会选区的下一任众议员，”他补充道。
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美国总统唐纳德·特朗普于2026年7月31日在马里兰州黑格斯敦地区机场走向等候中的空军一号。（安娜·蒙尼梅克/盖蒂图片社）
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值得注意的是，布沙尔还获得了其他多位国会核心人物的背书，包括美国众议院议长迈克·约翰逊（R-路易斯安那州）、众议院多数党领袖史蒂夫·斯卡利斯（R-路易斯安那州）、多数党党鞭汤姆·埃默（R-明尼苏达州）以及共和党会议主席丽莎·麦克莱恩（R-密歇根州）。
在赢得共和党初选后，布沙尔将直接备战11月3日的大选。
利奥·布里塞诺是福克斯新闻数字频道国会团队的政治记者，此前曾供职于《世界杂志》。
Trump-backed Bronze Star veteran secures party nod in must-win district
2026-08-04T21:23:43-04:00 / Fox News
By Leo Briceno Fox News
Published August 4, 2026 9:23pm EDT | Updated August 4, 2026 9:24pm EDT
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6384951326112 Captain Mike Bouchard speaks to Fox News Digital on the heels of his campaign announcement
Captain Mike Bouchard, candidate for Michigan’s 10th Congressional District, spoke to Fox News Digital ahead of Veteran’s Day.
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Bronze Star veteran and Republican congressional candidate Michael Bouchard won a GOP primary on Tuesday evening in a bid to represent Michigan’s 10th Congressional District after receiving an endorsement from President Donald Trump.
Republicans are hoping Bouchard’s storied credentials and message of righting the country’s direction are enough to carry the district as the GOP looks to hold onto its slim majority in the U.S. House of Representatives.
But the district is far from a guarantee.
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Michael Bouchard, a Bronze Star recipient and candidate for Congress in Michigan’s 10th congressional district, poses in a campaign video.(Michael Bouchard for Congress)
Incumbent Rep. John James, R-Mich., last won reelection in 2024 in a 51.1% to 45.0% victory over Democratic challenger Carl Marlinga, a judge and former prosecutor.
The cycle before that, James beat out Marlinga by a narrow 48.8% to 48.3% win in 2022.
James, who enjoyed the benefit of incumbency, announced he would vacate the seat and instead pursue a gubernatorial bid, calling it a way to secure Michigan’s prosperity for future generations.
“My family, like countless others, came to our great state for the better opportunities our manufacturing and automotive industries offered and to live the American dream,” James said in a statement.
Bouchard is highlighting his time in the military as a member of the 82nd and the 101st Airborne Divisions. He was deployed to Iraq as well as the U.S. southern border. Like James, who also has a military background, Bouchard was awarded a Bronze Star for his service with the joint task force against ISIS.
Bouchard, a political newcomer who hasn’t held office previously, is pitching himself as a continued part of the country’s shift away from the direction of the previous administration.
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Republican gubernatorial candidate in Michigan, Rep. John James, R-Mich., speaks during a breakfast at Fireside Grill & Patio on Aug. 3, 2026 in Novi, Michigan. James will face off against businessman Perry Johnson in the Republican primary on Tuesday August 4.(Finn Gomez/Getty Images)
“Under President Trump, I led missions on the southern border; back then we got the job done. But on day one, Joe Biden shut us all down; he opened the border,” Bouchard said in a campaign video.
“Human trafficking, drug smuggling, known terrorists walked right in,” he continued. “The Army taught me that weak leadership has consequences and I’m ready to lead America back.”
On his website, Bouchard has highlighted fostering American manufacturing, finishing the southern border wall and increasing parental participation in education systems.
Trump issued an endorsement of Bouchard in a post to Truth Social earlier this year.
“A third-generation Michigander, brave U.S. Army veteran and Bronze Star recipient Mike has served his state and nation with distinction and will bring that same fighting spirit to the U.S. Congress,” Trump wrote.
“Mike Bouchard has my complete and total endorsement to be the next representative from Michigan’s 10th congressional district,” he added.
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U.S. President Donald Trump walks to a waiting Air Force One at the Hagerstown Regional Airport on July 31, 2026 in Hagerstown, Maryland.(Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)
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Notably, Bouchard has also attracted endorsements from other key congressional figures, such as U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., House Majority Leader Steve Scalise, R-La., Majority Whip Tom Emmer, R-Minn., and GOP Conference Chair Lisa McClain, R-Mich.
Having cleared the Republican primary, Bouchard will head to the Nov. 3 general election.
Leo Briceno is a politics reporter for the congressional team at Fox News Digital. He was previously a reporter with World Magazine.