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NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Progressives again scored a victory in Minnesota where Gov. Tim Walz’s second-in-command toppled an establishment-backed member of Congress.Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan eked out a victory over Rep. Angie Craig, D-Minn., on Tuesday, marking yet another battle won in the progressive proxy war to reshape the Democratic Party during this midterm election cycle.Flanagan, like other progressives in the hunt for a position of power in Congress, has honed her left-leaning bona fides by backing Medicare for all and pushing an end to military aid to Israel.REPUBLICANS GET THE DEMOCRAT THEY WANTED AS SOCIALIST…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A dispute rooted in a TikTok video arose at the outset of Lindsay Clancy’s murder trial Tuesday, as her attorneys moved to add a former mental hospital staff member to the witness list — one who had publicly accused witnesses of spreading “lies and misrepresentations” about the psychiatric facility where Clancy was treated weeks before she killed her three children.Defense attorney Kevin Reddington asked Judge William Sullivan to add former McLean clinical social worker Emily Thorndike to the witness list, arguing that her years working on the same short-term unit could rebut…

Police dashcam captures moment child is ejected from truck during crash Gwinnett County Police dashcam footage shows a horrific three-vehicle collision on May 23, where a 7-year-old boy was miraculously ejected from a truck onto a police cruiser. Officer Arianna James, who witnessed the crash, describes rushing to the child’s aid, comforting him as he feared being left by his father. This terrifying event highlights the importance of child safety in vehicles. NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Five 17-year-old friends were killed when their vehicle plunged off a cliff and down a steep Colorado hillside, leaving their…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A series of closely watched primaries across the Upper Midwest delivered key victories for the Democratic Party’s progressive wing Tuesday night — with one major test still hanging in the balance in battleground Wisconsin.Minnesota was among the clearest signs of progressive strength, with Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan winning the Democratic nomination for the U.S. Senate seat being vacated by retiring Sen. Tina Smith, while progressive “Squad” member Rep. Ilhan Omar secured another primary victory in her overwhelmingly blue Minneapolis-area district.Flanagan defeated Rep. Angie Craig in a closely watched clash between the party’s…

Canadian commercial solutions and payment processing platform Moneris will soon have a new owner in an American private equity firm. Moneris, one of Canada’s largest commerce solutions providers, is jointly owned by the Bank of Montreal and the Royal Bank of Canada. American private equity firm Francisco Partners, which specializes in dealing with technology companies, will buy the platform for $2 billion, Moneris said in a statement.RBC and BMO will each get a 50 per cent share from the Moneris sale. Both banks saw their shares jump on Monday.Partnering with the U.S. private equity firm will help Moneris “broaden the…

The City of Perth has been warned its efforts to address a rift between elected members and staff could stall as some council members won’t participate in or attend meetings.

TRUMP WANTS “FAIR AND RECIPROCAL TERMS”His comments come as Southeast Asian economies navigate uncertainty surrounding Washington’s trade policies, raising questions about their impact on US ties with the region.Asked whether recent tariff negotiations risked undermining trust between the US and ASEAN, Kim stressed that “the president wants fair and reciprocal terms”.“That is the driving ethos of what is underpinning our trade agenda,” he said, adding that Washington wanted to rebalance its trading relationships, including by ensuring that goods entering the US were not produced using forced labour.He highlighted the scale of American investment in Southeast Asia, which he said exceeded…

Russia has released former US marine Robert Gilman, who had been jailed since 2022 for attacking a police officer. US President Donald Trump says he spoke with Russian President Vladimir Putin who agreed to release Gilman because of his poor health.Published On 12 Aug 202612 Aug 2026Click here to share on social mediashare-nodesSharegoogleAdd Al Jazeera on Googleinfo

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., fended off four challengers in her Democratic primary on Tuesday as she heads to the general election where she will fight to retain her seat for a fifth term representing Minnesota’s 5th Congressional District in the U.S. House of Representatives.The incumbent Somali-born congresswoman faced lower profile challengers — Julie Trang Le, a former federal immigration prosecutor; Abena McKenzie, a nurse who ran against Omar in the 2024 primary, receiving just 0.38% of the vote; Latonya Reeves, DNC member and a longtime activist running from Omar’s right; and Nate…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Minnesota House Speaker Lisa Demuth has won the Republican gubernatorial primary and will move on to face the Democratic nominee in November to replace outgoing Gov. Tim Walz.The victory amounts to a significant show of strength for Demuth, who stayed in the race after losing the Republican Party endorsement to Kendall Qualls at the state convention. Qualls secured the endorsement after 10 ballots, but Demuth argued that her legislative experience and record leading House Republicans made her the party’s strongest candidate for November.Additionally, Demuth defeated MyPillow founder and CEO Mike Lindell, who…