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Rep. Madison Cawthorn (R), the 26-year-old congressman from North Carolina, is projected to lose the primary in his reelection battle after a controversial first term in Congress.  

  

When I say ‘controversial’: Cawthorn earned criticisms from both Republican and Democratic colleagues.  

  

A few examples of the controversies surrounding Cawthorn: “He angered many of his fellow House Republicans earlier this year after he suggested in a podcast interview that his colleagues were attending orgies and snorting cocaine. He has also been the subject of a series of salacious revelations, including a leaked nude video that he dismissed as ‘blackmail.’”   

  

^ Plus: “In two separate incidents this year he was cited for driving with a suspended license and attempting to take a gun through an airport security checkpoint. And he drew headlines for calling Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky a ‘thug.’”  

  

Who won?: State Sen. Chuck Edwards. The Washington Post’s Amber Phillips has a quick primer on Edwards.  

  

The gist of the race: Cawthorn had six primary opponents but was a favorite to win. Former President Trump endorsed Cawthorn and recently said Cawthorn deserved a “second change” despite some “foolish mistakes.”   

  

More on the race, via The Hill’s Max Greenwood  

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Via NBC’s Marlene Lenthang, “After a yearslong fight for equal pay, U.S. Soccer and the women’s and men’s national teams have announced a historic collective bargaining agreement to close the gender pay gap and assure every player, man or woman, is paid equally.” The full story  

Via The Hill’s Dominick Mastrangelo, “Executives at CNN plan to give veteran anchor Chris Wallace a Sunday evening show on the network after its online streaming service, which he was hired to host a show on, abruptly shuttered last month.” What we know  

The Hill’s Niall Stanage breaks down the night — and what sense of clarity the results provide for November:   

 

Winners:  

• Pennsylvania Lt. Gov. John Fetterman, who suffered a stroke on Friday and still won decisively.  
• Election denialism — Pennsylvania state Sen. Doug Mastriano, who has centered his campaign around false claims of widespread voter fraud in 2020, won his primary.  
• Progressive Democrats  
• Sen. Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) and House GOP leadership  

Mixed:   

• Former President Trump  
• Democratic general election hopes  

Losers:   

• Rep. Madison Cawthorn (R-N.C.), for reasons I just explained.   
• Rep. Conor Lamb (D-Pa.), who had been considered a rising star, but fizzled out.  
• Kathy Barnette, who appeared to have a lot of momentum in the final stretch but didn’t come close to winning in the end.  
• Clarity: “Tuesday’s results — and the lack of results in some places — made it tougher than normal to draw clear lessons.”  

“The former is a valid concern. The latter is a misleading distraction,” writes The Economist. The full rationale  

Via The Washington Post’s Michelle Ye Hee Lee and Min Joo Kim, “The coronavirus pandemic has finally penetrated North Korea, an impoverished country with a fragile health-care system and no vaccine program.”  

  

The situation: “If the figures are accurate, the country appears to be experiencing the beginnings of the disaster that the rest of the world faced in early 2020: a national health crisis that will quickly overwhelm a health-care system already under duress, with the most vulnerable people at greatest risk of death.”  

  

Why is there no vaccine?: “North Korea is one of two countries in the world that has no coronavirus vaccines after twice refusing shipments from Covax, the U.N.-backed initiative providing doses to countries that need them.” What we know about the situation in North Korea  

Cases to date: 82.5 million  

Death toll: 997,468 

Current hospitalizations: 16,571  

Shots administered: 582 million

Fully vaccinated: 66.5 percent

CDC data here.

Politico’s Burgess Everett tweeted a photo of Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) locked outside of the Senate. Photo of Murkowski pointing at the lock  

  

If you want to see a few of the jokes, check out the replies to that tweet.  

 

The Washington Post’s Philip Bump responded, “If she just forced the door open, she'd gain 10 points in the primary.”   

@MikeSington tweeted, “ ‘I’ve done 15 of these.’ CNN Anchor Victor Blackwell breaks down in tears reporting from the scene of the Buffalo mass shooting.” Watch the clip 

The House and Senate are in. President Biden is in Washington, D.C., and visits Joint Base Andrews this afternoon. Vice President Harris is in Connecticut.  

• 8:55 a.m. EDT: Harris left for Connecticut.  
• 10:15 a.m. EDT: Biden received the President’s Daily Brief.  
• 11:45 a.m. EDT: Two Senate votes. Today’s Senate schedule  
• 1:45 p.m. EDT: Biden receives a briefing at Joint Base Andrews on the upcoming hurricane season.  
• 2:40 p.m. EDT: Harris returns to Washington, D.C.  
• 2:45 p.m. EDT: Two more Senate votes.  
• 3:30 p.m. EDT: First votes in the House. Today’s House schedule  
• 6 p.m. EDT: Four Senate roll call votes.   
• 8:30 p.m. EDT: More votes in the House.  

• 10:45 a.m. EDT: The White House COVID-19 Response Team held a press briefing. Livestream  
• 11 a.m. EDT: Harris delivered remarks at the U.S. Coast Guard Academy Commencement Ceremony. Livestream  
• 1:30 p.m. EDT: White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre and national security advisor Jake Sullivan hold a press briefing. Livestream  
• 1:45 p.m. EDT: President Biden delivers remarks on emergency preparedness. Livestream  

Today is National Cheese Souffle Day.  

And to leave you with a smile, here’s an efficient clean-up system for messy eaters: