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People vote in the primary election at Northwestern High School in Detroit, Tuesday.
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Progressive Abdul El-Sayed wins Michigan's Democratic primary for Senate
Maham Javaid
El-Sayed, an epidemiologist, backs Medicare for all and decries corporate money in politics. He beat Rep. Haley Stevens, whose supporters said she would have had a better chance in the fall.
A U.S.-made MIM-104 Patriot surface-to-air missile is launched during a live fire exercise at the Chiupeng missile base in Pingtung County on Aug. 20, 2024.
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Firefighters put out a fire after Russian missiles hit a warehouse in Kyiv, Ukraine, Wednesday, Aug. 5, 2026.
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Russian missile and drone barrage in Ukrainian capital region kills 17
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