State Representative Alexander Kolodin will take on Adrian Fontes, the incumbent Democratic secretary of state, after defeating a more moderate Republican in the primary.

Voters in Arizona cast ballots Tuesday in primaries drawing national attention. Two GOP candidates for governor are in a dead heat, according to recent polling. Melanie Mason, national political correspondent at the Los Angeles Times,

Polls will be open until 7 p.m. July 21 as voters make their choices in party primaries to determine which candidates square off in the November general election. Arizona's major statewide offices are all up for grabs.

The Cook Political Report rates the Arizona 9th District race as Solidly Republican, so the winner of this primary is expected to have a strong advantage in November. Source: Election results are from The Associated Press.

A tropical storm warning is in place along the Panhandle. Other predicted impacts from Bertha in Florida include rain, gusty winds and dangerous surf.

Tropical Storm Bertha is expected to weaken in the Gulf of Mexico as it chugs closer to the U.S. But forecasters say it still could bring coastal flooding and heavy rain from the Florida Panhandle to

Tropical Storm Bertha has strengthened in the Gulf of Mexico and is moving toward the Florida Panhandle, causing a tropical storm warning and storm surge watches

Tropical Storm Bertha was bringing rain to large swaths of the northern Gulf Coast early Wednesday as its projected path sparked watches and warnings. Bertha was moving westward at 6 mph and that general motion was expected to continue through Friday,

The vote sends the stopgap, known as a continuing ​resolution, to the ​Senate, where Republican leaders are ‌exploring ⁠their own short-term funding bill in negotiations with Democrats. The resolution authorizing government spending narrowly passed by a vote of 220-205.

The Republican-controlled ⁠U.S. House of Representatives ​on Tuesday passed ‌a short-term measure ‌to ⁠avert ⁠a possible government shutdown ahead of the ​November midterm elections by funding federal ​agencies through December 4.

Senate appropriators are working on a different version of a stopgap bill with the aim of attracting some Democratic support.

Republicans managed to push through legislation to fund the government through Dec. 4. But with Democrats opposed, the stage is set for a broader battle.

FDA says a lettuce sample linked to Taylor Farms was a false positive, but the outbreak investigation still points in that direction.

Federal investigators say their traceback work continues to point to shredded iceberg lettuce produced at Taylor Farms facilities in central Mexico as the source of a widespread parasitic illness outbreak.

FDA says Cyclospora outbreak data 'continue to converge' on Taylor Farms de Mexico

The FDA says Taylor Farms lettuce is still the focus of their ongoing cyclospora investigation, despite a false positive test announced Sunday. Carter Evans reports.

An external review of the Gates Foundation's ties to Jeffrey Epstein has found that staff met more than two dozen times with the disgraced financier

A review by an outside law firm hired by the Gates Foundation investigated only the philanthropy and not Mr. Gates or his private office.

An ⁠external ⁠review conducted by ​the Gates ‌Foundation has found ‌no ⁠evidence ⁠of payments made or ​participation in criminal ​activities linked to ⁠late financier ⁠and ⁠convicted sex offender ​Jeffrey Epstein,

Bill Gates and senior leaders of his charitable foundation received multiple warnings from staff about the risks of working with convicted child sex offender Jeffrey Epstein to raise money for global health,