Chipotle At Center Of New Food Health ScareChipotle Mexican Grill said Tuesday it had pulled jalapeños from its menus as the U.S. deals with a new food scare.The fast food chain said in a statement it had “proactively removed” the pepper from its restaurants as public health officials investigate the source of a salmonella outbreak.The announcement came after Bloomberg News reported Chipotle had yanked jalapeños from multiple stores in Minnesota.The salmonella outbreak in the state has sickened 110 people, the outlet reported.Chipotle’s move comes on the heels of two people in Michigan dying amid the cyclospora outbreak, the first fatalities in the U.S. linked to the parasite.Federal investigators linked the surge in cyclospora, which has hit nine states, to iceberg lettuce sourced from Taylor Farms, whose product recall has affected Taco Bell stores among others.“We are aware that public health authorities are investigating the source of a salmonella outbreak in the supply chain impacting several food service retailers,” Chipotle said in a statement. “We are cooperating with the public health authorities in their efforts.”“Out of an abundance of caution, we proactively removed the jalapeños from our restaurants ‌and replaced them with product from different growers,” it added.Latest Live UpdatesArizona's Democratic Governor Is Poised To Choose A Republican Running Mate: NYTIn a nod to bipartisanship, Katie Hobbs, the Democratic governor of Arizona, plans to choose a Republican running mate, according to a New York Times report, which cited two people familiar with the decision. Hobbs is expected to select former Mesa Mayor John Giles as her lieutenant governor nominee, though neither she nor her campaign would confirm the move to The Times. Hobbs is running for re-election against Trump-backed Rep. Andy Biggs (R-Ariz.), who’s known for embracing the MAGA wing of the party. She won her first term with the support of both independents and moderate Republicans, two groups that are likely to approve of such a decision.Read more from The Times:Will Lawrence Wins Democratic Primary In Michigan House RaceWill Lawrence is projected to win Tuesday’s Democratic primary in Michigan’s 7th congressional district, continuing a streak of victories by progressives nationwide as voters signal they want new and more left-leaning party leadership.Lawrence, a 35-year-old activist who cofounded the Sunrise Movement, a political action group focused on climate change, defeated former Navy SEAL Matt Maasdam and former U.S. ambassador to Ukraine Bridget Brink.Read more here: Rep. John James Wins GOP Primary For Michigan GovernorTwo-term Rep. John James (R-Mich.) and his endorsement from President Donald Trump on Tuesday appear to have held off self-funding businessman Perry Johnson in the Republican primary for the Michigan governor’s race.James, 45, a recently converted adherent to Trump’s lie that he won Michigan in 2020, will face the winner of the Democratic primary, which on Tuesday evening appeared to be Jocelyn Benson, Michigan’s secretary of state.Read more here:Abdul El-Sayed Maintaining Narrow Lead In Michigan Senate PrimaryProgressive Abdul El-Sayed has an exceedingly narrow lead in Michigan’s Democratic primary for U.S. Senate, with roughly 50% of the vote to moderate Rep. Haley Stevens’ 47% as of 10:30 p.m. ET. Roughly a third of the ballots in the state have been counted.While El-Sayed has been running strong in the state’s college towns, suburban areas and cities outside of Detroit, Stevens is putting up better-than-expected numbers throughout the state’s rural areas and doing well in Detroit, where she was expected to perform strongly.The result is a race that will almost certainly be closer than the double-digit margins predicted by polls in recent weeks.Missouri Voters Reject Eliminating State Income Tax, Constitutional Amendment MeasureMissouri voters on Tuesday overwhelmingly rejected proposals that would have made it tougher to pass citizen-led constitutional amendments and that sought to eliminate the state’s income tax, according to projections from the Associated Press.Both Amendments 4 and 5 were failing by wide margins when AP made the calls Tuesday evening. Amendment 4, a GOP-backed measure, would have required citizen-sponsored ballot initiatives to get the support of a majority of voters in each congressional district in order to advance. Currently, they require a simple statewide majority. Republicans’ push for the measure came as Missouri voters have advanced amendments on issues including abortion rights, Medicaid expansion and marijuana legalization in recent years. Amendment 5, meanwhile, would have enabled state lawmakers to expand sales and use taxes with the goal of phasing out the state income tax. Jocelyn Benson Wins Democratic Nomination For Michigan GovernorMichigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson won the Democratic nomination for governor, according to The Associated Press. Benson will likely face a competitive general election in the bid to follow the term-limited Gov. Gretchen Whitmer (D), who has been facing pushback at the end of her tenure over allegations that she is buddying up to President Donald Trump. As secretary of state, Benson rose to prominence by fighting efforts to overturn the state’s 2020 presidential election results, rebuffing Trump’s baseless claims of voter fraud. Adam Hamilton Wins Democratic Senate Nomination In KansasKansas pastor Adam Hamilton cinched the Democratic nomination for U.S. Senate on Tuesday, The Associated Press reported.His win tees up a challenge to Sen. Roger Marshall (R-Kansas), an ally of President Donald Trump, as Democrats try to claw back control of the chamber. Wesley Bell Beats Back Cori Bush Comeback BidIncumbent Rep. Wesley Bell (D-Mo.) beat back a comeback bid by former Rep. Cori Bush in a hotly contested Democratic primary election to represent Missouri’s 1st Congressional District on Tuesday.The rematch between Bell and Bush was one of many 2026 primary elections to highlight the internal Democratic Party divide between the party’s insurgent left wing and moderates over the issue of Israel.Read more here:Keeping National Guard In D.C. Until 2029 Will Cost A Fortune$1.4 billion—That’s how much the Defense Department estimates it’ll cost to extend the National Guard’s deployment in Washington, D.C., until January 2029.Local officials have criticized the Guard’s deployment, calling it an infringement on their city’s autonomy. Democrats said it has militarized the streets of the capital at the public’s expense.Maryland Lawmakers Ask Voters To Clear The Way For A Congressional Map Designed To Boost DemocratsMaryland voters will decide in November whether to clear the way for a new congressional map that would favor Democrats in all eight of the state’s U.S. House districts for the 2028 elections.Both chambers of the Democratic-dominated state legislature on Tuesday approved putting an amendment on the ballot to allow the change. Sending it to voters required three-fifths approval of both legislative chambers, which met in a special session to consider the change. It cleared the House 96-38 and the Senate 32-13.Read more from The Associated Press:See All Updates