Establishment Dems Get Behind El-Sayed After Supporting AIPAC-Backed OpponentEstablishment Senate Democrats who backed Rep. Haley Stevens, a largely AIPAC-funded moderate, in the party’s primary race for Michigan Senate are now getting behind opponent Abdul El-Sayed after the progressive’s close win that pro-Palestinian groups say is a rebuke of the Israeli lobby in U.S. politics.El-Sayed “has run an energetic campaign that inspired thousands of Michiganders across the state, with a clear focus on lowering costs and standing up for working families,” a statement from Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) and Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee Chair Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) said Wednesday.“Democrats are united by a common purpose: putting a check on Donald Trump by defeating his Republican enablers and taking back the Senate,” they continued. “We look forward to working with Abdul and Democrats across Michigan to win this seat in November.”Both candidates have a history of backing candidates largely funded by the Israeli lobby, with Stevens having taken more than $30 million from AIPAC in the race. An AP/NORC poll found about half of Democratic voters believe Israel is committing genocide against Palestinians, while an IMEU Policy Project/Data for Progress poll found that 73% of Michigan Democrats believe the U.S. should restrict weapons to Israel.“That record-high sum wasn’t enough because Democratic voters have had it with the fringe and extremist view that our tax dollars should pay for Israel’s bombs, wars and genocidal ambitions,” the IMEU Policy Project said in a statement on Wednesday, adding that “potential 2028 contenders should take notes.”Latest Live UpdatesPerez Hilton's Reps Confirm He Is Receiving Medical Care After Disturbing TikTok LivestreamPerez Hilton’s team and family said in a statement Wednesday that the celebrity blogger is receiving medical care after he appeared to harm himself Tuesday night in a TikTok livestream.“Many of you have reached out with concern for Perez, and we are incredibly grateful for the overwhelming outpouring of love, support, and prayers,” Hilton’s team and family said in a statement. “We can confirm that Perez is receiving medical care, and our family’s focus right now is on his well-being. We kindly ask that you respect Perez’s privacy, as well as the privacy of his family, during this difficult time. If and when we are able to share any updates, we will do so with everyone as soon as we can. Thank you for your compassion, understanding, and continued support.”Viewers called police Tuesday night after they witnessed Hilton, whose real name is Mario Armando Lavandeira Jr., apparently harm himself live on TikTok. Videos of the incident have been taken down, but according to multiple reports, Hilton was naked and covered in blood while he harmed himself.Police said they staged a de-escalation in his Florida home.Temporary Protected Status Ends for Haitians, ICE ‘Check Ins’ BeginTemporary protected status, or TPS, for over 350,000 Haitian immigrants living in the U.S. came to a formal end on Wednesday. In an order, U.S. District Judge Ana Reyes officially lifted a ban she had once placed on the Trump administration’s termination of TPS for hundreds of thousands of Haitian immigrants who had made a home in America after fleeing natural disaster, extreme poverty, political unrest and gang violence that has rocked the island nation for years. The Supreme Court upheld the Trump administration’s decision to kill TPS for Haitian and Syrian immigrants in June, triggering waves of panic through both communities. The Department of Homeland Security is reportedly beginning to ramp up deportation efforts too now that the protections are formally over. According to ABC News, immigration advocacy groups like the Institute for Justice and Democracy in Haiti have learned that Haitians with TPS have begun to receive requests to appear at ICE offices “in person” or wear ankle monitors regardless of whether they have an asylum claim or other application to stay in America pending.Dahlia Doe, the lead plaintiff in the lawsuit that challenged the Trump administration’s end to TPS Haitians and Syrians, told HuffPost in July this is exactly the scenario that she and thousands of others. Pending claim or not, by losing “official status,” the risk for deportation or arrest skyrockets. Fauci's Lawyer Tells Aaron Rodgers To Stick To FootballDr. Anthony Fauci’s lawyer fired back at Aaron Rodgers, telling the football player to “stick to football” after he called Fauci an “absolute coward.”“Aaron Rodgers doesn’t know what he’s talking about,” David Schertler told The Athletic on Tuesday. “He should stick to football.”Rodgers took a swing at Fauci on Tuesday’s episode of “The Pat McAfee Show,” mocking Fauci’s decision to plead the Fifth during last week’s COVID-19 hearing.“Like that absolute coward Tony Fauci. Absolute coward,” Rodgers said after he declined to answer a question from McAfee.Rodgers then went on a rant about Fauci, calling him an “absolute criminal” and saying news networks didn’t spend enough time covering Fauci pleading the Fifth.Senate Nominee Abdul El-Sayed Thanks Opponent, Praises Grassroots MovementAbdul El-Sayed, Michigan’s presumptive Democratic Senate nominee, thanked his supporters at a Wednesday press conference as he prepares to take on Republican nominee Mike Rogers in about three months.“I want to say just first and foremost how grateful I am for the opportunity to participate in democracy. My family immigrated to this country from a place where there is not democracy. You cannot just put your hand up and run,” El-Sayed said. (His parents are immigrants from Egypt.)He took a moment to praise his opponent, Rep. Hayley Stevens (D-Mich.), whose establishment loyalties were the biggest point of contention in the primary race, calling her “one of the most committed public servants that you’ll ever meet.”“She loves democracy like I love democracy,” El-Sayed said of Stevens.He then thanked his wife, daughters and army of volunteers.“We took on a machine. You’re not supposed to be able to beat $70 million of outside spending,” he said. AIPAC alone spent around $30 million attempting to defeat El-Sayed, a sharp critic of Israel.“What we showed is that if you’re willing to build a movement brick by brick, if you’re willing to go and travel your state and have the conversations in rooms big and small, starting in moments when people aren’t even paying attention to an election, but are paying attention to the price of gas and the price of groceries, and the price of housing, and the price of health care, that you can build a conversation that builds into a movement that defeats Goliath,” he said.Former J6 Prosecutors Beg Senators To Stop Confirming Election Deniers To Court SeatsFormer federal prosecutors involved in cases against Jan. 6, 2021 rioters are begging senators to stop confirming President Donald Trump’s judicial nominees who refuse to talk about that day’s violence as an attack on democracy, or say that Trump lost the 2020 election.“Please stop poisoning our courts by confirming appointees who refuse to admit basic historical truths,” former assistant U.S. attorney Sean Murphy pleaded Wednesday at a Capitol Hill press event. “This is not a problem of perspective or political persuasion. It is a fundamental question of competence.”Murphy is one of 12 former federal prosecutors involved in Jan. 6 cases who sent a letter Wednesday to all senators, raising red flags about the dangers of putting election deniers into lifetime seats on the federal bench.These nominees’ “refusal to contradict the President’s lies … raises significant questions about whether, once confirmed, a nominee could act independently and free from political interference from the president that nominated them,” they wrote.Not a single one of Trump’s second-term court picks would say in their Senate hearing that Joe Biden legitimately won the 2020 election, an apparent condition for being nominated to the federal bench. They also routinely dodge Democrats’ questions about the events of Jan. 6, when a mob of Trump supporters stormed the U.S. Capitol with plans to attack and even kill lawmakers to stop them from certifying Joe Biden as president. They only say they condemn violence generally.At Wednesday’s press event, Murphy, who was joined by Democrats from the judiciary panel, tore into the dozens of the president’s nominees who have been “playing this game” where they avoid telling the truth in order to get plum court seats.“You may have won yourself a lifetime appointment, but you have lost a lifetime of credibility,” he fumed. “You traded a piece of your soul to occupy this seat. You will tell yourself that it was a small price, but the cost will be your credibility.”Trump Says Abdul El-Sayed's Victory In Michigan 'Great News' For RepublicansPresident Donald Trump chimed in on the closely-watched Democratic primary for Michigan Senate on Wednesday, calling projected victor Abdul El-Sayed “great news for the Republican Party” and again calling the Muslim progressive a “Communist loser who hates Jews and Israel.”“As usual, the Polls were way off on this one,” the president posted on Truth Social, saying moderate opponent Rep. Haley Stevens – a pro-Israel candidate he labeled a “Socialist” – performed better than expected. “Now, the Dumocrats crazy policies will only get worse!”El-Sayed’s major victory means the candidate will now face GOP former Rep. Mike Rogers in November, where Republicans are hoping for an easier win against a left-leaning opponent.'No!' NBC News’ Primary Coverage Breaks After Steve Kornacki Spills Water On ComputerNBC News Chief Data Analyst Steve Kornacki was seen scrambling while reporting on last night’s primary election results after spilling water on his computer in an awkward on-air flub.Kornacki was reviewing real-time vote tallies when he knocked over a water bottle on his desk, apparently getting it on his computer and soaking one of his maps.“Oh boy, the monitor went off,” he declared before throwing his hands to his head in frustration.The blunder, hailed by one viewer as “the true highlight of the night,” led to about a one-minute break in coverage as viewers watched him frantically try to clean up the spill with tissues.Soccer Legend Calls For FIFA's Infantino To Quit: ‘Debased The Office’Luis Figo has become the most high-profile name in soccer to call on FIFA boss Gianni Infantino to quit after his World Cup sell-off plan crashed and burned.In a stunning editorial for The Daily Mail published Wednesday, the former Real Madrid, Barcelona and Portugal star said Infantino “debased the office of FIFA President.”“He has lied, deceived and tried to feather his own nest at the expense of the game he is supposed to serve,” wrote Figo, who won multiple La Liga titles, the Champions League and the Ballon d’Or during a glittering 20-year career.Pressure is mounting on Infantino to go following backlash to his plan to sell stakes in the organization that will organize future World Cup tournaments to private investors.Today I join others from across our game and call for Gianni Infantino to resign as FIFA President.Infantino has debased the office that he promised to elevate. He has lied, deceived and tried to feather his own nest at the expense of the game he is supposed to serve. He has…— Luís Figo (@LuisFigo) August 5, 2026Breaking UpdateDonavan McKinney Defeats Shri Thanedar In Michigan PrimaryMichigan state assemblyman and Democratic socialist Donavan McKinney is projected to defeat Rep. Shri Thanedar (D-Mich.) in the Democratic primary for Michigan’s 13th District.Propelled by endorsements from Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Senate hopeful Abdul El-Sayed, McKinney played up his Detroit roots during the campaign and in a video accused Thanedar of having “more in common with Donald Trump and Elon Musk than people like us.”Thanedar has represented the Detroit district since 2023. Born in poverty in India, he came to the U.S. in his 20s, earned a Ph.D. in chemistry and became an entrepreneur and a millionaire who could fund his own political campaigns.Read more here:Breaking UpdateAbdul El-Sayed Triumphs In Michigan In Major Victory For ProgressivesFormer public health official Abdul El-Sayed is projected to win the Democratic primary for Michigan’s U.S. Senate seat, defying more than $50 million worth of super PAC spending supporting his opponent to claim one of the biggest victories in the history of the modern progressive movement.El-Sayed topped moderate Rep. Haley Stevens (D-Mich.) and will now face former Rep. Mike Rogers, the Republican nominee, in November in a major test of whether progressives can triumph in the nation’s most critical battleground states.Read more here:See All Updates