POLITICO Playbook: Top takeaways from last night's big primaries  —  With help from Eli Okun and Garrett Ross  —  DRIVING THE DAY  —  JUST POSTED — Eric Cortellessa's six-month investigation for The Washington Monthly into Maryland transit policy under Gov. LARRY HOGAN.

Far-Right Republicans Press Closer to Power Over Future Elections  —  Midway through primary season, the party has nominated several candidates who deny the 2020 outcome for posts that will have significant sway over the 2024 presidential election.  —  The potential for far-right Republicans …

Publix heiress paid Kimberly Guilfoyle's $60,000 speaking fee on Jan. 6  —  The funds were directed to Donald Trump Jr.'s fiancee through Turning Point Action, a nonprofit run by Charlie Kirk  —  Kimberly Guilfoyle, a fundraiser for former president Donald Trump and the fiancee of his eldest son …

Herschel Walker, Critic of Absentee Fathers, Has a Second Son He Doesn't See  —  Herschel Walker, the Republican nominee for Senate from Georgia, who has often spoken out against absentee fathers, particularly in Black households, on Tuesday publicly acknowledged having fathered a second son with whom he is not in contact.

Democrats Fetterman, Shapiro show early leads in USA Today Network/Suffolk University poll  —  A USA Today Network/Suffolk University poll in Pennsylvania released this week suggests a clear U.S. Senate frontrunner — with a tighter race for governor.  —  According to the Suffolk University …

Republicans flip a Democratic-held House seat in South Texas, at least for now.  —  A U.S. House district in South Texas will send a Republican to Congress for the first time in its 10-year history.  —  Mayra Flores, a Republican and respiratory-care health aide, scored a significant victory …

Florida abortion ban violates Jews' religious freedom, lawsuit says  —  Florida's ban on abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy violates the religious freedom of Jews because Jewish law requires the procedure in some cases, a Boynton Beach synagogue said in a lawsuit.

GOP commission refuses to certify New Mexico primary vote  —  SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Votes in a New Mexico community are at risk of not counting after a Republican-led commission refused to approve primary election results over distrust of Dominion vote-tallying machines.

Leave Joe Biden Alone  —  This is an edition of The Atlantic Daily, a newsletter that guides you through the biggest stories of the day, helps you discover new ideas, and recommends the best in culture.  Sign up for it here.  —  Every administration has its ups and downs …

Seth Rich's killing was exploited on Fox News and online.  His parents are fed up  —  The fatal shooting of a young Democratic Party aide named Seth Rich early in the morning of July 10, 2016, brought incalculable loss to his parents.  —  Within days, Joel and Mary Rich then had to endure an unimaginable …

Biden warns Big Oil over gas output  —  President Biden will warn CEOs of the nation's largest oil companies on Wednesday that he's considering invoking emergency powers to boost U.S. refinery output, according to a letter obtained by Axios. … - The letter, which calls on the companies to boost output …

US abortions rise: 1 in 5 pregnancies terminated in 2020  —  The number and rate of U.S. abortions increased from 2017 to 2020 after a long decline, according to figures released Wednesday.  —  The report from the Guttmacher Institute, a research group that supports abortion rights …

Self-Driving and Driver-Assist Technology Linked to Hundreds of Crashes, U.S. Data Shows  —  The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration released data on 10 months of crashes involving systems like Tesla's Autopilot.  A handful of accidents turned deadly.  — Give this article- - - Read in app

Five Blunt Truths About the War in Ukraine  —  Five sentences sum up the war in Ukraine as it stands now.  —  The Russians are running out of precision-guided weapons.  The Ukrainians are running out of Soviet-era munitions.  The world is running out of patience for the war.

Scoop: Keisha Lance Bottoms to join White House  —  President Biden is tapping former Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms to replace Cedric Richmond as one of his most senior aides, bringing a Democratic rising star and former VP contender into the White House at a critical juncture, Axios has learned.

GOP spends millions on election volunteers to search for fraud  —  The Republican National Committee's volunteers could lay the groundwork for future court challenges where the Trump campaign came up short in 2020  —  The Republican National Committee is spending millions this year …

Proud Boys leader seeks transfer of trial after Jan. 6 committee builds case he instigated riot  —  Joseph Biggs, a member of the Proud Boys charged with seditious conspiracy for his role in the breach of the Capitol last year, is urging a federal judge to relocate his trial to South Florida …

National Conservatism: A Statement of Principles  —  A world of independent nations is the only alternative to universalist ideologies seeking to impose a homogenizing, locality-destroying imperium over the entire globe. … We are citizens of Western nations who have watched with alarm …