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Trump-backed candidates see mixed results

After taking heavy fire from the House Select Committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021 Capitol riot, former President Donald Trump saw mixed results in his bid to influence Tuesday's GOP primaries in seven states. The one with the most scores for Trump to settle was South Carolina, where MAGA-backed Russell Fry upset Rep. Tom Rice -- one of the few GOP votes for impeachment -- while moderate Rep. Nancy Mace dodged a Trump-endorsed bid by Katie Arrington to unseat the freshman.

GET THE LATEST FROM TUESDAY'S KEY PRIMARY ELECTIONS



Musk to meet with leery Twitter employees

Tesla CEO and SpaceX founder Elon Musk will hold a town-hall meeting with Twitter employees on Thursday over his potential $44 billion purchase of the social media platform. In a confirmed email from Twitter CEO Parang Agrawal to employees, Musk will answer questions from the company's employees, many of whom initially expressed negative reactions to his potential ownership of the platform.

DOES MUSK'S MEETING MEAN TWITTER DEAL IS IMMINENT?


NC school strikes out on skirt requirement

A North Carolina charter school's requirement that girls wear skirts based on the view that they are "fragile vessels" deserving of "gentle" treatment by boys is unconstitutional, a federal appeals court ruled on Tuesday. The 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals sided with three female students that Charter Day School's requirement amounted to sex-based discrimination. The Brunswick County school argued it sought to ensure girls are treated "more gently than boys." No need to adjust your calendars; it is not 1958.


Long voting line

Name the only charter member of the Women's Suffrage Convention in 1848 who lived to see the ratification of the 19th Amendment in 1920.

Tuesday's answer: Ferdinand V. Hayden was the geologist who convinced Congress to create Yellowstone National Park in 1872. American capitalist John D. Rockefeller Jr. donated much of the land, including Jackson Hole.

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