Primaries to Test Whether GOP Has Room for Politicians Who Cross Trump

初选将检验共和党是否还有容纳跨越特朗普界限的政客的空间

WSJ What’s News

2026-05-19

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A.M. Edition for May 19. The outcome of a handful of primaries across the country could signal whether Republicans are willing to adopt a form of MAGA politics that embraces leaders who break with President Trump, including Thomas Massie in Kentucky, WSJ’s Washington coverage chief Damian Paletta says. Plus, oil prices slide on the prospect of a potential peace deal between Iran and the U.S. And with blocked data centers, plummeting poll numbers and booed commencement speeches, the American rebellion against artificial intelligence is gaining steam. Daniel Bach hosts.  Sign up for the WSJ’s free What’s News newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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  • and it's Massey v. Trump in Kentucky amidst a host of primaries across the country today.

  • This is a showdown.

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  • He really dislikes Thomas Massey.

  • This is a district in the corner of Kentucky that doesn't get a lot of attention,

  • if not for a really loud contrarian congressman.

  • And so we're going to know a lot more about both President

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  • It's Tuesday, May 19th.

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  • Oil prices are sliding today on the prospect of a potential peace deal between Iran and the U.S.

  • That's after President Trump said he would hold off on a planned U.S.

  • Attack on Iran at the request of Gulf leaders,