Republican Sen. Shelley Moore Capito of West Virginia is a big step closer to re-election, thanks in part to support from President Donald Trump.

Capito defeated five Republican challengers in Tuesday’s GOP Senate primary in West Virginia, the Associated Press reports, to secure her party’s nomination in the solidly red Mountain State.

The two-term lawmaker who served a decade and a half in the House before first winning election to the Senate in 2014 and making history as the state’s first female senator hails from a political family. Her late father was Arch Moore Jr., a former three-term governor and six-term congressman.

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Among those trying to defeat her in Tuesday’s primary was state Sen. Tom Willis, who argued that it was “time for a change” and took aim at “career politicians.”

But Capito, as she ran for re-nomination, spotlighted her support from Trump.

“I’m honored to have President Trump’s complete and total endorsement as we fight to protect West Virginia jobs, make life more affordable, secure our border, and defend our shared values in the Mountain State,” she wrote last month.

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And on Tuesday, she took to social media to highlight, “Proud to lead President Trump’s ticket in West Virginia today.”

West Virginia, once a state where Democrats dominated, is nowadays dark red. Trump carried the state by over 40 points in his 2024 White House victory.

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Capito will now be considered the overwhelming favorite in the November midterm elections, as top nonpartisan political handicappers rate the race as solidly Republican.

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The GOP currently controls the Senate with a 53-47 majority.

Five Democrats were seeking their party’s Senate nomination.

For example, Indigo had earlier kept the fare from Noida to Lucknow at Rs 4,981, which is now seen at Rs 3,394. Similar fare is visible from IGI Airport also. Akasa Air’s ticket booking for Bangalore, which was happening at Rs 8532 on Monday, came down to Rs 6500 on Tuesday. With the opening of Noida Airport, people of Delhi-NCR were hopeful that they would get better facilities at cheaper fares.

However, when first IndiGo and later Akasa released their schedules, fares to cities like Bengaluru, Lucknow, Mumbai, Jammu etc. at Noida International Airport (DXN) were costlier than IGI Airport Delhi. People’s expectations were dashed by this move of the companies. This became a topic of discussion in the media and social media platforms.

Domestic passengers will have to pay Rs 490 user development fee
The Airport Charges Regulatory Authority (AERA) has fixed the user development fee (UDF) at Rs 490 for domestic passengers and Rs 980 for international passengers departing from Noida International Airport.

This UDF has been scheduled for the period 2026-27. AERA said in a release that this fee will be Rs 210 for arriving domestic passengers and Rs 420 for international passengers. Commercial operations will start from here from June 15.

The UDF for departing domestic passengers has been fixed at Rs 490 per passenger, while the airport operator had proposed Rs 653, AERA said. At the same time, the UDF for each departing international passenger is Rs 980, which is less than Rs 1200 demanded by the operator. These rates are similar to the rates prescribed in the temporary tariff order issued in August, 2025.

A handful of Republican state senators in South Carolina on Tuesday derailed an effort in the GOP-dominated legislature to redraw their state’s congressional district map which aims to erase the only Democrat-dominated U.S. House seat ahead of the midterm elections.

Five Republican state senators broke with their party and teamed up with Democrats to defeat a proposal that would have allowed the chamber to vote on redistricting after the South Carolina legislative session comes to a close later this week.

The move came hours after President Donald Trump warned on social media that he’d be “watching closely” as lawmakers met to move forward with changing their state’s map.

The setback means it will be much harder for South Carolina to join Tennessee, Alabama and Louisiana, which are altering their maps to eliminate Democrat-controlled congressional districts in time for the midterms, when the GOP will be defending its razor-thin House majority. The southern states are the latest battleground in the nationwide redistricting showdown. At stake is which party will control the House during the final two years of Trump’s second term in the White House.

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The efforts by Republicans in the southern states come in the wake of a decision by the conservative majority on the Supreme Court to slash a key protection in the landmark 1965 Voting Rights Act. The justices ruled that race should not dictate the redrawing of legislative district maps.

South Carolina Republicans were trying to advance a new map that could put longtime Rep. Jim Clyburn, the only Democrat in the state’s seven-person House delegation, out of a job.

Clyburn this past week remained optimistic he can still win re-election.

“I don’t know why people think I could not get re-elected if they redistrict South Carolina,” Clyburn said in a CNN interview. “I have a district that’s about 45 percent African-American. I have no idea what the number will be after the legislature finishes, but whatever that number is, I will be running on my record and America’s promise.”

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Trump, in a social media post Monday night, urged “South Carolina Republicans: BE BOLD AND COURAGEOUS.”

“Move the U.S. House Primaries to August, leave the rest on the same schedule. Everything will be fine. GET IT DONE!” he emphasized.

Trump’s message came a week after five Indiana Republican state senators who in December helped sink congressional redistricting in the solidly red Midwestern state were ousted by Trump-backed challengers in GOP primaries.

Shane Massey, the South Carolina Senate’s Republican majority leader, argued in a speech following Trump’s lead in redistricting would be against the interests of the Palmetto State.

“South Carolina has always punched above their weight,” Massey said. “Doing this will diminish that influence.”

But he also acknowledged that he will likely face political payback from Trump and the president’s allies.

“There are likely consequences for me, personally, taking the position that I am right now,” Massey said. “I’m comfortable with that. I may not like it, but I’m comfortable with it…My conscience is clear on this one.”

Other South Carolina Republicans had raised concerns that carving up the district represented by Clyburn could backfire on their party in the midterms.

Republican Gov. Henry McMaster, a top Trump ally, could still call the legislature back into special session to try and push through redistricting, but his office has so far said that scenario is unlikely.

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The GOP-dominated Tennessee legislature on Thursday quickly adopted a new map that would eliminate the only Democrat-controlled congressional district in the state, and would likely give Republicans control of all nine districts.

GOP Gov. Bill Lee quickly signed the new maps into law.

Democratic Rep. Steve Cohen, who represents the majority Black district that’s being carved up, vowed legal action.

“Trump knows he HAS TO rig the game to keep his majority in November. And the TN GOP was willing to go along with it. It’s shameful,” Cohen wrote on social media. “Next stop is the courts.”

Trump praised Tennessee Republicans in his social media post and urged GOP lawmakers in South Carolina to act “just like the Republicans of the Great State of Tennessee were last week.”

It’s back to the future in Alabama, after the Supreme Court, in a 6-3 ideological ruling, cleared the way for the state to put in place a map Republicans drew up in 2023 that had been blocked by lower courts. The map would eliminate one of the state’s two blue-leaning congressional seats.

GOP Gov. Kay Ivey on Tuesday called for a special primary election in August in the four U.S. House districts altered by the new map.

Last week, the Supreme Court said that its decision declaring Louisiana’s map unconstitutional should go into effect immediately.

That cleared the way for the GOP-controlled state legislature to begin the process of reshaping the map, and hearings got underway on Friday.

Republican Gov. Jeff Landry, a top Trump ally, took swift action in the immediate aftermath of the high court’s ruling, when he delayed the May 16 U.S. House primary elections in Louisiana.

Louisiana Republicans are aiming to erase one or both of the two Black-majority House seats, which are represented by Democrats.

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In Florida, Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis last week signed a bill by the GOP-dominated state legislature that overhauls the red-leaning state’s congressional districts, adding four more right-leaning seats by eliminating districts currently controlled by Democrats.

Republicans currently control Florida’s U.S. House delegation by a 20-8 margin.

Democrats are fighting back.

On Monday, Democrats filed an emergency appeal with the U.S. Supreme Court seeking to halt a Virginia state Supreme Court ruling invalidating a ballot measure that would have given their party an additional four left-leaning U.S. House seats.

Last week’s ruling in Virginia means the map used in the 2024 elections will stay in place for the 2026 ballot box showdowns. Democrats currently control the state’s U.S. House delegation by a 6-5 margin. The now overturned map could have resulted in a 10-1 advantage for Democrats in the blue-leaning but competitive state.

How we got here

The battle over the maps ignited last spring when Trump, aiming to prevent what happened during his first term in the White House when Democrats reclaimed the House majority in the 2018 midterms, first floated the idea of rare, but not unheard of, mid-decade congressional redistricting.

The mission was simple: redraw congressional district maps in red states to pad the GOP’s fragile House majority to keep control of the chamber in the midterms, when the party in power traditionally faces political headwinds and loses seats.

When asked by reporters last summer about his plan to add Republican-leaning House seats across the country, the president said, “Texas will be the biggest one. And that’ll be five.”

Republican Gov. Greg Abbott of Texas called a special session of the GOP-dominated state legislature to pass the new map.

But Democratic state lawmakers, who broke quorum for two weeks as they fled Texas in a bid to delay the passage of the redistricting bill, energized Democrats across the country. Among those leading the fight against Trump’s redistricting was Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom of California.

California voters in November overwhelmingly passed Proposition 50, a ballot initiative that temporarily sidetracked the left-leaning state’s nonpartisan redistricting commission and returned the power to draw the congressional maps to the Democratic-dominated legislature.

That led to five more Democratic-leaning congressional districts in California, which aimed to counter the move by Texas to redraw their maps.

But the fight quickly spread beyond Texas and California.

Republican-controlled Missouri and Ohio and swing state North Carolina, where the GOP dominates the legislature, drew new maps as part of the president’s push.

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But in blows to Republicans, a Utah district judge late last year rejected a congressional district map drawn by the state’s GOP-dominated legislature and instead approved an alternate that will create a Democratic-leaning district ahead of the midterms.

And as mentioned, Republicans in Indiana’s Senate in December defied Trump, shooting down a redistricting bill that had passed the state House.

In fact, emphasizing the need to save foreign exchange, Prime Minister Narendra Modi had appealed to people to avoid buying gold jewelery for a year. Its effect is now clearly visible in the markets. Many jewelery traders in Delhi say that customers planning to buy gold for weddings and family functions are currently waiting.

Many customers are believing that if the demand in the market decreases then the prices of gold may fall further in the coming time. There has already been a softening of about 25 percent: Traders say that there is little possibility of a major fall in gold prices. According to him, there was a huge rise in the prices of gold from Diwali to March last year, but after that the market has already softened by about 25 percent. Traders believe that at present the agricultural season also affects the market.

Farmers remain busy in farming from Holi to monsoon. The purchase of gold in rural areas increases only after the crop is sold. People are avoiding depositing money even in installment schemes. Many goldsmiths and jewelery sellers seem worried. He says that an atmosphere of fear has arisen among the customers and many people are avoiding depositing money even in gold installment schemes. Small traders are being affected the most due to increasing uncertainty in the market.

People associated with the bullion market say that if the same situation continues in the coming days, there can be a huge impact on the business. At present traders are waiting for the market to become normal. Many customers said that they will buy as much gold jewelery as required.

Why is gold so important for the economy?
According to Professor Sundaravalli, head of the India Gold Policy Center of the Indian Institute of Management, India imports about 600 to 700 tonnes of gold every year while exports are very less. A large amount of gold is stored in homes in the country and it is estimated that Indian families have about 25 to 27 thousand tonnes of gold.

Pro. According to Sundaravalli, India consumes about 700 to 800 tonnes of gold every year, but domestic production is only around one to two tonnes. In such a situation, the country imports the gold it needs, which puts great pressure on the foreign exchange. That means demand for dollar increases and rupee weakens.

On the request of the state government, CBI took over the investigation of this murder case on Monday. After this, an FIR was registered and a seven-member Special Investigation Team (SIT) of senior officers was formed to investigate the case. The federal agency team reached the spot equipped with advanced 3D scanners, indicating a significant technological advancement in the investigation.

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Digital map of crime scene made with 3D scanner
According to sources, these scanners are being used to create a digital map of the incident site, which will help investigators reconstruct the sequence of events leading to the death. The forensic reconstruction is expected to provide accurate spatial analysis of the crime scene, which will help the CBI corroborate witness statements and evidence found at the crime scene.

The team spent several hours at the scene, carefully scanning the surrounding area. Along with this, important information was recorded about important things related to the incident.

Three arrested so far in murder case
So far, three people have been arrested from Uttar Pradesh and Bihar in connection with the Chandranath Rath murder case, including a sharp shooter. They have been identified as Mayank Raj Mishra, Vicky Maurya and Raj Singh. The investigators are currently interrogating him, so that the entire conspiracy can be unearthed. Also, the mastermind behind the murder can be identified.

The attackers fired bullets in rapid succession
Chandranath Rath was shot on the night of May 6 at Dohariya Lane in Madhyagram, about seven kilometers from the Kolkata airport. BJP leaders had called it a planned murder. Rath’s SUV was stopped by a car near his residence, following which armed men riding on two-wheelers opened fire, killing him.

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The attackers abandoned one car and fled in another red car and a motorcycle. Two motorcycles linked to the crime were later found, one near the incident site and the other in Barasat, about six kilometers away. According to the police, the registration plates of all the vehicles were allegedly forged. Their engine and chassis numbers were tampered with.

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Amid mobs clashing with police outside synagogues in New York City, and after a Pennsylvania Supreme Court justice announced he would be abandoning the Democratic Party over its “acquiescence to Jew-hatred,” Sen. John Fetterman, D-Penn., called out his party over its “antisemitism problem.”

A Supreme Court justice in Pennsylvania, David Wecht, who began serving on the court in 2016 and was retained in a 2025 election, put out a statement Monday obtained by Fox News Digital indicating he would no longer affiliate himself with the Democratic Party as a result of “activists, leaders and even many elected officials in the Democratic Party” acquiescing to a rise in antisemitism on the left. 

Fetterman subsequently posted on social media that, while he may not have plans to change parties himself, something he affirmed in an op-ed earlier in May, he understood Wecht’s choice and added that “the Democratic Party must confront its own rising antisemitism problem.”

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In the past week, two mobs have clashed with police outside synagogues in New York City. 

The latest incident took place Monday night when agitators — three of whom police said were arrested — swarmed an area near the Young Israel Senior Services of Midwood, which had been hosting an event advertising real estate in Israel, according to local media reports. 

Hezbollah flags, chants of “Zionism will fall” and a banner bearing the red inverted triangle Hamas uses to designate Israeli targets were seen and heard at the Monday clash, according to the Combat Antisemitism Movement and videos shared on social media.

“Mob of Pro-Hezbollah / Hamas s(—)heads raging against law enforcement and terrorizing the NYC Jewish community near a synagogue and day care,” Fetterman wrote in a Wednesday post on X following a clash earlier in May outside a separate NYC synagogue holding another Israeli real estate event. “Where’s my party’s condemnation?”

“There’s a synagogue here. This is clearly a Jewish neighborhood, and they deserve the right to worship in peace,” a counterprotester at the anti-Israel clash in recent days in Brooklyn told Spectrum News New York.

In Wecht’s statement about his plans to leave the Democratic Party, he said that while antisemitism has festered on the fringes of the right for a long time, “that same hatred has grown on the left,” and blamed leaders in the party for failing to stamp it out.

Wecht did not necessarily provide any specific names, or instances, but he hinted at pro-Palestinian protests, mentioned “attacks at synagogues” and appeared to reference one of the party’s burgeoning Democratic Party candidates in Maine, U.S. Senate candidate Graham Platner, who has been forced to explain a tattoo he has that resembles Nazi insignia.

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“From 1998 to 2001, years that preceded my judicial career, I served as Vice-Chair of the Pennsylvania Democratic Party. In the quarter century that has passed since then, the Democratic Party has changed. Nazi tattoos, jihadist chants, intimidation and attacks at synagogues, and other hateful anti-Jewish invective and actions are minimized, ignored, and even coddled. Acquiescence to Jew-hatred is now disturbingly common among activists, leaders and even many elected officials in the Democratic Party,” he asserted in part of his statement obtained by Fox News Digital.

After Wecht announced his plans to abandon the Democratic Party, Fetterman posted on social media that he “fully understand(s) David’s personal choice.”

“I know David and his legendary father, Cyril,” Fetterman said in a post on X that included a screenshot of a headline about Wecht’s decision to leave the Democratic Party. “As I’ve affirmed, I’m not changing my party—but I fully understand David’s personal choice. The Democratic Party must confront its own rising antisemitism problem.”

Earlier in May, Fetterman penned and op-ed in The Washington Post saying “it has become increasingly lonely” for him in the Democratic Party. 

Fetterman slammed the party’s disdain for “once-common views,” which he argued was the result of “catering to the fringe and agitated parts of our base.”

“There’s been a fracturing between me and my party… primarily it’s been Israel,” Fetterman said on “Life, Liberty & Levin” in April, noting that he was one of the few Democrats to support Operation Epic Fury, the joint U.S.–Israeli military campaign against Iran.

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However, while Fetterman has publicly discussed his widening break with the Democratic Party, in his op-ed, Fetterman reassured skeptics that he did not have any plans to switch parties. 

He wrote that while “being an independent voice” may put him at odds with much of the contemporary Democratic Party, he remains committed to it and wrote explicitly that he has “no plans to leave” the party.

“Plus, I’d be a terrible Republican who still votes overwhelmingly with Democrats,” Fetterman concluded in the May 7 editorial.

Fox News Digital reached out to the Democratic National Committee (DNC) for comment on Fetterman’s remarks. 

Fox News Digital’s Alex Nitzberg contributed to this report.

FBI Director Kash Patel and Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Md., clashed in a heated Senate hearing Tuesday, trading personal accusations over allegations of misconduct and a past overseas trip.

The exchange escalated from questions about Patel’s leadership into a direct confrontation, with Van Hollen citing allegations reported in The Atlantic and Patel responding by accusing the senator of misconduct during a 2025 visit to El Salvador — a claim Van Hollen denied.

During a Senate Appropriations subcommittee hearing, Van Hollen pointed to allegations of “erratic” behavior, “excessive drinking” and “unexplained absences” outlined in the report. Patel has denied the claims.

“When your private actions make it impossible for you to perform your public duties, we have a big problem. You cannot perform those public duties if you’re incapacitated,” Van Hollen said.

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“And Director Patel, these reports about your conduct, including reports of your being so drunk and hungover that your staff had to force entry into your home are extremely alarming. If true, they demonstrate a gross dereliction of your duty and a betrayal of public trust,” Van Hollen said.

Patel called the report “unequivocally, categorically false” before turning the focus to Van Hollen.

“The only person who was slinging margaritas in El Salvador on the taxpayer dollar with a convicted gang banging rapist was you,” Patel said.

Public records do not establish that Abrego Garcia is a convicted gang member or convicted rapist.

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“The fact that you mentioned that indicates you don’t know what you are talking about,” Van Hollen replied.

Patel later posted, “Fact check @ChrisVanHollen,” referencing images from the trip.

The exchange stems from Van Hollen’s 2025 visit to El Salvador, where he met with deported migrant Kilmar Abrego Garcia, who had been sent to the country’s high-security “Terrorism Confinement Center” (CECOT) over alleged MS-13 ties. His attorneys have denied any gang affiliation. 

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Images from that meeting — showing the two seated at a table with drinks — resurfaced and drew criticism, including from El Salvador President Nayib Bukele. Van Hollen has previously dismissed the images as a “staged hoax” by the Salvadoran government and said no alcohol was consumed.

“Kilmar Abrego Garcia, miraculously risen from the ‘death camps’ & ‘torture,’ now sipping margaritas with Sen. Van Hollen in the tropical paradise of El Salvador!” Bukele wrote at the time.

Patel has filed a $250 million defamation lawsuit against The Atlantic over the report. The Atlantic has said it stands by its reporting.

Fox News Digital’s Greg Wehner contributed to this report.

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