Trump ally pledges to ‘work with people’ he disagrees with after Arizona primary win – US politics live

Andy Biggs Wins Arizona Republican Primary for Governor

Andy Biggs, a Republican member of Congress from Arizona who received an endorsement from President Donald Trump, won his party’s nomination for governor on July 22, 2026. In remarks after the primary, Biggs stated he would “work with people that don’t necessarily agree with me.” He will face incumbent Democratic Governor Katie Hobbs in the November general election.

Biggs, who previously served as chair of the House Freedom Caucus, defeated fellow Republican Representative David Schweikert. Schweikert had argued that Biggs’s positions would continue a pattern of Republican losses in Arizona and that his alignment with Trump had contributed to Democratic gains in the state. Schweikert did not return to Arizona on primary day and remained in Washington during House consideration of a government funding measure. Biggs described himself as “a conservative—and a principled conservative” who cooperates across differences on specific issues.

The race for governor is viewed by both parties as competitive. Biggs said after his victory that the goal was to “make this the year that we turn Arizona red again.”

In other developments, the Trump administration has approved a proposed agreement with Saudi Arabia under which U.S. companies would assist in developing a civilian nuclear energy program that could include a uranium enrichment facility, according to U.S. officials cited by the Wall Street Journal. The administration plans to submit the agreement to Congress. Reuters reported that the text does not contain explicit safeguards against diversion of materials to nuclear weapons programs. The proposal comes during ongoing U.S. military operations against Iran aimed at limiting that country’s uranium enrichment activities.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth told the Senate Appropriations Committee that U.S. operations related to Iran have cost the Pentagon $37.5 billion to date.

New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani stated in a video that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is “a war criminal, the architect of a horrific genocide against the Palestinian people” and described the International Criminal Court arrest warrant as justified, while noting he lacks authority to enforce it.

President Trump announced new tariffs on imported generic drugs scheduled to take effect in 2028.

The Senate Intelligence Committee advanced the nomination of Jay Clayton to be director of national intelligence.

The Trump administration has paused more than $1 billion in Medicaid funding to California and Minnesota, citing suspected fraud and noncompliance in those states.

A federal appeals court panel reversed a district court order that had directed the release of pro-Palestinian activist Mohsen Mahdawi. The Second Circuit ruling allows the government to proceed with removal proceedings. The panel held that the district judge had acted before Mahdawi had exhausted administrative remedies in immigration court. The decision follows a similar appellate ruling earlier in the year concerning Mahmoud Khalil. The appeals court did not address the substance of claims that the government targeted Mahdawi for protected speech.

The Department of Homeland Security has stated that vehicle attacks on immigration officers have increased sharply during the current administration and has cited specific incidents in support of enforcement actions, including fatal shootings during traffic stops in Texas and Maine. A review by the Guardian of 26 cases referenced in a February DHS release found that only one resulted in an assault conviction, with several allegations rejected in court or unsupported by available evidence. DHS has not supplied additional data or responded to requests for a complete list of incidents underlying the reported percentage increase.

Nicolás Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores appeared in federal court in Brooklyn for a pretrial hearing on drug trafficking charges. U.S. forces removed Maduro from Venezuela in January and transported him to New York. Prosecutors allege he participated in a conspiracy to transport cocaine into the United States. Maduro has pleaded not guilty and described his detention as a kidnapping. He faces a potential life sentence if convicted.

The House of Representatives passed a continuing resolution to fund the government through December 4, 2026, by a 220-205 vote. The measure now moves to the Senate. House Appropriations Committee Chair Tom Cole stated the action was taken to avoid a funding lapse before the November midterms. A separate budget framework advancing a $95 billion package passed the House on a 214-211 vote.

A Lloyd’s Register Foundation World Risk Poll conducted with Gallup found that 10 percent of Americans identified politics as the greatest threat to their personal safety, up from 6 percent in prior surveys and above the global average of 1 percent across 140 countries. The United States was the only country in which more respondents named politics than personal health conditions as the leading daily risk. Benedict Vigers of Gallup described the U.S. figure as unprecedented in the poll’s history.

The primary results and other items will continue to be updated as additional information becomes available.