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Then she lost. What happened?", "pubDate": "2026-08-12T22:51:15.000Z", "link": "https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/12/us/politics/crowley-hong-wisconsin-governor-primary-polls.html", "guid": "https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/12/us/politics/crowley-hong-wisconsin-governor-primary-polls.html", "author": "Bayliss Wagner and Ruth Igielnik", "enclosure": { "url": "https://static01.nyt.com/images/2026/08/12/multimedia/12pol-wisconsin-polls-pbth/12pol-wisconsin-polls-pbth-mediumSquareAt3X.jpg", "type": "image" }, "permalink": "https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/12/us/politics/crowley-hong-wisconsin-governor-primary-polls.html" }, { "title": "Trump-Backed Mike Lindell Loses Minnesota Governor Primary to Lisa Demuth", "description": "After his loss in the state’s Republican primary for governor, Mike Lindell, a leading election denier, floated familiar, baseless claims of “anomalies” in his double-digit defeat.", "pubDate": "2026-08-12T17:10:53.000Z", "link": "https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/12/us/politics/trump-lindell-minnesota-republican-primary.html", "guid": "https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/12/us/politics/trump-lindell-minnesota-republican-primary.html", "author": "Tim Balk", "enclosure": { "url": "https://static01.nyt.com/images/2026/08/12/multimedia/12pol-lindell-trump-mthp/12pol-lindell-trump-mthp-mediumSquareAt3X.jpg", "type": "image" }, "permalink": "https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/12/us/politics/trump-lindell-minnesota-republican-primary.html" }, { "title": "ICE Agent Points Gun at Woman in Car in Virginia, Videos Show", "description": "The agent accused the woman of trying to run him over with her vehicle, a claim she denied. It was the latest tense encounter between a federal agent and a driver.", "pubDate": "2026-08-12T20:09:52.000Z", "link": "https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/12/us/ice-gun-driver-virginia-immigration.html", "guid": "https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/12/us/ice-gun-driver-virginia-immigration.html", "author": "Madaleine Rubin", "permalink": "https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/12/us/ice-gun-driver-virginia-immigration.html" }, { "title": "Apparent Murder-Suicide at Minnesota Day Care Center Leaves 3 Dead", "description": "A husband stabbed his wife and daughter in Hopkins, Minn., before shooting himself, officials said. The authorities also were investigating the killing of another relative in a nearby suburb.", "pubDate": "2026-08-13T01:29:27.000Z", "link": "https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/12/us/stabbing-minnesota-day-care.html", "guid": "https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/12/us/stabbing-minnesota-day-care.html", "author": "Ernesto Londoño, Alexandra E. Petri and Jeff Ernst", "enclosure": { "url": "https://static01.nyt.com/images/2026/08/12/multimedia/12nat-minn-stabbing-1-pkwl/12nat-minn-stabbing-1-pkwl-mediumSquareAt3X.jpg", "type": "image" }, "permalink": "https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/12/us/stabbing-minnesota-day-care.html" }, { "title": "ICE Plans to Give Officers Gloves That Can Deliver Electric Shocks", "description": "The Department of Homeland Security described the gloves as a “de-escalation device,” but critics said they could encourage agents to use more force.", "pubDate": "2026-08-12T19:19:18.000Z", "link": "https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/12/us/politics/ice-gloves-shock.html", "guid": "https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/12/us/politics/ice-gloves-shock.html", "author": "Madeleine Ngo and Shaila Dewan", "enclosure": { "url": "https://static01.nyt.com/images/2026/08/12/multimedia/12dc-ice-gloves-gfjz/12dc-ice-gloves-gfjz-mediumSquareAt3X.jpg", "type": "image" }, "permalink": "https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/12/us/politics/ice-gloves-shock.html" }, { "title": "Ward Churchill, Professor Who Challenged His Dismissal Over 9/11 Essay, Dies at 78", "description": "His inflammatory essay about the attacks prompted his dismissal by the University of Colorado for unrelated research misconduct. A jury later found that he had been wrongfully terminated.", "pubDate": "2026-08-12T18:31:10.000Z", "link": "https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/12/us/ward-churchill-dead.html", "guid": "https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/12/us/ward-churchill-dead.html", "author": "Francesca Regalado", "enclosure": { "url": "https://static01.nyt.com/images/2026/08/12/multimedia/12xp-churchill/12xp-churchill-mediumSquareAt3X.jpg", "type": "image" }, "permalink": "https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/12/us/ward-churchill-dead.html" }, { "title": "Hong’s Defeat in Wisconsin Shows the Limits of the Progressive Movement", "description": "Francesca Hong’s defeat in the Democratic primary for governor defied expectations and may have shown the democratic socialist wave cannot reach beyond urban centers.", "pubDate": "2026-08-12T15:37:00.000Z", "link": "https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/12/us/elections/david-crowley-wisconsin-governors-primary.html", "guid": "https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/12/us/elections/david-crowley-wisconsin-governors-primary.html", "author": "Kellen Browning and Julie Bosman", "enclosure": { "url": "https://static01.nyt.com/images/2026/08/12/multimedia/12nat-hong-assess-crowley-mwlc/12nat-hong-assess-crowley-mwlc-mediumSquareAt3X.jpg", "type": "image" }, "permalink": "https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/12/us/elections/david-crowley-wisconsin-governors-primary.html" }, { "title": "A Driver’s Fatal Spiral After a Police Officer’s Typo", "description": "Police thought they had caught a car thief in San Francisco. Instead, they had mistyped his license plate number, a watchdog agency said, then arrested him with excessive force.", "pubDate": "2026-08-12T17:51:57.000Z", "link": "https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/12/us/san-francisco-police-typo-arrest-matthew-ludwig.html", "guid": "https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/12/us/san-francisco-police-typo-arrest-matthew-ludwig.html", "author": "Livia Albeck-Ripka", "permalink": "https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/12/us/san-francisco-police-typo-arrest-matthew-ludwig.html" } ] }