Emily Jashinsky

Here, Hamoui declaring victory Tuesday night.

Hamaoui, who immigrated to the United States from Egypt as an infant, overcoming a field of a dozen candidates, aided by support from progressive groups and a super PAC that spent heavily on his behalf.

His victory coming despite attacks from critics over his appearance as a defense witness in the trial of Sheikh Omar Abdel Rahman, known as the Blind Sheikh, a cleric linked to the 1993 World Trade Center bombing.

Hamawee's campaign dismissing those criticisms as guilt by association.

Hamawee explaining his relation to the blindshake in an interview with the media outlet Insider and Jay.

With the primary behind him, Hummelweight now advancing to November's general election as the clear favorite in one of New Jersey's safest Democratic seats.

Meanwhile, counting is still underway in key California races, including the race for governor and the race for Los Angeles mayor.

As of last night, no final pairing in the runoffs has been declared.

The Trump administration's controversial fund to compensate people who were victims of government, quote, weaponization is over before it ever really began.

During a Tuesday appearance before a House Appropriations Subcommittee, Acting Attorney General Todd Blanch telling lawmakers the so-called anti-weaponization fund would not be moving forward, much to the surprise of Democratic Congresswoman Grace Meng of New York.

Not moving forward ever.

The confirmation coming a day after Axios, citing two senior administration officials, said plans for the fund were, quote, dead for now.

Meng and federal Democrats pressuring Blanche, President Donald Trump's former personal defense lawyer, to commit to rescind in writing the acting AG's May 18th order establishing the $1.776 billion anti-weaponization fund.

Blanche repeatedly refusing to commit, like in this testy exchange with Meng.

The acting AG instead telling the subcommittee the fund, created as part of a settlement with the president to end his $10 billion lawsuit against the IRS over the leaking of his 2019 and 2020 tax returns, quote, wasn't set up yet, and there were, quote, no commissioners named.

The taxpayer-funded anti-weaponization fund, designed to compensate individuals who claimed they were politically targeted or unfairly prosecuted by the federal government, facing legal challenges and bipartisan scrutiny from the start.

Opponents labeling it a, quote, slush fund for President Trump's allies, including January 6th defendants.

And Senate Republicans holding off on a vote originally planned for last month to fund ICE and Border Patrol due in part over concerns about the funding, according to NBC News.

GOP Senator Ted Cruz of Texas revealing on his podcast how a May 22nd meeting between Blanche and Senate Republicans about the fund went sideways.

Blanche telling lawmakers that scrapping the fund does not affect the part of the settlement that, in effect, prevents the IRS from investigating President Trump, his family, and his businesses for existing tax violations.