{"id":1997,"date":"2026-05-20T05:40:33","date_gmt":"2026-05-20T05:40:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usglobalnews.com\/2026\/05\/20\/trump-news-at-a-glance-president-forces-out-another-republican-who-crossed-him\/"},"modified":"2026-05-20T05:40:33","modified_gmt":"2026-05-20T05:40:33","slug":"trump-news-at-a-glance-president-forces-out-another-republican-who-crossed-him","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.usglobalnews.com\/?p=1997","title":{"rendered":"Trump news at a glance: president forces out another Republican who crossed him"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"border-color:var(--article-border);background-color:var(--article-inner-background)\" class=\"dcr-wqti5a\">\n<div class=\"dcr-2zxs1v\">\n<div style=\"--grid-area:media\" data-gu-name=\"media\" class=\"dcr-1fnjjtg\">\n<div class=\"dcr-14emo0l\">\n<div class=\"dcr-tr9ye5\">\n<figure id=\"57974506-02e7-4038-8186-d719dfde5f11\" class=\"dcr-142siv7\">\n<div id=\"img-1\" class=\"dcr-1t8m8f2\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Rep. Thomas Massie raises his fist while speaking at a podium, with American flags in the background\" src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/567dcd9f188f3c92368f545294f8a7caba770751\/179_0_4313_3451\/master\/4313.jpg?width=465&amp;dpr=1&amp;s=none&amp;crop=none\" width=\"465\" height=\"372.06468815209826\" loading=\"eager\" class=\"dcr-evn1e9\"><span class=\"dcr-v822l1\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"dcr-gup2gr\">\n<div class=\"dcr-fntg6k\"><label for=\"the-checkbox\" class=\"dcr-1xgwz8b\"><\/label> <\/p>\n<div id=\"the-caption\"><figcaption data-spacefinder-role=\"inline\" class=\"dcr-1os51wo\"><span class=\"dcr-hvsf4t\"><\/span><span class=\"dcr-1qvd3m6\">Thomas Massie speaks after losing the Republican party&#8217;s nomination during an election night watch party on 19 May 2026.<\/span> Photograph: Carolyn Kaster\/AP<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/span><a href=\"#img-1\" data-ignore=\"global-link-styling\" class=\"open-lightbox dcr-13fd1ms\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><button data-element-id=\"57974506-02e7-4038-8186-d719dfde5f11\" type=\"button\" class=\"open-lightbox dcr-4tmywn\" aria-haspopup=\"dialog\"><span class=\"dcr-194i6pr\">View image in fullscreen<\/span><\/button><\/a><\/div>\n<p><span class=\"dcr-n4pnam\"><figcaption data-spacefinder-role=\"inline\" class=\"dcr-1hdkqum\"><span class=\"dcr-hvsf4t\"><\/span><span class=\"dcr-1qvd3m6\">Thomas Massie speaks after losing the Republican party&#8217;s nomination during an election night watch party on 19 May 2026.<\/span> Photograph: Carolyn Kaster\/AP<\/figcaption><\/span><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"--grid-area:border\" data-gu-name=\"border\" class=\"dcr-1fnjjtg\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"--grid-area:headline\" data-gu-name=\"headline\" class=\"dcr-1fnjjtg\">\n<div class=\"dcr-14emo0l\">\n<div class=\"dcr-1aqe7zu\">\n<div class=\"dcr-13sure5\">\n<div class=\"dcr-47lvke\"><a href=\"\/tone\/explainers\" class=\"dcr-epjkf7\">Explainer<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h1 class=\"dcr-1k1a1x\">Trump news at a glance: president forces out another Republican who crossed him<\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"--grid-area:standfirst\" data-gu-name=\"standfirst\" class=\"dcr-1fnjjtg\">\n<div class=\"dcr-b3fmmo\">\n<p>Thomas Massie, who repeatedly broke with Trump, lost to retired Navy Seal Ed Gallrein who was recruited into the race by the president. Key US politics stories from Tuesday 19 May at a glance<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"--grid-area:body\" data-gu-name=\"body\" class=\"dcr-kn9unn\">\n<div class=\"dcr-1a4fred\">\n<div id=\"maincontent\" class=\"dcr-ydnaza\">\n<div class=\"article-body-commercial-selector article-body-viewer-selector dcr-1c9t5u6\">\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">Donald Trump displayed his supremacy over the Republican party on Tuesday when voters in northern Kentucky rejected the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2026\/may\/16\/kentucky-republican-primary-election-massie-gallrein\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">maverick congressman Thomas Massie<\/a> in favour of the US president\u2019s hand-picked challenger.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">Ed Gallrein, a retired Navy Seal and farmer who was recruited into the race by Trump, defeated the seven-term incumbent in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2026\/may\/16\/kentucky-republican-primary-election-massie-gallrein\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">primary election in Kentucky\u2019s fourth congressional district<\/a>, in what the president\u2019s allies framed as a test of whether dissent could still exist inside today\u2019s Republican party.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">\u201cIt\u2019s not a retribution campaign, it\u2019s a send a message campaign,\u201d a senior White House adviser <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/KristenhCNN\/status\/2056861347368116525\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">told CNN<\/a>. \u201cThis is basic political management of a party. You have to keep everybody on the reservation. Occasionally you have to shoot a hostage. The next one is Thomas Massie.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">Massie, a libertarian-minded conservative, repeatedly broke with the president over military action against Iran, government spending and the release of the Jeffrey Epstein files. He spent months insisting that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/kentucky\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">Kentucky<\/a> Republicans valued independence over obedience. Instead, voters in the deeply conservative fourth congressional district appeared to conclude that loyalty to Trump mattered more.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">The election took place as voters in five other states \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/pennsylvania\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">Pennsylvania<\/a>, Georgia, Alabama, Oregon and Idaho \u2013 went to the polls to decide their nominees for the November general election, in what was the biggest primary night of the year so far.<\/p>\n<figure data-spacefinder-role=\"inline\" data-spacefinder-type=\"model.dotcomrendering.pageElements.QAndAExplainerBlockElement\" class=\"dcr-173mewl\">\n<div data-spacefinder-role=\"nested\">\n<hr class=\"dcr-1peeo35\">\n<h2 id=\"trump-critic-thomas-massie-defeated-in-kentucky-republican-house-primary\" class=\"dcr-bry4uv\">Trump critic Thomas Massie defeated in Kentucky Republican House primary<\/h2>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">Massie now joins the ranks of Liz Cheney, Adam Kinzinger, Jeff Flake, Mitt Romney and other elected <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/republicans\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">Republicans<\/a> who were either ousted or decided to retire because of their party\u2019s capitulation to Trump.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">Over the weekend, Senator Bill Cassidy, who voted in favour of Trump\u2019s conviction after the 6 January insurrection, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2026\/may\/17\/republican-louisiana-senator-bill-cassidy-results-primary-trump\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">lost a primary<\/a> in Louisiana after the president backed challenger Julia Letlow.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2026\/may\/19\/kentucky-republican-primary-trump-massie\" data-link-name=\"in body link\"><sub class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">Read the full story<\/sub><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-spacefinder-role=\"nested\">\n<hr class=\"dcr-1peeo35\">\n<h2 id=\"trump-endorses-attorney-general-ken-paxton-in-texas-senate-primary\" class=\"dcr-bry4uv\">Trump endorses attorney general Ken Paxton in Texas Senate primary<\/h2>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/donaldtrump\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">Donald Trump<\/a> has endorsed the Texas attorney general, Ken Paxton, in the state\u2019s Republican primary, bolstering his bid to unseat the incumbent US senator, John Cornyn.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">The US president praised Paxton, a hardliner who has pitched himself as a political warrior for Trump\u2019s Make America Great Again movement, as an \u201cAmerica First Patriot\u201d in a post on social media on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2026\/may\/19\/trump-endorses-republican-ken-paxton-senate\" data-link-name=\"in body link\"><sub class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">Read the full story<\/sub><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-spacefinder-role=\"nested\">\n<hr class=\"dcr-1peeo35\">\n<h2 id=\"georgias-republican-races-for-governor-and-us-senate-head-to-june-runoffs\" class=\"dcr-bry4uv\">Georgia\u2019s Republican races for governor and US Senate head to June runoffs<\/h2>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">The Republican primary campaign for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/state-of-georgia\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">Georgia<\/a> governor will go to a June runoff, with the lieutenant governor Burt Jones facing off against healthcare billionaire Rick Jackson \u2013 and locking out Brad Raffensperger, the Georgia secretary of state and longtime political enemy of Donald Trump who was on track to finish a distant third.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">The Republican race to challenge the US senator Jon Ossoff remains similarly unresolved, while former Atlanta mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms won the Democratic primary for governor outright.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2026\/may\/19\/georgia-governor-senate-primary-election\" data-link-name=\"in body link\"><sub class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">Read the full story<\/sub><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-spacefinder-role=\"nested\">\n<hr class=\"dcr-1peeo35\">\n<h2 id=\"pennsylvania-primaries-spotlight-key-races-for-democrats-to-retake-house\" class=\"dcr-bry4uv\">Pennsylvania primaries spotlight key races for Democrats to retake House<\/h2>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">Primaries across <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/pennsylvania\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">Pennsylvania<\/a> clarified key battlegrounds for November\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/us-midterm-elections-2026\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">midterm elections<\/a> on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">Sixteen of the state\u2019s 17 US representatives are seeking re-election, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/democrats\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">Democrats<\/a> are zeroing in on four districts they view as essential pickup opportunities in their bid to retake the House.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2026\/may\/19\/pennsylvania-primaries-midterm-election-battleground\" data-link-name=\"in body link\"><sub class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">Read the full story<\/sub><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-spacefinder-role=\"nested\">\n<hr class=\"dcr-1peeo35\">\n<h2 id=\"us-senate-votes-to-advance-resolution-to-curb-trumps-iran-war-powers\" class=\"dcr-bry4uv\">US Senate votes to advance resolution to curb Trump\u2019s Iran war powers<\/h2>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">The Senate voted on Tuesday to advance a war powers resolution aimed at forcing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/donaldtrump\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">Donald Trump<\/a> to end the war in Iran unless he receives congressional authorization to continue it.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">Tuesday\u2019s 50-47 vote marks the first time the chamber has advanced the bill, the eighth attempt at doing so since the conflict began in February.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">This time, Senator Bill Cassidy, fresh from a primary loss in Louisiana in a race in which Trump endorsed his opponent, voted to take up the measure.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2026\/may\/19\/senate-war-powers-resolution-trump\" data-link-name=\"in body link\"><sub class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">Read the full story<\/sub><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-spacefinder-role=\"nested\">\n<hr class=\"dcr-1peeo35\">\n<h2 id=\"what-else-happened-today\" class=\"dcr-bry4uv\">What else happened today:<\/h2>\n<ul class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">\n<li class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">The US justice department <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2026\/may\/19\/trump-irs-settlement-tax-returns\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">quietly added a provision barring the IRS from auditing Donald Trump\u2019s tax returns on Tuesday<\/a><\/strong>, amending a widely criticized agreement that creates a secretive and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2026\/may\/18\/trump-dismiss-10-billion-dollar-irs-lawsuit\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">loosely controlled $1.776bn<\/a> fund to compensate allies of the president.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">The two teenage assailants responsible for a mass shooting at the Islamic Center of San Diego, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/california\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">California<\/a>, <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2026\/may\/19\/san-diego-mosque-shooting\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">rushed toward the mosque \u201cfully armored\u201d with handguns and rifles, authorities said<\/a><\/strong>. The shooters had met and been radicalized online, according to the FBI.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">The NAACP on Tuesday launched a campaign urging Black athletes, their families, alumni and fans <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2026\/may\/19\/naacp-boycott-college-sports-south-voting-rights\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">to boycott athletic programs of public universities in states that \u201chave moved to limit, weaken or erase Black voting representation\u201d<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">A federal judge in New York has <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2026\/may\/19\/ice-arrests-ban-manhattan-courts-immigration\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">banned US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents from arresting immigrants in or around three federal courthouses in lower Manhattan<\/a><\/strong>, where vigorous confrontations have played out since the start of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/donaldtrump\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">Donald Trump<\/a>\u2019s second presidency.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">The US supreme court justice <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/ketanji-brown-jackson\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">Ketanji Brown Jackson<\/a> <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2026\/may\/19\/ketanji-brown-jackson-supreme-court-criticism\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">issued a rare public rebuke of the nation\u2019s highest court<\/a><\/strong>, declaring that it \u201ccan and should be better\u201d in the wake of a string of controversial moves by its conservative supermajority.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<hr class=\"dcr-ibrox0\"><\/figure>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">Catching up?<em> Here\u2019s what happened <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2026\/may\/18\/trump-news-at-a-glance-iran\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">Monday 18 May<\/a><\/strong>.<\/em><\/p>\n<figure id=\"a0b20b5a-1736-4da6-8222-e59bd526cb4b\" data-spacefinder-role=\"inline\" data-spacefinder-type=\"model.dotcomrendering.pageElements.EmbedBlockElement\" class=\"dcr-173mewl\"><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-print-layout=\"hide\" class=\"dcr-qxqnsy\"><span class=\"dcr-1rq3vad\">Explore more on these topics<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"dcr-1dzx48f\">\n<ul class=\"dcr-1rrvs2w\">\n<li class=\"dcr-hj8byr\"><a href=\"\/us-news\/trump-administration\" class=\"dcr-1gwziyt\">Trump administration<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"dcr-hj8byr\"><a href=\"\/us-news\/series\/trump-administration-briefing\" class=\"dcr-1gwziyt\">Trump administration briefing<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"dcr-hj8byr\"><a href=\"\/us-news\/donaldtrump\" class=\"dcr-1gwziyt\">Donald Trump<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"dcr-hj8byr\"><a 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