Why Arizona Could Be Crucial in November (and “a Sinema-Size Question Mark”)

Senate Skirmish • House Troubles • Nikki Comments [View in your browser]( | [Update your preferences](newsletter=vf) [Vanity Fair Hive logo image]( Why Arizona Could Be Crucial in November (and “a Sinema-Size Question Mark”) Good morning from the Hive newsroom. You’ll likely hear this a lot from us this year, but the stakes are high this election cycle. Today, we’re talking about Arizona’s US Senate race, a close contest, [writes]( Abigail Tracy, between Republican Kari Lake, Democrat Ruben Gallego, and a potential spoiler, incumbent Krysten Sinema, that could determine control of the Senate in November. Elsewhere, Eric Lutz has [the latest]( on the odds of a government shutdown. Senate Republicans have been pleading with their House counterparts to avoid harming the country, “but with negotiating partners like these House Republicans, who knows?” Plus, Bess Levin [updates]( us on Nikki Haley’s most recent attempt at tearing into Donald Trump. Thanks for reading. [Image may contain: Ruben Gallego, People, Person, Accessories, Formal Wear, Tie, Adult, Art, Collage, Glasses, and Blazer]( [Kari Lake, Ruben Gallego, and “a Sinema-Size Question Mark”: Inside Arizona’s Senate Skirmish]( By [Abigail Tracy]( [Arizona is a crucial battleground and may determine who controls the Senate—and the White House. Yet as Republican and Democratic contenders duke it out, the independent incumbent, so far, has stayed on the sidelines.]( [Read more button](   [Relatively Sane-Seeming Republican Ken Buck Now Demanding Kamala Harris Boot Biden From Office via 25th Amendment]( By [Bess Levin]( [Once upon a time, Buck called out his colleagues for stuff like this.]( [Read more button](   [House Republicans Have America at the Brink of a Shutdown]( By [Eric Lutz]( [But avoiding one, as Senate minority leader Mitch McConnell notes, would “require that everyone rows in the same direction.”]( [Read more button](   [Nikki Haley: America Is Committing “Suicide” by Voting for Trump]( By [Bess Levin]( [“You have to see the hole in the ship. And if you don’t see the hole in the ship, we’re all going to go down.”]( [Read more button](   [Joe Biden Teases a Taylor Swift Endorsement: “I Told You, It’s Classified”]( By [Savannah Walsh]( [On Late Night With Seth Meyers, the president also addressed the Israel-Hamas war and concerns over his age: “You got to take a look at the other guy—he’s about as old as I am.”]( [Read more button](   Get on the list Subscribe to our Hollywood newsletter for your essential industry and awards-season news, every day. [Sign Up Now](   [Facebook]( [Twitter]( [Instagram]( [LinkedIn](   This e-mail was sent to you by The Hive. To ensure delivery to your inbox (not bulk or junk folders), please add our e-mail address, vanityfair@newsletter.vf.com, to your address book. View our [Privacy Policy]( [Unsubscribe]( Sent from Condé Nast, 1 World Trade Center, New York, NY 10007 Copyright © 2024 Condé Nast