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  SUBSCRIBE TO AND SUPPORT THE UNPARALLELED ELECTION  COVERAGE OFFERED BY THEDOWNBALLOT!   Morning Digest: Trump-backed pastor bails on race after sexting scandal Trump initially doubled down on Jackson Lahmeyer but strangled his campaign after a disappointing primary result David Nir and Jeff Singer Jun 18 Screenshot of an ad from Oklahoma Republican Jackson Lahmeyer juxtaposing him with Donald Trump and touting Trump’s endorsement (credit: Jackson Lahmeyer campaign) Leading Off OK-01 Evangelical pastor Jackson Lahmeyer dropped out of the Republican primary runoff for Oklahoma’s open 1st District on Wednesday, just one day after the scandal-ridden candidate took a disappointing second place against state Rep. Mark Tedford. Lahmeyer’s departure ends a chaotic few days for the one-time frontrunner, who had Donald Trump’s support heading into the first round of voting. But Trump, who backed losing candidates for governor in Iowa and then Georgia earlier this month, dit...

  ❤️ Donate Thursday, June 18, 2026 ☁️ Mostly cloudy and breezy, with a high near 80 and a chance of showers in the afternoon. Good Morning Boston, Keep one eye on the sky today — or at least on your weather app. Before what looks like a pretty pleasant long weekend, there's a chance of strong-to-severe thunderstorms this afternoon. Danielle Noyes has more details on the forecast here . Now to the news: Turn around: Massachusetts is beefing up infrastructure to prevent wrong-way driving, after a spate of fatal crashes in recent years. Gov. Maura Healey announced what officials called a "massive expansion" of the system yesterday at the Massachusetts State Police barracks in Danvers. That's where state trooper Kevin Trainor had been assigned before he was killed while trying to stop a wrong-way driver on Route 1 last month. And unfortunately, Trainor was hardly the first to be killed in this sort of incident. According to AAA, 135 people died in more than 5,700 wron...