Election 2026 live updates: Trump set to rally in Kansas and Iowa in support of GOP candidates

A federal judge permanently dismissed Trump’s defamation suit against The Wall Street Journal for reporting on a birthday card Trump allegedly sent to Jeffrey Epstein in 2003.

President Donald Trump is participating in two rallies in Kansas and Iowa today. Andrew Harnik / Getty

Alaska GOP Sen. Dan S. Sullivan joined CNN’s “State of the Union,” where he discussed his opponent Mary Peltola’s alleged effort to place a decoy Dan Sullivan on the Alaska Senate ballot.

In the interview, Sullivan said “there’s nothing more rigged and corrupt” than this effort and that “there’s no way that this went on for a year that they [Peltola’s staffers] weren’t informing her.”

Sullivan said that “their scheme is working,” and that he is “going to lose a lot of votes to that trickery.” He expressed disgust for what happened, saying “the thing that is so shocking about this is how much she, Peltola, and her staff, and the Schumer staff, and the DSCC senior leaders treat Alaskans with disdain.”

Sullivan told CNN’s Jake Tapper that he is “going to accept the election results,” no matter who wins. However, Sullivan demurred on the question of whether a crime was committed, saying he will “let…

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