Trump-backed candidates surge in Arizona primary; How will Sinema vote on climate, inflation bills? These restaurants are now closed

Arizona Republic
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People watch the monitors as early votes roll in during a watch party for U.S. Senate candidate Blake Masters at the New Square in Chandler on Aug. 2, 2022.
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A look at some of today's top stories, the weather forecast and a peek back in history.

Former President Donald Trump's sway among Arizona Republicans appears intact as his picks for governor, U.S. Senate, U.S. Congress, Arizona attorney general and secretary of state pull ahead.

Last week, Congress announced a revised agreement to address climate, health and inflation. Senator Kyrsten Sinema may be a wild card on whether it passes.

Say goodbye to bars and restaurants including Bevvy Uptown, Ladera Taverna, Desert Eagle Brewery and the Apache Boulevard Vine Tavern & Eatery.

Today, you can expect it to be mostly sunny, with a high near 103 degrees. Chances of thunderstorms at night, with a low near 85 degrees. Get the full forecast here.

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Today in history

  • On this day in 1949, the National Basketball Association was formed as a merger of the Basketball Association of America and the National Basketball League.

  • In 1981, U.S. air traffic controllers went on strike, despite a warning from President Ronald Reagan they would be fired, which they were.

  • In 1993, the Senate voted 96-to-three to confirm Supreme Court nominee Ruth Bader Ginsburg.

  • In 2018, Las Vegas police said they were closing their investigation into the Oct. 1, 2017, shooting that left 58 people dead at a country music festival without a definitive answer for why Stephen Paddock unleashed gunfire from a hotel suite onto the concert crowd.

  • In 2019, a gunman opened fire at a Walmart store in El Paso, Texas, leaving 22 people dead; prosecutors said Patrick Crusius targeted Mexicans in hopes of scaring Latinos into leaving the U.S., and that he had outlined the plot in a screed published online shortly before the attack. (A man who was wounded in the shooting died in April 2020 after months in the hospital, raising the death toll to 23. Crusius has pleaded not guilty to state murder charges; he also faces federal hate crime and gun charges.)

This article originally appeared on Arizona Republic: AZ Briefing: Trump-backed candidates surge in Arizona primary