Mikie Sherrill and Jack Ciattarelli win primaries in New Jersey governor's race
Democratic Rep. Mikie Sherrill and Republican Jack Ciattarelli have won their parties' primaries for governor in New Jersey, NBC News projects, setting up one of the most closely-watched races of the year.June 11, 2025
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- Daily Mail
Iconic coffee chain to move its headquarters out of Oregon
An iconic coffee chain founded in Oregon has officially decided to move its headquarters from the woke state to Arizona. Dutch Bros Coffee confirmed this week that it will shift operations from its original base in Grants Pass to a growing office near Phoenix - another blow to the liberal state. The $11.8 billion drive-thru business, which is Oregon's second most valuable company after the activewear brand Nike, announced it will relocate its corporate headquarters in the near future. The major move represents yet another high-profile business fleeing the area, where sky-high taxes, crime and regulations have driven companies to seek refuge in Republican states. The move comes just 18 months after the coffee giant tapped Arizona native Christine Barone as CEO as it revealed plans to use millions to relocate much of its workforce to Phoenix. OregonLive said Dutch Bros executives living near the current HQ in Grants Pass had struggled to find adequate childcare in the small city. But Republicans say the Democrats including Governor Tina Kotek should have fought far harder to keep the chain in the Beaver State, as its revenue continues to rocket. Some also suggested liberal policies passed in state capital Salem were anti-business and helped drive Dutch Bros to the Republican stronghold of Arizona. 'Dutch Bros has been more than just a coffee company; it's been a valued employer, a community partner, and a symbol of local innovation and grit,' said Rep. Dwayne Yunker, R-Josephine County, in a written statement, as reported by Oregon Live. 'Their departure should alarm every policymaker in Salem,' Yunker said. has reached out to Kotek for comment but has not yet received a response. The coffee company claims the move is aimed to help 'bring more people together' in order to 'better serve customers' across the country. 'Over the past several months, we have seen the functional and cultural advantages of having more of our field support roles working together in one place,' the company wrote in a statement. 'To support the next phase of Dutch Bros' growth, we're relocating additional roles to our new Phoenix office and making strategic changes to the structure of several teams.' 'Bringing more people together will allow us to better serve our customers and crews across the country,' the company said. 'With these changes, the Phoenix office will become our official HQ.' Despite the move, Dutch Bros said it would maintain a presence in Southern Oregon and continue investing in the region through its charitable foundation. 'Additionally, through the Dutch Bros Foundation, we'll continue our long-standing commitment to uplifting and supporting the Southern Oregon community,' the company said. The coffee chain started as a humble cart in tiny Grants Pass back in 1992. Brothers Travis and late Dane Boersma built their operation into a nationwide company with over 1,000 locations. Annual sales have exploded from just $240 million five years ago to a staggering $1.3 billion last year, with predictions of another whopping 22 percent surge in 2025. The decision comes amid an ongoing trend of major companies leaving West Coast states, due to various factors such as crime, policies and taxes. Last month, a long-standing outdoor store decided to close all of its Oregon locations, marking another business casualty in Portland as crime remains at 'historic heights'. Next Adventure, a beloved outdoor gear store founded by childhood friends Deek Heykamp and Bryan Knudsen in 1997, grew into a 'beloved Portland institution' throughout its three decades in operation, making nearly $24 million in annual sales at its peak, Portland Business Journal reported. The business eventually expanded to four locations across Oregon - its flagship store in Portland's Central Eastside, another in Sandy, and two paddle centers in Portland and Columbia County. However, all four locations are set to close later this year, the owners announced. 'We're entering a very uncertain time, there are challenges and we're in our 60s,' Heykamp said at the time. 'So when you're in uncertain times, and you make decisions as a leader, it's my and Bryan's responsibility to look at our business and make good decisions on how we can build stability and build the best possible outcome for everybody,' he added. 'And after a lot of work, we came up that this is the right direction to go.' Portland and Oregon became symbolic of the decline of Democrat-run progressive cities in the wake of the COVID pandemic. The once stunning city on the Willamette River became a byword for homelessness, open-air drug use, far-left-wing riots and lawmakers happy to turn a blind eye to urban decay. Businesses fled downtown Portland in droves amid plummeting quality of life, with the city enduring record murder rates in 2022. The city finally appears to have been shamed into taking action in recent months, with voters dumping progressive prosecutor Mike Schmidt and clearing homeless encampments from its downtown.
Daily Mail
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- Daily Mail
John Fetterman snubs wife Giselle on their own wedding anniversary as he dines with MAGA power player
Democratic Sen. John Fetterman was spotted out to dinner with a MAGA icon at a conservative hotspot in Washington - apparently on his wedding anniversary. The senator who has made a name for himself for bucking his party was spotted dining with a Breitbart reporter on Monday, June 9th, Politico reported. But that's not what caused the online stir. What left onlookers gobsmacked about the weeknight dinner was a brief visit from former Trump advisor and MAGA strategist Steve Bannon, the conservative fireband and liberal bogeyman who anchors his own influential 'War Room' podcast. More stunningly, that dinner at Butterworth's - a buzzy Capitol Hill bistro known to attract MAGA socialites and GOP Hill staffers - apparently happened on Fetterman's 17th anniversary. However, the senator's wife, Gisele, was not mentioned in the dispatch about the surprising dinner party. 'John Fetterman, the not-uncontroversial Democratic senator for Pennsylvania, dining in D.C.'s top MAGA hangout Butterworth's ... Fetterman was joined by Breitbart's Matt Boyle, plus — for a good 20 minutes or so — Steve Bannon,' the outlet wrote. Fetterman's office did not respond to a request for comment from the Daily Mail. The potential dinner snub comes after Senate staffers told the Daily Mail in May that Gisele has been absent from Washington this year. A New York Magazine report around that time also documented how Gisele has been concerned with her husband's behavior, including his support for Israel. Fetterman, 55, once believed to be the pro-union, socialist assumed heir to Bernie Sanders ' far-left platform, has since the October 7 attack been leaning more rightward, fervently supporting Israel and denouncing the 'progressive' moniker. He has met personally with President Donald Trump and broken ranks with Democrats with his support for strict border and immigration restrictions as well as fracking, the controversial method to extract oil and gas from the ground. As Fetterman has slid from pseudo-progressive to Democratic populist his staffers have expressed concern over the senator's health and behavior. The 55-year-old suffered a stroke during his 2022 campaign and soon after joining Congress checked himself into the hospital as he battled depression. The bombshell New York Mag piece on the senator lifted the veil on many personal details regarding the Democrat's health struggles, including sections about Gisele complaining to her husband's staff and doctors locking him out of his social media as he underwent treatment. The Democrat and many senators slammed the article at the time. Fetterman told the Daily Mail the report was a 'hit piece.' In the days after the piece was published, multiple staffers told the Daily Mail that Gisele had not been spotted around her husband's Senate office recently. But when Gisele was spotted not wearing her wedding ring in early May, she told the Daily Mail that she was not wearing it because she is a firefighter. 'I'm a firefighter, did you know that? If I wore my wedding ring to fight fires, that would be dangerous,' she said. 'That's why it's not here.' Shortly after the news broke that Fetterman and Bannon dined together briefly on June 9th, X users pieced together that dinner occurred on what Fetterman has said is his anniversary with Gisele. Fetterman posted on June 10, 2024 that he and Gisele had gotten in a car accident 'yesterday,' noting it was a bad way to spend their 'anniversary.' So his sit-down at a MAGA hub with Bannon a year later on his anniversary has raised questions and criticism online. 'OH MY GODDDDD,' one X user reacted to the senator's anniversary plans. You might have heard G and I were in a car accident yesterday. Thank you all for the well wishes. Not the best way to spend our 16th wedding anniversary but we're doing well and happy to be back home in Braddock with the family. — U.S. Senator John Fetterman (@SenFettermanPA) June 10, 2024 'On his 17th wedding anniversary, John Fetterman was seen dining at D.C.'s top MAGA hangout,' Howie Klein, a progressive blogger, wrote on X. 'At the rate he's going, he'll be eligible for Gavin Newsom's podcast soon!' he said of the California governor's show that frequently features Republican guests.
NBC News
4 hours ago
- NBC News
‘Incredibly petty': Sen. Paul says he was ‘uninvited' to White House picnic
Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., a vocal opponent of President Trump's tariff policy, said that he and his family were "uninvited" to the annual White House picnic. President Trump posted on Truth Social the following day saying that Paul was in fact welcome at the "BIG White House Party" and called the Republican senator the "toughest vote in the history of the U.S. Senate".
