Voters in New Hampshire and Rhode Island are heading to the polls to choose candidates for various federal, state, and local positions. In New Hampshire, the retirement of Senator Jeanne Shaheen has created a highly competitive race for her Senate seat. Republicans John E. Sununu and Scott Brown are among those vying for the nomination. Sununu, a former senator, previously lost to Shaheen in 2008, while Brown, who represented Massachusetts from 2010 to 2013, also faced defeat by Shaheen in 2014. On the Democratic side, Chris Pappas, who is running for the Senate after leaving his 1st congressional district seat, faces Karishma Manzur, a member of the Democratic Socialists of America. Pappas, who has represented the 1st District since 2019, is backed by Shaheen. Manzur, a medical scientist, is campaigning on progressive policies such as Medicare for All. In the 1st District, Democrats are competing for the nomination, with Stefany Shaheen, the daughter of the retiring senator, and Maura Sullivan, a former candidate who lost to Pappas in 2018, among the contenders. Sullivan has raised significantly more money than Shaheen, according to Federal Election Commission data. On the Republican side, businessman Anthony DiLorenzo, who received an endorsement from Donald Trump, is competing against Novel Iron Works CEO Hollie Noveletsky, with recent polling showing them tied. In the governor's race, Republican Kelly Ayotte is expected to easily win the nomination, while Democrat Cindie Warmington is running unopposed for the Democratic nomination. In Rhode Island, Governor Dan McKee faces a Democratic primary challenge from Helena Buonanno Foulkes, a former executive at CVS and niece of former Senator Chris Dodd. McKee, who took office in 2021 after Governor Gina Raimondo became commerce secretary, is at risk of becoming the first elected governor since 2014 to lose renomination and the first in Rhode Island since 1994. Additional developments include President Donald Trump stating that Bombardier would no longer be allowed to sell its planes in the United States unless it starts manufacturing in the country. New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani is set to meet Rudy Giuliani at the September 11 memorial service, following Giuliani's criticism of Mamdani's Muslim faith. Legal challenges have been mounted against Trump's executive orders on voting, with groups such as the Democracy Defenders Fund and the American Civil Liberties Union opposing them. The Department of Health and Human Services released a report linking "gender ideology" to leftwing authoritarianism and political violence, which scientists have criticized as poorly conducted and politically motivated.