(Copyright 2017 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.) Welcome to FOX News First. Not signed up yet? Click here. Developing now, Wednesday, August 15, 2018 Former Gov. Tim Pawlenty, who called Donald Trump ‘unfit’ to be president, lost in the Minnesota’s GOP gubernatorial primary Tuesday, derailing his political comeback attempt; Rep. Keith Ellison won the state’s Democratic primary for attorney general, despite allegations of domestic abuse Hundreds of Roman Catholic priests in Pennsylvania molested more than 1,000 children since the 1940s — and senior church officials covered it up, a grand jury report said Tuesday Omarosa vowed she will ‘not be silenced’ as the Trump campaign seeks legal action against her Closing arguments are expected Wednesday in the fraud trial of ex-Trump campaign manager Paul Manafort as the defense rested its case without calling any witnesses Turkey has announced it is increasing tariffs on imported U.S. products, further escalating a growing trade war and its own economic crisis THE LEAD STORY – THE ‘TRUMP EFFECT’: Tim Pawlenty — who briefly ran for president in 2012 and had derided President Trump as “unhinged” — was denied in his effort to regain Minnesota’s governorship, replacing outgoing Democratic Gov. Mark Dayton … County Commissioner Jeff Johnson won Tuesday’s GOP primary despite Pawlenty’s enormous fundraising advantage and name recognition. Johnson also won despite his own history as the party’s losing candidate for governor four years ago. Meanwhile, Democratic Rep. Keith Ellison scored a victory in the Minnesota primary race for state attorney general days after domestic abuse accusations against him surfaced. Ellison, who serves as the deputy chairman of the Democratic National Committee and is the first Muslim elected to Congress, was accused over the weekend of emotional and physical abuse by an ex-girlfriend. Addressing the abuse allegations in his victory speech, Ellison said: “We had a very unexpected event at the end of this campaign that happened. I want to assure you that it is not true.” In all, voters in four states headed to the polls Tuesday to select nominees for critical gubernatorial, House, and Senate races in November, and several of the day’s contests were broadly seen as an early indication of voters’ views on Trump and the Republican Party. Businessman and political newcomer Bob Stefanowski won the Republican primary for Connecticut governor, defeating four fellow GOP contenders and setting the stage for a pivotal battle with Ned Lamont in November. Connecticut is ground zero for Republican efforts to continue their gains in progressive New England. Even though Connecticut voted for Hillary Clinton by double digits in 2016, the state’s governor, Dan Malloy, is deeply unpopular, with critics citing high taxes and an ongoing budget crisis. Malloy declined to seek a third term. In Wisconsin, Democrats making yet another effort to unseat Republican Scott Walker have nominated state schools chief Tony Evers. And in Vermont, Christine Hallquist made history Tuesday night as the first openly transgender nominee for a governorship from a major party in the nation’s history, beating back her Democratic challengers in the state’s primary. PENNSYLVANIA’S ‘PREDATOR’ PRIESTS: Hundreds of priests in Pennsylvania were said to have molested more than
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