Gallrein Campaigns Against Massie in Kentucky; Senate Redrafting Immigration Enforcement Bill | NTD Good Morning (May 19)

Voters in Kentucky are heading to the polls on Tuesday. They will decide whether incumbent Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) will be nominated to run for another term.

Secretary of War Pete Hegseth has been campaigning for challenger Ed Gallrein, who is endorsed by President Donald Trump. Massie has brushed aside comparisons to Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-La.), who just lost his primary to a Trump-endorsed candidate, saying he believes he’ll win. Public polling suggests the Massie–Gallrein race remains close.

Republican senators this week are adjusting their party-line bill to fund immigration enforcement, facing a June 1 deadline to complete it. The goal is to fund these agencies through the end of Trump’s term, so that Democrats can’t use them as leverage. Senators are meeting in committee on Wednesday to fix some parts of the bill, with the GOP hoping to finish their changes before the Memorial Day recess.

The Trump administration is ramping up its response to a growing Ebola outbreak in Central Africa with new travel restrictions as one American in Africa tested positive for the virus.

The Trump administration is stressing that there are currently no cases in the United States. The State Department says embassies in Congo, Rwanda, South Sudan, and Uganda have established monitoring groups to communicate with Americans in the region. Ebola can be contracted through bodily fluids. Ebola has an average mortality rate of about 50 percent.