Andy Biggs, a hard-right congressman endorsed by former President Donald Trump, won the Republican nomination for Arizona governor on Wednesday, July 22, 2026. Following his primary win, Biggs pledged to “work with people” he disagrees with.

In related political developments, Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, 63, and his wife Cilia Flores, 69, appeared in a US court in New York for a pretrial hearing in a drug trafficking case. The couple has been held in a Brooklyn jail since US forces seized them from their Caracas home in a surprise raid earlier this year.

A global survey highlighted the intensity of political divisions in the United States, finding that Americans are ten times more likely than people elsewhere to view politics as the greatest threat to their personal safety. Benedict Vigers, a senior global news writer at Gallup, described the US figure of 10% as "unprecedented," with no other country ranking higher.

In international news, New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani called Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu a "war criminal" and the "architect of a horrific genocide against the Palestinian people." Mamdani supported the International Criminal Court's warrant for Netanyahu's arrest but acknowledged he lacks the legal authority to enforce it.

Additionally, Donald Trump announced a new package of tariffs on generic drugs made overseas, set to begin in 2028.

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