The Daily Digest: Outside groups edition
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Minnesota
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce endorsed Republican Mike McFadden’s campaign against DFL Sen. Al Franken and said Minnesota’s Senate race will be one of its top priorities this fall. (MPR News)
None of the Republican candidates for governor like the state's new minimum wage law. Businessman Scott Honour says he would revers the hike and return it to $8 an hour. (MPR News)
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The longest-serving lawmaker in Minnesota is fighting for her political life against a DFL newcomer. (MinnPost)
A Republican primary in a Minnesota House race is seeing spending that is starting to rival the outside spending in the gubernatorial primary. (MPR News)
National Politics
Israel said Tuesday it was withdrawing all ground forces from the Gaza Strip at the start of an Egyptian-brokered 72-hour cease-fire intended to bring to a halt the nearly month-long war after multiple broken truces. (Washington Post)
Tea Party candidates challenging Republican Senators in primaries in Kansas and Tennessee this week appear to be falling short. (New York Times)
The Republican State Leadership Committee, which helps the GOP win statehouse races, is snared in a fundraising scandal. (Politico)
Former White House press secretary and gun control advocate James Brady has died. (Politico)
In a reversal, Democrats are seizing on social issues as they attempt to hold the U.S. Senate. The DFL is using similar tactics in Minnesota. (New York Times)