President Trump has deleted some of his tweets about Alabama's Republican US Senate primary—but it's not an election the GOP will be able to move on from quickly. Former state Supreme Court Chief Justice Roy Moore, a conservative Christian who was supported by anti-establishment forces including Steve Bannon, defeated Sen. Luther Strange, who was endorsed by President Trump and strongly supported by Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell. Analysts say the result is likely to intensify a "civil war" in the GOP ahead of the 2018 midterm elections. A roundup of coverage:
- At Moore's victory party, Bannon described the win as the start of a "revolution," Politico reports. "You're going to see in state, after state, after state, people that follow the model of Judge Moore—that do not need to raise money from the elites, from the crony capitalists, from the fat cats in Washington, DC," he said.