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California made Gavin Newsom famous. Will it drag down his 2028 presidential ambitions?

California Governor Gavin Newsom is encountering skepticism regarding his potential 2028 presidential campaign among voters in early primary states like South Carolina. While Newsom has cultivated a prominent national pr…

HHS Report Links Trans Support to Political Violence

The United States Department of Health and Human Services released an unpeer-reviewed report connecting support for transgender individuals and medical guidelines to left-wing authoritarianism and political violence. The…

Labor Day kicks off Illinois’ fall campaign season with distractions becoming a leading theme

Labor Day weekend marked the traditional kickoff for the final sprint of the Illinois fall campaign season, as candidates transition from summer groundwork to intensive voter outreach. While campaigns attempt to center p…

Bardella-Farage immigration deal faces backlash across French political spectrum

French presidential hopeful Jordan Bardella faces widespread political backlash following his signed memorandum of understanding with Reform UK leader Nigel Farage concerning cross-Channel migration. The agreement states…

US, Japan, and South Korea Launch Freedom Edge 2026 Trilateral Exercises in Indo-Pacific

The United States, Japan, and South Korea officially commenced the opening ceremony for Freedom Edge 2026 at Yokota Air Base in Japan. The trilateral multi-domain exercise brings together military forces from all three n…

Assailant lunged at Democratic candidate for Ohio governor at fair, campaign says

An armed individual lunged toward Democratic gubernatorial candidate Amy Acton during a campaign stop at the Canfield Fair on Sunday, injuring several volunteers who were knocked to the ground. Mahoning County Democratic…

A whiplash election year enters its final stretch as Trump holds wild cards

The United States midterm election cycle has entered its final stretch amid heightened political, legislative, and economic volatility. President Donald Trump continues to dominate the national conversation as congressio…

Trump's approval drops among Republicans ahead of midterms, new poll shows

President Donald Trump faces sliding public support as a new Financial Times and Focaldata survey records his overall approval rating dropping to thirty-three percent among registered voters. The poll indicates Republica…

Ted Cruz names ‘most powerful Democrat’ as he warns socialist rise has paralyzed bipartisanship

Texas Republican Senator Ted Cruz warned during a recent policy summit that the growing influence of the progressive and socialist wing within the Democratic Party has paralyzed bipartisan cooperation in Washington. Cruz…

First-ever GOP midterm convention is this week. Here's how to watch

Republicans are launching the first midterm convention in modern political history in Dallas, Texas, aiming to energize voters ahead of the November congressional elections. President Donald Trump and Vice President JD V…

US carrier Abraham Lincoln departs Thailand after respite visit

The USS Abraham Lincoln departed Thailand on Sunday after a five-day port visit that gave roughly 5,000 sailors and Marines a break from an unusually long deployment, the U.S. Navy said. The nuclear-powered carrier arriv…

The Norwegian Gas Plant Safeguarding Europe

Norway announced it will continue developing oil and gas resources in the Barents Sea despite a European Union supported moratorium on Arctic hydrocarbon projects. Norwegian Energy Minister Terje Aasland stated that ongo…

Kremlin-Washington Talks Conclude Following High-Level Meeting on Ukraine War

Russian President Vladimir Putin met with American special envoy Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner inside the Kremlin during a three hour session. The diplomatic discussions focused entirely on reviving stalled peace negot…

DHS Accelerates Voter Fraud Investigation in Wisconsin

The Department of Homeland Security has accelerated its investigation into voter fraud claims across select states, including Wisconsin, ahead of the November midterm elections. The federal probe focuses on potential irr…

House Passes $70B Immigration Funding Bill

The United States House of Representatives passed a seventy billion dollar budget reconciliation package on September 6, 2026, allocating funds over three years to Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Customs and Bord…

Trump’s first major midterm money move: A $10M Texas Senate ad blitz

President Donald Trump’s political action committee, MAGA, Inc., has deployed ten million dollars toward television and digital advertisements in the Texas Senate race, marking its first major financial intervention of t…

After years of defying the odds, California’s David Valadao faces new test as Latinos turn on Trump

Republican Rep. David Valadao is facing a tougher reelection fight in California’s 22nd Congressional District, where a newly redrawn map gives Democrats a 16-point voter-registration advantage. Valadao, a Central Valley…

Ken Paxton’s financial disclosures appear to violate federal ethics law, experts say

Texas Attorney General and United States Senate nominee Ken Paxton faces scrutiny after an investigative report revealed major errors and omissions in his federal financial disclosures. Published jointly by ProPublica an…

Trump envoys Witkoff and Kushner to travel to Moscow and Kyiv this weekend

President Donald Trump’s special envoys, Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, are traveling to Moscow and Kyiv for high-level diplomatic talks aimed at ending the Russia-Ukraine war. This marks their first visit to Kyiv sinc…

Vietnam War Veterans File Emergency Motion to Block Trump Administration from Starting Excavation on Washington Triumphal Arch

Three Vietnam War veterans and an architectural historian filed an emergency motion for a temporary restraining order in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia to halt excavation work on a planned 250-foot …

Supreme Court Clears Way for Trump's $400M White House Ballroom

The United States Supreme Court ruled 5-4 along ideological lines to allow the construction of President Donald Trump's 400 million dollar White House ballroom project to proceed. The majority justices determined that a …

Judge clears a lawsuit against Kyrsten Sinema under North Carolina’s ‘homewrecker’ law

A federal judge has rejected former U.S. Sen. Kyrsten Sinema’s challenge to North Carolina jurisdiction, allowing an alienation-of-affection lawsuit filed by Heather Ammel to proceed. U.S. District Judge David A. Bragdon…

Trump Dismisses Fears of Russian Attack on NATO Despite Drone Strike Bid

US President Donald Trump has dismissed security concerns regarding a potential Russian attack on NATO territory, asserting that Russian President Vladimir Putin has no intention of striking the alliance. Trump's remarks…

Trump administration scrubs data on gender-based bullying from school civil rights survey

The Education Department has released the 2023-24 Civil Rights Data Collection, but gender-identity and nonbinary information is suppressed in the public files. The department says the collection covers virtually every p…

Congressman joins fight to save Kips Bay AMC

New York City officials and community members are mounting a campaign to prevent the permanent closure of the AMC Kips Bay 15 multiplex in Manhattan. The theater, operating since 1999, faces shutdown by the end of the ye…

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