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Lawmakers throw out ‘Trojan horse’ activists they say are engaged in American subversion

Medea Benjamin and CodePink agitators were escorted out of the Capitol Hill hearing examining Neville Roy Singham's $278 million far-left network.

Federal judge refers Philadelphia DA Larry Krasner to DOJ for possible criminal investigation

A federal judge referred Philadelphia DA Larry Krasner and a top deputy Tuesday to the DOJ over possible perjury and false statements.

Ex-Dem lawmaker receives GOP nod in uphill race to challenge top Senate Democrat

Mike Katz won the Delaware Republican primary for U.S. Senate and will face three-term Democratic Sen. Chris Coons in November in a state the GOP hasn't won in decades.

Dem senator defeats challenger named ‘No-Trump’ in Delaware primary

Chris Coons cruised past a challenger who legally changed his name to E. No-Trump Hansen, a candidate focused on curbing presidential power.

Trump admin imposes new visa restrictions over alleged racial discrimination, land seizures in South Africa

Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced visa restrictions targeting those responsible for land seizures and racial discrimination against Afrikaners in South Africa.

Live updates: Supreme Court denies GOP on Missouri map suit; Canadian tariffs, Trump threats grow trade war

Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh on Tuesday denied a request to lift a block on Missouri’s new congressional map, which was poised to give Republicans a pickup opportunity in November. The decision means the Show Me State must revert to its existing GOP-favored 6-2 House map for the November election. Canada's retaliatory tariffs against the U.S. went into...

Canada tariffs on US goods take effect amid trade war: What to know

Canada’s retaliatory tariffs on an array of U.S. goods went into effect on Tuesday, marking the latest chapter of a weeks-long trade war between the two countries. The "dollar for dollar" levies — ranging from 15 percent to 50 percent — impact American products such as milk and cream, steel, aluminum, paper and agricultural equipment. The Canadian government imposed the...

US military destroys 5 Iranian oil tankers

The U.S. military destroyed five Iranian oil tankers linked to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Tuesday in response to attempted Iranian missile launches at U.S. Navy warships, the U.S. Central Command (Centcom) announced.  The U.S. forces disabled IRGC crude oil carriers M/T Kaviz, M/T Charminar, M/T Horizon 1 and M/T Riesco in the Gulf...

Kavanaugh won’t revive Missouri’s GOP-friendly congressional map for midterms 

Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh on Tuesday refused to lift a block on Missouri’s new congressional map, which was poised to give Republicans a pickup opportunity in November. Missouri officials held their primaries using Republicans’ new 7-1 House map, but the decision means the Show Me State must revert to its existing GOP-favored 6-2 House map for...

The Movement: Vance faces pressure over Carlson friendship

Vice President Vance is in hot water with some conservatives after a press briefing last week where he defended his friendship with Tucker Carlson. “Tucker is a friend of mine,” Vance said. “Tucker is a friend, despite the fact that we disagree on a number of things. And I’m not going to play the game where I throw friends under the bus because...

Congress needs a plan to remove incapable lawmakers who refuse to step down

Democracy requires that voters choose the people who represent them. But it also requires that the people charged with that responsibility must be able to discharge it. 

Senate ‘pure toss-up’ ahead of midterms: DDHQ

Fight for control of the Senate hangs in the balance with just eight weeks to go until the midterm elections, according to Decision Desk HQ (DDHQ).  The nonpartisan election analyst on Monday shifted its November forecast to “a pure toss-up” for the upper chamber of Congress for the first time since the beginning of June....

Education expert questions whether $100K-a-year colleges are worth it

Pondiscio says four-year degree holders still earn about $1 million more over a lifetime than those without one — but that math may not hold forever.

GLP-1 prescriptions for kids up more than 30,000 percent since 2019

Kids with obesity-related conditions like high cholesterol or sleep apnea were substantially more likely to be prescribed GLP-1s than those without.

The data are in: AI is not causing a jobs apocalypse

For two years, some of the loudest voices on AI have spoken on white-collar layoffs, vanishing entry-level jobs, and a generation of graduates shut out. Chief executives routinely point to AI when they announce cuts. Is AI the shiny new scapegoat on the block, or a legitimate culprit behind what would otherwise be faster job...

Economic headwinds stiffen as campaign season hits full swing

In today's issue: ▪ Midterm season enters home stretch ▪ Investigation launched into Amazon plane crash ▪ New Mexico naming controversy ▪ Dan Driscoll’s possible replacements President Trump predicted in a Labor Day message on Truth Social that Republicans would win “big” on Election Day. But Republicans are facing stiffening economic headwinds as election season kicks into high...

Massachusetts late-term abortion extremism can be help Republicans in the midterms

Democrats are aggressively promoting legal abortion through all nine months. Pro-life Republicans must highlight this.

Could Vance’s soccer mom bonus nudge married women back to the GOP?

Every Republican is liable to give you a different answer if you ask them what constitutes their party’s “base.” But from a purely demographic standpoint, it’s indisputable: older, married, working-class white men. The picture of the 2024 GOP electorate from The Associated Press’s now defunct VoteCast (a loss sure to be long lamented) is plain...

Vulnerable Republicans divided over wisdom of Trump’s midterm convention

Republican senators and candidates have mixed feelings about President Trump’s midterm election convention, with many hoping that Trump can rev up millions of MAGA voters but worried of being tied to a president with a slumping approval rating. Party officials are promising a big turnout of Senate Republican incumbents at this week’s convention, which Trump...

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