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175 Democrats demand Trump admin stop Ilhan Omar investigation, warn it could hurt her re-election bid

Rep. Pramila Jayapal led 175 House Democrats in accusing DHS and DOJ of weaponizing the federal investigation into Ilhan Omar's immigration history.

Shouting match erupts at UN as Cuban foreign minister moves toward US ambassador’s podium: ‘Back up!’

UN ambassador Mike Waltz told Cuba's foreign minister to "back up" after he approached the podium as Waltz was making his address.

Britain’s sweeping new crackdown on ‘antisocial’ behavior sparks free speech backlash: ‘Peak insanity’

Shabana Mahmood unveiled respect orders, giving courts power to impose curfews and unlimited fines and ban offenders from town centers in England and Wales.

New data shows young men are souring on the manosphere — and losing faith in just about everything

Manosphere influencers and podcast bros may be losing favor with young men.

Montana Democrat Claims Senator Offered Her a Job to Drop Out of the Race — in Violation of State Law

Alani Bankhead says the party is pressuring her to cede the field to an...

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...

Rudy Giuliani urges Mamdani to not attend 9/11 anniversary

Rudy Giuliani, the former mayor of New York City who later worked as President Trump’s personal lawyer, publicly criticized current Mayor Zohran Mamdani for planning to attend a 9/11 commemoration ceremony at Ground Zero on Friday. “Frankly, whatever he’d like to say, he doesn’t agree that September 11th was an Islamic terrorist attack on the...

Trump posts updates about his DC ‘beautification’ projects

President Donald Trump made several posts on social media on Monday morning with pictures of statues and landmarks around Washington, D.C., that the National Park Service has been updating. Trump has been emphasizing his efforts to “beautify” D.C., including constructing an arch in his honor, fixing fountains and gold-plating statues, among other projects.  Each post...

Trump takes narrow Supreme Court rulings as big wins

The construction of a massive White House ballroom is moving full steam ahead after the Supreme Court found a historic preservation group likely had no right to stop it. "We have a lot of very happy construction workers," President Trump told reporters in the Oval Office on Wednesday. The $400 million project on the site of the former...

This week on the Hill: Political spotlight turns to GOP midterm convention in Dallas

The political world’s eyes are focused this week on Dallas, where Republicans are turning up the volume at a two-day convention meant to bolster the GOP’s chances in this year’s midterms. The event is being billed as a unifying and electrifying celebration of President Trump’s second term in office that is being put on by...

Trump posts map with American flag emblazoned over Canada, Greenland, Mexico

President Trump posted a map with an American flag covering most of North America, as well as Iceland and islands in the Caribbean, on Monday morning, a post that follows his previous pushes to take over territory outside of U.S. borders. The president’s post featured a map with the pattern of the American flag superimposed...

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