A coalition of family members who lost loved ones in the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks urged New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani to stay away from the 25th anniversary event at ground zero, citing his past comments and ties to people linked to radical Islam.

Smithsonian Secretary Lonnie G. Bunch III announced his retirement Tuesday following months of White House criticism over how the historic institution and its dozens of museums present U.S. history.

Republicans are intensifying their attacks on James Talarico ahead of this week's convention in Dallas, rolling out a series of ads and national media broadsides that cast the Austin Democrat as culturally and ideologically out of step with Texas.