New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani is refusing to drop his endorsement of congressional candidate Darializa Avila Chevalier, even after her deleted posts calling to abolish police, eliminate national borders, seize private property, and deny Israel's existence came to light.

Pop star Ariana Grande lashed out at the Trump White House after officials used her hit song as the soundtrack to an ICE enforcement video on TikTok, calling it 'barbaric' and 'heinous nonsense' — and the administration clapped right back.

Graham Platner's record is a gift to Republican opposition researchers — but GOP insiders are warning their own party that scandal-laden candidates don't lose automatically, and complacency in Maine could cost Republicans a seat they cannot afford to lose.

Senate Democrats need to flip four Republican seats for a majority, and Maine was supposed to be their safest pickup — but Platner's mounting controversies have strategists quietly gaming out what the map looks like if he loses to Collins in November.

The Trump administration is convening another urgent meeting with top defense contractors as Operation Epic Fury's sustained bombing campaign against Iran continues depleting U.S. precision munitions stockpiles faster than industry can replenish them.

President Trump ordered congressional Republicans to immediately advance a third $350 billion reconciliation bill bundled with the Save America Act voter integrity measure — putting direct pressure on the four GOP senators who already blocked it once.

President Trump declared he is 'not looking to renew' the USMCA trade agreement, throwing the 2026 mandatory review into uncertainty and signaling a possible break from the deal he negotiated during his first term.

The Florida Supreme Court refused to block the GOP's newly redrawn congressional districts, ensuring Republicans will compete on favorable terrain in the 2026 midterm elections.