Attorney and political commentator Ben Meiselas was left stunned Sunday by new photos of President Donald Trump, which Meiselas argued depicted the president in rough physical shape.Trump spoke at Butler High School in Vandalia, Ohio, Saturday night during a rally, one in which he admitted to taking...

Democrats have a significant lead among Latino voters in 2026 amid economic concerns, according to the NBC News/Telemundo poll, though the GOP has made some long-term gains.

After inspectors turned the lens back on him, the Federal Housing Finance Agency head moved to slash their budget.

The commerce secretary apparently still hasn't come clean on his connection with Epstein.

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Will the president's steadfast support of data centers cost Ohio Republicans a victory?

Just three months after the Texas State Board of Education raised concerns about Alpha School’s AI learning platform, Education Commissioner Mike Morath was in talks about using the tool in public sch...

President Donald Trump has spent years attacking mail-in voting. According to a panel on MS NOW, his sudden turnaround shows how worried he is about the midterms.On "The Weekend" Sunday, the panel pointed to a Truth Social post Trump wrote Friday."Republicans must win the 2026 Midterm Elections, and...

During her final days as Homeland Security secretary, Kristi Noem “delivered a windfall to one of her political donors” by authorizing the purchase of five airplanes at what experts said were significant markups, The New York Times reported Sunday.The purchase of luxury jets by the Homeland Security...

Kevin Hassett, director of the National Economic Council, said Sunday he doesn’t believe in recent polls that show Americans’ negative feelings about the economy. “Ahead of an election cycle, the f…

Two Texas women who voted for President Donald Trump told USA TODAY very different things about the Republican Senate nominee, Ken Paxton.Tamara Berger, 56, of Seguin, has voted for Trump three times. She told the paper she was "disgusted" by the backhanded way Trump praised Paxton at last month's R...

A new AP-NORC poll finds that most Americans blame President Donald Trump for persistently high prices, while only about 2 in 10 approve of his handling of the cost of living.

It won’t be easy to move away from the political era dominated by President Donald Trump.

New technology is enabling companies to reinvent the rip-off right under our noses; we need new laws to protect us.

Parton started the organization in 1995 in honor of her father, who couldn’t read or write.

With about a month left before the midterms, a panel on MS NOW said early Sunday morning that the clearest sign of a possible Democratic wave is a campaign stop in Mississippi.The panel pointed to Rep. Jim Clyburn (D-S.C.), one of the most prominent Black Democrats in the country, campaigning for th...

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The Pentagon would have to rebuild expertise, trust and stability if the secretary is forced out.

And we must make them. It is an interesting and somewhat macabre parlor game to play as you scroll yourself into oblivion, as Dorothy Thomps

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