A growing democrat backlash took center stage Tuesday as former Wisconsin lieutenant governor Mandela Barnes launched his 2026 gubernatorial bid despite increasingly vocal resistance from prominent Democrats and the state’s oldest Black newspaper.
San Francisco filed a historic lawsuit against the nation's largest food brands, arguing that the companies marketed ultra-processed products knowing they had detrimental health effects.
A growing wave of China influence concerns resurfaced this week after President Donald Trump defended his surprise August decision to allow 600,000 Chinese students to attend U.S. universities—a sharp reversal from his earlier pledge to “aggressively revoke” visas amid national-security fears.
A wave of Nashville backlash propelled Republican Matt Van Epps to victory Tuesday in Tennessee’s Seventh Congressional District, where Democrat Aftyn Behn—who once declared, “I hate this city”—failed to overcome her history of inflammatory comments.
The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration is bolstering its effort to combat synthetic opioids through its Fentanyl Free America initiative, highlighting the agency's commitment to protecting Americans and their communities.
A growing leadership rift inside House Republican ranks spilled into public view after Rep. Elise Stefanik accused House Speaker Mike Johnson of blocking her proposal targeting what she says are long-standing abuses tied to government weaponization.
The West Virginia Board of Education reinstated its ban on religious exemptions to vaccine requirements in schools after the state Supreme Court paused a lower court's decision allowing the exemptions.
A visa crackdown targeting alleged contributors to migrant-smuggling pipelines led the State Department to revoke visas from six Mexican executives accused of aiding unlawful migration toward the southern border.
