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A Texas state flag waves in the wind backdropped by the NRG Stadium, one of the stadiums that will host 2026 FIFA World Cup matches, in Houston, Sunday, Dec. 28, 2025. (AP Photo/Jon Shapley)

Texas Democratic congressional nominee spends thousands on liquor, cookies, and Mexican food

Britta Miller · October 17, 2026 12:23 pm

Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA) speaks at a campaign event in Nashua, New Hampshire. (David Sivak/Washington Examiner)

Gavin Newsom says Trump DOJ investigation won’t have chilling impact on 2028 run: ‘Quite the contrary’

President Donald Trump speaks with reporters before walking to board Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House, Monday, Oct. 12, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

Appeals court presses hard against Trump’s argument for private ownership of presidential records

A low-angle camera shot makes Vice President JD Vance look very tall as he talks to reporters outside.

Vance publicly hints at his disagreement with Trump over Iran war

Pope Leo XIV leaves Rome's Agostino Gemelli Polyclinic, Saturday, Oct. 17, 2026, after Tuesday's surgery to remove a lung cancer.

Pope Leo XIV leaves hospital and returns to Vatican after lung cancer surgery

Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) speaks during a news conference.

James Comer wants to see immigration fraud evidence on Ilhan Omar so Congress can decide on her expulsion

Mia Cathell September 15, 2026 1:38 pm

FBI Director Kash Patel

Amid national backlash, Patel throws support behind Flock cameras

Emily Hallas September 15, 2026 1:28 pm

Singer-songwriter Ed Sheeran performs during "Ed Sheeran's Play: Live from New York."

Ed Sheeran responds to backlash over Macklemore removal: ‘I am not complicit’

Britta Miller September 15, 2026 1:20 pm

Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche listens as President Donald Trump speaks in the Oval Office of the White House, Wednesday, June 10, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

WATCH LIVE: Todd Blanche holds White House press briefing

David Zimmermann September 15, 2026 1:19 pm

Sen. John Thune (R-SD) talks to reporters on his way to the Senate floor.

Thune says he is open to diesel export ban to ease record-high prices

Maydeen Merino September 15, 2026 1:16 pm

Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison, listens, squinting, during a House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform hearing on oversight of fraud and misuse of Federal funds in Minnesota.

Minnesota attorney general says Somali Muslims have been defrauded by housing scheme claiming to be sharia-compliant

Mia Cathell September 15, 2026 1:14 pm

The John F. Kennedy Memorial Center for the Performing Arts

Trump says Kennedy Center building collapses could have killed ‘innocent people’

Naomi Lim September 15, 2026 1:05 pm

Visitors walk at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.

Judge bars Kennedy Center board from putting Trump’s name on building at all

Rena Rowe September 15, 2026 12:58 pm

Nick Reiner.

Prosecutors decide not to seek death penalty for Nick Reiner in case of his parents’ killing

Molly Parks September 15, 2026 12:49 pm

President Donald Trump walks from Marine One.

Trump claims Biden FBI ‘altered’ and ‘corrupted’ information on Butler assassination attempt

Naomi Lim September 15, 2026 12:47 pm

Attorney General Todd Blanche.

Blanche vows DOJ is ‘not protecting people’ with classified 9/11 documents

Emily Hallas September 15, 2026 12:41 pm

L-r: Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) and War Secretary Pete Hegseth.

Thomas Massie moves to impeach Pete Hegseth

Hailey Bullis September 15, 2026 12:35 pm