This week had a little bit of everything: Senate games, a Democratic stumble, and a headline-grabbing face-off with the media. The items that drew the most attention were Senate Majority Leader John Thune’s decision to “hold” a budget subject, Senator Mark Warner’s on‑air mistake about Virginia’s voter‑ID rules, and Elon Musk’s blunt pushback on a More

Schools are supposed to teach math, reading, and how to be a decent citizen — not to audition for a sci‑fi movie. Yet a rural New York district quietly agreed to pilot a lifelike humanoid robot and an AI tutor in its high school classrooms this fall. Parents, teachers, and tribal leaders rightly pushed back, More

President Donald Trump has paused plans to sharply expand U.S. military strikes on Iran after Pentagon leaders warned a bigger campaign could drain crucial air‑defense interceptors and other munitions across the Middle East. That reported decision — driven by logistics as much as politics — broke a run of daily strikes and shows how supply More

Republican U.S. Senate candidate Mike Rogers used an exclusive interview to roll out a simple message: his Michigan campaign is all about boots on the ground, and the Democratic primary fight between U.S. Representative Haley Stevens and Abdul El‑Sayed is handing him a golden issue to run on. Rogers says his team has already passed More

Police in Berlin have named a suspect in the shocking vehicle-ramming at the city’s Christopher Street Day Pride events. Authorities released a photo and are hunting a 21-year-old identified as “Abdul B.,” saying he has ties to Islamist extremist circles. One person died and roughly two dozen others were hurt as revelers were attacked during More