POLITICS

(Thérèse Boudreaux, The Center Square) With the November midterm elections only six weeks away, the Trump administration is already implementing ballot security and fraud prevention measures, Acting U.S. Deputy Attorney General Trent McCotter told the media Tuesday. Despite a federal judge recently blocking the Trump administration’s attempts to tighten security...

(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) on Monday issued another warning to the US, saying that if the United States bombs Iran again, Iranian forces would expand the “geography of the war.” “If another aggression takes place, there will certainly be significant changes in our defense and...

(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) A new poll from The Economist/YouGov found that a majority of registered US voters support impeaching US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth, after Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) of Kentucky introduced a resolution to remove him. The poll, conducted from September 18 to September 21, found that 51%...

(Headline USA)  President Donald Trump returned to the U.N. General Assembly on Tuesday at a tumultuous moment for the world — and for his presidency — and made the case that he's shown fortitude while other leaders have equivocated as he defended his decision to start a war with...

(Headline USA) Vice President JD Vance and other Trump administration officials said Tuesday they plan to remove 760,000 Affordable Care Act enrollees from public healthcare exchanges, alleging that the individuals were fraudulently enrolled in the program, or simply do not exist. Vance said the discovery and canceled subsidy payments for...

(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) Never-before-published photos offer a glimpse into how the FBI handled its searches for classified materials at Joe Biden’s Delaware home and the "Biden Center” in Washington, D.C., prompting critics to compare the orderly appearance of the searches with the chaotic raid of President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago...

(John Cole, The Center Square) U.S. Sen. Dave McCormick, R-Pa., has offered his support for Sean Parnell as chatter continues that he could be a candidate to lead the U.S. Army. “There have been a lot of stories of late about @SeanParnellUSA being considered to be our next Secretary of...

(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) A group of news networks began protesting President Donald Trump’s ban of Politico, MS NOW and CNN from the White House through a self-imposed suspension of their “pool” duties. The networks, ABC, CBS, CNN, NBC and Fox, have historically taken turns recording the president during so-called pooled...

(Andrew Rice, The Center Square) Republican candidates in redrawn congressional districts across the country have appeared to distance themselves from President Donald Trump in recent weeks. Across the country, 10 states successfully implemented new congressional maps through both legislative action and judicial litigation. As many as 13 congressional districts that...

(Jared Strong, The Center Square) Democratic hopes of taking control of the U.S. Senate in the upcoming midterm elections are heavily dependent on retaining an open seat in Michigan. The race features a charismatic and energetic though controversial liberal Democrat — and also the first Muslim nominated by a major...

(Headline USA) A Venezuelan man shot by a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer was in custody Monday at an ICE detention center in Texas after he was released from a hospital with a bullet still lodged in his back, the man's attorney said. Speaking by phone during a news...

(Headline USA)  A lawyer for Lindsay Clancy is asking a judge to investigate the conduct of the lone juror who wanted to convict the Massachusetts mother of murder in the deaths of her three young children. In a motion filed Friday but made public Monday, Clancy's lawyer asked the court...