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Democratic strategist James Carville sounded an urgent alarm about New Hampshire's Senate race, calling it essential to Democratic control of the chamber.

Democrat Chris Pappas leads Republican John Sununu by just one point — 45-44 — a margin Carville describes as a tied race being overlooked while national attention focuses on Georgia and North Carolina.

A former U.S. government worker engaged in a heated shouting match with Russian "Merchant of Death" arms dealer, Viktor Bout, during an appearance on The Alex Jones Show.

The caller from Kansas, identified as Lee, confronted Bout about Russia's four-year war in Ukraine, questioning when Russian leadership would pressure Vladimir Putin to end the conflict and withdraw troops from Ukrainian territory.

President Donald Trump criticized FDA Commissioner Marty Makary during weekend calls and on Monday White House meetings over his inability to move "quickly enough" on approving flavored vaping products for retail sale.

According to the Wall Street Journal, Trump sought advice from advisers about Makary, emphasizing the importance of flavored vaping to young MAGA voters.

Senate Republicans unveiled a $72 billion spending package that includes $1 billion for President Donald Trump's White House ballroom project, contradicting Trump's repeated claims that the project would be privately funded.

The reconciliation package, unveiled by Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA), also allocates $38.2 billion for ICE and $26 billion for Customs and Border Protection.

The Justice Department is offering $25,000 signing bonuses and retention incentives ranging from $60 to $220 per pay period through Thanksgiving to address critical staff shortages.

The bonuses target positions investigating youth transgender treatments and advancing the Trump administration's immigration agenda, according to Bloomberg Law.

The Supreme Court issued a 6-3 decision Monday allowing Louisiana to redraw its congressional map and eliminate a majority-Black district, exposing a rare public dispute between conservative Justice Samuel Alito and liberal Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson.

According to CNN, Jackson, the lone dissenter, accused the majority of taking steps to "influence its implementation" of last week's Voting Rights Act ruling and suggested the court should have recused itself to avoid appearing partisan. She criticized the decision as "tantamount to an approval of Louisiana's rush to pause the ongoing election" to pass a new map.

President Donald Trump signed a proclamation restoring competitive fitness tests for schoolchildren at an Oval Office event that drew criticism for its chaotic nature.

The 79-year-old president veered significantly off-topic, discussing golf, auto racing, and the Iran war to an audience including government officials, celebrities, and children.

During a Pentagon briefing on the Iran War, Daily Wire reporter Mary Margaret Olohan asked Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Joint Chiefs Chairman Dan Caine about "kamikaze dolphins" allegedly being deployed in the Strait of Hormuz.

Olohan also inquired about the threshold for restarting major combat operations and concerns about mines in the waterway.

President Donald Trump's nominee for U.S. District Judge for the Southern District of Texas, John George Edward Marck, sparked outrage after refusing to answer Senator Chris Coons' (D-DE) question about the 22nd Amendment.

The 22nd Amendment explicitly prohibits any person in the United States from being elected president more than twice.

Political analysts Joanna Coles and David Rothkopf discussed President Donald Trump's deteriorating mental and physical health, highlighting a moment where Melania Trump appeared to reject his attempts to hold her hand.

In a conversation during The Daily Beast Podcast, Coles noted Trump's need to cling to Melania for stability -- while descending the White House's stairs -- pointed to significant health concerns. She observed the moment when Melania initially pulled her hand away, before reluctantly taking it when necessary for the stairs. This dynamic, suggests visible disdain, argues Coles.

The House-passed farm bill includes the controversial "Save Our Bacon Act," designed to override state bans on pork from pigs raised in gestation crates, which animal welfare advocates consider abusive.

Critics argue the bill's broad language may have unintended consequences.

A Nature Sustainability study published Monday warns that New Orleans has crossed a "point of no return" and must immediately begin planning a gradual, managed evacuation before climate-driven sea-level rise forces a chaotic crisis exodus.

Global temperatures exceeding the Paris Agreement's 1.5°C threshold will trigger ice sheet collapse similar to the Last Interglacial period, submerging low-elevation coastal zones far beyond current planning timelines. New Orleans may be surrounded by the Gulf of Mexico before century's end.

President Donald Trump disputed ABC News correspondent Jonathan Karl's account of their conversation the morning after the White House Correspondents' Dinner shooting.

On Monday afternoon, Trump posted on Truth Social that he made no such call, arguing the shooting was "a hit on ME, not HIM" and questioning why he would check on Karl.