US strikes Iranian rocket launchers, marking first attack in a month  —  The Middle East Federal agencies US military Donald Trump  —  The US military on Sunday struck Iran's Larak Island, where forces were observed preparing to launch rockets with mines into the Strait of Hormuz …

Pentagon secretly installs military influencers in civilian roles … The Pentagon has secretly installed several conservative military veterans with large online followings in government roles, declining to disclose their assignments as they amplify Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's viewpoints …

Canada erects giant ‘Lake Ontario’ sign as spat with Trump over name escalates  —  Meanwhile, Trump posts video of himself kicking over a Lake Ontario sign and replacing it with Lake America sign  —  Donald Trump and Canada continued a verbal duel on Saturday over the US government's administrative renaming …

Talarico Is Out-Fundraising Paxton and Flooding the Airwaves in Texas Senate Race  —  Democratic candidate is on the offensive, giving his party hope in the deep-red state  —  Senate candidate James Talarico began August in Massachusetts, standing beside a swimming pool on tony Nantucket …

Trump calls for NBC's Kristen Welker to face ‘rebuke or punishment’ from the FCC  —  Donald Trump Federal agencies People in entertainment Media  —  Treating the Federal Communications Commission like his own personal enforcer, President Donald Trump said on social media Sunday …

Trump Is Copying Putin's Losing Playbook With Canada  —  It sometimes feels as though the Trump administration gets its worldview and foreign policy ideas from a Kremlin School of International Relations course taught by Vladimir Putin — though at a CliffsNotes level that fails to consider how those strategies played out.

Rep. Jim Clyburn says impeaching Trump shouldn't be Democrats' priority if win back the House  —  The South Carolina representative also told “Meet the Press” that he regretted his support of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas during his confirmation hearings in 1991.

‘Too much for too long’: U.S. Military turns on Pete Hegseth over mounting risk  —  The U.S. Military has turned on Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth over the mounting war in Iran, according to a new report.  —  Several U.S. military leaders warned Hegseth this month that prolonging President Donald Trump's war …

Massachusetts 2026 Poll: Sen. Markey Holds Commanding Lead Over Rep. Moulton in Democratic Primary  —  The final Emerson College Polling survey of the Massachusetts Democratic Senate Primary finds incumbent Ed Markey leading Rep. Seth Moulton, 60% to 33%, while 7% are undecided.

Inside the socialists' civil war over AOC and 2028  —  Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's potential run for president has exposed long-simmering divisions within the Democratic Socialists of America. … - “We're not in a book club anymore,” said one strategist who works with the DSA.

USDA cyclospora research projects shelved amid funding cuts and relocations  —  The Trump administration is shuttering research projects key to the federal government's fight against cyclospora, the foodborne parasite sickening thousands of Americans this summer.

Deportees Sent to Liberia Recount Harrowing Details of U.S. Expulsion and Treatment by ICE  —  Ten deportees said they experienced or witnessed what they called abusive or violent treatment by ICE.  They spent months in detention, they said, before being sent to nations where they had no ties.

Netanyahu son evacuated from US over threat  —  Israel's Shin Bet security agency says it urgently evacuated Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's oldest son from the United States due to a threat against him.  —  In a brief statement obtained Sunday, the Shin Bet confirmed there had been a “significant threat” to Yair Netanyahu.

NASA's newest space telescope launches on a quest to explore the hidden universe  —  NASA's newest crown jewel blasted off Sunday to hunt for planets around other stars, explore secret dark energy and survey the cosmos like never before.  SpaceX launched the $4.3 billion Roman Space Telescope shortly …

Sen. Ted Cruz calls for elections in Venezuela to proceed ‘rapidly’  —  The Texas Republican also said the U.S. should arm protesters in Iran. … Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, on Sunday renewed his call for free and fair elections in Venezuela, just two days after the Trump administration announced …