Exclusive: Fetterman to praise Trump in bombshell GOP convention video  —  DALLAS — Pennsylvania Sen. John Fetterman (D) is preparing to make a bombshell appearance Wednesday night at the GOP convention, in a video praising President Trump and Republican Sen. Dave McCormick for helping America's steel industry, Axios has learned.

Republican chief election officials say it is too late to implement Trump's mail ballot order  —  Republican chief election officials from seven states said that it's too late for President Donald Trump's mail-in ballot order to be implemented before the midterm election …

Supreme Court nixes Missouri GOP-friendly maps for midterms  —  WASHINGTON (CN) — The Supreme Court granted an emergency appeal from Missouri organizers on Thursday barring the use of Republican-friendly congressional maps in the November election.  —  Led by Richard von Glahn …

‘Waste of energy’: Senate Democrats are sitting out the John Fetterman pile-on … Sen. John Fetterman has faced a tide of public criticism from fellow Democrats as he stakes out lonely ground as a critic of the far-left wing of his party — and another wave rolled in Wednesday …

Trump's DOJ is investigating Utah's election chief for refusing to hand over voter data, it says in letter  —  The Justice Department is investigating Utah's top election official for refusing to hand over the state's entire, unredacted voter database, it informed her in a letter dated Friday and obtained by The Salt Lake Tribune.

Security Experts Say NATO Must Plan for a Future Without the United States  —  BERLIN — Trump administration officials have made a flurry of visits to Moscow over the last month, with Europe on edge over a spate of hybrid attacks attributed to Russia.  —  But America's European allies aren't taking the visits as reassurance.

Multiple US military aircraft suffered damage in overnight strikes on Jordan air base, CBS says  —  Multiple American military aircraft suffered damage in strikes overnight on the Muwaffaq Salti Air Base in Jordan, CBS reporter Jennifer Jacobs said on Wednesday on X.

Civil Libertarians Knew This Would Happen.  We Should Have Listened.  —  Six weeks after the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, Congress passed the Patriot Act.  The vote was 357-66 in the House, and 98-1 in the Senate.  Sen. Russ Feingold (D., Wis.), the chamber's lone dissenter …

Appeals court rejects ICE detention policy, setting stage for SCOTUS  —  A federal appeals court on Thursday rejected ICE's effort to detain millions of people without bond, comparing it to the “historical stain” of Japanese internment during World War II.  —  “Mass detention …

Military Aide Accidentally Deploys Emergency Slide on New Air Force One  —  The mishap occurred while the Qatari-donated jet was parked on the tarmac at Joint Base Andrews.  It delayed President Trump's departure to a Republican convention in Dallas.  —  A military aide accidentally deployed …

Bessent fails to shock and awe the bond market  —  The Treasury Department failed to cow the bond market Wednesday with its amped-up buyback announcement, as rates still rose. … - While the stated reason for the buyback boost was to improve trading conditions in the bond market …

Dems plot to take on Hegseth if they win in November  —  Congressional Democrats are promising to target Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth if they win control of Congress in November.  —  Emboldened by the possibility of a sweep at the polls, they're plotting a blitz of public hearings and inquiries …

How Georgia's GOP learned to love solar … President Donald Trump has called solar power “the scam of the century” in his effort to roll back the Biden climate agenda, and brought most of his party along with him — at least in Washington.  —  But here in Bartow County …