Republicans fear they have a North Carolina problem  —  DALLAS — Republicans are increasingly worried that North Carolina's Senate race is slipping out of contention.  —  For months, they had argued that a post-Labor Day infusion of cash could jolt new energy into the largely stagnant but critical Senate race.

Anthropic C.E.O. Calls for A.I. Slowdown  —  In a 3,800-word essay, Dario Amodei laid out the rapidly advancing capabilities of artificial intelligence and said there needed to be greater safety controls across the industry.  —  The chief executive of Anthropic called for a global slowdown …

‘A f***-up of epic proportions’: Blame game begins after Iran-backed Houthis' lightning advance down Red Sea coast  —  The desperate pleas for air cover from Yemeni generals started coming mid-morning on Thursday.  An advance by the Iran-backed Houthis toward Yemen's strategic port city …

Convention puts GOP's reality on display: Midterm policy agenda is skimpy  —  DALLAS — Republicans used their midterm convention this week to ask voters to preserve their congressional majorities and let them “finish the job.”  —  But with few consensus legislative goals, it's far from clear what job they want to finish.

Trump Says Irish Unification Would Be ‘Fantastic,’ Breaking With Precedent  —  The United States is officially neutral on an issue that had been a source of decades of violence in Northern Ireland until a 1998 peace deal.  —  Shortly after setting foot in Dublin, President Trump on Saturday said it would be …

DeSantis: ‘Florida will provide asylum’ to holdout juror in Lindsay Clancy case  —  Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) on Friday accused the media of launching a smear campaign against the lone holdout juror in the Lindsay Clancy murder trial, after a report revealed that the juror had a history …

Trespasser stopped on former Vice President Kamala Harris' Malibu property  — 2 min Click here to listen to this article  — Security personnel at former Vice President Kamala Harris' Malibu home stopped a woman who entered the property Friday night; Harris and husband Doug Emhoff were away.

How Trump Is Wielding Power to Stifle Speech  —  President Trump has harnessed agencies across the government to curtail press freedoms, a sweeping campaign that free speech advocates say will have lasting effects.  —  NEWS ANALYSIS  —  President Trump has harnessed agencies across …

Republican Campaign Aide Is Fired Over Nazi Photo  —  Senator Jon Husted, running in a high-stakes race in Ohio, dismissed his political director because of social media activity displaying a “complete lack” of judgment, a spokeswoman said.  —  The campaign of Senator Jon Husted …

Missouri's Redistricting Chaos Has Voters on Both Sides Feeling Disenfranchised  —  Democrats fend off ongoing Republican efforts to use GOP-friendly voting maps  —  KANSAS CITY, Mo.— U.S. Rep. Emanuel Cleaver II arrived at a banquet hall here this week to speak at a nonprofit dinner …

Exclusive: Inside Hegseth's push to showcase a dramatic Iran rescue on ‘60 Minutes’  —  Pete Hegseth The Middle East Federal agencies US military  —  Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and political appointees in his department pushed for the two crew members of an F-15 who were shot down over Iran …

Trump Catastrophically Miscalculated in Georgia  —  When a political player starts drawing personal insults from President Trump and his people, it is a pretty good sign that his star is on the rise.  —  For Senator Jon Ossoff of Georgia, that moment arrived this summer.

Palestinian flag-waving idiot runs onto field at Yankee Stadium at cryptic moment — and Subway Series fans respond with ‘USA’ chants  —  A bozo waving a Palestinian flag ran onto the field at Yankee Stadium during Friday night's Subway Series game — at 9:11 p.m. on the 25th anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.

These are the Trump investigations Democrats plan if they win in November  —  Democrats hope to retake control of the House, and to use that power to probe Trump's business ventures, legal maneuvers and policies.  —  Summary  —  House Democrats are eagerly preparing to wield a power they do not yet have.

Republicans, Facing Midterm Peril, Try to Brand Democrats as Communists  —  Communism, in the president's hyperbolic telling, is a graver threat to the country than the Pearl Harbor or 9/11 attacks were.  Whether this midterm strategy works is an open question.

Calls for Democrats to be shot go unchallenged at Republican convention  —  Crowd member repeatedly said some Democrats ‘should be shot’ during Ted Cruz's speech, without senator responding  —  On the night Republicans gathered to mourn the killing of Charlie Kirk and warn against the dangers …