Poll: Latino voters swing away from Trump and Republicans  —  Democrats have a significant lead among Latino voters in 2026 amid economic concerns, according to the NBC News/Telemundo poll, though the GOP has made some long-term gains.  —  Latino voters helped propel Donald Trump back to the White House.

Kristi Noem's Agency Gave Her Donor a Lucrative Contract Just Before She Left  —  The Homeland Security Department signed a multi-million dollar agreement to buy five aircraft from a company owned by a political contributor of the secretary on her last day, documents show.

Trump names national intelligence director Jay Clayton to lead a new federal AI task force  —  President Donald Trump on Sunday tapped Jay Clayton, his director of national intelligence, to lead a new government task force on artificial intelligence.  —  Trump is calling it the …

How Trump Moved Ethical Lines With His Ads, Businesses and Summits  —  The president's decision to hold an international summit at his own private golf club, an idea rejected in his first term, illustrates how much he has shattered norms.  —  When President Trump decided in his first term …

The Long and Extremely Urgent To-Do List if Democrats Take the House … In the 1972 movie The Candidate, Bill McKay, played by Robert Redford, shockingly wins a Senate seat.  Surrounded by ecstatic staff and volunteers, a stunned and panicky McKay pulls aside his manager and asks, “What do we do now?”

With threats to midterms, states say Trump administration isn't helping  —  U.S. spy agencies see Russia and others plotting to sow distrust and misinformation in the upcoming elections.  —  SummaryLoading...  U.S. intelligence agencies are monitoring schemes by Russia and other adversaries …

New York has a socialist mayor.  Los Angeles may be next  —  LOS ANGELES — Voters could make history next month by giving the two largest U.S. cities something in common: South Asian immigrant democratic socialist mayors. … - New York, the nation's largest city, is already led by democratic socialist Mayor Zohran Mamdani.

Why You Must Care About the Ballroom  —  Trump is defying Congress and robbing the American people to build it.  —  WHEN YOU CONSIDER all the outrageous things President Donald Trump has done in his second term, you might be tempted to think his big ballroom project doesn't rate high …

Sen. John Kennedy says he's considering running for president  —  The Louisiana senator said that he has not made a decision yet and noted that right now, he is running for re-election. … Sen. John Kennedy, R-La., said in an interview on NBC's “Meet the Press” that he is considering running for president in 2028.

RFK Jr.'s movement is in disarray  —  Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s Make America Healthy Again movement is turning on its leader.  —  Not RFK Jr.  —  Rather, Tony Lyons, the Kennedy friend and book publisher who is the president of a web of MAHA nonprofits and political groups.

Trump is putting a generation of young judges on the bench — for life  —  President Donald Trump has appointed far more federal judges who are under 40 than his predecessors — ensuring that his imprint on the judiciary will last for decades.  —  Over the course of his two terms to date …

He Wanted to Modernize the Military.  Pete Hegseth Forced Him Out  —  Dan Driscoll speaks for the first time since resigning as Secretary of the Army amid the the Pentagon's purge of military leaders  —  I  —  T WAS JUST BEFORE 2 a.m. on Jan. 3, 2026.  —  Low-flying helicopters carrying …

RFK Jr. Wants to AI-ify Health Care.  Claude Says He's Full of Sh*t.  —  ROBERT F. KENNEDY JR. BECOMING a huge AI cheerleader probably wasn't on your 2026 bingo card.  It certainly wasn't on mine.  —  But there was Kennedy on Tuesday, speaking in his capacity as the secretary of health and human services …

Superpowers Race to Put Nuclear Reactors on the Moon  —  I'm based in Hong Kong, where I have been closely tracking the new space race between the United States and China.  Last month, a series of documents caught my eye.  —  Selam Gebrekidan  —  The documents contained details …

Weekend Update #205: Russia's Strategy In Two Words: “War Crimes”  —  Operation Vivaldi, Even More Robots; The Trump-Putin Quid Pro Quo  —  Well, the Russians are struggling on land and at sea, and are having real difficulty protecting themselves from Ukrainian long-range attack.

With Costs High, Tax Cuts May Fall Flat for G.O.P. in Fight for Congress  —  Tipped workers in Arizona have benefited from the G.O.P.'s big tax cut.  But they face economic stress from other Republican policies.  —  Outside the clubhouse at a golf resort nestled into the mountains framing Oro Valley …

The Democratic Civil War Is Raging — Except in This Swing-State Race … She's a Democrat asking farmers and fairgoers alike for their votes in this Republican-leaning, third congressional district of Wisconsin.  —  Though she has been here before, there's a sense of wariness …

Cornell President Calls Rape Inquiry ‘Defining Moment’ for Campus  —  Michael I. Kotlikoff said in a video the university would be more transparent, hold Greek groups accountable and improve sexual assault prevention.  —  The president of Cornell University assured the campus community …

ICE officers say internal chaos has led to thousands of employee departures  —  Immigration and Customs Enforcement is seeing higher employee turnover rates under President Donald Trump than at any point in the federal agency's history.  —  In the first half of 2026, thousands of ICE employees left …