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Mexicans are enraged after viral videos claimed Adidas exploited Indigenous women to sew World Cup jerseys. We traveled into the mountains to speak to the artisans themselves.

Nithya Raman pulled into second place in the race to see who will face Mayor Karen Bass in November. There are more votes to be counted.

The crowded race for governor has barely qualified as background noise in recent months, drowned out by the high-stakes, turbulent campaign for U.S. Senate.

Expecting any level of ideological consistency from partisan political actors is a fool's errand; even so, the amount of sheer hypocrisy generated by the Graham Platner scandal is striking.

The Pentagon has reworked a list of religious designations service members can register as after Mormon lawmakers in Congress blew up over a previous list that did not label The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS) under “Christian.” Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth ea

A Marine veteran running for U.S. Senate has been criticized for his long history of bad behavior and questionable stances, which he has attempted to attribute to his PTSD, but a fellow veteran argues that PTSD does not absolve him of his actions and that he must be held accounta

As the war in Iran passes the 100-day mark, the cost for America’s airline industry is mounting. On Friday, a report from the Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) stated that U.S. airlines paid nearly $6.5 billion in fuel costs in April. That was up more than 26 percent from

President Trump early Monday morning demanded that Israel and Iran stop “shooting,” after a weekend that saw the sides trading strikes. Iran shortly thereafter announced an end to hostilities, which it says were resumed when Israel attacked Lebanon. With the Los Angeles mayoral r

A lawyer who helped defend Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R) during his 2023 impeachment trial has endorsed his opponent, state Rep. James Talarico (D), in Texas’s high-profile Senate race. Houston-based defense attorney Dan Cogdell, who helped lead Paxton’s successful defens

The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) on Monday said two additional cases of New World screwworm were detected in Texas days after authorities discovered the flesh-eating parasite returned to the Lone Star State for the first time in decades. One reported case of an infested ca

A new poll released Monday found that fewer Americans see the U.S. as an exceptional country as it approaches its 250th birthday. The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research survey found that 44 percent say the U.S. is one of the greatest countries in the world,

Rep. Don Bacon (R-Neb.) on Monday urged President Trump to save surveillance powers authorized under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) by canceling Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) Director Bill Pulte’s appointment to serve as acting Director of National Intel

Iran on Sunday rejected reports claiming the U.S. could use some of Tehran’s assets to compensate regional allies for war damages. Deputy Foreign Minister Kazem Gharibabadi said in a post on X that Iran’s neighbors were “not in a position to demand reparations” and Tehran’s asset

The House Freedom Caucus is changing, and Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) will seek to move reconciliation through the House. Meanwhile, Pentagon hopes for further Iran war funding from Congress dim further, while Democratic anxiety over Graham Platner rises. Join congressional edit

President Trump should endorse Graham Platner, a Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate in Maine, to further his agenda of humiliating Republicans and rewarding candidates who are vessels for populist rage.

There will not be a watch party outside of Madison Square Garden (MSG) for Game 3 of the NBA Finals on Monday, with President Trump set to attend. In a press release, the office of New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani (D) said that the watch party was canceled after the U.S. Secret

Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass’s campaign slammed her rival, the progressive candidate Nithya Raman, quickly Sunday after Raman was projected to advance to a runoff election for the mayoral position. Raman overtook Spencer Pratt, a GOP candidate and former reality television star.

Republicans and Democrats will face off this week at the annual Congressional Baseball Game, where Democrats are seeking to pull off an upset amid a five-year losing streak to the majority. Led by Rep. Roger Williams (R-Texas), the GOP team’s manager, the Republicans will feature

Republicans are heading into a legislative crunch week with two of their biggest priorities — an immigration enforcement funding bill and a long-term extension of the government’s warrantless spying powers — on the calendar. The House is set to take up a $69.5 billion budget reco

The House Freedom Caucus will undergo a transformation next year, as a number of the confrontational conservative group’s most high-profile members depart Congress — with the changing membership sure to impact the group’s relationship with Republican leadership and with President

Last-minute redistricting in a handful of Southern states is setting off a frenzy as election officials, candidates and voters scramble to figure out who’s on the ballot where.  The Supreme Court paved the way for Louisiana and Alabama to use Republican-friendly House maps ahead

Republicans are racing to assemble a third party-line package ahead of a month-long August recess, a high-stakes push that would give the GOP one final opportunity to cement major pieces of President Trump’s legislative agenda before the midterms could reshape control of Congress