The United States has recorded more measles cases in the past 18 months than in the previous 25 years combined, as outbreaks tied to undervaccinated communities and travel continue to spread. Federal and state data show the surge has pushed the country to its highest measles totals since the early 1990s.
A resurfaced clip of New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani saying “Israel is not a place” has renewed criticism of his views on Israel and sharpened debate in a city with the nation’s largest Jewish population. The latest backlash builds on earlier disputes during the 2025 mayoral campaign over whether he supports Israel as a Jewish state.
President Donald Trump signed an executive order directing temporary warning signs outside the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History in Washington. The move targets public sidewalks because the White House does not directly control the Smithsonian’s exhibits.
A little-used court created by Congress in 1996 has received its first case, after the Trump administration filed a sealed removal application on July 15, 2026. The filing opens a new legal front in the administration’s national-security-based deportation strategy.
Rising Treasury yields tied to inflation fears from the Iran war have pushed U.S. mortgage costs higher. The move has lifted the average 30-year fixed rate and added pressure to an already strained housing market.
The United States has recorded more measles cases in the past 18 months than in the previous 25 years combined, as outbreaks tied to undervaccinated communities and travel continue to spread. Federal and state data show the surge has pushed the country to its highest measles totals since the early 1990s.
A resurfaced clip of New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani saying “Israel is not a place” has renewed criticism of his views on Israel and sharpened debate in a city with the nation’s largest Jewish population. The latest backlash builds on earlier disputes during the 2025 mayoral campaign over whether he supports Israel as a Jewish state.
President Donald Trump signed an executive order directing temporary warning signs outside the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History in Washington. The move targets public sidewalks because the White House does not directly control the Smithsonian’s exhibits.
A little-used court created by Congress in 1996 has received its first case, after the Trump administration filed a sealed removal application on July 15, 2026. The filing opens a new legal front in the administration’s national-security-based deportation strategy.
Rising Treasury yields tied to inflation fears from the Iran war have pushed U.S. mortgage costs higher. The move has lifted the average 30-year fixed rate and added pressure to an already strained housing market.
The United States has recorded more measles cases in the past 18 months than in the previous 25 years combined, as outbreaks tied to undervaccinated communities and travel continue to spread. Federal and state data show the surge has pushed the country to its highest measles totals since the early 1990s.
A resurfaced clip of New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani saying “Israel is not a place” has renewed criticism of his views on Israel and sharpened debate in a city with the nation’s largest Jewish population. The latest backlash builds on earlier disputes during the 2025 mayoral campaign over whether he supports Israel as a Jewish state.
President Donald Trump signed an executive order directing temporary warning signs outside the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History in Washington. The move targets public sidewalks because the White House does not directly control the Smithsonian’s exhibits.
A little-used court created by Congress in 1996 has received its first case, after the Trump administration filed a sealed removal application on July 15, 2026. The filing opens a new legal front in the administration’s national-security-based deportation strategy.
Rising Treasury yields tied to inflation fears from the Iran war have pushed U.S. mortgage costs higher. The move has lifted the average 30-year fixed rate and added pressure to an already strained housing market.
The United States has recorded more measles cases in the past 18 months than in the previous 25 years combined, as outbreaks tied to undervaccinated communities and travel continue to spread. Federal and state data show the surge has pushed the country to its highest measles totals since the early 1990s.
A resurfaced clip of New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani saying “Israel is not a place” has renewed criticism of his views on Israel and sharpened debate in a city with the nation’s largest Jewish population. The latest backlash builds on earlier disputes during the 2025 mayoral campaign over whether he supports Israel as a Jewish state.
President Donald Trump signed an executive order directing temporary warning signs outside the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History in Washington. The move targets public sidewalks because the White House does not directly control the Smithsonian’s exhibits.
A little-used court created by Congress in 1996 has received its first case, after the Trump administration filed a sealed removal application on July 15, 2026. The filing opens a new legal front in the administration’s national-security-based deportation strategy.
Rising Treasury yields tied to inflation fears from the Iran war have pushed U.S. mortgage costs higher. The move has lifted the average 30-year fixed rate and added pressure to an already strained housing market.
Donald Trump’s renewed tariff campaign is no longer just an economic doctrine. It has become a broad political test of whether voters will tolerate higher costs and commercial disruption in exchange for promises of industrial revival and strategic leverage.
Battles over who can vote and how districts are drawn have again become central to U.S. political conflict. Court rulings, state legislation, and mid-decade map fights are reshaping representation just as control of Congress remains closely contested.
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What began as a tax debate has turned into a fight over the future of Medicaid. At the center is a blunt political question: how far Republicans can go in cutting health spending to finance tax relief without triggering a backlash from states, hospitals, and voters.
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