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RFK Jr. bashes modern Democratic Party, says Americans 'need to elect a Republican Congress'

Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. used his primetime slot at the GOP's midterm convention in Dallas to deliver a blistering indictment of the modern Democratic Party: the same party with which his family has been synonymous for generations.

Speaker Mike Johnson says GOP needs more time to fix Biden-era problems

House Speaker Mike Johnson said Thursday that Republicans need more time calling the shots to deal with what he described as the mess they inherited from President Biden and Democrats in Washington.

Rogers calls himself 'law man' in Michigan Senate fight, accuses El-Sayed of terrorism sympathies

Former Rep. Mike Rogers on Thursday accused Abdul El-Sayed of being a terrorism sympathizer, warning that Michigan cannot afford to send a Democrat who surrounds himself with "people who despise" the United States to Congress.

Senators from both parties question OpenAI on breach of AI startup Hugging Face

Lawmakers worried about the existential risk posed by new artificial intelligence products demanded information from OpenAI on Thursday with separate queries that underscored growing concerns in Washington about the technology's potential to elude human control.

One year later, death of Charlie Kirk stings at GOP convention

The Republican National Committee left an empty chair for Charlie Kirk at the party's midterm convention and tried to fill the void with a moving tribute one year after his assassination on a college campus in Utah.

Ted Cruz: Midterms are a 'time for choosing' after extremists take over Democratic Party

Sen. Ted Cruz on Thursday warned fellow Republicans at the party convention in his home state of Texas that the Democratic Party has been overtaken by a "new and dangerous red-green alliance" of "communists and Islamists" who are defined by hostility.

Congressional map changes triggered frustration more than confusion for some Missouri voters

Leslie Moody has strong opinions on politics. But ask her who was on the ballot for her U.S. House district in Kansas City when she voted in last month's primary, and she isn't sure, though she knew it wasn't her current representative, Democrat Emanuel Cleaver.

3 Tiananmen vigil organizers set to be sentenced in Hong Kong national security case

A Hong Kong court is set to sentence Friday three activists who for years organized vigils in remembrance of China's 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown, in a case that is widely seen as a barometer of the city's freedoms as Beijing clamps down on dissent.

NRCC chair bills midterms contest as Trump 'common sense' vs. Bernie Sanders 'crazy'

North Carolina Rep. Richard Hudson told the party faithful at the convention in Dallas that the midterm election boils down to a choice between President Trump's MAGA vision and the Democrats' socialist vision.

Little Mercury may be shrinking faster than scientists expected

A new study shows that little, wrinkly Mercury may be shrinking faster than expected, the cosmos' version of a grape shriveling into a raisin under the sun.

Justice Department directs states to hold on to 2024 election records as it seeks their voter data

The Trump administration is ordering officials in more than two dozen states to preserve records from the 2024 election as part of a campaign to force states to turn over detailed voter records despite repeated court losses.

Southern Baptist pastor calls Democrats 'advocates for evil' at Republican convention

Southern Baptist Pastor Robert Jeffress framed the midterms as a religious battle at the Republican National Convention on Thursday, saying Christians have a duty to oppose the Democratic Party and its Texas Senate candidate James Talarico.