Washington, the White House, Congress and the courts.
Elon Musk has given more than $276 million to Republican super PACs and party committees since July, his representatives say, making him the largest known donor of the 2026 midterms. The paperwork that proves it is not due until Thursday.
The Democratic Socialists of America want Mayor Zohran Mamdani to fire NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch and drive ICE out of New York after an agent shot a man in Marble Hill. City Hall says the commissioner isn't going anywhere.
The Norwegian Nobel Committee gave the 2026 Peace Prize to an 85-year-old former UN human rights chief. President Trump responded just before midnight with a roughly 600-word post arguing he had settled eight wars and deserved eight prizes.
The Supreme Court heard Suncor v. Boulder on the first argument day of the term, with justices probing Clean Air Act preemption and the prospect of copycat suits nationwide. With Justice Alito recused, a 4-4 split would hand Boulder a quiet win.
At a midterm rally in Clarksville, Tennessee, President Trump said he is thinking about renaming the Strait of Hormuz the "Trump Strait" and floated "Ocean of the Americas" for the Atlantic or Pacific. No formal action has been announced.
Hurricane Isaias closed on the northern Gulf Coast with 110 mph winds and a forecast surge of six to nine feet, while Florida staged fuel, generators and meals and seven counties ordered evacuations.
Mike Rogers and Abdul El-Sayed traded blows over Hamas, Iran and each other's out-of-state property in a televised Michigan Senate debate, and President Trump weighed in on Truth Social hours later.
Asked repeatedly whether Iran or Israel is the bigger threat to the United States, Michigan Democrat Abdul El-Sayed refused to answer and called the question ridiculous. Mike Rogers made sure voters heard it.
Jared Kushner skipped the letters-to-the-editor route and posted a 14-section rebuttal to The New Yorker on his own website, insisting his investment firm has raised "zero" new money while he works Middle East diplomacy for free.
Gov. Ron DeSantis declared a state of emergency for 25 Panhandle and Big Bend counties while the system was still Tropical Depression Nine. By Wednesday morning it was Tropical Storm Isaias, with forecasters expecting it to strengthen as it nears the Gulf Coast.
New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani used the third anniversary of the Hamas attack to accuse Israel's government of an "ongoing genocide," drawing rebukes from the ADL, the New York Board of Rabbis and Israel's consul general in New York.
President Trump's line about Los Angeles and San Diego at a Nebraska rally drew cheers from the crowd and condemnation from California's governor and two big-city mayors. The White House says the clip leaves out what he actually meant.
