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Ex-lawmakers, pardoned felons and carpetbaggers seek political redemption in chaotic Florida GOP House primary
New research explores the earliest stages of coronary plaque inflammation
"If we want to prevent plaque from forming, we need to understand those earliest changes—not just what happens after inflammation has already taken hold," one researcher explained.
Maternal health in the spotlight amid the trial of Lindsay Clancy and the sudden death of Hayden Panettiere
Abdul El-Sayed is a problem for Democrats. Republicans appear to have more problems
A new poll last week confirmed the Democratic establishment’s fears that Michigan Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed could hurt its hopes of winning the chamber’s majority.
‘One person kind of controls our fate’: Republicans confront growing midterm peril due to Iran war
‘One person kind of controls our fate’: Republicans confront growing midterm peril due to Iran war
Voters weigh a DeSantis successor and other key races to watch in Florida, Alaska and Wyoming
Florida Republicans are set to choose their nominee in the race to replace term-limited Gov. Ron DeSantis on Tuesday in a contest that has in some ways turned into a bitter intra-party feud — even though there is little drama about its likely outcome.
Progressive Florida Dem Senate candidate wants to ‘assess’ congressional leadership
Trump swings hard at Oman and South Korea, but his foreign policy misses are piling up
As Donald Trump’s critics see it, he’s striking out badly on foreign policy.
Buss family clashes over report of Lakers sale
Family drama is swirling around the sale of the Los Angeles Lakers.
Rare deals land on Apple’s new AirTags 2 trackers at the best prices in months
Apple’s improved second-generation AirTags are now as affordable as $22 apiece when you take advantage of today’s rare deals.
Hayden Panettiere, actress in ‘Heroes’ and ‘Nashville,’ dies at 36
(CNN) — Actress Hayden Panettiere, known for portraying an indestructible cheerleader in the series “Heroes” and a country music sensation in the show “Nashville,” is dead after being found unresponsive
The problem with Trump’s foreign policy by empty threat
Monday should be a very scary day for the small Middle Eastern country of Oman after a threat from President Donald Trump. But he’s done this before.
Hospitals say they found a tool to help reduce childbirth risks: wristbands
Hospitals across the U.S. are trying to reduce maternal deaths and complications after pregnancies using one small tool: a silicone wristband stamped with the declaration “I Gave Birth.”
Cristiano Ronaldo hints at ‘last year of football’
Cristiano Ronaldo has hinted that this could be his last year playing professional soccer, after what’s been a record-breaking career.
Cristiano Ronaldo hints at ‘last year of football’
Cristiano Ronaldo has hinted that this could be his last year playing professional soccer, after what’s been a record-breaking career.
Mind hacking: Stanford neuroscientist seeks to decode the brain’s toughest riddles
Stanford neuroscientist Karl Deisseroth is decoding the human brain to understand how our emotions are formed.
Two visions of America are emerging as midterms draw near. Voters must decide which one is real
Two rallies, nearly 1,000 miles and two days apart, laid out the increasingly stark choice confronting midterm election voters and a looming moment of reckoning over the nation’s future course.
Blanche declines to pledge independence from the White House
Attorney General Todd Blanche on Sunday declined to commit to always acting independently of the White House, a concern among critics who worry the Justice Department is carrying out President Donald Trump’s political agenda.
How OJ Simpson’s infamous Bronco chase captured a changing era of US sports coverage in the 1990s
OJ Simpson’s slow speed chase in 1994 became a flash point for a rapidly transforming sports media landscape
States set school vaccine requirements. Trump’s new executive order doesn’t change that
As students prepare for a new school year across the US, families are confronted with a fraught national discussion around vaccines and questions about which they’re required to get in order to attend school.
Trump’s vaccine order is counterproductive and ‘wrong on so many levels,’ GOP lawmaker says
GOP Republican Sen. Bill Cassidy called President Donald Trump’s new vaccine order to separate injections for measles, mumps and rubella “wrong on so many levels.”
Aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln, where hardship and resilience share quarters
Three days onboard the Lincoln, and dozens of conversations with sailors — both officers and enlisted — showed me something messier and more nuanced than what recent headlines suggest: genuine hardship alongside genuine resilience.
Medieval times? You’re living in them
As they lose trust in public institutions and the health care system, people are increasingly turning to Middles Ages-style wisdom to cure what ails them.
This summer’s hottest accessory: Sun protection
More American consumers are wearing UPF clothing as summers get hotter and longevity has taken the forefront in beauty and fashion.
Why the middle of the country is back in the center of American politics
The heartland Democrat is making a comeback.
JD Vance and the Trump team keep moving the goalposts on Iran
As the Iran war — now in its sixth month — has dragged on, this list of goals from the Trump administration has conspicuously shifted and been pared back.
Democrats look to states with Black, Latino voters to build momentum in 2028
Democrats on Saturday finalized their 2028 presidential primary schedule, elevating states with diverse populations to the front of a calendar that will shape their party’s fight for an open White House seat.
Who belongs on the Mount Rushmore of athletes? These top sports journalists weigh in
How much eye contact is just right?
Eye contact isn’t just about being polite. It’s fundamental to human connection. But there’s no hard and fast rule about how much eye contact is appropriate.
Republicans worry their chances of keeping Congress are slipping away. Inside the Trump campaign plan to change that
President Donald Trump has finally given the green light to pour millions of dollars from his personal PAC toward boosting vulnerable Republicans in November, two people familiar with the plans told CNN.
For politicians from Ohio to Texas, Virginia to California, red to blue, data centers are the new ‘us vs. them’ fight
‘Very outdated’: Trump’s directive to revert to steam catapults on new aircraft carrier baffles naval experts
President Donald Trump has directed the US Navy to scrap the modern electromagnetic launch system on an upcoming aircraft carrier and instead revert to an older, steam-powered catapult method — potentially adding billions to its price tag and delaying its deployment into the late 2030s.
Trump says USS Lincoln’s deployment was ‘not nearly long enough’
President Donald Trump on Friday dismissed claims that families of service members aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln have concerns about conditions aboard the aircraft carrier, which has been deployed for nearly nine months supporting operations in the Middle East.
Trump’s Kennedy Center and ballroom fixations are political malpractice for the GOP
Republicans are facing a potentially ugly 2026 midterm election in less than three months. And nobody seems to be able — or perhaps even cares to try — to prevail upon President Donald Trump to mitigate the damage.
Trump asks Supreme Court to intervene in fight over White House ballroom
President Donald Trump is asking the Supreme Court to step into a dispute over the legality of a massive new ballroom he’s building at the White House.
US consumers cut retail spending sharply in July
Retail sales fell 0.6% in July from the prior month, marking the steepest drop since May 2025.
8BitDo just turned your iPhone into a perfect retro handheld with this clever controller
Your phone is now a Game Boy.
What ‘super movers’ can teach us about healthier brains
“Super movers” who walked faster than normal were about half as likely to develop cognitive impairment, a new study found. Here’s what it may mean for healthy aging.
Ken Paxton tries to tamp down growing Republican concerns about his Senate campaign
After years of battling fellow Republicans and helping lead the culture wars in Texas, Ken Paxton is campaigning on tax deductions, appearing with state lawmakers who once voted to impeach him, and openly appealing to the Washington establishment for financial help.
False claims about miscarriage risk from Covid-19 vaccines are spreading online. They use a faulty interpretation of data
Numerous studies have shown that Covid-19 vaccines are safe during pregnancy, but Republican lawmakers and Trump administration officials have recently stirred up false and misleading claims that are now spreading on social media.
Who could replace Karoline Leavitt as White House press secretary?
It’s become Washington’s hottest new parlor game: Who will be Karoline Leavitt’s successor?
Selena Gomez and her mental health startup accused of fraud
Several investors in Selena Gomez’s mental health startup Wondermind sued the popstar Thursday, claiming they were misled about the startup’s success and her involvement in it.
Selena Gomez and her mental health startup accused of fraud
Several investors in Selena Gomez’s mental health startup Wondermind sued the popstar Thursday, claiming they were misled about the startup’s success and her involvement in it.
Trump admin investigating graffiti and soap bubbles at World War II Memorial
The Interior Department is investigating vandalism at the World War II Memorial in Washington, DC, after neon graffiti was painted on the Atlantic Pavilion and the usually clear fountains overflowed with soapy bubbles.
Trump’s Iran headaches are mounting
The Iran war hasn’t gone well for President Donald Trump since, well, shortly after it began.
Rep. Mike Lawler defends $10,000 campaign donation from colleague Max Miller’s PAC, who’s accused of abuse
Trump’s handpicked Kennedy Center board votes a second time to close performing arts center for renovations
President Donald Trump’s handpicked John F. Kennedy Center board has voted a second time to close the performing arts institution for renovations, according to a person who was briefed on the decision.
Todd Blanche makes plea for unity at Justice Department
In his inaugural address to the Justice Department workforce on Thursday, Attorney General Todd Blanche pledged to make the department “more faithful to its highest ideals than when I found it.”
Dogs know if we’re happy, sad or scared just from our expressions, study suggests
It’s something every dog owner knows — but now we have the science to prove it: Dogs really can tell when we’re happy or sad.
It’s not just a gut feeling: Foodborne illness outbreaks are especially bad this summer
Federal data suggests that this is a particularly bad summer for foodborne illness outbreaks in the US.
When they didn’t find fraud while testing a voting machine for the Trump admin, this cyber firm faced a wave of backlash
The Trump administration abruptly declined to renew a contract for a cybersecurity firm it hired to examine voting equipment in Puerto Rico after the company didn’t echo administration officials’ false claims of voter fraud, the firm’s executives said in their first extensive public remarks on the episode.
The Lindsay Clancy trial brings maternal mental health into the spotlight
Mental health issues are the leading underlying cause of pregnancy-related death in the United States, but they are often overlooked.
AI boom or bubble? Timing is everything
Artificial intelligence is a game-changing technology that’s already transforming how the world lives and works.
Why Karoline Leavitt might be impossible for Trump to replace
Donald Trump hardly needs anyone else to serve as his mouthpiece.
How the Democratic establishment beat the odds in Wisconsin
One month after he suspended his campaign, David Crowley’s victory in Wisconsin’s Democratic primary for governor on Tuesday marked an astonishing turn around.
Why the ‘wisdom of crowds’ is getting some primaries wrong
Two successive weeks of primaries brought two successive shocks for progressive candidates in purple states and carry an important lesson for people watching politics:
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt leaving role, Trump announces
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt will leave her role at the end of August, President Donald Trump announced Wednesday.
New details on Trump’s secret plane swap expose the administration’s lies
President Donald Trump late Tuesday confirmed reporting from the Washington Post, CNN and others that he secretly switched planes in Turkey last month because of a security threat.
In Good Health: Why Measles Numbers Are On The Rise
Nationwide, students, teachers, and parents are gearing up for the school year.And measles is spreading. The U.S. has already logged more cases this year than in all of 2025. It’s the highest count in 35 years. That’s in large part because measles vaccination rates have slipped below 95 percent – the threshold public health experts say is needed to stop community spread. Last week on CNN, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said children should be vaccinated for measles after being pressed on-camera, even as he used the same interview to push a debunked claim about respiratory syncytial virus. And on Monday, President Donald Trump signed an executive order aimed at upending the childhood vaccine schedule, including changes to the measles vaccine and others. But what will actually change at the doctor’s office?Find more of our programs online. Listen to 1A sponsor-free by signing up for 1A+ at plus.npr.org/the1a.
Exclusive: Former Southern Poverty Law Center CFO arrested on fraud charges
A former chief financial officer at the Southern Poverty Law Center has been arrested in California and for her alleged role in overseeing secret payments to informants inside of White supremacist groups, one of whom she was allegedly living with and had a romantic relationship with at the time, according to a person familiar with the arrest.
Shoulder-fired missile threat prompted Trump’s plane ruse, source says
A specific threat to Air Force One by a shoulder-fired missile emerged on the final day of last month’s NATO summit in Turkey, according to a person familiar with the matter, prompting the scramble among US officials to devise the furtive plan to sneak President Donald Trump out of the country on an alternate jet.
Fact check: How Tim Scott and a Republican attack ad misleadingly snipped key context from El-Sayed’s ‘dangerous’ speech
The leader of Senate Republicans’ campaign arm, Sen. Tim Scott, said in a Sunday interview on CNN that people should believe something Democratic Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed supposedly said about himself. But Scott took El-Sayed’s quote out of context. So did an attack ad released last week by the group Scott chairs.
Trump-endorsed Sen. Darline Graham will face Rep. Ralph Norman in South Carolina GOP Senate runoff
John King breaks down key primary results from Wisconsin and South Carolina at CNN’s Magic Wall
Trump declines to rule out declaring a national security emergency to control the 2026 election
President Donald Trump in a new interview declined to rule out declaring a national security emergency as a means to try to assert more control over the 2026 midterm elections.
Trump DOJ formally stakes out bold claim that presidential advisers outside government are protected by privilege
Communications that President Donald Trump has with advisers who don’t even work for his administration can be protected by executive privilege, the Justice Department said in a memo Monday evening that comes amid lawsuits and a possible Democratic takeover of Congress.
Live results: Connecticut primary election
See Connecticut election results and maps for the 2026 primaries.
Live results: Vermont primary election
See Vermont election results and maps for the 2026 primaries.
Trump loves data centers. Americans hate them
If there’s a true populist issue built for our time, it might be opposition to AI data centers. Lawmakers and candidates from both parties across states are increasingly positioning themselves as critics of data center proliferation. And recent primary results suggest it’s a pretty potent issue.
Wisconsin weighs a democratic socialist governor and other key races to watch in Tuesday’s primaries
The next battles over the Democratic Party’s ideological direction come Tuesday in a slate of primaries that includes showdowns in two upper Midwestern political battlegrounds.
All-powerful Trump tells America, ‘Nothing bad can happen’
Just one of the wild actions and comments on Donald Trump’s manic Monday would rank among the most notorious things another president ever did.
Trump secretly transferred planes in Turkey amid security concerns, reports say
President Donald Trump secretly flew out of Turkey last month on a smaller aircraft as part of an elaborate ruse prompted by an Iranian threat, according to news reports.
‘I’ve gotten things done’: Dems scramble to beat DSA Gov. Candidate in Wisconsin
What Trump’s executive order means for vaccinations this fall
This year, many health experts are worried that decisions about vaccination — how many shots to get and when to get them – may be unnecessarily complicated because of a new executive order.