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    • House Democrats add 12 GOP seats to offensive target list

      The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC), House Democrats’ campaign arm, on Wednesday announced it is adding 12 more Republican-held and leaning seats to its offensive target list — including seats held by Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.) and Rep. Richard Hudson (R-N.C.), the chair of the DCCC’s GOP counterpart, the National Republican Congressional Committee. The 12…

    • Russian missile and drone barrage in Ukrainian capital region kills 17

      Russia launched a large-scale missile and drone attack on Kyiv and the surrounding region on 5 August 2026, killing 17 people and wounding 44 others. The strike targeted civilian and logistics infrastructure and comes amid an intensifying summer campaign of Russian ballistic missile attacks, which Ukrainian officials say is being enabled by critical shortages of…

    • Key questions as Infantino faces Fifa executives

      Fifa president Gianni Infantino is meeting senior officials in Rabat, Morocco on Wednesday as he battles to contain a revolt sparked by his now-abandoned plan to sell off Fifa’s commercial and event operations to private investors. The gathering follows a highly critical internal memo from secretary general Mattias Grafstrom, the resignation of senior adviser Carlos…

    • Progressives and moderate Democrats both see wins in primary races while Trump flexes power over GOP

      Tuesday’s primary elections across five US states delivered wins for both progressive and moderate wings of the Democratic Party, while also showcasing President Trump’s continued grip on Republican primary contests. The results matter because they offer an early gauge of which strategy—populist policies or centrist positioning—resonates more with voters ahead of the midterms, and because…

    • GOP governor endorses candidate challenging Trump-backed congressman in Republican US House primary

      Tennessee Governor Bill Lee has endorsed Charlie Hatcher, a former state agriculture commissioner, in his bid to unseat Republican Congressman Andy Ogles in an upcoming US House primary. The move is notable because Ogles has already secured the backing of President Donald Trump, putting Lee’s endorsement at odds with the president’s choice and highlighting a…

    • The Memo: Lincoln Pool furor reflects tensions of Trump’s second term

      Sometimes small battles are emblematic of much bigger wars. So it is with the furor that centers on President Trump and the Reflecting Pool at the Lincoln Memorial. In a literal sense, the pool is anything but small. Roughly 2,030 feet long and a little less than 170 feet wide, it is said to hold…

    • Max Miller allegations force Trump, GOP into thorny spot

      The domestic abuse allegations against Rep. Max Miller (R-Ohio) are forcing President Trump and Republicans into a difficult position ahead of the midterms as the party struggles to defend their congressional majorities. The president called the congressman on Monday to tell him his candidacy was on thin ice after earlier praising him publicly as “a…

    • Kids safety advocates seek age verification win as larger reforms stall

      A Senate panel will take up a slate of kids online safety bills on Wednesday, in what age verification proponents see as a key hurdle for the controversial topic. The path forward for bills like the Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA) is rocky, but advocates of digital age verification are hopeful that one of the…

    • Republicans stand behind Trump on Iran even as unpopularity of conflict grows

      Republicans are largely standing behind President Trump’s handling of the Iran conflict, even as the prolonged military campaign threatens to become a political liability for the GOP heading into November’s midterm elections. The conflict has stretched on for nearly six months, and multiple public opinion polls suggest the war is broadly unpopular with Americans, raising…

    • Senate GOP scrambles for August exit strategy that doesn’t anger Trump

      Senate Republicans are scrambling for a plan to exit Washington for a five-week August recess that won’t anger President Trump, who has demanded they stay in town for as long as necessary to pass a reconciliation blueprint and elements of the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE America) Act. Both items have little chance of success….