President Donald Trump has pledged to send $5,000 checks to American adults if Republicans win control of Congress, tying a direct cash payment to the outcome of the vote.

Crude oil surged past $100 a barrel as the United States and Iran launched a new round of attacks in and around the Persian Gulf, sending stocks lower, lifting bond yields, and renewing concerns about inflation.

Republicans opened their first midterm convention in Dallas with Trump delivering the opening-night keynote and the party framing the 2026 elections largely around him, even as coverage identified points of divergence among Senate candidates.

A researcher at the AI company Anthropic has resigned and issued a public warning that advanced artificial intelligence could one day threaten human survival, giving up his stake in the company as he departed.

On the first anniversary of Charlie Kirk's killing, Turning Point USA has expanded while the criminal case against the man accused of killing him moves ahead.