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At a House Oversight Committee roundtable, Rep. Eli Crane pressed panelists on suppressor access, and law enforcement veterans testified they rarely if ever encountered suppressors used in crimes despite millions now in civilian hands.

Financial disclosures show Wisconsin Democratic House nominee Rebecca Cooke was paid by two groups with financial ties to George Soros’ Open Society network, even as she has campaigned on a working-class waitress identity.

Reform UK’s Robert Jenrick unveiled a plan to cut £108 billion in government spending, including £50 billion from welfare, as UK borrowing costs hit a 30-year high and Prime Minister Andy Burnham struggled to name any cuts of his own.

Republican lawmakers from South Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas, Iowa, Montana and Texas say President Trump’s order to import 300,000 metric tons of foreign ground beef is hurting the ranchers who form a core part of his political base, even as the White House defends the move as temporary relief for consumers.

A Vance post urging companies to “hire and train Americans” over H-1B visa holders sparked a fight after a Y Combinator partner called it a DEI win, drawing sharp rebukes from FTC Chairman Andrew Ferguson and Nikki Haley as the Trump administration pushes a costly overhaul of the visa program.

Gold, silver and bitcoin pulled back in early September after a blistering August rally, as investors priced in a more hawkish Federal Reserve and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent moved to calm bond-market volatility.

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Thomas Weir Pauken II, an American journalist who worked in China for years, was sentenced to two years in prison in Alexandria, Virginia, after admitting he acted as an agent for Chinese intelligence, including an attempt to bribe a Trump administration official for classified information.

A new YouGov poll finds 13 percent of Democrats — the highest share of any party — believe Americans focus too much on the September 11 attacks, as the country approaches the 25th anniversary.

German authorities are investigating explosive devices found at a Brandenburg substation and a deliberate short circuit at a North Rhine-Westphalia substation as possible sabotage, with officials citing both foreign state actors and left-wing extremists as potential culprits.