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Campaign finance records show at least $41,000 from 12 AI industry workers, most of them at Anthropic, flowing to Democrat Peggy Flanagan’s Minnesota Senate campaign amid a toss-up race with Republican Michelle Tafoya.

House Majority Whip Tom Emmer and ABC’s Jonathan Karl clashed on air over whether Democratic Socialists running in the midterms should be labeled communists, with Emmer citing the DSA platform and cost estimates for the Green New Deal.

Georgia leapt to No. 1 in the AP Top 25 after beating Alabama, while Texas fell six spots following its loss to unranked Oklahoma, in a Week 6 marked by upsets nationwide.

Italy’s new school rules banning face coverings, capping foreign-born students at 30% per classroom, and fining parents who skip language courses are fueling a broader debate among experts over whether Europe’s assimilation struggles are a preview of what’s coming to America.

Michigan Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed declined to say whether America is ready for a Muslim president during a ‘Meet the Press’ interview, saying only that he has no plans to run and wants to focus on winning Michigan’s Senate seat.

Nithya Raman gave conflicting answers in separate weekend interviews about whether she’d replace LAPD Chief Jim McDonnell, fueling rumors she favors ousted DA George Gascón and drawing fire from Mayor Karen Bass’s campaign.

The Justice Department is probing ABC, CBS, CNN, NBC, and Fox News under antitrust law over an alleged coordinated boycott of White House events after President Trump banned CNN from the briefing room.

Mayor Zohran Mamdani said ICE should halt all operations in New York City, citing a video of agents shooting at a moving vehicle and calling for the agency’s dissolution.

House Majority Whip Tom Emmer clashed with ABC’s Jon Karl on “This Week” over whether Democratic candidates should be called communists, while also criticizing media coverage of gas prices and inflation.

San Francisco 49ers linebacker Dre Greenlaw was ejected from Sunday’s game at Seattle’s Lumen Field after hitting Seahawks quarterback Sam Darnold and then headbutting Seattle linebacker Ernest Jones, setting up a possible NFL suspension.