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Democratic socialist state Rep. David Morales defeated incumbent Mayor Brett Smiley in Providence’s Democratic primary, positioning him as the likely next mayor of the heavily Democratic city ahead of a November matchup with Republican Dave Talan.

Vice President JD Vance, speaking to Fox News from the Republican National Convention in Dallas, said Democrats are campaigning with people who claim America “deserved 9/11.”

Aaron Rodgers accused ESPN of hypocrisy for heavily covering 49ers owner Jed York’s prostitution arrest while staying silent on a relationship between former ESPN reporter Dianna Russini and Patriots coach Mike Vrabel.

John Malkovich has canceled a planned Tel Aviv performance after the show’s promoters put a fabricated quote of support for Israel in his mouth, which he says he never said or approved.

Major media and tech companies including Netflix, Amazon and Warner Bros. Discovery have sharply increased executive security spending amid a rise in threats that security experts trace in part to the 2024 murder of a UnitedHealthcare executive.

A juror in the Lindsay Clancy murder trial says the lone holdout who forced a mistrial used an exercise band and water bottle to reenact the strangulation of her three children, prompting a new dismissal motion from the defense.

Trump economic adviser Christopher Phelan told Breitbart News that Core PCE inflation has eased to 3 percent over the last three months from 3.9 percent previously, and said he sees “no reason to raise rates.”

The Yankees placed second baseman Jazz Chisholm Jr. on the 10-day injured list with a sprained right thumb sustained on a slide into second base, sidelining him for at least a week during a hot stretch and with 18 games left in the season.

Lindsay Clancy’s attorney, Kevin Reddington, says he will fight any retrial on double-jeopardy grounds, push for reduced charges and a bench trial, and seek psychiatric treatment over prison time, while also walking back some of his sharper post-mistrial remarks.

Scott Simpson, head of America’s Credit Unions, warned that the Durbin-Marshall Credit Card Competition Act could weaken fraud protections by shifting more control over payment processing to merchants.