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At least 38 people were shot, eight fatally, in Chicago over Labor Day weekend, with victims ranging in age from 14 to 29, according to reports from the Chicago Sun-Times and CBS News.

NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s Labor Day post crediting ‘democratic socialists’ with organizing the first 1882 Labor Day parade drew criticism, since the Democratic Socialists of America wasn’t formally established until 1982.

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent used Labor Day to tout wage growth and $82 billion in tax relief for working families, warning that Democrats, including Texas Senate candidate James Talarico, want to reverse the cuts.

Tarrant County prosecutors say Muzamil Ahmed was the central figure in a $250 million scheme that swindled elderly Americans out of gold and cash, and he was arrested at JFK trying to fly to Saudi Arabia.

Rep. Brandon Gill (R-TX) told Fox News that regardless of what Democrats call their party’s leftward shift, it amounts to “essentially communism,” previewing his message ahead of this week’s Republican convention near his Dallas-area district.

A 15-year-old bodyguard for a Michoacan cartel leader was killed alongside his uncle in a military raid, after documenting his gun-toting lifestyle on Instagram for two years.

Sen. Bernie Sanders and Rep. Greg Casar have introduced a bill to impose 20-year prison terms and a “corporate death penalty” on advanced AI developers, prompting warnings that the measure would cede ground to China and Russia in AI development.

Democratic leaders, candidates and donors gathered on Nantucket and Martha’s Vineyard this summer to raise money ahead of the midterms, as party committees work to close a cash gap with Republicans.

A federal judge ordered the release of an MS-13 member convicted of a gang murder in El Salvador after finding immigration officials held him nearly five months in San Diego County without a required bond or danger hearing.

Passengers on an American Airlines flight from Dallas-Fort Worth to Newark used zip ties and duct tape to restrain a man who allegedly assaulted a fellow traveler, forcing an unscheduled stop in Baltimore. The FBI is now reviewing the case alongside state authorities.