Xi Jinping’s pledge to bring 100,000 young Americans to China over five years has drawn warnings from lawmakers, academics and commentators who fear propaganda, harassment or worse, with one analyst citing a Michigan student recruited by Chinese intelligence as a cautionary precedent.

A man with 22 prior criminal charges and a documented history of erratic public behavior has been charged with fatally stabbing a Pittsburgh pediatric physician, weeks after being released on non-monetary bail in an earlier burglary case.

President Trump called his White House meetings with Chinese President Xi Jinping “very productive,” with the two leaders set to meet again at Trump’s Doral resort in Florida for the G20 Summit in December.

The Supreme Court has blocked an 8th Circuit ruling and permanent injunction, ensuring Missouri will use its 2022 congressional map for the November election rather than a newer 2025 map.

Roy Cooper’s vetoes of bills requiring local police to cooperate with ICE, and cases of released illegal immigrants in Durham, Mecklenburg and Buncombe counties, are drawing scrutiny as his Senate race against Michael Whatley tightens.

A Texas group fundraising for a 40,000-square-foot Islamic center near Plano hosted a livestreamed event in which speaker Shaykh Uthman ibn Farooq said Muslims want “Islam for this country” and defended Sharia law as a constitutional right.