Trump Campaigns Amid Political Pressures

With the midterm elections a month away and Republicans struggling to respond to voter frustration over healthcare costs, President Trump is handing out cash. Last week, Trump pledged $90 to more than tens of millions of seniors on Medicare. That announcement came on top of other pledges to send mon

Book bans reached an all-time high this year as political pressure and AI fuel a spike in titles taken off the shelves. Almost 12,000 books were banned between 2025 and 2026, a 5,000-book jump from the previous year, according to a Monday report by PEN America, a free-speech organization. The vast

President Trump is headed back to Texas on Wednesday for his third visit in a month as Republican Ken Paxton trails Democrat James Talarico in a battleground Senate race. It’s the latest in Trump’s blitz through red states to rev up Republican voters as many key midterm forecasts shift in Democrats’

Rising mortgage rates are lowering the odds of prospective homebuyers entering the market and adding to the tough economic slate for President Trump and the GOP just weeks ahead of the midterms. The average 30-year fixed mortgage rate was 7.28 percent last week — the highest mark since late November