Redistricting fights erupt as Texas and Missouri advance GOP-favoring maps, California pushes to become more blue Published August 30, 2025 12:00PM (EDT) Protests over the states' attempts to redistrict to try to lean the Midterms towards their parties. (John Whitney / NurPhoto / Getty Images) Two Republican-led states are making major moves to reshape their

RFK Jr.’s full-fat crusade Kennedy’s push for whole milk could change school lunches and the nation’s rules for what counts as “healthy" Published August 30, 2025 10:30AM (EDT) (L/R) Food and Drug Administration Commissioner (FDA) Martin Makary, Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr., and Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins eat ice

New House maps in Texas are meant to help GOP in DC — but they could benefit Democrats in big statewide races Published August 30, 2025 9:00AM (EDT) Rep. Marc LaHood, R-San Antonio, looks at a congressional redistricting map during debate of a congressional redistricting plan in the House Chamber at the Capitol in Austin.

Week 1 of the 2025 college football season is also marking the end of an era. ESPN “College GameDay” analyst Lee Corso, who has been with the program since its 1987 inception, will make the final mascot headgear pick of his career on this morning’s broadcast. “College GameDay,” ESPN’s three-hour college football preview show, is

The impending execution of a man by firing squad in Utah was blocked by the state’s Supreme Court on Friday after his attorneys argued he should be spared because he has dementia. Ralph Leroy Menzies, 67, was set to be executed Sept. 5 for abducting and killing Utah mother of three Maurine Hunsaker in 1986.

CHICAGO — The Yankees are not far away from getting one of their trade deadline additions back in the fold. Austin Slater began a rehab assignment Friday night with Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre, going 2-for-3 across five innings in left field as he comes back from a hamstring strain that he suffered Aug. 4. The outfielder is

A Trump administration request that Japan buy more US rice caused this week’s snag in bilateral trade talks as Tokyo “strongly objected” to the condition, the Nikkei newspaper reported on Saturday. Japan’s top tariff negotiator abruptly canceled a US trip on Thursday over unspecified “points that need to be discussed at the administrative level,” the

The Everglades detention center has faced legal challenges over environmental damage and detainee conditions. Published August 29, 2025 3:36PM (EDT) Florida Governor Ron DeSantis speaks during a news conference at Chase Stadium in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, on August 8, 2024. (CHANDAN KHANNA/AFP via Getty Images) Florida taxpayers could lose nearly all of the $218 million

Commentary Pickle lemonade is the drink of summer Tangy, sweet and a little briny, this is the unexpected summer sip everyone’s talking about Published August 29, 2025 2:45PM (EDT) Pickle lemonade (Anna Pervova/ Getty Images ) Back in June, I was relentlessly being fed recipes for summer’s hottest beverage: pickled lemonade. I’ll admit, there are

Trump's bid to claw back $4.9 billion in aid allocated by Congress tees up big legal challenge Published August 29, 2025 1:45PM (EDT) U.S. President Donald Trump speaks with reporters in the Oval Office of the White House on February 04, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images) President Donald Trump on Thursday moved to

The company is urging consumers who purchased the recalled snack cakes not to consume them Published August 29, 2025 12:55PM (EDT) Hostess snack cakes (Scott Olson/Getty Images) Hostess is ding-dong ditching one of its fan-favorite sweet treats. The brand announced that it has “initiated a voluntary recall of select lots of Hostess®Ding Dongs® products due

Shrimp from multiple recalls tied to an Indonesian supplier may carry cesium-137, a radioactive isotope Published August 29, 2025 12:45PM (EDT) Raw Shrimp (Getty Images/Claudia Totir) In comic books, falling into something radioactive is the best thing that can happen to you. Just ask Spider-Man, the Hulk or the Fantastic Four. Unfortunately, Walmart’s recently recalled