Politics

Republican Steve Hilton and Democrat Xavier Becerra squared off over immigration, taxes and housing in their only scheduled debate of the California governor's race, drawing sharp words and a pointed exchange over deportation policy.

Attorneys for Christa Pike say Tennessee executioners administered two syringes of pentobarbital and she was still alive and snoring. Media witnesses confirm the state was unable to carry out the execution. The Supreme Court had earlier allowed it to proceed after a delay.

New York finishes off Boston in two games at Yankee Stadium, with Max Fried and Cody Bellinger leading the way. The win sets up an ALDS date with the Rays.

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries dismissed President Trump's voluntary AI agreement with tech executives as unenforceable, arguing the industry shouldn't police itself — while offering no alternative of his own.

Democrat Abdul El-Sayed leads Republican Mike Rogers by a single point in the latest Fox News poll, but nearly one in five Rogers supporters say they could still change their minds before Election Day.

The Justice Department has opened an investigation into a Texas Democratic fundraising group after an undercover video surfaced alleging it paid people for votes. The claim is unverified, but the reaction has spread across conservative media and social platforms.

The president's remarks to reporters, along with interviews with an Israeli journalist and Prime Minister Netanyahu's scheduled Fox News appearance, are spreading a remarkable account of heroism aboard the Israel-bound flight. The claim remains unverified by Next News Network.

The curator of an online archive of declassified government material tells anyone holding world-altering information to release it, and the line travels across the internet while the underlying claim goes unproven.

Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill and her counterparts in Alabama and Arkansas are taking the fight over mail-order abortion pills straight to the Supreme Court, suing New York, California and Massachusetts over shield laws they say block criminal investigations.

The Justice Department has filed a judicial misconduct complaint against federal judges in Minnesota over interviews they gave to the New York Times about immigration enforcement in the state, while House Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan presses for an indictment of former special counsel Jack Smith and a Gulf of America energy challenge is dismissed in federal court.

Sen. Marsha Blackburn filed suit against former Special Counsel Jack Smith, alleging he violated her constitutional rights by obtaining her phone records, while a newly circulated exchange between Sen. Ted Cruz and Smith fuels claims the Arctic Frost probe targeted hundreds of conservative groups.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced Project Meridian on Wednesday, tapping Elon Musk, Newt Gingrich, and Palmer Luckey to lead a 120-day study identifying the domains America must conquer in future conflicts.