Texas Democrat James Talarico is jumping headlong into his Senate bid against Republican Ken Paxton with a multi-million dollar ad buy, MS NOW has learned. The Senate candidate, who is hoping to become the first Democrat to win statewide in Texas since 1994, is launching what his team is labeling his first "major" ad of the general election — with a focus on the cost of living. In the 30-second spot, shared first with MS NOW, Talarico talks straight to camera while exiting a Red & White food store, a brown paper bag of groceries in hand...

Experts and operators in the adventure tourism industry watched in horror as a video went viral of a young woman in Brazil plunging to her death this month...

Andy Burnham is a political insider turned outsider who aims to be Britain's next prime minister. The 56-year-old politician presents himself as an amiable northern everyman who prefers T-shirts to a suit and tie and spends spare time playing soccer or spinning 1990s tunes during DJ battles. He's also an experienced politician whose career has taken him from high-level government jobs to the mayoralty of Greater Manchester, and now to the cusp of the prime minister's office...

Of all the reasons that Maine residents were given to vote for Graham Platner in his race for the Democratic nomination for the U.S. Senate — and many of them boiled down to beating Donald Trump and Republicans — the most disturbing one came from Bill Maher. After telling his HBO audience ahead of the primary that "we need to restore balance in our government, and a Democratic Senate would help a lot with that," the talk-show host explained that, actually, we are all Graham Platner...

China has imposed export restrictions on 10 U.S. companies, including two involved in rare earth mining, in retaliation for the Pentagon adding Chinese tech giants to its watch list of military-linked firms. The controls prohibit the export of dual-use items to the American firms and apply to goods of Chinese origin held by entities and persons in other countries, China's Commerce Ministry said on Monday...

Every year, U.S. News evaluates thousands of universities worldwide on academic research and reputation. This year's Best Global Universities rankings — covering 2,250 schools across more than 100 countries — drops on June 16. Here's a preview of what the data shows. Overall Scope Beyond the overall global ranking, U.S. News will again publish five regional rankings covering universities in Africa, Asia, Australia/New Zealand, Europe, and Latin America, along with more than 50 country-specific rankings. Countries with the largest representation in the country-specific rankings include Canada, China, France, Germany, India, Italy, Japan, the Netherlands, South Korea, Spain, Sweden and the United Kingdom....

JD Vance has been at the forefront of President Donald Trump's deal to end the Iran war- giving interviews, releasing videos, and taking charge of a White House briefing. It's a shift in tone for the Vice President, who previously positioned himself as a foreign military intervention skeptic. Could his support for the administration's deal hurt his chances of a 2028 presidential run? Join The Hill's senior vice president of editorial content, Bill Sammon, and political editor Chris Stirewalt to discuss the latest political hot topics and national news in "Whole Hog Politics," including a Q&A with viewers...

One of the toughest things in politics is trying to explain that, yes, things are bad, but no, they are not quite as bad as you think. I have yet to find a way to make that argument without it being misunderstood or caricatured. It is an argument that almost every British conservative now finds himself having with American rightists. Yes, things are bad. We have no First Amendment. We had a needless surge of immigration, much of it illegal and involving some seriously bad hombres...

On this episode of John Solomon Reports, host John Solomon tackles the ongoing fallout from the New York Times' controversial reporting on the Trump campaign's surveillance allegations. Solomon, alongside colleague Ash Short, presents compelling evidence of FBI abuses, including the release of the FBI's operational spy plan targeting the Trump campaign and findings from the Inspector General's report that highlight significant issues with FISA warrants. The discussion raises critical questions about journalistic integrity and accountability, calling out the New York Times for its handling of the narrative surrounding these serious accusations...

Don't call it a library. The $1 billion Obama Presidential Center opened with huge fanfare last week in a park near the shore of Lake Michigan, but critics say what the public thinks is a library will function as the headquarters of Barack Obama's private foundation, promoting the 44th president's left-wing worldview to future generations. While every other modern presidential library houses that former commander-in-chief's papers for public viewing, the Obama Presidential Center has no such component. Instead, Obama's presidential records are being stored elsewhere, though digital versions may one day be available there...