The Democratic establishment could lose its stronghold in Michigan as candidates are set to face competitive matchups from candidates to their left in Tuesday’s primary races.

Candidates endorsed by the Democratic establishment will face off with candidates backed by independent Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders, Democratic Michigan Rep. Rashida Tlaib and other anti-establishment politicians. Further-left candidates and members of the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) have secured a series of victories in recent primaries.

Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and “State of the Union” host Dana Bash clashed Sunday during an at-times-heated discussion of studies on vaccines and autism and the need to “trust the experts.”

During a Friday cabinet meeting, President Donald Trump pressed Kennedy about investigating whether certain vaccines are linked to the neurodevelopmental disorder — which impairs social interaction and can lead to focused interests and differences in sensory processing. Bash pressed Kennedy, claiming other studies had debunked claims that vaccines caused autism. (RELATED: ‘I’ve Had Enough, Thank You Darling’: Trump Walks Out On TV Interview)

Bill Maher told his audience that the Democratic Party is being taken over by communists, and the crowd’s stunned reaction proved his point.

The HBO host used the closing segment of Friday’s “Real Time” to argue that the Democratic Socialists of America have embraced communism openly, according to a clip Maher released on X. Maher said that when President Donald Trump labels the group communist, the description holds up. “Donald Trump has told one trillion lies, but when he says the Democratic Socialists of America are actually communist, that’s not one of them,” Maher said in the clip.

An armed bystander traded gunfire with a rifle-wielding attacker outside an Idaho In-N-Out on Saturday as a rampage unfolded that left at least three people dead and seven hurt, according to the Associated Press (AP).

Cellphone footage captured by witness Lane Koehn, 34, shows the citizen firing his handgun at the assailant during the chaos in Twin Falls. Koehn, stopped at a nearby traffic light, told the AP he watched a man carrying an AR-style rifle step out of the drive-thru before a second man opened fire on him with a pistol. The shooter squeezed off at least three or four rounds, Koehn said.

As recent cyberattack incidents threaten water supply systems across multiple states, some officials are saying Iran may be to blame while President Donald Trump is pointing a finger at a state run by a former Democratic rival.

The water supplies of at least seven states, including Minnesota and Michigan, have been targeted by these largely unprecedented attacks as of Saturday, The New York Times reported. Anonymous officials cited by the outlet said it is likely, but not yet certain, that Iran — which the U.S. is currently at war with — was responsible for the cyberattacks. Trump, however, hinted at there being another possible culprit during a cabinet meeting Friday at Camp David.

A U.S. military F-35 stealth fighter jet crashed near the Marine Corps Air Station Miramar in California Friday, causing the pilot to be ejected.

“The pilot ejected, was transported to a local medical facility in stable condition for evaluation and treatment of non-life-threatening injuries,” the U.S. Marine Corps announced, according to The Associated Press (AP). The aftermath of the crash was captured on film from several angles, which depict smoke coming from the area of the wreckage site somewhere in a California dirt tract inside the base.

The Department of Justice dropped charges late Friday against an Olympic canoeist accused of vandalizing the National Mall’s Reflecting Pool and instead dismissed another Trump administration department’s claims over its condition.

Tuskegee University announced plans to roll out a new dress code this upcoming semester at the historically black college.

The dress code announcement came directly from the top in an email to students from Tuskegee University President Dr. Mark A. Brown. “The Student Handbook requires students to arrive on campus with a business suit and proper shoes for a business meeting,” the email read.

Democratic New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani attended the funeral of a fallen Army sergeant with a prepared eulogy but was never called to speak, the New York Post reported Friday.

Mamdani sat in the fourth row at the service for Army Sgt. Angel Sarah Rampersad at Calvary Assembly of God church in the Ozone Park section of Queens and reviewed his planned remarks on an iPad, sources told the Post. Gov. Kathy Hochul, Queens Borough President Donovan Richards and other officials took turns at the microphone, but the mayor’s name never came up.

Lost in the breathless media coverage of Iran and the Strait of Hormuz is a critical reality that too many politicians, activists and talking heads prefer to ignore: Record U.S. oil and natural gas production has helped keep a historic supply disruption from becoming a far worse price shock. American energy leadership still matters. And if we want it to keep mattering, we need to stop shooting ourselves in the foot.

Kamala Harris ran through her list of the country’s most effective presidents and left off the one she served beside.

The former vice president fielded the question Friday at the National Urban League Conference in Nashville, according to the New York Post, where NUL President Marc Morial pressed her to name the leaders she ranked highest. Harris opened with Franklin Roosevelt.

Pro-Second Amendment groups have mixed reactions to the Department of Justice (DOJ) asking a federal judge to grant summary judgement in a legal challenge to the National Firearms Act (NFA).

The reconciliation bill signed into law by President Donald Trump in July 2025 contained provisions that reduced the taxes on suppressors, short-barreled rifles, short-barreled shotguns and guns described as “any other weapon” to $0 after the Senate parliamentarian struck language that removed those items from any coverage of the NFA. Some pro-Second Amendment groups have argued that the new figure makes the provisions unconstitutional. (RELATED: Pro 2A Groups Applaud ATF For Stepping On Gas To Fast-Track Notoriously Slow Form Processing Times)