Early voting is underway in Texas, and what was once expected to be a routine Republican primary for U.S. Senate has quickly turned into a political knife fight that has party insiders on edge.

At the center of the storm is Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) a four-term incumbent seeking his fifth term in Washington. Instead of cruising to renomination in the deep-red Lone Star State, Cornyn finds himself locked in a competitive three-way battle against Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton and Rep. Wesley Hunt (R-TX).

As President Trump weighs whether to launch military strikes against Iran, the nation’s top military officer has cautioned that such action could carry significant risks, including the possibility of drawing the United States into a prolonged and costly conflict, according to multiple officials familiar with internal deliberations.

As President Trump weighs whether to launch military strikes against Iran, the nation’s top military officer has cautioned that such action could carry significant risks, including the possibility of drawing the United States into a prolonged and costly conflict, according to multiple officials familiar with internal deliberations.

Minutes after Alysa Liu captured a historic Olympic gold for Team USA, the celebration quickly turned into something bigger.

Social media lit up not just over her flawless skate, but over her backstory: the daughter of a Chinese immigrant who fled communism and built a life in America. Within hours, the comparisons began — especially with another Bay Area-born superstar competing under a different flag.

The killing of one of Mexico’s most powerful cartel leaders set off a wave of coordinated violence that left at least 25 members of the Mexican National Guard dead and plunged several western states into days of unrest.

Mexican authorities confirmed that Nemesio Rubén Oseguera Cervantes, widely known as El Mencho, was killed during a military operation in the mountainous municipality of Tapalpa in Jalisco state. Oseguera Cervantes led the Jalisco New Generation Cartel, or CJNG, an organization that rose over the past decade to become one of the most heavily armed and territorially expansive criminal groups in the country.

A U.S. Customs and Border Protection agent shot and wounded an armed individual near the U.S.-Canada border in northern New Hampshire early Sunday, authorities said.

CBP Commissioner Rodney Scott said the agent returned fire during the encounter in Pittsburg, a small town along the Canadian frontier. The agent struck the person, who has not been publicly identified. The individual was transported to a nearby hospital, and their condition was not immediately known.

CNN host Fareed Zakaria tore into New York City and Los Angeles on Sunday, arguing the two Democratic strongholds keep spending more while getting less in return.

His comments came as New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani, a Democrat, pushed a proposed $127 billion city budget that has already drawn heat, including from a Washington Post editorial board. Zakaria lumped New York and Los Angeles together with Chicago, saying the cities are “producing unaffordability” even as their leaders campaign on affordability.

Nick Reiner pleaded not guilty on Monday to charges that he murdered his parents, the filmmaker Rob Reiner and the photographer Michele Singer Reiner, in a case that has drawn national attention.

Reiner, 32, entered the plea during a brief arraignment in Los Angeles Superior Court. Appearing in custody, he stood behind a glass partition and spoke sparingly as a judge formally read the charges. His attorney, Deputy Public Defender Kimberly Greene, entered the not guilty plea on his behalf.

President Donald Trump invited the U.S. men’s Olympic hockey team to attend his State of the Union address after the Americans won gold at the Milan Cortina Olympics on Sunday.

FBI Director Kash Patel was in the locker room during the celebration and put Trump on speakerphone so players could hear the president’s message firsthand.

Former UK Ambassador to the US Lord Peter Mandelson has been arrested on suspicion of misconduct in public office, London police said Monday.

Peter Mandelson, 72, was led out of his London home by officers Monday afternoon following allegations that he leaked sensitive British government intelligence to Jeffrey Epstein.

Americans in western Mexico found themselves trapped by roadblocks, fires and shutdowns Sunday after the death of cartel boss Nemesio Rubén Oseguera Cervantes, known as “El Mencho,” set off a violent backlash that left parts of the country reeling.

NFL wide receiver Rondale Moore was found dead at his Indiana home on Saturday, officials said. He was 25.

Moore died of a suspected self-inflicted gunshot wound and was found in the garage of a property in New Albany, police chief Todd Bailey said. The death remained under investigation.