Young men are swinging away hard from Republicans, pessimistic about economy, new poll finds

Republicans’ 2024 gains among young men have evaporated — and that could have instant ramifications this November, according to a new Cygnal poll. President Donald Trump narrowly carried young men in 2024, according to exit polls, a big swing toward the GOP from past elections. But Democrats’ generic ballot lead among male likely voters ages … Read more

Jonathan Taylor Thomas Steps Back Into the Public Eye

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Jonathan Taylor Thomas, the former child star best known for Home Improvement and as the voice of young Simba in Disney’s The Lion King, is back in the public eye after years of keeping a relatively private life. Thomas has attracted renewed attention in 2026 following a rare reunion with former Home Improvement castmates and, … Read more

Scientists Discover How the Kent Meningitis Strain Changed

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Meningitis Scientists investigating a severe meningococcal disease outbreak in Kent have identified genetic changes that may help explain why the outbreak caused unusually serious illness. Researchers from the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA), the University of Oxford and other academic institutions used genome sequencing to examine the bacteria responsible for the outbreak, which was linked … Read more

Social Security Funding Crisis Puts Payroll Tax Increase on the Table

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Social Security’s long-term financial challenges are putting renewed attention on one possible way to close the program’s funding gap: raising the payroll tax paid by workers and employers. Social Security’s long-term financial challenges are putting renewed attention on one possible way to close the program’s funding gap: raising the payroll tax paid by workers and … Read more

FAFSA Is Live: What You Need to Know Before Filing for Aid

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The Free Application for Federal Student Aid, better known as the FAFSA, is now open for the 2027–28 academic year, giving students and families an early opportunity to begin the financial-aid process. The U.S. Department of Education opened the application on September 23, making this the earliest FAFSA launch in the program’s history, according to … Read more

The NY governor race pollster scrum

Q THE LANDSLIDE: Quinnipiac University released a poll today that found Gov. Kathy Hochul leading Republican Bruce Blakeman 58-39 — putting her on track for the fourth-largest landslide by a New York gubernatorial candidate in the past 200 years. It’s by far the best poll for Hochul this year and certainly better than a Siena … Read more

NRSC Chair Tim Scott leaves Georgia, North Carolina off his list of top Senate targets

The National Republican Senatorial Committee is shifting its focus away from the North Carolina and Georgia Senate races as it works to shore up red states like Texas and flip other Democratic-held seats. In a closed-door meeting Wednesday, Sen. Tim Scott, the chair of the NRSC, told Senate Republicans that the campaign arm will focus … Read more

Trump officials weigh rolling back beef import plan as GOP midterm panic spreads

A small group of White House officials is exploring whether to cut back President Donald Trump’s decision to increase foreign beef imports, as GOP panic rises ahead of the midterms. The proposal to reduce the amount of imports is being discussed within the Domestic Policy Council headed by Vince Haley, a longtime Trump speechwriter and … Read more