Fewer Americans than last year think the federal government is effective at making a positive impact on people’s lives, according to a new poll released Wednesday. In the Bentley University-Gallup Business in Society survey, about 43 percent of respondents said the federal government has been effective in making a positive impact on people’s lives. This is…

Russia is going to send its first tanker with diesel to the U.S. on Thursday, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak said. According to a Reuters report citing the RIA news agency and other media, Novak said Wednesday the vessel will carry 40,000 metric tons of fuel. “Additional shipments will follow, of course. There were…

A new United Nations climate report released Wednesday said that while global temperatures are set to exceed 1.5-degree Celsius above preindustrial levels, urgent and steep cuts to emissions can help reduce the overshoot. The Emissions Gap Report 2026: The Point of Return — published by the U.N. Environment Programme (UNEP) — looks at the “lowest possible”…

The Social Security Administration (SSA) announced Tuesday it corrected millions of Social Security number (SSN) database files, including death records and citizenship information, partially using the Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements (SAVE) service. “The Social Security Number database is our country’s books and records. The database’s accuracy is essential to maintaining integrity of government services…

Federal agents are investigating reports of an incendiary device being thrown at Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) downtown Atlanta office Tuesday night. “FBI personnel and evidence response technicians are on site collecting evidence,” the FBI said in a statement obtained by NewsNation, The Hill’s broadcasting partner. “There is no known threat to public safety at…

Elon Musk said Tuesday that his two companies, SpaceX and Tesla, have formed independent special committees to discuss the potential merger, calling it “a good idea.” “I think it would be a good ​idea, but it’s really up to the special committees of both companies,” Musk told investors on a conference call, according to a…

New York congressional candidate Brad Lander (D) said Wednesday he was detained by the Israeli military in the West Bank while “harvesting olives in a grove near Nehalim.” “The occupation is a crime under international law. Harvesting olives isn’t a crime under any law I know,” Lander wrote in a post on the social platform…

Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) and Robert Garcia (D-Calif.) are the latest among several officials across the country who have reported receiving suspicious packages at their offices ahead of the midterm elections. Ocasio-Cortez released a statement Tuesday evening saying a suspicious letter was delivered to her district office in Hunts Point, N.Y. The letter is being…

Rep. Jasmine Crockett insisted she is supporting fellow Texas Democrat James Talarico in his ongoing Senate bid, arguing her down ballot focus will ultimately help him. “I’ve endorsed him 100 times,” Crockett said during a stop in Houston on the first day of early voting Monday, the Houston Chronicle reported. Talarico, who defeated Crockett in the…

The Centers for Disease Control and ​Prevention (CDC) has added a third U.S. measles death to its national tracker as total cases for 2026 surpass 4,400. The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) told Reuters the CDC updated its count after the National Center for Health Statistics received ​a report of a measles-related death…

A third of Americans think that the government should try a second time to put 50-year-old Christa Pike to death after she survived Tennessee’s attempt to execute her by lethal injection last month. A four-day Reuters/Ipsos poll found 33 percent American adults said a second attempt should be made to execute inmates who survive the…

A Minnesota teen who was arrested after being accused of planning a terror attack on the Mall of America in Minneapolis must remain in jail, a federal judge ruled Monday. U.S. Magistrate Judge Dulce Foster said Sheikhdoon Abdullahi Mohamud,18, won’t be released because he’s a risk to the community and a flight risk, the Associated…

The Mississippi attorney general’s office said in a statement Monday that a state investigation found the use of force was “justified” in an officer-involved shooting in June that took the life of a 1-year-old boy. While responding to a shoplifting call at a Walmart in Senatobia, an officer fired at a moving vehicle, killing Kohen…