New York City Mayor Eric Adams announced Sunday the end of his second-term campaign, which was plagued by a web of scandals and legal woes.
Why it matters: Adams' departure from the trail comes just weeks before election day, narrowing down the field to a group including two candidates whom he's described as "spoiled brats": Former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo and Democratic nominee Zohran Mamdani.
Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) said that the White House's threatened firings if a government shutdown proceeds don't "have to happen" if Democrats sign onto a GOP plan to keep the government open.
The big picture: Still,Democrats, including Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.), don't seem to be budging and are largely dismissing the Trump administration's warning to prepare for mass shakeups to an already unrecognizable federal workforce.
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) lavished praise on New York City Mayor Eric Adams on Sunday, saying the outgoing mayor has "served courageously and authentically for decades."
Advocates and parents of people with autism say they're frustrated and disheartenedafter the Trump administration publicly linked taking Tylenol while pregnant as a cause for the condition.
Why it matters: The push from President Trump and Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has generated a cycle of guilt for mothers and women, while spreading misinformation about a complex condition that is largely linked to genetic mutations.
Farmers will need government relief this year after the trade war choked off access to key markets, Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) said Sunday.
Why it matters: Thune's comment, following a promise from President Trump earlier in the week, sets up a potential battle over what would likely be a multibillion-dollar package — and a separate fight over why it was needed in the first place.
President Trump told Axios in an interview Sunday that negotiations over his plan to end the war in Gaza are "at their final stages" and contended a deal could open the way for wider peace in the Middle East.
Why it matters: This is the most significant effort to date to end the war.
More than 66,000 Palestinians have been killed since the Oct. 7, 2023, attacks on Israel, according to the Hamas-controlled Gaza health ministry.
With a deadline to fund the government just around the corner, lawmakers appeared locked in a battle of blame on Sunday.
The big picture: After President Trump canceled a prior meeting with Democratic leadership, he's now set to sit down with the top four congressional leaders on Monday, but finding common ground to craft a deal seems a far-fetched feat.
A growing number of Democratic officials are embracing tough-on-crime strategies in ways not seen since the 1990s, seeking to counter President Trump's focus on high violent crime rates in Democrat-led cities.
Why it matters: Homicides are declining nationally. But shootings in Chicago and other cities — along with high-profile slayings, especially the fatal stabbing of a Ukrainian refugee on a light-rail train in Charlotte, N.C. — have inspired moderate Democrats to push stepped-up anti-crime plans.
Halfway through 2025, attacks by far-left extremists outpaced far-right violence for the first time in more than three decades, according to new research from the Center for Strategic & International Studies.
Why it matters: America's domestic terrorism landscape has undergone a remarkable inversion since President Trump took office, as his policies have eased grievances on the far right while intensifying anger on the far left.
