Politics

At the request of the New York Times, a judge unsealed a goodbye note that Jeffrey Epstein's former cellmate says he found after the convicted sex offender's first suicide attempt in July 2019.

Tennessee Republicans' map would crack Shelby County — home to majority-Black Memphis — into three different districts, in an effort to eliminate the state's lone remaining Democratic-held seat.

Proposition 50, which Democrats framed as a referendum on the Trump administration, attracted far more support from California Latinos than Kamala Harris’s presidential campaign did just the previous year, a CalMatters data analysis has found. The swing toward Prop. 50 is yet another indication that President Donald Trump’s fragile coalition of Latino support is dissolving.

The American Psychiatric Association says too few patients can access comprehensive mental health care in the United States. It welcomes new investments in improving access to evidence-based care.

Campaign staffers are turning private polling data into personal paydays. They describe the election prediction market as a "Wild West" for staffers.

The vast majority of Americans — 8 in 10 — say there should be age caps for members of Congress, as well as term limits, according to the latest NPR/PBS News/Marist poll.

The remarks contrast with Border Czar Tom Homan's softer messaging earlier this year, after two U.S. citizens were killed by immigration officials in Minneapolis.

Lutnick said last year that he cut ties with Epstein, his former neighbor, in 2005. But the Epstein files indicate that the two kept in contact, including for a 2012 lunch on Epstein's private island.

The mayor's proposed budget slashes arts funding by $11.8 million. Arts organizations said the cuts would be disastrous, not just to the programs themselves but also to the city's cultural vibrancy.

San Diego County sued the federal government and private prison company CoreCivic earlier this year after a coalition of lawmakers — including County Supervisors Terra Lawson-Remer and Paloma Aguirre — were blocked from inspecting the facility.