Far-right extremist group set to be at Lakewood summer festival The City of Lakewood says Moms for Liberty, a conservative group based in Florida, has reserved a booth at this year’s SummerFEST on Saturday. The group is known for protesting at school boards and is considered extremist by civil rights watchdogs. Casey Martin
House passes defense bill mostly along party lines with culture war measures attached What's normally a bipartisan piece of legislation has turned into a culture war battleground. Deirdre Walsh
President Biden posts 'blockbuster' three-month fundraising total: $72 million The Biden campaign's self-reported fundraising numbers dwarf second-quarter totals for Republicans Donald Trump and Ron DeSantis. Tamara Keith
Rural voters lean red, young voters lean blue. So what's a young, rural voter to do? Democrats are aiming to make gains in North Carolina in 2024. And that path to victory in the state runs through its small towns and youngest voters. Here's where some of them stand. Elena Moore
Evangelical Christian voters in Iowa love Trump. Can another Republican win them over? At the Family Leader summit in Des Moines, GOP presidential hopefuls will try to convince Iowa's influential evangelical voting bloc they have the conservative credentials to win the caucuses. Clay Masters
The federal deficit nearly tripled, raising concern about the country's finances The federal government's budget gap widened significantly in the first nine months of the fiscal year, as tax receipts slumped and spending increased. Scott Horsley
FTC investigating ChatGPT over potential consumer harm ChatGPT sees its first hint of regulation as the federal agency requests documentation about its business practices. Dara Kerr
Who left cocaine in the West Wing? The Secret Service says they may never know Several hundred people could have dropped the small bag of cocaine near a door to the West Wing. But without fingerprints, DNA or video evidence, the Secret Service can't figure out who did it. Tamara Keith
RFK Jr. is building a presidential campaign around conspiracy theories The latest member of the Kennedy dynasty to run for president regularly shares a dizzying range of falsehoods and conspiracy theories on podcasts and at other campaign appearances. Shannon Bond
Why inflation is losing its punch — and why things could get even better Annual inflation fell to 3% in June, the lowest since March 2021. That probably won't stop the Federal Reserve from raising rates again, but this month's expected hike could be the last. Scott Horsley
