Rhode Island’s ‘Taylor Swift Tax’ on vacation homes of the wealthy is spreading to other states

Spirit Airlines files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection for the second time in a year

Retail panic: What the end of the ‘de minimis’ exemption means for brands across the globe

Cracker Barrel rebrand: Why companies retreat when faced with consumer criticism

Trump accused Fed governor Lisa Cook of mortgage fraud. That can be hard to prove, experts say.

Trump responds to bizarre weekend rumors of his death: ‘I was very active’

Massie fires back after Johnson calls his Epstein records push ‘meaningless’

Trump admin scores legal win in $16B climate fight as federal appeals court lifts block on grant terminations

Government shutdown, Epstein files, DC crime: Congress returns to mountain of drama

Top Senate Republican ready to go nuclear, ‘roll over’ Democrats with rule change to confirm Trump nominees

Trump’s exaggerated claim that Pennsylvania has 500,000 fracking jobs

Tucker Carlson says father Trump will give ‘spanking’ at rowdy Georgia rally

A GOP operative accused a monastery of voter fraud. Nuns fought back.

American creating deepfakes targeting Harris works with Russian intel, documents show

Early voting in Wisconsin slowed by label printing problems

Critics slam Mexico’s gentrification protests as xenophobic. Activists say they’re fighting for their human rights

A piece of the illegally felled Sycamore Gap tree is going on display – and you can hug it

EU’s von der Leyen survives parliament confidence vote brought by far-right

At least four killed and many ‘kidnapped’ in second Houthi attack in a week on Red Sea cargo ship

Universities threatened with funding cuts under proposed plan to tackle antisemitism in Australia