With Election Day 2025 fast approaching, the only two states this year holding showdowns for governor have been jolted by October surprises. In Virginia, explosive revelations in Virginia’s attorney general race that the GOP is aiming to leverage up and down the ballot shook up the race for governor, forcing Democratic Party nominee former Rep. Abigail Spanberger back on defense in a race where most polls indicated her...

President Donald Trump said he could legally invoke the Insurrection Act to tackle violent crime in Chicago and urged Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker to “beg for help,” intensifying the long-running standoff between the two leaders. Trump, speaking to reporters aboard Air Force One on his way home from Egypt after wrapping up his Middle East peace tour, was remarking on earlier comments he made about that country’s approach...

U.S. President Donald Trump and French President Emmanuel Macron clasped hands during an oddly lengthy handshake that lasted for around 26 seconds. The handshake, which began in a traditional form, morphed into an arm-wrestling-type grip part of the way through. The bizarrely long greeting occurred this week as world leaders converged in Egypt to mark the peace deal between Israel and Hamas that Trump helped to broker. SOCIAL...