Mike Ditka, who won NFL titles as a player and coach with the Chicago Bears, has died. He was 86. Ditka's family announced the death on Friday in a statement.

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The D.C. Board of Elections told the National Guard to keep troops away from ballot drop boxes, alleging voter interference. The outcry came after a left-wing account on X posted a video, dated Thursday,

Ditka was best known for leading the 1985 Chicago Bears to the only Super Bowl title in franchise history.

The former president plans to hold a Get-Out-the-Vote rally on Oct. 24 in Detroit.

Live updates and the latest news as Senate candidates in Michigan, Georgia and Maine face off in debates and Trump attends a scientific innovation summit today at the U.S. Institute of Peace.

The Republican nominee for a seat on the Texas Railroad Commission repeatedly called for executing his political enemies, including former President Barack Obama, in social media posts that have since been removed,

House Speaker Mike Johnson cares so little about Americans that he’s pretending that public opinion is really the result of brainwashing by the Chinese government. Speaking on Fox Business Monday, Johnson agreed with host Cheryl Casone’s assertion that the public pushback to AI data centers was “coming from China” and being seized on by Democrats ahead of the midterm elections.

The administration has shifted its enforcement of a civil rights law from allegations of sexual misconduct to issues like blocking protections for transgender students.