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A newly circulated time-lapse video showing Sen. Mitch McConnell sitting almost motionless during an hourslong Senate session has renewed scrutiny of the Kentucky Republican's health, particularly because the footage was reportedly recorded just 10 days before he was hospitalized.

Cornerstone Building Brands plans to permanently eliminate more than 60 jobs at its Kearney, Mo., operation in October, adding another pocket of factory layoffs to an increasingly difficult manufacturing environment as President Donald Trump and Republicans head toward the November elections.

President Donald Trump is considering longtime aide Natalie Harp as a possible successor to White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt, according to CNN, potentially elevating one of the president's closest but least publicly visible aides into the administration's most prominent communications job.

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement is preparing to spend as much as $20 million on thousands of wearable electric-shock devices designed to control people through direct physical contact, a planned procurement that is drawing scrutiny from lawmakers, civil-rights groups and law-enforcement officials over training, accountability and potential misuse.

The Trump administration said it is launching what Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent called an "economic D-Day" against Iran on Monday, escalating Washington's campaign to cut Tehran off from international commerce while Iranian officials threatened countries that participate in the restrictions and warned vessels in the Strait of Hormuz of possible seizure or confiscation.

California lawmakers are close to imposing an absolute minimum marriage age of 18, advancing legislation that would eliminate parental and judicial exceptions that currently allow minors to marry. Assembly Bill 1267, authored by Democratic Assemblymember Gail Pellerin of San Jose, passed the Assembly 66-8 and received unanimous Senate approval on Aug. 19, leaving a final Assembly concurrence vote before the measure can be sent to Gov. Gavin Newsom.

President Donald Trump is considering longtime aide Natalie Harp as a possible successor to White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt, according to CNN,

President Donald Trump's investment managers bought between $15,001 and $50,000 of SpaceX shares in June shortly after Elon Musk's space company went public, according to financial disclosures, adding a prominent federal contractor to a presidential portfolio already facing scrutiny over thousands of trades.

Former Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene escalated her break with President Donald Trump over the weekend, calling him a "false little god" and a "neocon puppet" after Trump attacked Greene, Tucker Carlson and former Rep. Thomas Massie over their increasingly public effort to organize a political movement outside his orbit.

Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi disclosed millions of dollars in new investments tied to Intel and Bloom Energy, two companies positioned to benefit from U.S. government support for semiconductor manufacturing, hydrogen infrastructure and the power-intensive artificial-intelligence boom. The July transactions, attributed to Pelosi's husband, Paul Pelosi, included shares and call options that could represent more than $13 million in purchases based on the ranges reported in congressional disclosures.