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Mexican influencer César Gastelum, 25, was shot dead while live-streaming outside a fast-food restaurant in Culiacán.

The Western states hold four of the nation's 18 toss-up races as rated by the nonpartisan Cook Political Report.

Federal authorities are investigating billions in related-party loans made by two insurers owned by Mark Walter reportedly to entities associated with him or his holding company.

Acting Atty. Gen. Todd Blanche has a cleared critical hurdle in his bid to be confirmed to the post after swaying Republican holdouts on a Senate committee to advance his nomination for a floor vote.

California sued the Trump administration twice Monday, to block President Trump's latest round of tariffs and to block his administration from sharing needy families' personal data with immigration officials.

The president is scheduled to attend a Republican National Committee dinner Tuesday night at Trump National Golf Club in Rancho Palos Verdes.

President Trump's executive order required the U.S. Postal Service to use state-by-state lists of eligible voters who may send a ballot by mail.

Acting Atty. Gen. Todd Blanche issued a formal order terminating President Trump's $1.8-billion "anti-weaponization fund" to compensate his political allies.

The scheme, known as huachicol fiscal, is the second-largest source of revenue for cartels, after drug trafficking.

California voters left without a candidate from their own party after the top-two primary could still hold strategic sway in key congressional contests.