Serbia’s populist President Aleksandar Vucic has resigned the post to pursue a bid to become the prime minister in an upcoming early parliamentary election. Vucic’s second presidential term would otherwise end in May next year. He is banned by the Serbian Constitution from seeking a third term and said he was resigning to lead his right-wing Serbian Progressive Party in the Oct. 25 ballot. The governing populists face a major challenge at the ballot from a youth-backed movement that led the protests triggered by the Nov. 1, 2024, train station canopy collapse that killed 16 people in the northern city of Novi Sad.

A new report on Charlie Kirk’s assassination last year says his Turning Point USA organization insisted he speak outdoors despite security concerns from officials at the university where he was killed. It also found that the university didn’t properly assess dangers, including the possibility of a rooftop shooter. Those were among the key findings in a report released Friday by Utah Valley University. The review assessed security procedures for the conservative activist's Sept. 10, 2025, appearance at the Orem, Utah, campus. Investigators examined planning conversations between Turning Point and university officials, and the university’s response to the shooting. Utah Valley said the review was done independently by outside consultants.

President Donald Trump has tested his midterm campaign appeal in North Carolina as he tries to help his handpicked Republican Senate hopeful and former national party chairman. The rally marked Trump’s most prominent campaign travel since his midterm convention in Dallas. Despite voter frustrations over the Iran war and his economic leadership, Trump has promised more trips before Election Day. Whatley faces a challenging contest against Cooper. Trump’s involvement in midterm races creates a balancing act for Republicans like Whatley, who must maximize support from the president’s core supporters without alienating other voters who’ve soured on the administration amid inflation and the war in Iran.

President Donald Trump's political group is spending $10 million on ads in the Texas Senate race. This is MAGA, Inc.’s first significant spending commitment in the midterm elections. The race has become competitive for Democrats with James Talarico's candidacy. Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is the Republican nominee. Trump's endorsement helped Paxton defeat Sen. John Cornyn in a May primary runoff. Public disapproval of Trump over the economy and the Iran war has been challenging for Republicans. MAGA, Inc. has $400 million in campaign funds. Trump said these funds are separate from the Republican National Committee's.

Turning Point Action activists made waves at the Iowa State Fair by heckling Democratic politicians. Videos of these confrontations have gained significant attention online. But Turning Point Action staff are busy registering voters and promoting social events, a test of its ability to shape the next Republican presidential primary in 2028. The organization is focusing on building a foundation for the Iowa caucuses, aiming to have staff in each of Iowa's 99 counties. This effort is not tied to any specific candidate, but Vice President JD Vance, endorsed by Erika Kirk, could benefit if he launches a bid.

It was the fight for abortion rights that launched Gloria Steinem into feminism. The idea that women couldn’t reach equality without the ability to decide whether or when to have children was central to the feminist movement of the late 1960s, which Steinem came to embody until her death at age 92 on Wednesday. The victories of that movement dramatically transformed American culture and family life. But Steinem lived to see the rise of a powerful backlash against her vision of feminism, with reproductive rights, motherhood, childbearing and gender roles once again at the center of the country’s cultural wars.

Adam Hamilton is the founder of the nation's largest United Methodist church, and he's attempting to pull off an unusual balancing act in running as a Democrat for the U.S. Senate. Hamilton peppers his campaign remarks with biblical references but also tells voters that he does not plan to use a Senate seat to win more converts. Incumbent Republican Sen. Roger Marshall and the GOP argue that Hamilton is too liberal. Hamilton counters that if Jesus were here today, Marshall would call him “woke.” Only a few ordained ministers have served in the Senate in the past 100 years.