President Donald Trump said the Smithsonian should install a 30-foot George Washington statue and a new exhibit almost immediately. The proposal has put fresh attention on how much authority a president actually has over the Smithsonian Institution.

Former President Barack Obama is privately advising leaders at top AI companies while publicly urging Democrats to treat artificial intelligence as a central political issue. The push comes as Washington confronts a new wave of warnings from inside the industry about safety, regulation and the pace of development.

A board packet circulated ahead of a Sept. 15 Kennedy Center meeting warned the Washington arts institution faced possible bankruptcy and closure, while also outlining ways to restore President Donald Trump’s name to the facade. The combination has intensified scrutiny of the center’s finances, governance and legal strategy in Washington.

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Two of the most closely watched Senate contests are narrowing as Democrats and Republicans pour more money into the 2026 midterm map. The late-campaign fight is sharpening in Georgia and North Carolina as control of the chamber remains in play.

New York’s First Appellate Department suspended more than 1,000 attorneys after they failed to resolve long-standing registration delinquencies. Court records show the mass suspension process centered on missed biennial filings, including some dating back about two decades.

The Trump administration has allowed Temporary Protected Status to remain in place for Salvadorans without issuing a formal extension, even after ending the same protections for Haitians and Syrians. The move leaves roughly 200,000 Salvadorans in legal limbo and raises new questions about how TPS decisions are being made.

The U.S. government has spent millions to screen, quarantine and isolate Americans exposed to Ebola outside the country, while public health officials and former CDC leaders say cuts to outbreak-detection programs have weakened efforts to stop the virus earlier in Central Africa.

A Somali asylum seeker living in St. Paul was transferred by ICE to Guantánamo Bay after his arrest in Minnesota, according to Minnesota Public Radio. The case has drawn new attention to the federal government’s use of the naval base for immigration detention.

President Donald Trump led a Republican convention crowd in Dallas through a call-and-response pledge that included the phrase “cheat like hell,” drawing immediate scrutiny because he also told attendees to vote whether they were registered or not. The remarks came as Republicans use a national midterm convention to energize turnout ahead of November.

The U.S. Supreme Court on September 10 again stopped Missouri from using a Republican-drawn congressional map for the November election, extending a fast-moving legal fight over how the state’s districts will be used. The order leaves Missouri set to use its prior map while courts and election officials sort out next steps.