News for August 4, 2025

The White House is looking for a new Bureau of Labor Statistics chief after President Donald Trump fired Erika McEntarfer and said the agency needs more trust and experience.

Some swing-district Republicans, including Kevin Kiley and Mike Lawler, are breaking with their party’s Texas redistricting push and backing new limits on partisan gerrymandering as Democrats threaten to answer with their own map changes.

The Department of Homeland Security is changing visa rules to block transgender women from getting certain visas to compete in women’s sports in the United States.

Nate Morris is attacking Mitch McConnell’s long record as he runs for the Kentucky Senate seat McConnell is leaving, while McConnell defends his legacy and support for Trump.

Wildfire smoke from Canada is pushing unhealthy air into Michigan, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, and much of the Upper Midwest and Northeast, leading to air quality alerts for millions.

Florida Republicans made clear at their big state party event that Donald Trump, not Ron DeSantis, now drives the party’s direction.

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott escalated a fight over redistricting after Democratic lawmakers left the state to block a Republican-backed map that could help Donald Trump’s party win more U.S. House seats.

Trump fired the Labor Statistics commissioner after a weak jobs report, but former officials say the monthly data is collected through a long, routine process that makes direct manipulation unlikely.

Noah Lyles won the U.S. 200-meter title, then had a tense postrace moment with rival Kenny Bednarek after a close finish.

Police are still searching for Michael Paul Brown after four people were killed in a shooting at a Montana bar.

Rep. Nancy Mace launched her campaign for South Carolina governor, entering a crowded GOP primary with a combative message and a hard-right policy platform.

Hundreds of retired Israeli security officials, including former Mossad chief Tamir Pardo and Ami Ayalon, are urging President Donald Trump to pressure Israel to end the war in Gaza and bring the hostages home.

NBC News reports that Christian college ministry Chi Alpha and the Assemblies of God kept supporting Daniel Savala, a convicted sex offender, even after warnings, allowing him to keep abusing students for years.

Derek Dooley, a former football coach and attorney, has entered the Republican race for U.S. Senate in Georgia as the party looks to unseat Democratic Sen. Jon Ossoff.