With the 2026 midterm elections approaching, Democrats are gaining ground—or running virtually even—in several key Senate races that could determine control of the chamber.

A new New York Times/Siena poll, conducted September 21 through October 1, shows Democrats leading in three of five closely watched contests while essentially tying Republicans in two others.

The latest meeting between President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping has produced a series of new economic agreements aimed at easing trade tensions between the United States and China.

Following the summit, the two countries agreed on recommendations for more favorable tariff treatment covering approximately $30 billion in non-sensitive goods in each direction. The agreement covers a range of American agricultural and industrial exports, while the United States will reduce tariffs on select Chinese consumer products.

President Donald Trump signed a new security agreement with Denmark and Greenland on Tuesday aimed at strengthening U.S. and NATO security in the Arctic and North Atlantic, while keeping Greenland under Danish sovereignty.

The agreement was signed alongside Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen and Greenland Prime Minister Jens-Frederik Nielsen on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly in New York. The deal follows months of negotiations and heightened tensions surrounding Trump's calls for greater U.S. control over Greenland.

Twenty-five years later, the morning of September 11, 2001 remains etched into the American memory.

It was a day that changed our nation forever.

On that Tuesday morning, 19 terrorists hijacked four commercial airplanes, turning ordinary flights into instruments of terror.

We remember American Airlines Flight 11, traveling from Boston to Los Angeles, which was flown into the North Tower of the World Trade Center.

One year ago today, America lost Charlie Kirk.

For Economic War Room, this is not simply the anniversary of a political leader's death. It is the anniversary of the loss of a friend.

Charlie was a friend of the Economic War Room and someone who shared many of the convictions that have driven our work from the beginning: a commitment to truth, faith, freedom, constitutional principles, and the belief that Americans must understand the forces shaping our nation before those forces shape us.

The conflict between the United States and Iran escalated sharply this week as U.S. forces destroyed five Iranian oil tankers, Iran launched ballistic missiles toward U.S. forces in Jordan, and crude oil prices surged back above $100 per barrel.