Feeling out of step with President Trump’s G.O.P., Senator Thom Tillis and Representative Don Bacon are deciding to retire.

A 21-year-old intern in a congressman’s Washington office was fatally shot Monday in the city after gunmen opened fire on a group of people, authorities said. Eric Tarpinian-Jachym was not the target of the shooters,

Elon Musk suggested a third political party, which he’s floated as the “America Party,” will hold significant sway in the Senate and House under slim Republican margins, as he aspires to form a competing party after breaking with the GOP over President Donald Trump’s signature policy bill.

Billionaire tech mogul Elon Musk spent July 4 publicly plotting a strategy for his proposed “America Party” to gain control of the balance of power in Washington following next year’s midterm elections.