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Mike Leon, host of the Can We Please Talk podcast; Debra Lea, political commentator; and Adam Weiss, Republican strategist and political commentator, join Tiffany Meier Tonight for "Big Deal or No Big Deal?!"

The panel weighs in on a new poll showing dissatisfaction with California Gov. Gavin Newsom, Texas Senate candidate Ken Paxton's lack of commitment to debate James Talarico, and Americans who moved to Europe after President Donald Trump's reelection but now regret the decision.

Tiffany Meier's panel unpacks the second and final Michigan Senate debate, where Democrat Abdul El-Sayed and Republican Mike Rogers traded accusations of lying about records, corporate money, defunding the police, and El-Sayed's alleged ties to the Muslim Brotherhood.

They also react to the admission that Wedgewood Polling fabricated surveys later cited by El-Sayed's campaign and others during the primaries.

An American teacher is heading home after four and a half years in a Russian prison. President Donald Trump says he asked Russian President Vladimir Putin to free him.

Wedgewood Polls admits its election polls weren't real. How can fake polls sway what you think about a race?

We have more on Trump's program that pays whistleblowers a commission for reporting fraud. Could it help protect your tax dollars?

A new report says communist groups are backing the unrest in France. How is the ultra-left using the crisis, and could it happen in the United States?

Russian President Vladimir Putin proposes meeting President Donald Trump in China next month. He also signals a willingness to resume talks to end the war in Ukraine. We break down the key takeaways from Putin's back-to-back meetings with U.S. and Chinese envoys.

The U.S. is strengthening ties with India. During his visit, Secretary of State Marco Rubio emphasized maritime access and expanded purchases of American technology.

Forced organ harvesting in China—how does Beijing conceal the crime? A new report sheds light on the methods used to mask the abuses.

Europe's last major penicillin plant is struggling to survive against cheaper Chinese competition. Its warning: If the plant shuts down, Europe could become entirely dependent on China for this lifesaving antibiotic.

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) is the latest lawmaker to report receiving a suspicious package.

Ocasio-Cortez said a suspicious envelope containing white powder was sent to her district office in the Bronx on Tuesday. She called it an attempt to intimidate elected officials ahead of the midterm elections.

In recent weeks, more than two dozen Democratic and Republican lawmakers have reported receiving suspicious documents in the mail.

The FBI and other federal law enforcement agencies are investigating.

Former President Bill Clinton was in Florida on Tuesday encouraging voters to make David Jolly the state's first Democratic governor in decades.

"I think we ought to give David Jolly a chance," Clinton said at an event in Hollywood, Florida, casting the Republican in the race, Rep. Byron Donalds, as a reliable ally of Trump.

Clinton was in the state as the Democratic Governors Association gave $1 million to Jolly's campaign. DGA spokesperson Kevin Donohoe said Jolly has "run an aggressive, grassroots campaign that has given him a clear path to victory."

A Democrat hasn't been elected Florida governor since 1994.

Trade is at the center of Michigan's Senate race. Republican Mike Rogers and Democrat Abdul El-Sayed made separate appearances before the Detroit Economic Club yesterday.

On the broader economy, the two candidates laid out very different plans, although both called for a change of course on tariffs with Canada.

New charges will be filed on Thursday in the US criminal case against ousted Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, the Manhattan US Attorney's Office said on Thursday. Details of the new charges were not immediately available.

A US official told Reuters on Wednesday that Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores were expected to face new charges over the alleged torture of Americans held in Venezuela.

After 130 days of relative calm, the 2026 Atlantic hurricane season birthed its first hurricane, and it’s headed for the Gulf Coast. Hurricane Isaias officially evolved from a tropical storm late Wednesday, according to the National Hurricane Center, setting a new record for the quietest start to a hurricane season since the satellite era began 60 years ago.

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio is calling for the nations of the West to return to their civilizational roots and restore the values that drove the rise of Europe and North America to global dominance for centuries. Rubio is in Athens on Wednesday to discuss deepening economic, energy, and security cooperation with Greece and deliver a speech overlooking the ruins of the Acropolis.

Israeli politicians, family members of victims, and residents of southern Israel on Wednesday marked the third anniversary of the Oct. 7, 2023, attacks. Mourners gathered at a memorial on the site of the Nova music festival in Reim, where partygoers were killed and kidnapped.