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All eyes are on former President Donald Trump, who has launched another White House bid.
White House advisers reportedly say they believe President Donald Trump will likely want to end major military operations in Iran before Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
Steve Hilton, a Republican running for governor, said that the “absolute failure" by California Gov. Gavin Newsom and Democrats means that the GOP has a real shot at victory this year.
Administration officials argue they are working to compromise with Democrats to unlock DHS funding and end the partial shutdown.
What one lawmaker’s defection from the GOP says about the state of politics
President Donald Trump's decision to issue a 60-day Jones Act waiver is aimed at easing pressure on American consumers and strengthening supply chains as U.S. forces continue executing Operation Epic Fury, according to the White House.
Israeli officials told U.S. counterparts they hope for an uprising even though it would lead to a massacre, according to a State Department cable reviewed by The Post.
Vice President Kamala Harris, a former US senator from California who previously served as the state's attorney general, could be the first Black woman and Asian American to lead a major party ticket after receiving President Joe Biden's support t…
Democrats vowed not to fund the Department of Homeland Security during a dangerous time, as Americans can expect further acts of terrorism in the U.S.
The attorney general is slated to appear before a congressional committee to address DOJ’s handling of its investigation into Jeffrey Epstein.
Senator Markwayne Mullin of Oklahoma was chosen to replace the ousted secretary Kristi Noem and will face senators at a confirmation hearing on Wednesday.
If Trump wants to exit rather than escalate, he can take out Iran's oil infrastructure.
The president’s personal iPhone has been lighting up.
The American debate about the campaign against the Islamic Republic of Iran.
The 5-year-old was briefly held at Dilley, where families are sent after ICE roundups.
Fareed explains why AI's massive energy demands are straining the power grid, but also why AI could enable big breakthroughs in sustainability and clean energy.
Sen. John Cornyn and his rival Ken Paxton are still vying for the president’s backing, overshadowing one of the year’s most expensive and closely watched Senate races.
Rep. Pat Harrigan, R-N.C., told Newsmax on Wednesday that Democrats have shown they would rather delay action on Iran than confront the regime's nuclear ambitions.
If President Donald Trump were to leave NATO, it would split and "destroy" the Republican Party, Rep. Don Bacon told CNN.
Top DOJ officials are on Capitol Hill for a closed-door briefing as the House Oversight Committee intensifies its investigation into the handling of the Jeffrey Epstein files.
The USS Gerald R. Ford, the world's largest aircraft carrier, is leaving the Red Sea for repairs at a U.S. Navy base on Crete after a fire in its laundry area last week.
DHS’s next leader will inherit a fast-moving $38 billion plan for industrial-scale immigrant detention.
My first official act as the Marine Corps officer instructor at the Naval ROTC at Vanderbilt University in 1979 was to blow up a classroom.
Trump’s nominee has one big thing going for him: He’s not Kristi Noem.
The U.S.P.S. leader said at a hearing that the service could run out of cash within a year and asked lawmakers to increase its borrowing limits.
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President Donald Trump skipped a key endorsement deadline Tuesday in Texas' GOP Senate race, leaving Sen. John Cornyn and Attorney General Ken Paxton to face off in a costly May 26 runoff.
A new Office of the Legislative Auditor reveals that one of the Minnesota agencies plagued by fraud incorrectly believed it didn't have the authority to investigate kickbacks.
Go beyond the soundbites and get to know some of the most interesting players in politics.
Senator Rand Paul was assaulted in 2017. Markwayne Mullin acknowledged that he once said he understood the reason for the attack, but did not apologize.
An interview with Dr Shmuel Bar.
The foreign origins of Candace Owens and Tucker Carlson’s antisemitism.
Has the salesman in chief gotten rusty?
Illinois Lt. Gov. Juliana Stratton wins Democratic Senate primary race but vows not to support Chuck Schumer as majority leader in Washington.
Sen. Markwayne Mullin, R-Okla., pushed back against Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., chair of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, at the start of his confirmation hearing Wednesday, while urging lawmakers to set aside partisan d…
After nineteen days of war, Israel and America face a grinding conflict with Iran and Hezbollah, and there is no clear end in sight.
This administration has given the company, staffed by the president’s allies, multimillion-dollar contracts it was guaranteed to win.
Dallas County Republican Party Chairman Allen West said he will move forward with a countywide voting approach for the upcoming primary runoff, arguing the change is necessary to avoid voter confusion and operational risks.
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Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul confronted Oklahoma Sen. Markwayne Mullin during a confirmation hearing on Mullin's nomination for homeland security secretary.
The State Department order to review security at “ALL posts worldwide” follows persistent attacks on U.S. embassies, with almost 300 reported in Iraq alone.
Iona Italia talks to historian Clare Mulley about her biography of Polish war heroine Elżbieta Zawacka, aka Agent Zo.
Let's start with the positive: Republicans and Democrats are coming together to protect same-sex marriage from the Supreme Court.
Here’s a rundown of the best comeback, proudest governor and most expensive water at a candidate’s watch party.
The deadline for a candidate to withdraw from the Texas GOP primary ballot has passed with neither incumbent Sen. John Cornyn nor state Attorney General Ken Paxton dropping out while President Donald Trump continues to withhold his endorsement in …
The Biden administration managed to rack up a long list of major legislative wins in its first two years despite facing one of the most closely-divided Congresses in history. From bipartisan action on infrastructure, gun safety and same-sex marria…
Can Cory Booker, once the candidate of love, run for president and stay true to who he is?
Nation's largest teachers union faces criticism for political activism after leaked training docs called democracy "at stake" and targeted GOP states.
Laura K. Field’s smart new book takes a critical look at MAGA’s Ivy League intellectuals.
In a legal filing, the government said it questioned whether the A.I. start-up could be a “trusted partner” in wartime, which led it to label the company a supply chain risk.
House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., on Wednesday blasted Democrats for what he called a "dangerous" shutdown of the Department of Homeland Security, warning that it undermines border security and puts Americans at risk.
The former director of the National Counterterrorism Center and the MAGA-verse influencers don't look like a tipping point for Trump as of now, but it could be the start of something serious.
The senator sounded a warmer and fuzzier tone at his D.H.S. confirmation hearing than President Trump often has, the latest sign that the administration wants to project a more moderated approach.
The Save America Act does not have the support of the 60 senators needed to overcome a filibuster — but Republicans are set to debate it at length under pressure from President Donald Trump.
President Trump highlighted the Border Patrol union's backing of Republican Sen. Markwayne Mullin of Oklahoma for the role of Homeland Security secretary.
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In the wake of the Republican National Convention earlier this month, Fareed speaks with historian Niall Ferguson about how and why the modern-day GOP has changed since the Reagan era of the 1980s.
More than 1,000 full-time journalists and support staff at the news group were ordered to return to work by March 23 and to resume broadcasting.
The planned $400 million project has been a top priority for the president. Judge Richard Leon said he hopes to rule this month on whether to halt construction.
President Joe Biden's federal student loan forgiveness program, which promises to deliver up to $20,000 of debt relief for millions of borrowers, is on hold indefinitely as legal challenges work their way through the courts.
The notice suspends the practice of allowing helicopter pilots to rely on visual separation to avoid striking other aircraft, as happened during last year’s deadly midair collision in Washington.
A new book by Elizabeth Scott-Baumann examines the female poets and literary critics who challenged seventeenth-century England’s male literary establishment.
Sen. Markwayne Mullin, R-Okla., acknowledged Wednesday that he spoke too quickly when making remarks about Alex Pretti, telling lawmakers during his confirmation hearing for Homeland Security secretary that he regretted commenting before all the f…
In a Senate hearing on Wednesday, lawmakers are likely to ask about the information provided to the Trump administration ahead of the U.S.-Israeli war against Iran.
The field is part of a vast gas reservoir shared by Iran and Qatar. The strike appeared to be one of the most significant attacks on an energy site since the U.S.-Israeli air war against Iran began.
Jonathan Kay speaks with Ronan McCrea about his new book, ‘The End of the Gay Rights Revolution: How Hubris and Overreach Threaten Gay Freedom.’
Trump has expressed frustration over a lack of military assistance from allies, but European leaders are reluctant to join a conflict he started without consulting them.
Voters aren't wooed by throwing f-bombs at Trump. With only months until the midterms, Democrats don't have a lot of time to turn things around.
The Department of Justice plans to appeal an order from U.S. District Judge Jeffrey Bryan refusing to recuse himself from an immigration case.
A woman’s allegations of rape against a Republican House candidate have put Trump in a bind.
As Iranian agents surveil London’s Jewish communities and IRGC-backed plots multiply, Britain’s failure to proscribe the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps endangers UK citizens.
Representative Andy Ogles wrote on Monday that “Muslims don’t belong in American society.” He represents thousands of them in Congress.
Opposition from the left has been fierce. Democrats have vowed to filibuster the bill to prevent it from passing the Senate.
Progressive candidate Kat Abughazaleh delivered an expletive-filled concession speech after losing the Illinois Democratic primary, targeting President Donald Trump and ICE.
In South Texas, two of President Trump’s top priorities, the economy and immigration, are colliding as ICE raids upend the construction industry and frustrate workers.
UK, France and Germany decline combat roles in protecting key oil choke point, drawing warnings from Trump and GOP allies about NATO’s reliability.
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Both the Department of Homeland Security and the FBI are probing the results of the 2020 election in Arizona.
Arizona Sen. Kyrsten Sinema decided to shake up the political world on Friday by becoming an independent. The former Democrat is still caucusing with the party in the Senate, so the Democratic caucus still has 51 members. Now, instead of 49 Democr…
Requiring Americans to prove they are citizens when they register would create obstacles for millions of eligible voters and in some cases could hurt Republicans more than Democrats.
Southeast Asia in World War II, Part Three: Independence Movements under Japanese Occupation
GOP Sen. Mitch McConnell asserted that Joe Kent's letter of resignation from the the National Counterterrorism Center director role displayed "virulent anti-Semitism."
Look closely at almost anything and you'll find data—lots of it. But what are those numbers really saying about who we are and what we believe? Harry Enten is on a mission to find out.
Bill Clinton was the last Democratic presidential candidate to win the white working class (conventionally defined as "white non-college voters," i.e., white voters who lack a college degree).
Gov. JB Pritzker emerged as the kingmaker in deep-blue Illinois after pouring millions of dollars and staking his political reputation to deliver his hand-picked Senate candidate a primary victory on Tuesday.
The FBI used expanded online surveillance and biometric tracking to prevent December terrorist attacks, including a planned bombing and New Year's Eve events, FBI Director Kash Patel said.
Follow President Trump’s progress filling over 800 positions, among about 1,300 that require Senate confirmation, in this tracker from The Washington Post and the Partnership for Public Service.
The director of national intelligence provided the Senate Intelligence Committee with mixed messages about the state of Iran’s nuclear program before the war began.
Chief Justice John Roberts said that hostility directed in personal terms at judges is "dangerous and it's got to stop," commenting just days after President Donald Trump's latest social media broadside against judges who have ruled against him an…
Global warming isn't behind California's wildfires, and fires around the world are declining.
President Trump's movement might not survive the war.
Trump is blowing up national-park land in Arizona to wall off one of the border’s last wild places.
Janet Mills does not have a dicey Reddit history or a recently covered-over Nazi tattoo. But her candidacy is haunted by Joe Biden’s 2024 debacle.
The win capped a mixed night for AIPAC and crypto, which spent heavily in Illinois’ primary elections.
A president who cares about a particular policy or piece of legislation is typically a president who can speak fluently on the subject.
Jason Zengerle’s new book about the degradation of a once-gifted writer and broadcaster also illustrates the downward trajectory of the entire news industry during the same period.