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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…
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…
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.
Republican strategists hope the endorsement will make the Texas Senate race less expensive and less competitive.
The desexing of language in women’s health research and care is a story of the marginalisation of science, cultural imperialism, and abuse of power.
Trump and Energy Secretary Chris Wright signal the U.S. may escort tankers through the Strait of Hormuz as shipping traffic drops, though a U.S. official says no mission is underway.
The assassination of Ayatollah Khamenei has opened a narrow window for regime change in Tehran.
Friday 27 February – Friday 6 March
President Trump demanded that Iran capitulate in the war with the United States, invoking a phrase made famous by statesmen and generals.
Let's start with the positive: Republicans and Democrats are coming together to protect same-sex marriage from the Supreme Court.
Courts are likely to defer to the president this time-but he has to be careful.
The Supreme Court has just invalidated Trump’s tariff agenda. But the economics were already doing that.
In yesterday's column discussing the utter weirdness of the Democrats' gay-preacher Senate nominee in Texas, James Talarico, I floated a rumor that had been circulating that President Trump would endorse incumbent Republican John Cornyn in return …
Quillette podcast host Jonathan Kay speaks with Iranian-Canadian human-rights activist Kaveh Shahrooz about whether Reza Pahlavi, the eldest son of the last Shah of Iran, might rise to power as a new Prince of Persia.
President Trump is betting his legacy on a new playbook for U.S.-led regime change: We bomb, you decide.
Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, Mick Jagger, and the theatre of degradation.
Marine veteran and Green Party candidate Brian McGinnis remains defiant after a violent removal from a Senate hearing involving Sen. Tim Sheehy.
Trump promised to stop wars. His grip on his base is being questioned now that he’s started one.
Georgia's Republican-led Senate on Friday approved legislation broadening "stand your ground" self-defense protections, a proposal some Democrats said could help protect defendants such as those who murdered Ahmaud Arbery.
Our reporter Elaine Godfrey on getting kicked out of a Jasmine Crockett rally
The Cruz family spent years building a life in New York. Then the risks of staying became too great.
A runoff, resentments, and the question of whether a Democrat can win statewide
My aunt couldn’t afford to go to the hospital. She ended up there anyway.
Vinay Prasad, the top regulator overseeing vaccines and complex treatments for difficult diseases, had previously lost his job in July before getting it back less than two weeks later.
As tech companies gain more ground, residents pay the price for the state's data center boom.
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.
The U.S. military operation in Iran is testing a depleted Justice Department and FBI. Firings of experienced agents and prosecutors have diminished expertise to counter threats.
Texas Senate candidate James Talarico faces scrutiny over 2019 posts advising undocumented immigrants how to evade ICE detention during Trump's first administration.
The information has included satellite imagery showing the locations of military personnel. But some officials played down the significance of the partnership.
All eyes are on former President Donald Trump, who has launched another White House bid.
Two days ago, it looked like Texas attorney general Ken Paxton's dreams of going to the U.S. Senate were evaporating.
Retired Air Force Brig. Gen. Blaine Holt told Newsmax Friday that the U.S. operation against Iran should not be compared with the troop-heavy wars in Iraq or Afghanistan.
Former Trump administration official Marc Short told Newsmax Friday that Republicans should press Democrats harder over their refusal to fund the Department of Homeland Security, calling the standoff a national security risk and political liability.
Reporters tapped sources, combed through public records and scrutinized social media to penetrate the web of influence and money underlying the president’s clemency grants.
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.
The Justice Department told a federal appeals court that judges who blocked executive orders sanctioning several law firms had infringed on the president’s authority.
The United States went to war with Iran for reasons that remain unclear.
Sen. John Kennedy, R-La., told Newsmax on Friday that President Donald Trump did not start a war with Iran but was trying to stop one.
How an unlikely duo of lawmakers partnered with victims to try to hold the powerful accountable
Democratic governors, under pressure, must decide whether to participate in the new federal voucher program, which offers dollars for public and private school students.
Throughout our nation's history, zealous left-wing crusades have gradually but invariably lost ground because, sooner or later, the practical and immediate demands of commerce reasserted themselves in the face of abstract utopian promises.
The Florida bar said that it had “erroneously” made that assertion, disclosed in a letter last month, and that no investigation into Ms. Halligan was pending.
A George Soros-backed, soft-on-crime prosecutor in Fairfax County, along with Virginia's state administration, which has taken a hostile stance toward the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, are contributing to what many see as a dangerous e…
Operation Epic Fury is not just about Iran.
Virginia governor Abigail Spanberger slams Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth after military cuts ties with William & Mary over alleged woke ideologies.
The abrupt cancellation of a training event has put a spotlight on the 82nd Airborne Division, which specializes in ground combat and other fraught missions.
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Elon Musk should remain focused on Mars; diverting to the Moon would be a mistake.
Perhaps we forgot what it's like when politicians act on their promises.
Dr. Vinay Prasad drew criticism for overriding career scientists and rejecting drugs by companies seeking agency approval.
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul met with border czar Tom Homan on Friday, as Homan sought to assure the governor there were no plans for a surge of immigration agents into her state.
Republican Reps. Tim Burchett of Tennessee and Lauren Boebert of Colorado said on Friday that Congress is blocking transparency about sexual misconduct allegations involving lawmakers after the House rejected a resolution to release ethics reports…
For some Democrats, generational change comes with a cringey social media past.
The first lady’s surreal act of geopolitical theatre did little to explain how the ongoing US–Israeli military campaign against Iran’s brutal theocrats will make the world safer.
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…
Over the last 48 hours, both chambers of Congress have held formal votes on War Powers resolutions to terminate US military operations in Iran - and both said no. The Senate voted down its measure 47-53, largely along partisan lines, with the Hous…
Rev. Jesse Jackson's memorial service draws former Presidents Barack Obama, Joe Biden and Bill Clinton to Chicago's House of Hope arena on Friday.
President Donald Trump and War Secretary Pete Hegseth met Friday with the CEOs of several major defense contractors as the joint U.S.-Israeli military operation against Iran entered its sixth day.
He has a beard, a splitting maul, and a house in Michigan. Is that enough to convince America that he’s a man of the people?
Joe Biden shared a personal story about childhood stuttering at Jesse Jackson's memorial service, telling a crowd he's "smarter than most of you" in a pointed comment.
The defense secretary appears unable to approach matters of life and death with even the slightest bit of reverence or humility.
The Islamic Republic’s assault on the Gulf will forge the new Middle East.
The Justice Department has formed a working group to examine bringing federal charges against officials or entities within Cuba’s government.
What had been a safe G.O.P. seat was looking more attainable for Democrats after Representative Tony Gonzales bowed out in favor of a hard-right candidate.
Asif Merchant told an FBI agent he thought Iran "was responsible" for the assassination attempt on President Trump in Butler, Pennsylvania, but the bureau found no evidence of that.
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President Trump says Iran's military is "gone" nearly a week after the U.S. and Israel started coordinated military action against Tehran.
Virginia Dems tightened the screws on their anti-ICE cooperation efforts just days after Gov. Abigail Spanberger rejected federal requests to hold an illegal immigrant murderer.
Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, defended his vote to defeat an effort by Rep. Nancy Mace, R-S.C., that would make public all reports of allegations of congressional lawmakers and aides accused of sexual misconduct or harassment in an appearance on Newsma…
The decisions by Darrell Issa and Kevin Kiley, made newly vulnerable by redistricting, demonstrated the challenges Republicans face in a difficult midterm environment.
After meeting with defense contractors at the White House, President Trump said the companies were all committed to increasing production.
Firings, resignations and diversions to the president’s priorities have left elite counterterrorism and counterintelligence units stretched thin, current and former officials say.
On Wednesday, February 25, German law enforcement carried out a nationwide "Day of Action Against Online Hate" involving raids and interrogations in connection with 140 cases of suspected "dissemination of criminal content...in particular on socia…
The president blamed payments to players and said he would focus on “common sense” ideas to fix college football, basketball and other sports.
The attack on Iran has put a clear question front and center for this country and our allies around the world: Given Iran's long and bloody history of support for terrorism and its nuclear weapons obsession, which poses an existential threat not j…
The targeting information has included the locations of American warships and aircraft in the Middle East, the officials said.
California Rep. Darrell Issa announces retirement after 25 years, endorses San Diego County Supervisor Jim Desmond for newly redrawn 48th District seat.
The Trump administration had signaled earlier this week that it was ready to abandon four executive orders seeking to punish law firms, but abruptly reversed course the next day.
A spokesperson said the bar’s counsel “erroneously” stated there was a “pending investigation”; instead, a complaint against Halligan remains at a preliminary stage.
The U.S. Postal Service will run out of cash within a year unless Congress lifts a decades-old cap and allows the agency to borrow more money, the new postmaster general warned in an interview.If it doesn't, the Postal Service might not be able to…
Democrats maintained their DHS funding blockade over ICE reforms despite Secretary Kristi Noem's ouster, and Sen. Markwayne Mullin, R-Okla., will take her place.
Representative Jasmine Crockett claimed I wasn’t kicked out of her rally. Here’s the audio.
Justice Sonia Sotomayor warned that the U.S. Supreme Court had asserted a "newfound authority" after it halted a New York state court order that would have required the state to redraw New York City's only Republican-held congressional district be…
War Secretary Hegseth declines to detail military plans for Iran's enriched uranium stockpile reportedly stored at Isfahan nuclear facility.
In this week’s column, I reflect on the death of Ayatollah Khamenei—and why it may be a moment for cautious celebration.
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.
Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Calif., is expected to drop his reelection bid just ahead of California's congressional filing deadline on Friday, according to Axios and Politico.
President Trump, who values loyalty, has at times tried to distance himself from his administration’s own actions when they become politically toxic.
In geopolitics, moral culture shapes whether influence is experienced as leadership or domination, cooperation or coercion.
Sen. Mark Kelly, D-Ariz., on Friday proposed suspending the 18.4-cent-per gallon federal gasoline tax through Oct. 1 in a bid to help Americans who face rising prices due to the U.S.-Israeli war with Iran.
“This is a straightforward issue of who’s in charge,” Sen. Angus King (I-Maine) said, citing a law that certain monuments must receive Congress’s approval.
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Congressional questions about contracts, ads, and extramarital sex ended her tenure.
Conservative influencers are pushing for a return to the dark days of 1950s inquisitions.
The agency said the records, which include allegations made against President Donald Trump in 2019, were not previously released because they were “ incorrectly coded.”