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Anduril Industries and Palantir Technologies are among firms developing the software to run the $185 billion Golden Dome antimissile shield
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March 24, 2026
GOP senators have made an offer to Democrats to fund DHS and end the TSA staffing woes that have led to long lines at airport security
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March 24, 2026
Plans for a 3,000-bed prison near the Arkansas River, led by Republican Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders, face an unlikely rebellion from a group of MAGA conservatives
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March 24, 2026
Oklahoma Republican Gov. Kevin Stitt selected Alan Armstrong, an energy executive, to fill the seat being vacated by Sen. Markwayne Mullin until a new election takes place in November
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March 24, 2026
If you are rage-reading this in a TSA line, here’s the back story. Read more in today’s WSJ Politics Newsletter:
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March 24, 2026
President Trump said on Monday the U.S. military would postpone strikes on Iranian power plants and energy infrastructure for five days following “productive” talks between Washington and Tehran
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March 24, 2026
Sen. Markwayne Mullin (R., Okla.) won confirmation to replace Kristi Noem as the next secretary of the Department of Homeland Security
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March 24, 2026
The Defense Department introduced new restrictions on press access on Monday, days after a federal judge ruled that key elements of the limits it introduced last year were unconstitutional
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March 24, 2026
SCOTUS on late mailed ballots, Trump and Iran’s contradictory comments, and a restaurant’s expansion—after nearly 200 years. Read more in today’s What’s News newsletter:
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March 23, 2026
President Trump has rejected a possible offramp for the standoff over funding the Department of Homeland Security, leaving an impasse unresolved that has led to hourslong lines at some airports
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March 23, 2026
The Supreme Court seems inclined to block states from counting mailed ballots that are postmarked by Election Day but arrive a few days afterward
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March 23, 2026
President Trump’s threats and proclamations have a similar sound. Read more in today’s WSJ Politics Newsletter:
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March 23, 2026
ICE officers will begin trying to ease bottlenecks at airports on Monday, as the Trump administration scrambles to develop a plan to end hourslong security lines amid a partial government shutdown
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March 23, 2026
Iran said it would target critical infrastructure if Trump follows through on his weekend threat to “obliterate” the nation’s power plants if Tehran didn’t reopen the Strait of Hormuz within days
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March 23, 2026
Here’s a look at the three lawmakers seen as best positioned to succeed House Speaker Mike Johnson if Republicans lose the majority in the midterms and look for a new leader
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March 22, 2026
President Trump has demanded that the GOP-controlled Senate vote to end most mail-in voting. Here’s why some Republicans are pushing back
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March 21, 2026
The U.S. war with Iran has triggered the broadest and fastest wave of attacks against U.S. embassies and consulates in the post-9/11 era, current and former officials said
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March 21, 2026
Some Democrats on Capitol Hill are discussing how to get New York Sen. Chuck Schumer to step aside as Senate minority leader amid concerns about his negotiating style and midterms strategy
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March 21, 2026
The wartime poster-in-chief: Trump uses Truth Social to cajole allies, berate adversaries, reassure Gulf states and conduct his own unique form of online diplomacy
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March 20, 2026
A New York congressional race has a new X factor—a big-spending AI super PAC gunning against one of the candidates.
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March 20, 2026
President Trump is convinced that voters don’t like the term “mass deportation” and has directed advisers to adopt a new approach on one of his central campaign promises
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March 20, 2026
A federal panel approved a commemorative gold coin design featuring President Trump, endorsing the rare step of putting a living, sitting president on American money
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March 19, 2026
Sen. Markwayne Mullin, President Trump’s pick to lead Homeland Security, faced pointed questions from senators on his vision for the department, past comments and previously undisclosed travel
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March 18, 2026
Takeaways from the sprint of March primaries:
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March 18, 2026
Lt. Gov. Juliana Stratton of Illinois won her state’s Democratic primary for U.S. Senate, helping her billionaire boss, Gov. JB Pritzker, dodge political embarrassment
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March 18, 2026
The resignation of Joe Kent, the Trump administration’s top counterterrorism official, has the president’s advisers circling the wagons as signs of dissent over the war emerge
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March 18, 2026
The top U.S. counterterrorism official, Joe Kent, said he had resigned over his concerns with the war in Iran
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March 17, 2026
Heard on the Street: Why Defense-Contractor Stocks Aren’t Rallying
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March 17, 2026
Interviews with voters in a Cincinnati suburb reveal anxiety over the potential for another elongated U.S. war
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March 15, 2026
A U.S. refueling plane crashed in western Iraq Thursday, as the American military pressed its punishing air campaign against Iran
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March 13, 2026
Air travelers are facing longer security lines and more delays as TSA employees go unpaid due to a congressional impasse over Homeland Security funding.
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March 12, 2026
When Kash Patel said in one of his first video calls as FBI director that he wanted agents to train with UFC cage fighters, many officials thought he was joking. He wasn’t.
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March 12, 2026
The Trump administration is suing California in an effort to shut down the state’s moves to limit carbon emissions from cars and require a transition to zero-emission vehicles
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March 12, 2026
Sen. John Cornyn of Texas reversed himself and said he would support changes to the longstanding Senate filibuster rule that requires 60 votes to advance most legislation
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March 12, 2026
There are now enough lawmakers refusing to run for re-election in November to fill out the starting lineups of 11 basketball teams. Read more in today’s WSJ Politics Newsletter:
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March 12, 2026
The Trump administration has moved to give the government legal guardianship over some homeless veterans
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March 12, 2026
Trump heaped scorn on longtime GOP nemesis Rep. Thomas Massie in a speech in the congressman’s Kentucky district, about two months before one of the most closely watched Republican midterm primaries
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March 11, 2026
The Trump administration announced new tariff investigations targeting excess industrial capacity and forced labor regulations that could result in higher levies on scores of nations
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March 11, 2026
Commercial ships near Strait or Hormuz hit, new tariff probes expected and art investors to decide cow’s fate. Read more in today’s What’s News newsletter:
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March 11, 2026
Sens. Mark Warner and Mike Rounds proposed creating a commission to examine federal artificial intelligence policy
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March 11, 2026
After The Wall Street Journal reported the Justice Department was dropping its defense of executive orders that outlined punishments against specific law firms, President Trump told advisers to stop it immediately
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March 11, 2026
Anthropic filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration for designating the artificial-intelligence company a security threat and trying to cancel its federal contracts
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March 10, 2026
Eric Trump and Donald Trump Jr. are backing Powerus, a drone company vying to meet Pentagon demand and fill a hole left by the administration’s ban on new Chinese drones in the U.S.
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March 09, 2026
Some Republicans complain Virginia’s most prominent GOP figure is missing from their counterattacks against Democrats’ plan to redraw the state’s congressional maps
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March 07, 2026
U.S. investigators believe hackers affiliated with the Chinese government are responsible for a cyber intrusion on an internal FBI computer network that holds information related to some domestic surveillance orders
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March 06, 2026
A federal prosecutor is looking to build criminal cases against leaders of Cuba’s government and Communist Party, as Trump has openly suggested the country would be his next target for regime change
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March 06, 2026
Rep. Tony Gonzales (R., Texas) said he wouldn’t seek re-election. The announcement came as House GOP leaders asked the lawmaker to quit his campaign after he admitted to an affair.
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March 06, 2026
Rahm Emanuel is delivering the Democratic Party a dose of tough medicine—in his usual blunt style—as the party enters a critical midterm primary season
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March 05, 2026
Sen. Steve Daines of Montana, a close ally of President Trump, said he wouldn’t run for re-election this year, formally exiting the race shortly before the filing deadline for candidates in his state
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March 05, 2026
Democrat James Talarico’s victory Tuesday has spooked Republicans who fear they could lose a U.S. Senate seat in November
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March 04, 2026
Four Chagossian men say they returned to the Chagos islands to block Britain’s handover to Mauritius of the islands that host a huge U.S.-U.K. military base
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February 19, 2026
The top Republican challenger to Rep. Tony Gonzales called for him to drop out of the primary race in Texas following allegations that he engaged in an extramarital affair with an aide
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February 19, 2026
A coalition of climate and health organizations sued the EPA in an effort to combat its repeal of a landmark climate finding
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February 18, 2026
NIH Director Dr. Jay Bhattacharya will step in as acting CDC director, the latest move by the Trump administration to steady the leadership ranks at the Department of Health and Human Services
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February 18, 2026
An immigration court dropped the Trump administration’s case against Mohsen Mahdawi. It was the second court to end a case against a student protester in recent weeks.
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February 18, 2026
Stephen Colbert’s stinging criticism of President Trump, CBS and the FCC might shape how media companies approach November’s midterm elections. Read more in today’s WSJ Politics Newsletter:
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February 18, 2026
The Pentagon might ask contractors and vendors to certify that they don’t use Anthropic’s Claude amid tensions over how the startup’s tools are used for defense work
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February 18, 2026
Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt, who leads the bipartisan National Governors Association, is the latest Republican to incur the wrath of President Trump
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February 18, 2026
The U.S. presented new data to buttress its recent allegation that China has secretly carried out low-yield nuclear tests, challenging Beijing’s insistence that it has observed an accord banning nuclear detonations
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February 17, 2026
Eric Trump is investing in the Israeli drone maker Xtend as part of a $1.5 billion deal to take the company public
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February 17, 2026
From Russia’s war in Ukraine to the Pacific Ocean, military balloons are making a comeback, boosted by high-tech innovations in sensors, autonomy and materials
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February 16, 2026
So it turns out that Congress may have actually waived many of the tax code’s filing and payment deadlines for three and a half years during the pandemic. The fallout is just starting.
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February 16, 2026
The U.S. military airlifted on Sunday a modern nuclear reactor for the first time as part of President Trump’s push to deploy nuclear power across the U.S.
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February 16, 2026
While the main focus of the Munich Security Conference was on the alliance, top leaders from Europe wanted to know from U.S. politicians what they thought of the coming midterm elections
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February 15, 2026
As midterm elections approach, some rank-and-file House Republicans are starting to show independence from President Trump
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February 14, 2026
The Trump administration Friday released its long-awaited road map for how it plans to resurrect the U.S. maritime industry
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February 13, 2026
The Republican-led House passed legislation that would tighten federal voter registration requirements, advancing one of the party’s longstanding election priorities over the objections of Democrats
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February 11, 2026
Unsealed document shows role Kurt Olsen, hired by the White House to investigation election fraud claims, played in spurring search of Georgia office.
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February 10, 2026
President Trump’s effort to push Republican state lawmakers to create more GOP-favorable House districts is on track to yield far fewer gains than expected
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February 07, 2026
President Trump made gains in 2024 with Latinos, a demographic that historically has voted for Democrats, but the economy and deportations are a headwind in the midterms
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February 05, 2026
Five reasons Republicans are worried about this Texas state Senate race
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February 02, 2026
President Trump threatened an escalation in a brewing trade war against Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney’s government
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January 24, 2026
The Pentagon struck a conciliatory tone toward Beijing in its new defense strategy, stating that its overarching goal is to establish “strategic stability” in the Indo-Pacific region
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January 24, 2026
Trump’s aggressive deployment of ICE has thrust Democrats into a debate over how to push back without being perceived as the anti-law-and-order party
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January 24, 2026
The Trump administration forced out two Commerce Department officials charged with protecting the U.S. from Chinese tech threats
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January 23, 2026
The WSJ Dollar Index Falls 1.63% This Week to 95.03
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January 23, 2026
Democrats ditch Bill Clinton and contempt crisis looms. Read more in today’s WSJ Politics newsletter:
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January 23, 2026
A resolution to rein in President Trump’s powers to wage war in Venezuela was narrowly defeated in the House, after Republican leaders hustled a lawmaker back from Texas to cast the deciding vote
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January 23, 2026
California Gov. Gavin Newsom spent his days at the World Economic Forum trying to portray himself as the antidote to Donald Trump. It didn’t always go smoothly.
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January 23, 2026
Congress finds itself powerless to take its war powers back. This moment has been decades in the making.
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January 23, 2026
Elon Musk is opening his wallet and reigniting his political apparatus for the 2026 midterm elections, signaling a return to the political arena
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January 23, 2026
Wine, Water and No Chairs: Inside Trump’s Private Reception With CEOs in Davos
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January 22, 2026
Vice President JD Vance heads to Minnesota, where things are only getting worse. Read more in today’s WSJ Politics newsletter:
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January 22, 2026
The Qatari-donated plane that is being overhauled to become a new Air Force One jet is on track to be delivered to President Trump this summer, according to the Air Force
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January 22, 2026
President Trump rules out using force to take control of Greenland and calls off promised tariffs on European nations
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January 22, 2026
A group aligned with Senate Majority Leader John Thune is planning to spend tens of millions of dollars to protect centrist Republican Sen. Susan Collins in the Maine Senate race
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January 20, 2026
There are so many plots and subplots in President Trump’s sudden urgency to take control of Greenland. Read more in today’s WSJ Politics newsletter:
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January 20, 2026
6,000 Truth Social posts later, here are the promises Trump kept—and broke
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January 20, 2026
President Trump’s use of tariffs to annex territory is the logical endpoint of his belief in exploiting American economic leverage, WSJ’s @greg_ip writes
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January 20, 2026
President Trump has ramped up pressure on European leaders in an attempt to wrest Greenland, the world’s largest island, into U.S. control
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January 20, 2026
“The sound of gunfire came from everywhere.” An entrepreneur recounts the antigovernment protests that he joined in Iran.
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January 20, 2026
Half of U.S. voters say the Trump administration has gone too far and left them less confident in the federal government’s guidance on vaccines, according to a new Wall Street Journal poll
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January 19, 2026
Pentagon places 1,500 soldiers on alert for possible Minnesota deployment, officials say
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January 18, 2026
Americans are split on President Trump’s operation that ousted Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, WSJ polling shows
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January 18, 2026
President Trump said he would impose 10% tariffs on imports from several European countries starting next month in an effort to pressure Denmark to sell Greenland to the U.S.
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January 17, 2026
A federal judge imposed new limits Friday on how immigration-enforcement officials can interact with demonstrators in Minnesota
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January 17, 2026
Is Trump losing Joe Rogan?
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January 17, 2026
It’s President Trump’s economy now, and voters are increasingly unhappy with how he’s handling it
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January 17, 2026
While there is no U.S. aircraft-carrier strike group in the Middle East, officials insist there are sufficient military assets in the region to strike Iran
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January 15, 2026
Top officials from Denmark and Greenland said after a visit to the White House that they hadn’t yet persuaded President Trump to abandon his ambitions to annex Greenland
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January 14, 2026
The State Department will indefinitely pause immigrant visa processing for 75 countries as part of the Trump administration’s effort to block low-income foreigners from immigrating to the U.S.
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January 14, 2026
FBI agents searched the home of a Washington Post reporter Wednesday morning as part of an investigation into mishandling of classified information by a government contractor
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January 14, 2026
As Washington goes on offense against global cyber foes, legislation to foster private-public collaboration will be essential, cybersecurity experts say
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January 14, 2026
Mary Peltola will challenge GOP incumbent Sen. Dan Sullivan in Alaska. She served as the first woman to represent Alaska in the House and the first Alaska Native in Congress
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January 12, 2026
Democrats are entering the 2026 midterm elections with a clear path to reclaiming control of the House, helped by President Trump’s wobbles in his second term, among other factors
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January 12, 2026
Is Greenland next? Read more in today’s WSJ Politics newsletter:
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January 07, 2026
Takeaways from Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s vaccine panel: Over a two-day meeting in Atlanta, the panel aired its rethinking of the full slate of childhood vaccines
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December 06, 2025
Two survivors of a Sept. 2 lethal U.S. strike in the Caribbean struggled to flip a remnant of their capsized boat over the course of an hour and waved as an aircraft passed overhead
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December 06, 2025
A federal judge ordered the release of grand-jury transcripts from the Justice Department’s investigation into Jeffrey Epstein in Florida, citing a new law mandating that files be made public
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December 05, 2025
Having cast the deciding vote to secure Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s confirmation as health secretary, Sen. Bill Cassidy this week is watching the potential undoing of a vaccine norm he has championed
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December 05, 2025
What has Trump done as president so far? The Wall Street Journal is tracking his biggest moves to reshape the federal government. See the full list.
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December 05, 2025
A key vaccine panel at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention voted 8-3 to nix a recommendation that all newborns be given a first dose of hepatitis B vaccine
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December 05, 2025
The Supreme Court ruled that Texas could legally change its congressional districts, handing President Trump and Republicans a huge win. Read more in today’s WSJ Politics newsletter:
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December 05, 2025
Trump issued a new national-security strategy that sharply criticizes the “unrealistic expectations” of European leaders for settling the war in Ukraine and calls for an end to NATO expansion
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December 05, 2025
The Pentagon is getting serious about hypersonic weapons, a technology that has eluded the U.S. military for decades, and is looking to startups
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December 05, 2025
In a briefing for lawmakers, Navy Adm. Frank “Mitch” Bradley defended a Sept. 2 attack on an alleged drug boat in the Caribbean, but Democrats found new grounds to question the legality of the strike
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December 05, 2025
The Supreme Court allows Texas to use a redrawn congressional map that adds as many as five Republican seats for next year’s midterm elections, boosting GOP chances of retaining control of the House
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December 05, 2025
The Trump administration intends to formally submit plans for the new White House ballroom to a key planning commission later this month, moving to begin construction on the massive project
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December 04, 2025
Two former federal officials, who are Black, accused the Trump administration of removing them from independent agencies because of race
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December 04, 2025
Work permits issued to immigrants who have applied for asylum or a range of other humanitarian programs will now be valid for 18 months rather than five years, under a new policy announced Thursday
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December 04, 2025
The FBI arrested a Virginia man in connection with an investigation into two pipe bombs placed near the headquarters of the Democratic and Republican national committees in 2021
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December 04, 2025
Two survivors of a Sept. 2 U.S. strike on a boat were killed in follow-up attacks after they were seen still aboard the damaged vessel, a senior commander is expected to tell lawmakers
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December 04, 2025
House Republicans held on to a congressional district in suburban Nashville, Tenn., on Tuesday night, as Matt Van Epps defeated Democrat Aftyn Behn. Read more in today’s WSJ Politics newsletter:
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December 03, 2025
Republican Matt Van Epps won the special election in Tennessee to fill the vacant House seat. Democrat Aftyn Behn narrowed the GOP’s margin from 2024.
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December 03, 2025
Trump pushed voters to cast a ballot for the Republican House candidate in a Nashville-area special election that has become uncomfortably tight for the GOP in recent weeks
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December 02, 2025
President Trump on Saturday said that the airspace surrounding Venezuela should be considered closed, ratcheting up tensions with the regime of Nicolás Maduro
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November 29, 2025
A fatal attack on a routine patrol has intensified questions over the Trump administration’s open-ended military deployments in American cities
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November 29, 2025
President Trump is pushing for an intensified “reverse migration” agenda, seeking to broaden a crackdown on millions of immigrants from poorer countries in the U.S.
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November 29, 2025
Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear, the unwavering Democrat who has repeatedly won in Trump country, says some in his party need to talk more like “normal human beings”
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November 29, 2025
President Trump said he would pardon former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández, who is serving a 45-year sentence for drug trafficking
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November 29, 2025
President Trump said he was revoking all executive orders former President Joe Biden signed with an autopen, escalating his battle with his predecessor over the use of the signature proxy device
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November 28, 2025
Here’s what to know about Rahmanullah Lakanwal, the Afghan suspect in Wednesday’s shooting of two National Guard members serving in Washington, D.C.
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November 28, 2025
Centrist dealmaker Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (D., N.H.) is trying to achieve one big final bipartisan victory: saving enhanced Affordable Care Act subsidies that she helped devise. It won’t be easy.
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November 27, 2025
President Trump advised Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi to temper her tone on Taiwan’s sovereignty to avoid jeopardizing a U.S.-China trade detente, people briefed on the matter said
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November 27, 2025
Corporate tie-ups are surging under Trump 2.0, as a looser approach to antitrust enforcement has led to fewer challenges
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November 27, 2025
Trump has enlisted JD Vance’s Yale classmate—Army Secretary Dan Driscoll—to handle high-stakes diplomacy in the Ukraine war peace talks
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November 27, 2025
Hundreds of thousands of Haitians in the U.S. are set to lose legal protections and work permits in February
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November 26, 2025
A Minnesota startup alleges a Chinese company—its biggest investor—is scheming to destroy it. The case highlights concerns over U.S. export and investment policy
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November 26, 2025
The White House is defending special envoy Steve Witkoff over reports of a leaked conversation in which he coached a Putin aide on dealing with President Trump on Ukraine
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November 26, 2025
Speaker Mike Johnson cautioned the White House that most House Republicans don’t have an appetite for extending enhanced Affordable Care Act subsidies
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November 26, 2025
A group of Democratic lawmakers said the FBI had requested interviews with them after they appeared in a video that criticized the Trump administration and called for troops to disobey unlawful orders
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November 26, 2025
Washington, D.C., Mayor Muriel Bowser will leave her office when her current term expires
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November 25, 2025
A Texas court upended a GOP plan that would help it hold the House, sending the Republicans to the Supreme Court
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November 22, 2025
Texas asked the Supreme Court to let it use a redistricted congressional map that was blocked by a lower court and that would potentially help Republicans gain as many as five House seats
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November 22, 2025
Young voters are pessimistic about the nation’s direction, as unemployment rises and wage growth falls for the group, prompting clashes between politicians and their offspring
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November 20, 2025
President Trump said he would meet with Zohran Mamdani at the White House on Friday at the New York mayor-elect’s request
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November 20, 2025
Trump said the Saudi crown prince “knew nothing about” the 2018 murder of Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi, though the CIA at the time assessed that the royal orchestrated the killing
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November 19, 2025
A classified Justice Department brief authorizing strikes on drug-smuggling boats in the Caribbean and Pacific describes fentanyl as a potential chemical weapons threat, according to people familiar with the memo
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November 14, 2025
What questions do you have about the results, including what they mean for the 2026 midterms, what they mean for the Democrats and Trump, and more?
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November 05, 2025
President Trump renominated Jared Isaacman to run NASA, offering him a position that the president pulled away from him a few months ago
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November 05, 2025
Lawmakers are hopeful they can reach a bipartisan deal to end the government shutdown, as Trump again demands Republicans bypass Democrats and reopen government
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November 04, 2025
The Trump administration will comply with a court order to use emergency funds to pay SNAP benefits after the president threatened to block federal food aid
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November 04, 2025
Some Tuesday elections will test whether Trump’s low economic ratings can help Democrats make the case that they have the better plans to lower the cost of living
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November 04, 2025
When the Supreme Court hears arguments over President Trump’s decision to impose global tariffs, the justices will weigh questions of presidential authority. Here’s what you need to know.
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November 04, 2025
Hundreds of travel businesses, including casinos, hotels and convention bureaus, are asking Congress to end the shutdown, citing worries about the holiday travel season.
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November 03, 2025
The U.S. said it would use emergency funds to pay partial benefits under the federal food assistance program for November, but warned the process could result in delays in some states
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November 03, 2025
Even if Democrats have election wins on Tuesday, they will still wake Wednesday morning with serious political troubles
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November 03, 2025
Democratic senators again urged President Trump to get involved directly in talks to end the government shutdown as the impasse entered a crucial week
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November 03, 2025
The Trump administration believes it can continue its lethal military campaign against alleged drug-running boats without congressional authorization
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November 02, 2025
Republican Jack Ciattarelli, locked in a tight race, isn’t running away from MAGA in his third bid to become the governor of blue New Jersey
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November 02, 2025
Charles Munger Jr. has spent millions of dollars to stop California’s redistricting efforts
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November 01, 2025
NYC’s mayoral election is on Tuesday: Here’s what New Yorkers need to know
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November 01, 2025
Progressives in Maine are excited by Graham Platner’s bid to unseat Republican Sen. Susan Collins, but a series of negative revelations about him have upended next June’s Democratic primary
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November 01, 2025
The White House is imposing new restrictions on press access to the West Wing, limiting reporters’ ability to enter the section where senior communications staff typically work
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October 31, 2025
Lawmakers are facing urgency to resolve the government shutdown as food aid is imperiled, airports are snarled and Affordable Care Act enrollment begins
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October 31, 2025
The federal government pays out $100 billion a year in food assistance through the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program—funds that were set to lapse and may be delayed because of the government shutdown
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October 31, 2025
President Trump urged Senate Republicans to end the filibuster, the rule that requires 60 votes to advance most legislation, in order to reopen the government without the Democrats’ support
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October 31, 2025
Trump’s talk about a possible third term highlights a debate about presidential term limits that stretches from Jefferson to FDR, writes Jeffrey Rosen.
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October 31, 2025
SpaceX is set to receive $2 billion to develop satellites that can track missiles and aircraft under President Trump’s Golden Dome project
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October 31, 2025
Before coming to terms with China, the Trump administration was for months reluctant to reduce America’s fentanyl-based tariffs on Beijing
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October 31, 2025
On the world stage, meetings shift from dreary Washington offices to opulent palaces, deals get announced and President Trump engages with smiling foreign ministers, not scowling lawmakers
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October 31, 2025
A day after President Trump vowed to resume testing of nuclear weapons, the White House wasn’t answering questions about the details, leaving experts and insiders uncertain what he meant
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October 30, 2025
Newly disclosed documents are shedding new light on the back-and-forth over providing sensitive taxpayer information to immigration officials
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October 30, 2025
The Trump administration has fired about a dozen officials within Fannie Mae’s ethics and internal investigations unit
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October 30, 2025
Dr. Casey Means wants to give the Trump administration’s “Make America Healthy Again” agenda a less polarizing touch when she becomes U.S. surgeon general
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October 30, 2025
President Trump said that he has ordered the Pentagon to “start testing our Nuclear Weapons on an equal basis” with Russia and China
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October 30, 2025
The Pentagon has ordered the National Guard to create “quick reaction” forces in every state and territory by January
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October 29, 2025
The Pentagon will no longer rotate Army combat brigades through Romania as part of a strategy that focuses on Asia and Latin America
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October 29, 2025
The financial pain from the government shutdown is spreading, helping prompt a pickup in informal talks to resolve the nearly monthlong impasse
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October 29, 2025
Trump advisers are considering Las Vegas for the GOP’s midterm convention next year, according to people involved in the discussions, as Republicans look to hold on to a narrow majority in Congress.
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October 29, 2025
President Trump acknowledged that the Constitution prohibits him from seeking a third term: “If you read it, it’s pretty clear. I’m not allowed to run. It’s too bad”
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October 29, 2025
Democratic leaders have pinned their hopes on two gubernatorial candidates—Mikie Sherrill in New Jersey and Abigail Spanberger in Virginia. The wager is looking increasingly risky.
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October 27, 2025
Some 1,300 Afghans are in limbo at an American camp in Qatar, unable to travel to the U.S. but in danger if they go back home
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October 27, 2025
The U.S. will impose an additional 10% tariff on Canada, a punitive measure in response to an ad campaign there that President Trump said misrepresented comments by former President Ronald Reagan
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October 26, 2025
A State Department intelligence bureau cast doubt on the notion that Putin was prepared to negotiate an end to the Ukraine war, dissenting from a more optimistic CIA assessment of potential talks
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October 26, 2025
Rep. Jared Golden didn’t just side with the GOP in the House vote to avoid the government shutdown. the Maine Democrat said they were right in their central criticism of his party’s stance
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October 26, 2025
“You have zero zoning conditions, you’re the president.” How Trump cut through red tape to get his White House ballroom.
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October 26, 2025
President Trump was ready to send troops into San Francisco. The city’s business leaders needed a way to talk him out of it—and they found it.
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October 25, 2025
The Pentagon said it received $130 million from a private donor to pay members of the military during the government shutdown
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October 24, 2025
Senior White House and Navy officials are in early discussions to replace the current mix of warships with a new “Golden Fleet” that would be better suited to counter China
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October 24, 2025
The hard lines that both parties have drawn on the government shutdown are starting to soften
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October 24, 2025
President Trump said he is terminating trade talks with Canada, pointing to an ad that features Ronald Reagan speaking negatively about tariffs
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October 24, 2025
President Trump lost his patience with the Kremlin over its war in Ukraine, leading to U.S. sanctions against Lukoil and Rosneft
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October 24, 2025
Graham Platner, a Democratic Senate candidate in Maine, said he covered a chest tattoo he got 18 years ago after he recently learned it looked like a Nazi symbol
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October 23, 2025
The U.S. flew B-1 bombers near Venezuela on Thursday, stepping up pressure on President Nicolás Maduro only days after other American warplanes carried out an “attack demonstration”
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October 23, 2025
The Trump administration has lifted a key restriction on Ukraine’s use of some long-range missiles provided by Western allies
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October 22, 2025
President Trump has privately told allies he believes Democrat Zohran Mamdani is unbeatable in the New York City mayor’s race, according to people familiar with the matter
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October 22, 2025
Zohran Mamdani, the Democratic candidate in the NYC mayoral race, will need billions of dollars to fund his agenda, including a $30 minimum wage, but it isn’t clear he will be able to deliver
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October 22, 2025
Business and political leaders have intensified pressure on Curtis Sliwa to drop out of New York’s mayoral race, seeking to avert a win by current front-runner Zohran Mamdani
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October 20, 2025
The GOP is reviving a culture war strategy used by Donald Trump in last year’s presidential campaign ahead of critical midterm elections
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October 19, 2025
Kurt Olsen, a lawyer who worked on the ’Stop the Steal’ effort to overturn the 2020 election results, has joined the Trump White House to investigate that year’s election and voting-related issues, according to people familiar with the matter
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October 17, 2025
The four-star U.S. Navy admiral in charge of U.S. Southern Command will step down as the Trump administration ramps up its military campaign against alleged drug traffickers in Latin America
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October 16, 2025
President Trump has authorized the CIA to conduct covert action in Venezuela, an administration official confirmed
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October 16, 2025
With a push from the left, Democrats backed the government shutdown, mounting a fight they hope reignites voter enthusiasm. The stakes are high. So are the risks.
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October 02, 2025
Congress’s decision about what to do about expiring subsidies for Affordable Care Act health-insurance plans could be crucial to any deal to end a government shutdown
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October 02, 2025
The Court kept Lisa Cook in her job until it could hear her case. Other institutions had provided little pushback to the unprecedented removal attempt.
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October 02, 2025
Office of Management and Budget Director Russell Vought might be one of the shutdown’s biggest beneficiaries, as it gives him the chance to implement government cuts he has long advocated
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October 02, 2025
The Trump administration said it is withholding $18 billion in infrastructure funds for some major transportation projects in New York City, citing concerns about diversity, equity and inclusion
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October 01, 2025
Many GOP senators seeking an end to the government shutdown say a deal can be reached on healthcare subsidies, but are demanding Democrats vote to reopen government first
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October 01, 2025
Don’t know what to make of the government shutdown? Our political reporters answered your questions.
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October 01, 2025
Funding for federal agencies lapsed beginning at 12:01 a.m. on Wednesday, after Congress was unable to pass a stopgap bill to prevent a government shutdown
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October 01, 2025
A government shutdown likely means federal furloughs and delayed economic reports
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October 01, 2025
White House nominees to lead the BLS and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission were withdrawn after both ran into political resistance, according to people familiar with the decisions
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October 01, 2025
The White House and lawmakers failed to reach a spending deal, triggering a government shutdown that is expected to halt some federal services and put hundreds of thousands of workers on furlough
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October 01, 2025
Here’s what to know about President Trump’s deployment of the National Guard on U.S. soil
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October 01, 2025
President Trump hailed the use of military force to police American cities, telling generals and admirals in a Tuesday address that it was important to quell “the enemy within”
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September 30, 2025
The Trump administration said it is cracking down on companies that pose national-security risks by adding them to a trade blacklist, a move that threatens hundreds of Chinese companies
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September 29, 2025
President Trump said films made outside the U.S. would face a 100% tariff, repeating his threat made earlier this year against the movie industry
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September 29, 2025
The Pentagon, alarmed at the low weapons stockpiles the U.S. would have on hand for a potential future conflict with China, is urging its missile suppliers to double or even quadruple production rates on a breakneck schedule
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September 29, 2025
Trump to attend Pentagon meeting with top commanders
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September 28, 2025
The government is hurtling toward a shutdown, with Republicans and Democrats digging in to starkly different positions and White House threats of more federal layoffs raising the stakes
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September 26, 2025
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth has ordered generals and admirals from around the world to gather for an urgent meeting near Washington early on Tuesday
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September 25, 2025
The Justice Department has told federal prosecutors to draft plans to investigate a group funded by liberal philanthropist George Soros
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September 25, 2025
Fed governor Lisa Cook urged the Supreme Court to allow her to stay on the central bank’s board while her lawsuit over President Trump’s attempt to fire her proceeds
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September 25, 2025
U.S. companies are facing heightened scrutiny from Capitol Hill over their use of foreign employees on H-1B visas, with lawmakers raising concerns about layoffs and Americans’ slumping job prospects
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September 25, 2025
The clock is ticking down to an Oct. 1 deadline when federal agencies will run out of money because Congress hasn’t passed funding for the next fiscal year. Here is what to expect.
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September 25, 2025
The Office of Management and Budget told federal agencies to ready plans for permanent staff cuts if the government shuts down next week
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September 25, 2025
The White House wanted to tame the Epstein crisis. Finger-pointing, disorganization and unforced errors by Trump’s advisers made it worse.
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September 25, 2025
When Trump announced changes to the H-1B visa program Friday, it was the middle of the night in India. For some H-1B holders there, the next day and a half was a chaotic race around the world.
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September 24, 2025
Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick sowed confusion over whether new H-1B fees were annual and applicable to existing visa holders
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September 24, 2025
Trump backed out of a meeting with Democrats as the country inches toward a government shutdown a week from now
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September 23, 2025
The Secret Service said it dismantled a network of electronic devices capable of carrying out telecommunications-related threats aimed at U.S. officials ahead of the annual U.N. General Assembly
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September 23, 2025
The Trump administration’s moves to upend the immigration system set off a wave of anxiety and confusion this weekend as workers and employers raced to respond ahead of a key Sunday deadline
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September 21, 2025
President Trump’s speech to the U.N. General Assembly will tout his assertion of unilateral U.S. power abroad to a global body where his administration has surrendered much of its once-leading role
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September 20, 2025
Charlie Kirk’s widow Erika Kirk will become the new CEO and board chairman of Turning Point USA, perhaps the most electrified political group in the country
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September 20, 2025
A top federal prosecutor who has been under pressure to bring criminal charges against New York Attorney General Letitia James, a vocal Trump critic, is resigning after the president said he wanted him ousted
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September 20, 2025
The Trump administration’s “Make America Healthy Again” commission criticized lobbying efforts by American corporations to shape policy. Then it invited them to the table.
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September 20, 2025
Trump announced a move to dramatically reshape the immigration system, attaching new fees to H-1B visas and rolling out a “gold card” for those willing to pay $1 million to secure U.S. residency
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September 19, 2025
Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s handpicked vaccine advisers voted Friday to nix positive recommendations for Covid shots for all Americans
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September 19, 2025
Senate Democrats blocked Republicans’ stopgap measure keeping the government funded until late November, setting up a down-to-the wire negotiation over how to avoid a government shutdown in two weeks
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September 19, 2025
In “107 Days,” former Vice President Kamala Harris laments not separating herself from Joe Biden during her short 2024 bid for the presidency
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September 19, 2025
Trump administration officials are in discussions with the Taliban about re-establishing a small U.S. military presence at Afghanistan’s Bagram Air Base as a launch point for counterterrorism operations
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September 19, 2025
President Trump’s team is weighing a plan to spur the construction of factories and infrastructure, according to documents and people familiar with the discussions
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September 19, 2025
The Trump administration asked the Supreme Court to let it remove Fed governor Lisa Cook from the central bank’s board while a lawsuit challenging the president’s effort to fire her proceeds
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September 18, 2025
The Trump administration is putting the weight of the federal government behind a crackdown on political speech it deems objectionable following the fatal shooting of Charlie Kirk
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September 18, 2025
Some military lawyers and other Defense Department officials are raising concerns about the legal implications of President Trump’s military campaign against Latin American-based drug cartels
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September 17, 2025
U.S. military operations against Latin American drug smugglers in the past month have repeatedly echoed the tactics and jargon of the post-9/11 global war against terrorist groups
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September 17, 2025
Republican Brad Raffensperger, the election chief who drew Donald Trump’s ire for refusing to overturn Georgia’s 2020 election results, is planning to run for governor, according to his campaign
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September 17, 2025
Stephen Miran is poised to become the first sitting White House official to join the modern Fed’s board
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September 15, 2025
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Russian President Vladimir Putin both have consistently disregarded President Trump’s wishes, often without major consequences
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September 14, 2025
Charlie Kirk and JD Vance spoke regularly, talked about their families and ribbed each other. Kirk spoke to the WSJ in April about their friendship.
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September 12, 2025
President Trump’s team began putting in place tighter security measures as shock and anger reverberated through the White House following the killing of conservative activist Charlie Kirk
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September 11, 2025
A U.S. military aircraft struck a boat suspected of smuggling drugs in the Caribbean several times from the air last week, even though the vessel had turned around before the strike began
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September 10, 2025
The Trump administration is preparing a report that would lay out alleged shortcomings at the Bureau of Labor Statistics
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September 08, 2025
Few on Wall Street are willing to publicly lob any criticism at President Trump. Hedge-fund manager Ken Griffin is an exception.
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September 08, 2025
See the Epstein birthday letter with Trump’s signature. We analyze the text and drawing of a nude woman.
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September 08, 2025
The oil tycoons who backed Trump are getting nearly everything they wanted. “We all voted for this.”
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September 08, 2025
Alleged Chinese cyber-espionage campaigns were timed to potentially deploy spyware against organizations giving input on President Trump’s trade negotiations
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September 07, 2025
Trump has so far stood by RFK Jr., the health and human services secretary, as he moves to dismantle public health institutions and overhaul U.S. vaccine policy
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September 07, 2025
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene is walking a tightrope: splitting with the White House on the release of Epstein files while trying not to cross President Trump or his supporters
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September 06, 2025
President Trump signed an executive order to rebrand the Department of Defense as the Department of War, reviving a name that was last used in 1947
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September 05, 2025
The Florida immigration detention facility known as Alligator Alcatraz can stay open after a federal appeals court put on hold a decision that would have seen much of the facility dismantled
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September 05, 2025
Coming next year to the White House’s South Lawn: a mixed martial arts throwdown
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September 05, 2025
President Trump was within his authority when he ordered the U.S. military to destroy a vessel in the Caribbean, administration officials say. But legal experts and some lawmakers dispute that claim
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September 05, 2025
President Trump on Thursday led leaders of the world’s biggest technology companies in a version of his cabinet meetings, in which each participant takes a turn thanking and praising him
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September 05, 2025
A renegade Republican is escalating his war with Trump. The president is vowing to “lead the charge” against him. The subject is Epstein.
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September 05, 2025
President Trump’s sprint to take control of the Federal Reserve played out in a striking split-screen fashion on Thursday, just two weeks before the central bank’s next policy meeting
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September 05, 2025
Women fleeing domestic abuse overseas will have a tougher time obtaining asylum in the U.S., under decisions this week by Attorney General Pam Bondi
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September 04, 2025
Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was grilled by lawmakers from both parties over his leadership of the CDC and the future of U.S. vaccine policy at a Senate hearing
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September 04, 2025
Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr’s expansive moves to remake American healthcare were dissected by a skeptical Senate committee on Thursday. Here’s what to know.
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September 04, 2025
President Trump said he ordered a strike against “terrorists” operating a small boat carrying drugs to the U.S.
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September 03, 2025
Democratic Party moderates see Virginia governor hopeful Abigail Spanberger as a more politically viable standard-bearer than the likes of New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani
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August 31, 2025
President Trump has created an ad hoc, centralized approach to national security decisions that is a departure from previous U.S. administrations
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August 31, 2025
The Trump administration is drawing up plans to rebrand the Department of Defense as the Department of War, according to a White House official
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August 30, 2025
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz campaigned on the national ticket for just 91 days last year, but the unsuccessful vice presidential run left him politically vulnerable back home
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August 30, 2025
Republican Sen. Joni Ernst isn’t expected to seek a third-term, after tussling with parts of President Trump’s MAGA base and stumbling in her efforts to defend Medicaid cuts
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August 29, 2025
Tulsi Gabbard surprised CIA officials last week when she included an undercover senior CIA officer on a roster of 37 current and former officials she stripped of security clearances
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August 28, 2025
A Beijing-linked espionage campaign that hit U.S. telecom companies and swept up Donald Trump’s phone calls actually targeted more than 80 countries, reaching across the globe
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August 27, 2025
The GOP’s redistricting push in Texas hinges on newly-red Hispanic voters continuing to vote Republican. But there are signs that their support for the Trump agenda has faded.
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August 22, 2025
Former Sen. Sherrod Brown (D., Ohio) has launched a comeback bid
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August 18, 2025