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Local elections could see council seats won on record-low vote shares

Local elections could see council seats won on rec...

1 month ago 24

Tories pledge to tighten household benefit cap rules

Tories pledge to tighten household benefit cap rul...

1 month ago 13

Protests may need to be stopped in some cases, PM suggests

Protests may need to be stopped in some cases, PM ...

1 month ago 23

Four New Jersey residents charged with illegally voting and lying on citizenship forms

Four New Jersey residents charged with illegally v...

1 month ago 30

Supreme Court Asked to Restore Access to Abortion Pill by Mail

Supreme Court Asked to Restore Access to Abortion ...

1 month ago 20

The number of food-stamp recipients is falling sharply—including by 50% in Arizona, according to state data—as new rules on who qualifies for SNAP benefits begin to be implemented

The number of food-stamp recipients is falling sha...

1 month ago 14

Everyone Who Could Be in Trump’s ‘Garden of Heroes’

Everyone Who Could Be in Trump’s ‘Garden of Heroes...

1 month ago 13

U.S. Fast-Tracks Arms Deals Valued at $8.6 Billion to Mideast Partners

U.S. Fast-Tracks Arms Deals Valued at $8.6 Billion...

1 month ago 19

Trump’s Vision for D.C. ‘Garden of Heroes’ Statues Grows in Size and Cost

Trump’s Vision for D.C. ‘Garden of Heroes’ Statues...

1 month ago 16

Black Americans face a new fight for racial representation after justices' Voting Rights Act ruling

Black Americans face a new fight for racial repres...

1 month ago 19

Starmer says some pro-Palestine marches could be stopped

Starmer says some pro-Palestine marches could be s...

1 month ago 25

The battle to take political control of Birmingham

The battle to take political control of Birmingham...

1 month ago 20

Despite Iowa’s history of voting Republican, nonpartisan analysts rate the state’s race for governor and two of its four U.S. House contests as tossups that either party could win in November

Despite Iowa’s history of voting Republican, nonpa...

1 month ago 14

Chris Mason: PM seeks to draw contrast with critics within his party and beyond

Chris Mason: PM seeks to draw contrast with critic...

1 month ago 19

Hegseth’s and Moulton’s Parallel Lives Collide Over Iran

Hegseth’s and Moulton’s Parallel Lives Collide Ove...

1 month ago 12

Mace, Boebert and Luna Want Congress Members to Pay a Price for Sexual Abuse. Will It Work?

Mace, Boebert and Luna Want Congress Members to Pa...

1 month ago 13

The big issues and key flashpoints from Scotland's election campaign

The big issues and key flashpoints from Scotland's...

1 month ago 20

Trump Endorses Andy Barr for Senate as Musk-Backed Candidate Exits Race

Trump Endorses Andy Barr for Senate as Musk-Backed...

1 month ago 29

Potential Democratic presidential candidates are already looking to build a donor network ahead of formally entering the race next year

Potential Democratic presidential candidates are a...

1 month ago 26

California voters are heading toward a stark choice: whether to levy a significant tax on billionaires. They could also vote on whether to make it harder to tax the state’s wealthy elite.

California voters are heading toward a stark choic...

1 month ago 26

U.S. to Withdraw 5,000 Troops From Germany, Pentagon Says

U.S. to Withdraw 5,000 Troops From Germany, Pentag...

1 month ago 20

Americans are pouring a lot more money into their gasoline tanks than they were even a week ago

Americans are pouring a lot more money into their ...

1 month ago 18

Republicans Want Tennessee’s Last Democratic House District

Republicans Want Tennessee’s Last Democratic House...

1 month ago 15

Voters Sue Over Louisiana Governor’s Move to Delay Primary

Voters Sue Over Louisiana Governor’s Move to Delay...

1 month ago 15

Trump Tells Congress Why He Doesn’t Need Its Authorization for the Iran War

Trump Tells Congress Why He Doesn’t Need Its Autho...

1 month ago 16

Trump says the Iran war is over, Spirit Airlines prepares to shut down, and a horse racing star wants a derby victory. Read more in today’s What’s News newsletter:

Trump says the Iran war is over, Spirit Airlines p...

1 month ago 18

What the Maine Senate Race Feels Like on the Ground

What the Maine Senate Race Feels Like on the Groun...

1 month ago 13

Trump task force report alleges anti-Christian discrimination under Biden administration

Trump task force report alleges anti-Christian dis...

1 month ago 23

Catholic priest who criticized Trump immigration crackdown named West Virginia bishop

Catholic priest who criticized Trump immigration c...

1 month ago 26

Trump’s new Air Force One will arrive this summer, combining all the Qatari royal opulence with a $400 million security overhaul

Trump’s new Air Force One will arrive this summer,...

1 month ago 14

Trump Tells Congress Iran Conflict Is Over, Sidestepping War Authorization

Trump Tells Congress Iran Conflict Is Over, Sidest...

1 month ago 19

As Iran War Reaches 60-Day Mark, Republicans in Congress Grow Impatient With Trump

As Iran War Reaches 60-Day Mark, Republicans in Co...

1 month ago 20

Redistricting battle intensifies in states after Supreme Court ruling on Voting Rights Act

Redistricting battle intensifies in states after S...

1 month ago 30

Billionaire Chris Larsen Plans to Spend $3.5 Million in NY House Race Amid Midterm Clash Over A.I.

Billionaire Chris Larsen Plans to Spend $3.5 Milli...

1 month ago 17

Trump Threatens Higher Tariffs on European Cars

Trump Threatens Higher Tariffs on European Cars

1 month ago 15

Polanski apologises for sharing post criticising police

Polanski apologises for sharing post criticising p...

1 month ago 17

Whisky tariffs deal sparks political squabble over who claims credit

Whisky tariffs deal sparks political squabble over...

1 month ago 17

Kemi Badenoch use of Bloody Sunday footage 'disgusting', says MP

Kemi Badenoch use of Bloody Sunday footage 'disgus...

1 month ago 15

Greens pledge £15 minimum wage for all workers

Greens pledge £15 minimum wage for all workers

1 month ago 12

Speaker Mike Johnson once longed for a 'normal Congress,' but that seems long gone in the House

Speaker Mike Johnson once longed for a 'normal Con...

1 month ago 24

Bin strike deal 'gets done when it gets done'

Bin strike deal 'gets done when it gets done'

1 month ago 16

Pro-Palestinian marches have been hijacked, says minister

Pro-Palestinian marches have been hijacked, says m...

1 month ago 18

U.S. debt has smashed through an unthinkable milestone. Can it be stopped? Read more in today’s WSJ Politics newsletter:

U.S. debt has smashed through an unthinkable miles...

1 month ago 15

Why Labour's London squeeze exposes a fragmented modern British politics

Why Labour's London squeeze exposes a fragmented m...

1 month ago 31

What are the issues in the suburb that keeps changing its mind?

What are the issues in the suburb that keeps chang...

1 month ago 27

Florida Republicans slice and dice congressional districts

Florida Republicans slice and dice congressional d...

1 month ago 32

Last on King Charles’s U.S. Tour: A Potluck and a Win for Scottish Whisky

Last on King Charles’s U.S. Tour: A Potluck and a ...

1 month ago 18

Takeaways From Hegseth’s Second Day of Testimony on the Iran War

Takeaways From Hegseth’s Second Day of Testimony o...

1 month ago 16

Schumer and Platner Talk After Mills Suspends Her Campaign

Schumer and Platner Talk After Mills Suspends Her ...

1 month ago 12

Sen. John Cornyn of Texas faces a primary runoff against Ken Paxton, testing the Republican Party’s future in President Trump’s America

Sen. John Cornyn of Texas faces a primary runoff a...

1 month ago 20