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Trump pushes GOP on voting bill, demanding an end to most mail balloting

Trump pushes GOP on voting bill, demanding an end ...

1 month ago 27

Chris Mason: The cost of living is catapulted centre stage yet again

Chris Mason: The cost of living is catapulted cent...

1 month ago 38

Mississippi voters to decide whether to send longtime Rep. Thompson back to Washington

Mississippi voters to decide whether to send longt...

1 month ago 47

Trump’s War in Iran, and Rising Gas Prices, Collide With Midterm Agenda

Trump’s War in Iran, and Rising Gas Prices, Collid...

1 month ago 32

MPs vote down social media ban for under-16s

MPs vote down social media ban for under-16s

1 month ago 38

Trump Seeks to Calm Oil and Gas Markets but Says Iran War Will Go On

Trump Seeks to Calm Oil and Gas Markets but Says I...

1 month ago 33

Two Supreme Court Justices Debate Handling of Trump Emergency Cases

Two Supreme Court Justices Debate Handling of Trum...

1 month ago 31

Trump Again Suggests Without Evidence That Iran Struck Elementary School

Trump Again Suggests Without Evidence That Iran St...

1 month ago 30

Each side in the Iran war seems to have miscalculated how the other would behave, triggering an ever-expanding conflict with few clear ways out in the foreseeable future

Each side in the Iran war seems to have miscalcula...

1 month ago 27

Iran’s Women’s Soccer Team Offered Asylum by President Trump

Iran’s Women’s Soccer Team Offered Asylum by Presi...

1 month ago 32

Oil Prices and Stocks Swing Wildly as Iran and Israel Launch New Strikes

Oil Prices and Stocks Swing Wildly as Iran and Isr...

1 month ago 28

Trump administration widens probe of 2020 election as it obtains records from Arizona

Trump administration widens probe of 2020 election...

1 month ago 30

MPs reject call for under-16s social media ban, backing more flexible powers

MPs reject call for under-16s social media ban, ba...

1 month ago 33

2 Teen Mariachi Musicians Released From ICE Detention

2 Teen Mariachi Musicians Released From ICE Detent...

1 month ago 32

Who will Trump pick as MAGA heir for the ’28 election? He has lately extolled Rubio amid the focus on foreign policy, but many see Vance as a better fit.

Who will Trump pick as MAGA heir for the ’28 elect...

1 month ago 32

Lawrence Summers has lost his affiliation with America’s leading economics organization, the latest consequence for the former Treasury secretary stemming from his ties to the late Jeffrey Epstein

Lawrence Summers has lost his affiliation with Ame...

1 month ago 34

How Iran is building a religious mythology around its new supreme leader

How Iran is building a religious mythology around ...

1 month ago 27

New anti-Muslim hate definition announced by government

New anti-Muslim hate definition announced by gover...

1 month ago 32

Australia grants asylum to 5 members of Iranian women's soccer team, official says

Australia grants asylum to 5 members of Iranian wo...

1 month ago 29

Alexander Butterfield, the Nixon aide who disclosed Watergate tapes, dies at 99

Alexander Butterfield, the Nixon aide who disclose...

1 month ago 30

PM urged to rethink plans for jury trials - by fellow lawyers

PM urged to rethink plans for jury trials - by fel...

1 month ago 36

RAF jets have taken out two more drones, says Healey

RAF jets have taken out two more drones, says Heal...

1 month ago 40

Judge Halts Trump Administration Move to Restrict Immigration Appeals

Judge Halts Trump Administration Move to Restrict ...

1 month ago 32

Anthropic filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration for designating the artificial-intelligence company a security threat and trying to cancel its federal contracts

Anthropic filed a lawsuit against the Trump admini...

1 month ago 40

As Kari Lake Sought to Shutter Voice of America, Parent Agency Rebuffed Auditors

As Kari Lake Sought to Shutter Voice of America, P...

1 month ago 34

PM warns of impact of Iran conflict on UK economy

PM warns of impact of Iran conflict on UK economy

1 month ago 35

Elon Musk's X grilled over 'appalling and offensive' Grok posts on Hillsborough

Elon Musk's X grilled over 'appalling and offensiv...

1 month ago 38

SEND reforms to 'strip away' children's legal protections, charity says

SEND reforms to 'strip away' children's legal prot...

1 month ago 35

G7 Countries Hold Off on Releasing Emergency Oil Supplies

G7 Countries Hold Off on Releasing Emergency Oil S...

1 month ago 29

Trump Threatens to Crowd Out Republicans’ Midterm Message

Trump Threatens to Crowd Out Republicans’ Midterm ...

1 month ago 27

New Lawsuit Challenges Rubio’s Threats Against Foreign Tech Regulators

New Lawsuit Challenges Rubio’s Threats Against For...

1 month ago 31

Call off King's US visit over Iran, urge Lib Dems

Call off King's US visit over Iran, urge Lib Dems

1 month ago 37

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.

Eric Trump and Donald Trump Jr. are backing Poweru...

1 month ago 29

James Talarico Challenges ‘Heretical’ Right-Wing Christianity in Texas Senate Race

James Talarico Challenges ‘Heretical’ Right-Wing C...

1 month ago 31

Energy prices soar to levels not seen in years as Iran names new supreme leader and digs in

Energy prices soar to levels not seen in years as ...

1 month ago 30

Anti-Muslim hatred definition will in 'no way' restrict free speech, says Reed

Anti-Muslim hatred definition will in 'no way' res...

1 month ago 33

Ask members of Congress if the U.S. is at war with Iran, and suddenly a reticence to use the word “war” appears. Read more in today’s WSJ Politics Newsletter:

Ask members of Congress if the U.S. is at war with...

1 month ago 30

How Markwayne Mullin Became Trump’s Homeland Security Pick

How Markwayne Mullin Became Trump’s Homeland Secur...

1 month ago 28

Oil spikes: How high is the price of war?

Oil spikes: How high is the price of war?

1 month ago 37

Iran has named Mojtaba Khamenei, son of the slain Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, as the country’s new supreme leader, Iranian state media reported

Iran has named Mojtaba Khamenei, son of the slain ...

1 month ago 39

White House Removes Republican Member of N.T.S.B.

White House Removes Republican Member of N.T.S.B.

1 month ago 36

When President Trump voiced hope last weekend that the air war he was unleashing against Iran would topple the country’s regime, he was making a bet against history

When President Trump voiced hope last weekend that...

1 month ago 35

The appointment of Mojtaba Khamenei, son of slain Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, as Iran’s supreme leader defies Trump and signals that Tehran won’t back down as it fights a war with the U.S. and Israel

The appointment of Mojtaba Khamenei, son of slain ...

1 month ago 33

President Trump is under pressure to address surging gas prices, stretched-thin munitions and sustained opposition to the war

President Trump is under pressure to address surgi...

1 month ago 35

U.S. Continues Airstrikes Against a Wide Array of Targets in Iran

U.S. Continues Airstrikes Against a Wide Array of ...

1 month ago 39

Trump Wants to ‘Take Over’ Elections. These States Are Prime Targets.

Trump Wants to ‘Take Over’ Elections. These States...

1 month ago 43

Trump Executive Order Protected Weedkiller Roundup and a Munition, White Phosphorus

Trump Executive Order Protected Weedkiller Roundup...

1 month ago 41

Starmer and Trump speak for first time since president's Iran criticism

Starmer and Trump speak for first time since presi...

1 month ago 37

How Trump’s War in Iran Has Echoes of Putin and Ukraine

How Trump’s War in Iran Has Echoes of Putin and Uk...

1 month ago 38

Call for King's US state visit to be cancelled over Iran war

Call for King's US state visit to be cancelled ove...

1 month ago 35