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Human Rights Campaign targets battleground districts during broader reckoning over LGBTQ+ rights

Human Rights Campaign targets battleground distric...

1 month ago 18

Watch key moments from sacked Foreign Office chief's testimony

Watch key moments from sacked Foreign Office chief...

1 month ago 18

Smoking ban for people born after 2008 in the UK agreed

Smoking ban for people born after 2008 in the UK a...

1 month ago 24

As Trump’s cabinet secretaries are dropping like flies, who might be next? Read more in today’s WSJ politics newsletter:

As Trump’s cabinet secretaries are dropping like f...

1 month ago 12

Sacked civil servant to speak out in Mandelson vetting row

Sacked civil servant to speak out in Mandelson vet...

1 month ago 37

Virginia voters deciding on redistricting plan that could boost Democrats

Virginia voters deciding on redistricting plan tha...

1 month ago 38

Companies are getting hit up for money twice, as a bipartisan commission and a Trump-aligned group plan competing events

Companies are getting hit up for money twice, as a...

1 month ago 31

Lori Chavez-DeRemer, Trump’s Labor Secretary, Steps Down Amid Internal Investigation

Lori Chavez-DeRemer, Trump’s Labor Secretary, Step...

1 month ago 14

Trump and Iran Face Off in Iran War Negotiations

Trump and Iran Face Off in Iran War Negotiations

1 month ago 13

Government to propose electricity price changes in clean power push

Government to propose electricity price changes in...

1 month ago 27

Labor secretary resigns After tumultuous tenure

Labor secretary resigns After tumultuous tenure

1 month ago 14

George Ariyoshi, 100, America’s First Governor of Asian Descent, Dies

George Ariyoshi, 100, America’s First Governor of ...

1 month ago 16

Democrats Once Loathed Gerrymandering. Now They’re Pushing for It.

Democrats Once Loathed Gerrymandering. Now They’re...

1 month ago 21

U.S. and Iran Talks Appear on Track to Resume Despite Mixed Messages

U.S. and Iran Talks Appear on Track to Resume Desp...

1 month ago 13

Trump weighs in on Mandelson scandal - as another bruising day beckons for Starmer

Trump weighs in on Mandelson scandal - as another ...

1 month ago 27

Another Democrat exits crowded campaign for California governor

Another Democrat exits crowded campaign for Califo...

1 month ago 21

U.S. Has Turned Back 27 Ships Since Strait of Hormuz Blockade Started

U.S. Has Turned Back 27 Ships Since Strait of Horm...

1 month ago 32

House Ethics Panel Defends Handling of Sexual Misconduct Allegations

House Ethics Panel Defends Handling of Sexual Misc...

1 month ago 28

Kash Patel Sues The Atlantic for $250 Million Over Article Claiming Excessive Drinking

Kash Patel Sues The Atlantic for $250 Million Over...

1 month ago 23

Justices to Hear Case on Catholic Preschools That Reject Children of Gay Parents

Justices to Hear Case on Catholic Preschools That ...

1 month ago 15

Officials deliberately withheld Mandelson vetting result from me, Starmer says

Officials deliberately withheld Mandelson vetting ...

1 month ago 24

The 9/11 terrorist attacks were a catalyst for a closer relationship between the government and tech firms

The 9/11 terrorist attacks were a catalyst for a c...

1 month ago 17

Phones to be banned in schools by law in England under government plans

Phones to be banned in schools by law in England u...

1 month ago 25

The Justice Department’s antitrust division is investigating whether large meatpackers that supply U.S. consumers engaged in criminal anticompetitive conduct, after President Trump called for a probe

The Justice Department’s antitrust division is inv...

1 month ago 16

Democratic Senators Fault Hegseth’s Leadership on Iran

Democratic Senators Fault Hegseth’s Leadership on ...

1 month ago 15

Key points from Starmer's Mandelson statement

Key points from Starmer's Mandelson statement

1 month ago 22

Home Office blocks anti-Islam influencer from entering UK

Home Office blocks anti-Islam influencer from ente...

1 month ago 27

Watch: Starmer faces MPs as Mandelson row drags on

Watch: Starmer faces MPs as Mandelson row drags on...

1 month ago 26

'Huge relief' as students given loans 'in error' get repayment reprieve

'Huge relief' as students given loans 'in error' g...

1 month ago 23

With no end in sight to their deployment, National Guard troops roam Washington

With no end in sight to their deployment, National...

1 month ago 21

There will be a lot of noise in the next few days as President Trump and the Iranians are posturing to try to create leverage ahead of any negotiations. Read more in today’s WSJ politics newsletter:

There will be a lot of noise in the next few days ...

1 month ago 11

Chris Mason: PM facing awkward hours ahead as Mandelson questions remain

Chris Mason: PM facing awkward hours ahead as Mand...

1 month ago 18

Five questions awaiting Starmer as he faces Commons over Mandelson scandal

Five questions awaiting Starmer as he faces Common...

1 month ago 28

Reform pledges to review all asylum claims since 2021 if it wins power

Reform pledges to review all asylum claims since 2...

1 month ago 33

U.S. Military Strikes a Boat in the Caribbean, Killing 3

U.S. Military Strikes a Boat in the Caribbean, Kil...

1 month ago 34

A dispute between Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Army Secretary Dan Driscoll is occurring in the midst of unprecedented military commitments around the world

A dispute between Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth a...

1 month ago 15

Democrats Eye a Broader Battlefield to Capture Congress in November

Democrats Eye a Broader Battlefield to Capture Con...

1 month ago 19

A Senate committee is weighing Trump’s choice for the next Federal Reserve chair this week, but there’s someone blocking his confirmation: North Carolina’s Sen. Thom Tillis.

A Senate committee is weighing Trump’s choice for ...

1 month ago 28

Trump is grappling with his own fears about the war, the record stock market rests on some big one-offs, and America is obsessed with mahjong. Read more in today’s What’s News newsletter:

Trump is grappling with his own fears about the wa...

1 month ago 41

GOP plans big spending to keep Ohio Senate seat; bribery scandal adds challenge

GOP plans big spending to keep Ohio Senate seat; b...

1 month ago 41

Ex-Scottish Labour leader Dugdale appointed as Stonewall chairwoman

Ex-Scottish Labour leader Dugdale appointed as Sto...

1 month ago 21

Muslim Southerners Face a Fresh Wave of Hateful Political Rhetoric

Muslim Southerners Face a Fresh Wave of Hateful Po...

1 month ago 20

Book publisher and RFK Jr. ally Tony Lyons seems to be everywhere in the MAHA movement

Book publisher and RFK Jr. ally Tony Lyons seems t...

1 month ago 12

Reform's Richard Tice responds to reported failure to pay £100,000 tax

Reform's Richard Tice responds to reported failure...

1 month ago 25

Foreign secretary concerned ministers not told of Mandelson vetting fears sooner

Foreign secretary concerned ministers not told of ...

1 month ago 29

Billionaire's spending binge dwarfs rival campaigns in California governor's race

Billionaire's spending binge dwarfs rival campaign...

1 month ago 39

Potential 2028 Democrats Audition in Michigan,With a Focus on Trump

Potential 2028 Democrats Audition in Michigan,With...

1 month ago 27

Maine’s new levy shows that wealth taxes aren’t just for states chock-full of tech founders and hedge-fund billionaires

Maine’s new levy shows that wealth taxes aren’t ju...

1 month ago 24

Behind Trump’s public bravado on the war in Iran is a president grappling with his own fears.

Behind Trump’s public bravado on the war in Iran i...

1 month ago 17

U.S. Installs a Trump Loyalist to Lead ‘Grand Conspiracy’ Case Into Trump Foes

U.S. Installs a Trump Loyalist to Lead ‘Grand Cons...

1 month ago 33