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From the award-winning opinion pages of The Wall Street Journal, Paul Gigot, Kim Strassel, Bill McGurn and Kyle Peterson discuss the latest from Washington. Get critical perspective and the analysis you need on developments from the nation’s capital. Join them every weekday. Send your feedback to pw...
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Bill Pulte, Jay Clayton and the Surveillance Lapse of FISA Section 702
After President Trump names Bill Pulte as acting Director of National Intelligence, the House fails to reauthorize the Section 702 surveillance progra...
Donald Trump Announces an Iran Agreement After Cancelling Strikes
Donald Trump says an agreement with Iran has been made, but Iranians say the deal is not done just yet. Plus, will Republicans pass the President's d...
Maine's Senate Choice Is Now Graham Platner vs. Susan Collins
Democratic voters nominate Platner, the progressive oyster farmer, despite a string of news stories about personal scandals, including a Nazi-linked t...
Spencer Pratt Loses Out to Nithya Raman in L.A., as California Keeps Counting Mail Votes
On election night Pratt was in second place to Mayor Karen Bass, and now after a week of watching his position be steadily eroded by late-arriving bal...
Are Israel and the U.S. on the Same Page on Iran?
Iran and Israel exchange missiles as the Iran war passes its 100th day, with Donald Trump and Benjamin Netanyahu saying they want the same goals despi...
Matt Pottinger on Competing with China and What's Next in Iran
President Trump continues to negotiate with Tehran, but lurking behind the war in the Middle East is America's larger strategic contest with the Chine...
Congress Puts Donald Trump’s Iran Strategy on the Clock
Four House Republicans side with Democrats to pass a resolution calling for the end of hostilities in Iran unless Congress approves further action. I...
Will Steve Hilton and Spencer Pratt Emerge From California's Jungle Primary?
Late mail ballots will straggle in for days, but California could get some political competition in November, if Republicans Steve Hilton and Spencer...
The GOP Agenda Gets Stuck on Trump's $1.776 Billion Settlement Fund
Republican lawmakers are trying to pass a reconciliation bill to fund immigration enforcement, but first they want answers on Donald Trump’s $1.8 bill...
Iran Puts a Pause on Ceasefire Talks with the U.S.
Iran suspends ceasefire negotiations with the United States as airstrikes resume in the Middle East. With threats of Iran to close the Strait of Horm...
Jill Biden's Book Tour Renews Debate on Joe's Age and What Democrats Knew
The former First Lady reveals that when Joe Biden melted down during his 2024 debate with Donald Trump, she worried it might be a stroke. Yet she also...
Can Viral Ads Make Spencer Pratt L.A.’s Next Mayor?
Former reality TV star Spencer Pratt is using viral videos to make his case against Karen Bass and become the new mayor of Los Angeles. Plus, candidat...
Ken Paxton Wins the Texas Primary, as Trump Makes Another Senate Gamble
Republican voters resoundingly nominate Attorney General Ken Paxton, instead of incumbent Sen. John Cornyn, but can the AG win? Democrat James Talaric...
Trump Praises Iran Talks, but What About Its Uranium and the Strait of Hormuz?
Donald Trump says the latest negotiations with Iran are "proceeding nicely," but the details of any nuclear deal remain elusive, as U.S. forces strike...
Did Democrats Learn Anything from Losing in 2024?
A leaked campaign "autopsy" from the Democratic National Committee says Kamala Harris lost in 2024 because the Biden White House didn't help her enoug...
What Does Donald Trump Have Planned for Cuba?
The United States indicts Cuban leader Raul Castro, the brother of the late revolutionary Fidel Castro, for murder as it increases pressure on the cur...
Trump's Defeat of Thomas Massie and Endorsement of Ken Paxton
Donald Trump carries a GOP challenger to a primary victory over Kentucky Rep. Thomas Massie, who made few friends with his quixotic positions, includi...
The $1.776 Billion Deal for Trump's 'Anti-Weaponization Fund'
After Donald Trump ends his lawsuit against the IRS over the leak of his tax records, the Justice Department steers nearly $1.8 billion toward targets...
GOP Candidates Face Donald Trump’s Wrath in Primaries Contests
Senator Bill Cassidy loses in the Louisiana GOP primary after Donald Trump pushes hard for his opponent as payback for voting to convict him during hi...
Trump's China Summit, Makary's FDA Exit, and a Supreme Court Mifepristone Order
As Donald Trump leaves Beijing after meeting Xi Jinping, how much did this diplomacy accomplish? Plus, does Dr. Marty Makary's resignation at the FDA...
Kevin Warsh Wins Confirmation as Fed Chair, as the Inflation Gauge Hits 3.8%
The Senate approves the Federal Reserve's new leader 54-45, one day after new figures from the Labor Department show consumer prices accelerating, and...
The Trump-Xi Summit in China: Trade, Taiwan, AI and More
Donald Trump lands in Beijing for meetings with Chinese leader Xi Jinping, with agenda items that include trade and tariffs, the future of Taiwan, and...
Trump Waives the Jones Act, Temporarily Freeing U.S. Oil Supply Chains
Donald Trump issues a five-month waiver of a 1920 law that says ships carrying cargo between U.S. ports must be American-built. Colin Grabow of the Ca...
Can Trump Break the Impasse With Iran in the Gulf?
Iran rejects Donald Trump's proposal to settle the war, and Trump says the cease-fire may not survive. On this episode of Potomac Watch, Paul Gigot sp...
Virginia's 10-1 Gerrymander Loses in Court, as Tennessee Draws a 9-0 Map
The Virginia Supreme Court strikes down a Democratic map that voters approved last month. Meantime, Tennessee moves to oust its only congressional Dem...
The Rising Influence of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas
This week Clarence Thomas becomes the second-longest-service Justice on the Supreme Court, and his impact on American law is growing. Paul Gigot spea...
Ben Sasse on Experimental Medical Research and Why the Senate is Broken
On this episode of Potomac Watch, Paul Gigot sits down with former Senator Ben Sasse about his diagnosis with Stage IV pancreatic cancer and his exper...
The Abortion Pill Mifepristone Comes Back to the Supreme Court
Federal regulations permit the drug to be dispensed by mail without a doctor's visit, but after an appeals court rules against that policy, Justice Sa...
Iran Strikes the United Arab Emirates as Fighting Intensifies
President Trump moves to escort ships trapped in the Persian Gulf through the Strait of Hormuz, and Iran answers by firing on tankers and hits the U.A...
The Supreme Court's 6-3 Ruling Against Racial Gerrymandering
The Justices say the Voting Rights Act requires an inference of "intentional discrimination" before states can be ordered to draw minority-majority di...
Jerome Powell Decides to Stay on the Federal Reserve Board of Governors
Outgoing Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell announces he will remain on the board as a governor as Kevin Warsh prepares to take over. What could be h...
Trump's Lawfare Against James Comey / Florida's 24-4 Gerrymander
The Justice Department releases a new indictment of the former FBI Director, claiming his Instagram post of seashells spelling out “86 47” was a threa...
The Bank Robber, the Supreme Court, and the 'Geofence' Warrant for Cellphone Data
Police caught Okello Chatrie using location data from Google, and now he wants the Justices to say this violated the Fourth Amendment, which protects...
The Aftermath of the White House Correspondents' Dinner Shooting
After an assassin targets members of the Trump administration at the White House Correspondents' Dinner, questions about security protocols arise as t...
Trump Moves to Reschedule Marijuana / A Federal Bailout of Spirit Airlines?
The Trump administration shifts medical marijuana from Schedule I to Schedule III, opening up federal tax deductions that will be a boon to America's...
Trump's Iran Ceasefire Extension, the U.S. Blockade, and the Strait of Hormuz
Donald Trump says the regime in Tehran is fractured, so the U.S. will hold off further strikes until its leaders "can come up with a unified proposal....
Virginia Narrowly Approves a 10-1 Democratic Gerrymander
Donald Trump won 46% of the vote in Virginia in 2024, yet Republicans might soon control only 9% of the House seats. How can Democrats seriously argue...
Zohran Mamdani's Grocery Store and Kathy Hochul's Pied-à-Terre Tax
Gov. Kathy Hochul wants to help New York City balance its budget with a new tax on second homes over $5 million, but what if wealthy owners simply lea...
Negotiations Between the U.S. and Iran Take an Uncertain Turn
Peace talks between the United States and Iran are scheduled to resume this week, but will the Iranians show up and what will they have to offer? Plus...
The California Governor's Race and the Eric Swalwell Accusations
Eric Swalwell quits the campaign and Congress after several women allege sexual misconduct going back years. While other Democrats deny that they knew...