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ELECTIONS

Glenn Youngkin wants Republicans to talk about abortion. Really.

If it works, it could become a blueprint for the GOP and further elevate Youngkin’s profile.

By Zach Montellaro

Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) speaks with reporters as he departs a House Republican Conference meeting on Capitol Hill Oct. 13, 2023.

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Palestinians from Gaza stranded in the occupied West Bank, follow the news in a hotel room in Ramallah, on October 10, 2023. Israel said it recaptured Gaza border areas from Hamas as the war's death toll passed 3,000 on October 10, the fourth day of gruelling fighting since the Islamists launched a surprise attack.

Primary Source | Letter from the West Bank

In the West Bank, Horror Mixes with Fear of What’s to Come

Checkpoints are up, Koran verses replace music in stores, and residents are bracing for more violence.

By Dalia Hatuqa

Israeli soldiers work on their tank near the border with the Gaza Strip.

washington and the world

Will the United States Be the Next Israel?

War in the Middle East is a warning of what can happen when politicians put their own ends above national security.

By Daniel W. Drezner

Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump arrives for a rally.

Column | Altitude

Trump Watches While His Party Implodes

If the former president is a would-be authoritarian, the House drama shows that he is not the kind who cares much about exercising authority beyond himself.

By John F. Harris

The New York Times and other newspapers are displayed at a newsstand in the Times Square subway station July 18, 2006 in New York City.

column | fourth estate

Don’t Over-Think the Grim News from the Washington Post

Michael Crichton and the other prophets of doom haven’t been right yet.

By Jack Shafer

Cornel West speaks at a campaign rally in Detroit, Mich.

Politics

It’s Not Me, It's You: Cornel West’s Messy Breakup

The presidential candidate’s last-minute decision to ghost the Green Party is just the latest rift within the perennially squabbling American left.

By Calder McHugh

A person walks past the Fox News Headquarters at the News Corporation building in New York City on March 9, 2023.

Analysis | Media

Republican Chaos Has Conservative Media Fuming. It’s Their Fault It Happened.

Talk radio and Fox News hosts created the political incentives that fueled Kevin McCarthy’s ouster and today’s speakership drama.

By Brian Rosenwald

Palestinians transport a captured Israeli civilian from Kibbutz Kfar Azza into the Gaza Strip.

Q&A;

‘Israel Is Going to Have to Make Some Tough Calls’: There’s No Clear Way Out of the Hostage Crisis

Former intelligence official Christopher Costa on the challenges of conducting military actions while Hamas holds so many captive civilians.

By Calder McHugh

Joe Biden speaks at a podium in the State Dining Room of the White House.

Column | On Politics

Biden Won’t Directly Address the Age Issue

Allies want the president to do more to demonstrate his fitness. Some say the best vehicle would be the one he least wants — a primary challenge.

By Jonathan Martin

Senator Josh Hawley speaks with reporters at the U.S. Capitol.

Politics

Opinion | Josh Hawley Is Wrong About Israel and Ukraine

There’s no reason the U.S. can’t help both allies in their brutal wars — and protect our own border.

Opinion by Rich Lowry

High Tech

The Government Can ‘Get It Right’ on AI

Americans want the federal government to step up, and it already has a head start.

By Ganesh Sitaraman and Ramsay Eyre

Palestinians inspect the rubble of a building after it was struck by an Israeli airstrike.

Q&A;

‘We’ve Been Shaken Out of This Fantasy’: How the Left Sees the War in Israel

A former top aide for Bernie Sanders on how Israel's critics on the political left see the Hamas attack and what this means for deal-making in the region.

By Alexander Burns

Voting rights activists rally outside the U.S. Supreme Court.

On the Bench

The Roots of Today's Authoritarianism Come From a 19th Century Supreme Court Ruling

In 1883, the Supreme Court refused to do away with racial segregation. And that’s helped set the stage for today’s massive resistance to multiracial power.

By Sheryll Cashin

INTERACTIVES

Who’s in for the next GOP debate — and who might be watching from home

FOREIGN AFFAIRS

Israeli tanks head towards the Gaza Strip.

To end Hamas, Israel may need to grieve first

Israelis say they want to eliminate the group that terrorized them, but the challenge is how to avoid causing new problems.

By Nahal Toosi

GAZA CITY, GAZA - OCTOBER 9: Palestinian citizens inspect the damage to the Al-Sussi Mosque and their homes following Israeli air strikes in the Al-Shati Palestinian refugee camp on October 09, 2023 in Gaza City, Gaza. Almost 500 people have died in Gaza after Israel launched sustained retaliatory air strikes after Saturday's attack by Hamas. (Photo by Ahmad Hasaballah/Getty Images)

Ukrainians in Israel — from one war zone to another

By Veronika Melkozerova

Smoke rises following an Israeli airstrike in Gaza City.

‘Hell on Earth:’ Gaza resident describes chaos as Israel’s counteroffensive looms

By Claudia Chiappa

Students walk through Harvard Yard on the campus of Harvard University in Cambridge, Mass.

Middle East crisis pushes Education Department to curb campus protests

By Bianca Quilantan

CONGRESS

Menendez accused of acting as foreign agent for Egypt while helming Senate Foreign Relations Committee

Federal prosecutors added the new criminal charge against the New Jersey Democrat and his wife.

By Erica Orden

US Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer hosts a US Senate bipartisan Artificial Intelligence Insight Forum.

How a billionaire-backed network of AI advisers took over Washington

By Brendan Bordelon

Josh Gottheimer speaks with reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C.

‘Sh-t thing to say’: Tempers flare among House Dems over the Israel war

By Holly Otterbein, Nicholas Wu and Elena Schneider

Republican presidential candidate Sen. Tim Scott, R-S.C., speaks at a campaign event, Friday, Oct. 6, 2023, in Bluffton, S.C. (AP Photo/Meg Kinnard)

Tim Scott makes move to freeze Iranian assets

By Burgess Everett

ELECTIONS

Nikki Haley greets supporters at the New Hampshire Statehouse.

DeSantis’ slide left an opening in N.H. Now it’s anyone’s race for second place.

Donald Trump will return to New Hampshire this month, after rivals descend on the state this weekend.

By Lisa Kashinsky and Sally Goldenberg

Rep. Dean Phillips, D-Minn., speaks as Democrats rally outside the Capitol ahead of passage of H.R. 1, "The For the People Act," a bill which aims to expand voting rights and strengthen ethics rules, in Washington, Friday, March 8, 2019. House Democrats are rounding the first 100 days of their new majority taking stock of their accomplishments, noting the stumbles and marking their place as a frontline of resistance to President Donald Trump.(AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Dean Phillips starts calling New Hampshire Dems in step toward challenging Biden

By Elena Schneider and Nicholas Wu

Republican presidential candidate Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis acknowledges supporters at a campaign event in Tampa, Fla.

DeSantis and Haley just made their pitch to top GOP donors

By Alex Isenstadt

Phil Murphy arrives to deliver his budget address to a joint session of the Legislature at the statehouse, in Trenton, N.J.

New Jersey Democrats are worried and Republicans are giddy closing in on elections

By Matt Friedman

LEGAL

Representative George Santos arrives for a House Republican Conference meeting on Capitol Hill.

How prosecutors expanded their case against George Santos

The New York Republican faces a growing slate of charges as federal prosecutors seek to dismantle what they’ve called a campaign operation rife with fraud.

By Erica Orden

New York City Councilmember Inna Vernikov stands in front of a desk at a stated meeting.

New York City Council Member Vernikov arrested for gun possession after rally

By Jeff Coltin

Sen. Bob Menendez departs the Senate floor.

Is it legal for a senator to work as a foreign agent? The answer won’t surprise you.

By Josh Gerstein

Walt Nauta, valet to former U.S. President Donald Trump and a co-defendant in federal charges filed against Trump leaves with Lawyer, Stanley Woodward, at the James Lawrence King Federal Justice Building.

‘Wasting the court’s time’: Judge Cannon chastises prosecutors during hearing for Trump co-defendants

By Kimberly Leonard

WHITE HOUSE

White House calls top lawmakers over to discuss Israel aid package

Lawmakers to include top House appropriators and members of Foreign Affairs panel.

By Adam Cancryn, Jennifer Haberkorn and Nicholas Wu

President Joe Biden greets people in the Rose Garden of the White House.

White House AI order to flex federal buying power

By Mohar Chatterjee

President Joe Biden speaks with Jacquelyn Asbie in the elevator at the New York Times building in 2019.

Biden-loving New York Times security guard falls on hard times

By Daniel Lippman

Immigrants from Venezuela are reflected in a marble wall while taking shelter at the Chicago Police Department's 16th District station.

Illinois governor says White House has ‘heard’ him on migrants

By Kelly Garrity

CALIFORNIA

Representative Katie Porter walking outside the U.S. Capitol.

Why Katie Porter sounds like a Republican on Iran and Hamas

One of the three leading Democrats vying for the late Sen. Dianne Feinstein’s seat, Porter recently suggested the surprise attack on Israel by Gaza militants was, in part, a result of American inaction in Iran.

By Lara Korte