President Biden on Monday vetoed a bill that would have added 66 federal district judgeships over a span of more than a decade, a once-bipartisan effort designed so that neither political party would have an advantage in molding the federal judiciary.  Three presidential administrations, beginning with the incoming Trump administration, and six Congresses would have had the opportunity to appoint ...

President Biden on Monday vetoed a bill that would have added 66 federal district judgeships over a span of more than a decade, a once-bipartisan effort designed so that neither political party would have an advantage in molding the federal judiciary.  Three presidential administrations, beginning with the incoming Trump administration, and six Congresses would have had the opportunity to appoint ...

Amid negotiations to forge a hostages-for-cease-fire deal between Israel and Hamas in Gaza, and as the truce with Hezbollah in Lebanon mostly holds, Jerusalem has an opportunity to direct additional military resources to cut Yemen’s Houthi leadership down to size, according to former Israeli officials. ‘Israel has to accelerate and expand attacks [in Yemen], not only on national infrastructure but ...

Amid negotiations to forge a hostages-for-cease-fire deal between Israel and Hamas in Gaza, and as the truce with Hezbollah in Lebanon mostly holds, Jerusalem has an opportunity to direct additional military resources to cut Yemen’s Houthi leadership down to size, according to former Israeli officials. ‘Israel has to accelerate and expand attacks [in Yemen], not only on national infrastructure but ...

As President-elect Trump begins his second term in the White House, his days as a candidate are numbered. But even though he’s term limited and his name will no longer be on the ballot, Republican National Committee chair Michael Whatley says Trump will play a ‘significant’ role in supporting GOP candidates in the 2026 midterm elections. ‘President Trump is going ...

As President-elect Trump begins his second term in the White House, his days as a candidate are numbered. But even though he’s term limited and his name will no longer be on the ballot, Republican National Committee chair Michael Whatley says Trump will play a ‘significant’ role in supporting GOP candidates in the 2026 midterm elections. ‘President Trump is going ...

The House Democrat who chairs the party’s campaign committee says she wants to ‘build on’ the ‘things we did right’ in the 2024 elections as she works to win back the chamber’s majority in the 2026 midterms. While the party lost control of the White House and Republicans flipped the Senate majority while holding on to their fragile control of ...

The White House is concerned that Iran’s weakened position will prompt the regime to pursue a nuclear weapon, and national security adviser Jake Sullivan is coordinating with the Trump team on this concern.  Iran has suffered a year of setbacks amid Israeli assaults on its proxy forces and a pull-out from Syria amid the takeover by Sunni Muslim forces, hostile ...

The White House is concerned that Iran’s weakened position will prompt the regime to pursue a nuclear weapon, and national security adviser Jake Sullivan is coordinating with the Trump team on this concern.  Iran has suffered a year of setbacks amid Israeli assaults on its proxy forces and a pull-out from Syria amid the takeover by Sunni Muslim forces, hostile ...

A group of four NATO leaders and a representative from the European Union on Sunday said they agreed it was time to invest more in defense spending as Russia remains a chief security threat in Europe amid the war in Ukraine, and as Western leaders brace for the incoming Trump administration.  Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis argued the era of ...