The debate between the candidates for vice president — GOP nominee Ohio Sen. JD Vance and Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz — was dominated by Vance, and all but a handful of hardened partisan pundits agree on that conclusion.  Walz wobbled and panicked from the first question — which everyone in the world knew would be about Iran’s ballistic missile attack ...

The debate between the candidates for vice president — GOP nominee Ohio Sen. JD Vance and Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz — was dominated by Vance, and all but a handful of hardened partisan pundits agree on that conclusion.  Walz wobbled and panicked from the first question — which everyone in the world knew would be about Iran’s ballistic missile attack ...

Once the leading edge of Western conservatism, four states in the Southwest have shifted over the last two decades to become a Democratic firewall, giving the party a fighter’s chance of keeping the Senate majority and bolstering their presidential prospects. Ahead of the 2004 elections, six of the eight senators from this region — encompassing Arizona, Colorado, Nevada and New ...

In support of his effort to prosecute Donald Trump for his attempt to subvert the 2020 election results, special counsel Jack Smith compiled a 165-page report detailing Trump’s actions, from casting doubt on the security of the election well before it occurred to fomenting the riot that unfolded at the Capitol. The document, a redacted version of which was made ...

A federal judge on Wednesday unsealed a key filing from special counsel Jack Smith’s updated election interference case against former President Donald Trump. U.S. District Judge for the District of Columbia Tanya Chutkan unsealed Smith’s 165-page filing, in which Smith argues that Trump is not immune from prosecution for his alleged criminal scheme to overturn the 2020 election results. Smith ...

A small group of House Republicans will spend the run-up to Election Day stressing an unexpected message: support for abortion rights. With control of the House on the line, Republican lawmakers running in districts that Joe Biden won in the 2020 presidential race have moderated their message on abortion — including, in some cases, using the term “pro-choice.” Not all ...

A small group of House Republicans will spend the run-up to Election Day stressing an unexpected message: support for abortion rights. With control of the House on the line, Republican lawmakers running in districts that Joe Biden won in the 2020 presidential race have moderated their message on abortion — including, in some cases, using the term “pro-choice.” Not all ...

In his speech before the United Nations General Assembly last week, President Biden proposed building a ‘more effective and more inclusive U.N.’ by ‘bringing in new voices and new perspectives.’  What he should have said instead is that the U.N. has lost its way, and it will need to be seriously reimagined if it is to remain relevant. To be ...

Iran has finished its largest-ever barrage of missiles fired at Israel, but warns that a retaliatory strike could warrant further ballistic response. Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said during the Asia Cooperation Dialogue summit this week that Israel must not believe it can act with ‘impunity,’ according to Reuters. ‘Any type of military attack, terrorist act or crossing our red lines ...

Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) is not known for being generous with moderate colleagues. During the earliest days of his two decades in the House, the far-right firebrand often ignored, or publicly defied, the more centrist members of his party. But with his sights again set on the highest echelon ofHouse Republican leadership, Jordan seems eager to make amends. He is ...