President Donald Trump predicted the Senate would unanimously confirm Sen. Ted Cruz for a potential Supreme Court seat because both Democrats and Republicans would love “to get rid of him.”

Continuing his odd streak of putting down some GOP allies, Trump regaled the crowd at a Texas rally by needling Cruz for being famously unpopular with ...Read more

By the time Joe Rogan formally endorsed Donald Trump on the eve of the 2024 election, the nod felt like it had been a long time coming.

All summer, Rogan had used his platform — the world’s most popular podcast — to amplify the chosen themes of the Trump ticket, mocking political correctness and challenging government authority, while ...Read more

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu edged ahead of opposition leader Gadi Eisenkot in the country’s tightly fought election, though a surge in the Arab vote ensured neither has a clear path toward forming a government.

Netanyahu’s right-wing religious alliance was projected to win 53 seats in the 120-member parliament as of Wednesday ...Read more

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu edged ahead of opposition leader Gadi Eisenkot in the country’s tightly fought election, though a surge in the Arab vote ensured neither has a clear path toward forming a government.

Netanyahu’s right-wing religious alliance was projected to win 53 seats in the 120-member parliament as of Wednesday ...Read more

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spent much of election day warning his base that Arab citizens were voting in record numbers. He was right.

Results on Wednesday showed the two Israeli Arab parties are likely to have significantly increased their number of seats in parliament to about 17, well ahead of forecasts, after party leaders ...Read more

President Donald Trump’s approval ratings are cratering. Even his Make America Great Again, or MAGA, diehards have reservations.

This fact was evident to me when I attended MAGA rallies in three states on Oct. 24-25, 2026. One was a Turning Point USA get-out-the-vote event outside Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.

Along with a few ...Read more

Inflation is causing real economic pain. Worries about healthcare costs have jumped sharply. And 7 in 10 Americans believe the country is in decline.

That is the landscape for the 2026 midterm election, according to a new survey from the American Communities Project at Michigan State University, which I direct.

The findings, ...Read more

WASHINGTON — Electricity prices have gained political salience as U.S. households feel the financial strain ahead of next month’s midterms. Senate authors of the landmark permitting overhaul bill argue it would lower costs through quicker approvals for new transmission lines to get more clean power flowing to homes and businesses more ...Read more

Plenty of criminals are stupid and contemptible. Among the lowest of the low are the ones who hate police officers and prosecutors personally. They are too dim to comprehend an honest officer who is just doing his job. And so they sometimes seek revenge in ways that make no sense even from the standpoint of heartless self-interest.

President ...Read more

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and opposition leader Gadi Eisenkot are neck and neck in the first election since the 2023 Hamas attacks, setting up a tense period of negotiations over who will form the next government.

Netanyahu’s religious right-wing alliance and Eisenkot’s bloc are both on track to secure 51 of Israel’s 120 ...Read more

President Donald Trump kicked off a Texas two-step on Tuesday with his closing argument for why Texans should elect state Attorney General Ken Paxton, with the president arguing Republicans cannot lose a single vote in the Senate.

“I kid him all the time, but the bottom line is, he’s the best attorney general in the history of Texas,” ...Read more

WILSON, N.C. — Speaking at a political barbecue here on a recent Thursday, Democratic House candidate Raymond Smith Jr. barely mentioned the high cost of living, the cornerstone of his party’s midterm strategy.

He never uttered the name of his Republican opponent, Rep. Greg Murphy, nor did he invoke President Donald Trump.

Instead, the 65-...Read more

Grayson Lambert, South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster’s top attorney, is going to be nominated by President Donald Trump to a prestigious lifetime federal judge’s post, various news organizations are reporting.

Lambert, 39, was born in Columbia, graduated from the University of Virginia in 2009, and then graduated magna cum laude from Duke ...Read more

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Supreme Court left in force what opponents call a “collusive” settlement struck by President Donald Trump’s administration and Texas to cut off an avenue for pausing some deportations.

The justices on Tuesday turned away an emergency request from three cities and a legal services provider, which argued the accord ...Read more

TEL AVIV, Israel — Israeli opposition leader Gadi Eisenkot edged slightly ahead of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in a fiercely contested first election since the October 2023 attacks, setting up a tense period of negotiations on who will form the next government.

Eisenkot’s bloc is on track to secure 52 of Israel’s 120 parliamentary ...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — The Justice Department’s plan to send monitors to polling places in four Pennsylvania counties is being overseen by a lawyer who joined the agency earlier this year, and whose background includes stints at private firms working on municipal law, corporate issues, and labor and employment matters.

James T. Catania, a trial ...Read more

President Donald Trump is expected to make another stop in Michigan before the Nov. 3 midterm election, as part of his national push in support of Republican candidates, according to four sources with knowledge of the plans.

The sources spoke on the condition of anonymity because they weren't authorized to discuss publicly a travel schedule ...Read more

ALLENTOWN, Pa. — Rep. Ryan Mackenzie’s legal team is calling on his opponent, Bob Brooks, to take down a campaign ad that Mackenzie asserts is “false” and “defamatory.”

Brooks’ campaign said in a statement that it stands by the ad and will not remove it from the air.

Mackenzie’s cease and desist letter comes just over one week ...Read more

WASHINGTON — Until the evacuation, it had been an ordinary day in the office, as far as working for a member of Congress goes. Phones were ringing. Mail was being opened.

“I looked over and saw white powder,” said a staffer for a House Democrat. “That’s when it hit me that, oh, this is really happening.”

Police put up caution tape,...Read more

TEL AVIV, Israel — Israelis voted in close to record numbers in the country’s first election since the October 2023 Hamas attack, effectively a referendum on the war-dominated rule of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

Turnout stood at almost 74% as of 8 p.m. on Tuesday, according to the central elections committee, the highest level at ...Read more