With coalition-haggling just getting underway, it may be days or weeks before the shape of Israel’s next government becomes clear. But one thing is already obvious: Peace with the Palestinians won’t be its priority. The U.S. and its partners shouldn’t let it become an afterthought.

Ahead of last month's record-setting election, support ...Read more

LANSING, Mich. — Fifteen years working as an emergency room nurse has convinced Kim Bogan that the only way to fix the American healthcare system is to tear it down and start over.

Her patients arriving for triage are sicker than ever. They can’t afford many of the prescriptions they get in the ER. And sometimes when patients die, she ...Read more

After Democrats’ midterm sweep that gave them control of the House and Senate, the investigation into the Epstein files is likely to receive new attention.

That’s welcome. The Epstein victims have gotten no real justice under a Trump administration that obfuscated rather than releasing all the documents. But Democrats cannot afford to ...Read more

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — President Donald Trump flew into Kennedy Space Center on Friday night to join aerospace industry leaders and tout newly announced plans to hold an annual and lucrative expo to rival the likes of those held in Paris and England.

“Make America great again, that’s what we do. Our calling is to explore, our purpose is ...Read more

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Sacramento County’s election update on Friday afternoon narrowed the gap between Rep. Doris Matsui, D-Sacramento, and challenger Mai Vang, but the incumbent is still on track to retain the seat.

The latest results have Matsui leading Vang by about 55.6% to 44.4% for California’s 7th Congressional District. Roughly 66%...Read more

RALEIGH, N.C. — For Richard Ojeda, one of the new Democrats elected to Congress in North Carolina, it’s important that people know about his family’s immigrant background.

It’s integral to how he got where he is today and who he is.

Ojeda, 56, will become North Carolina’s first Hispanic member of Congress in January after defeating ...Read more

In a handful of holdout states, Democrats appear ready to use their newly won statehouse dominance to expand Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act.

In at least four states — Georgia, Kansas, Texas and Wisconsin — the midterm election results have tilted the political calculus toward expansion, though lawmakers have yet to lay out details. ...Read more

There are elections that change the political map. And then there are elections that make you wonder whether the land itself remembers.

Georgia remembers.

The auction blocks. The cotton fields. The lynching trees. The Black women who cleaned governors’ homes but could not dream of becoming governor themselves.

And ...Read more

BALTIMORE — Maryland landowners are taking their fight against the Maryland Piedmont Reliability Project to the U.S. Supreme Court, challenging a ruling that allows utility company PSEG to enter private properties for survey work without landowners’ consent.

A petition filed Wednesday challenges a preliminary injunction a federal district ...Read more

President Donald Trump is scheduled to speak at an aerospace and technology summit on Friday evening at Kennedy Space Center.

The remarks are slated for 5:30 p.m. as part of the Up.Summit, which will have a technology demonstration event that is part of NASA’s larger Max Power air show weekend.

But on Thursday and Friday, about 400 ...Read more

WASHINGTON — Hakeem Jeffries, the leader of House Democrats, promises to “stop the stupid Trump tariffs jacking up prices on Americans.” Ron Wyden, incoming Senate Finance Committee chairman, says he’ll reassert congressional authority over trade policy. Even Sen. Ted Cruz, the Texas Republican, lamented that “tariffs have made ...Read more

DENVER — Republican U.S. Rep. Jeff Hurd narrowly defeated his Democratic challenger in Colorado’s 3rd Congressional District, defying a blue wave that has taken over much of Colorado and the rest of the country.

The Associated Press called the race for Hurd at 9:24 a.m. Friday, when Hurd held 49.3% of the vote with an estimated 97% of the ...Read more

As the clock ticks down for the Senate to pass the so-called Sunshine Protection Act to mandate year-round daylight saving time in most of the United States, President Donald Trump on Wednesday said he planned to "keep fighting" for the change.

In July, the House, in a lopsided bipartisan vote, approved a measure to make year-round daylight ...Read more

WASHINGTON — More than 100 statewide ballot measures went before voters this week, including a handful that could shape future elections in their states.

Here’s a look at how those measures fared, including one in Alaska that hasn’t been called as yet:

Maryland

Voters in Maryland on Tuesday approved an amendment to the state’s ...Read more

WASHINGTON — A leading Democrat on the House Financial Services Committee introduced legislation Thursday aimed at helping regulators use technology to better spot financial stress turbocharged by artificial intelligence and around-the-clock payment systems.

The draft bill, from Rep. Bill Foster, D-Ill., would require the Federal Reserve to ...Read more

Waking up the morning after a big election is frequently an unsettling experience. There’s the vague sensation that something has changed, but it takes a while to get your head around what that “something” actually was.

And no matter where you fall on the political spectrum, a lot changed Tuesday night. It will take time — and patience ...Read more

WASHINGTON — Mining companies backed by billions of dollars in support from the Trump administration are facing a new risk: heightened scrutiny after the Democrats’ midterm sweep.

Even before a blue wave overtook Congress, Democratic lawmakers were questioning the methods used for President Donald Trump’s push to rebuild the nation’s ...Read more

WASHINGTON — As Democrats continue their victory lap after their big wins on election night, outside groups and incoming freshmen are already turning up the pressure — and laying out competing visions of what the next two years should look like.

For Senate Democratic leader Charles E. Schumer, it bears repeating that “the Democrats aren�...Read more