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The president’s unilateral and retributive style of governing is starting to hit a wall in both chambers of Congress.

The Lebanese militant group’s attacks have caught Israelis off guard, forcing its political and military leaders to scramble for solutions.

A presidential candidate endorsed by President Trump has been accused by some Colombians of co-opting their beloved national team’s yellow soccer jersey.

Before the war, the global market for liquefied natural gas was increasingly commanded by just two countries, one of which has now been hobbled.

Mehdi Taj said his federation has been dealing with FIFA, not the United States, in trying to obtain visas for Iran to play in the tournament that begins next week.

The governor said the Department of Homeland Security’s actions at Delaney Hall raise “serious questions.”

Ms. Bass, a Democrat, has had a roller-coaster first term. She now faces the first runoff since 2005 for an incumbent mayor in the city.

Former reality TV star Spencer Pratt is close to advancing to the Los Angeles mayoral runoff, raising new questions about his viability in the final stretch. Meanwhile, Democrats are weighing concerns in Maine against potentially encouraging signs in Iowa as they look to secure S

The Senate is expected to launch into a voting blitz on Thursday as it moves toward passing a budget reconciliation package that would fund immigration enforcement agencies. A party-line vote kicked off hours of debate, followed by a series of unlimited back-to-back amendment vot

Democrats are feeling bullish about their chances of flipping a critical New Jersey battleground district amid a Republican congressman’s prolonged absence from Washington. Rep. Thomas Kean, Jr. (R-N.J.) formally clinched the GOP nomination for another term Tuesday, teeing up an

President Trump on Wednesday evening signaled he will name acting Attorney General Todd Blanche to officially serve as the nation’s top prosecutor. During a dinner at the White House, the president said that he will instruct Dan Scavino, the director of the White House Presidenti

It is no secret that the climate crisis narrative and the policies attendant upon it are facing political headwinds. After decades of climate alarmism about horrors that always are a mere decade or so away there is now substantial evidence that the American public places a much h

President Trump’s bid to install a controversial ally to head the intelligence community without the blessing of Congress is giving lawmakers pause about renewing the nation’s warrantless spy powers.  Trump on Tuesday announced he had tapped Bill Pulte, the current head of the Fe

Republicans hoping to keep control of Congress in a tough election year have been thrown off-balance by President Trump’s focus on foreign policy, pet projects, and statements dismissing the importance of the midterms and cost-of-living issues. To be sure, Trump’s team is putting

There’s a new, favorite Beltway game: evaluating the performance of the big figures in the Trump administration who have stepped to the lectern to conduct White House briefings. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Administrator Mehmet Oz, who on Tuesday became the la

Republican senators are growing increasingly concerned about President Trump’s weak polling numbers with independent voters and warn that the GOP may be headed for a political wipeout in the November election because Trump’s popularity with Republican primary voters isn’t transla

Secretary of State Marco Rubio defanged critics of the Iran war and global health cuts with charm and more flexibility than some of his colleagues.