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From the award-winning opinion pages of The Wall Street Journal, Paul Gigot, Kim Strassel, Bill McGurn and Kyle Peterson discuss the latest from Washington. Get critical perspective and the analysis you need on developments from the nation’s capital. Join them every weekday. Send your feedback to pw...
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The Socialist Surge Comes to Colorado, as Democrats Nominate Melat Kiros
Denver's 15-term Rep. Diana DeGette loses her primary to 29-year-old Melat Kiros, a socialist who says 9/11 was inevitable and the U.S. should quit se...
Supreme Court Rulings on Birthright Citizenship, Women's Sports, and Political Spending
The Justices say the 14th Amendment guarantees birthright citizenship, striking down President Trump's order to exclude children of illegal aliens and...
Split Supreme Court Decisions on Presidential Power
The Justices issue four major rulings on executive power, voting law and the Fourth Amendment, with mixed majorities in each one. The Court says Donal...
Supreme Court Rulings on Gun Rights, Immigration and More
The Justices say 6-3 that the law gives the Trump Administration unreviewable authority to tell immigrants with Temporary Protected Status, including...
It’s Donald Trump Versus Senate Republicans on Capitol Hill
Donald Trump and Senate Republicans clash on war powers and the filibuster, and a recent closed-door meeting was especially testy. Plus, the President...
New York Democrats Vote to Send Zohran Mamdani's Socialists to Congress
The state's Democratic primary nominates three more socialist House candidates, including Darializa Avila Chevalier, who says every deportation is wro...
Marijuana Users Still Have Gun Rights, the Supreme Court Says 9-0
The Justices unanimously agree that pot consumption alone isn't enough to justify a loss of Second Amendment rights, though they offer few hints about...
Round One of the U.S.-Iran Talks, and Another British Prime Minister Resigns.
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer resigns, and his successor Andy Burnham would be the seventh PM in 10 years. What's driving the instability, and w...
Inside WSJ Opinion’s ‘The Lockdown Dissidents’
Why were some scientists blacklisted and censored for questioning the need for lockdowns during the Covid pandemic? And why did some in Washington enc...
The Good, Bad and Ugly of Trump's Deal With Iran
Donald Trump explains that oil and stock prices drove his decision to sign the memorandum of understanding with Iran, in a surprising admission of U.S...
The Political Fight Over Anthropic's New AI / Trump Pulls Jay Clayton's Senate Confirmation
The White House effectively bans the advanced Fable 5 model by placing it off limits to foreigners, even ones working at Anthropic. Plus, Donald Trump...
The Next Mayor of Washington, D.C., Could Be a Socialist
As D.C. holds its Democratic primary, the polling leader is Janeese Lewis George, who wants new taxes on businesses, "childcare for all," and more. Bu...
Is Trump's Deal With Iran a Good One for the U.S.?
Donald Trump and Iran say they've agreed to a ceasefire deal that lets commercial and oil traffic through the Strait of Hormuz but delays talks on iss...
Bill Pulte, Jay Clayton and the Surveillance Lapse of FISA Section 702
After President Trump names Bill Pulte as acting Director of National Intelligence, the House fails to reauthorize the Section 702 surveillance progra...
Donald Trump Announces an Iran Agreement After Cancelling Strikes
Donald Trump says an agreement with Iran has been made, but Iranians say the deal is not done just yet. Plus, will Republicans pass the President's d...
Maine's Senate Choice Is Now Graham Platner vs. Susan Collins
Democratic voters nominate Platner, the progressive oyster farmer, despite a string of news stories about personal scandals, including a Nazi-linked t...
Spencer Pratt Loses Out to Nithya Raman in L.A., as California Keeps Counting Mail Votes
On election night Pratt was in second place to Mayor Karen Bass, and now after a week of watching his position be steadily eroded by late-arriving bal...
Are Israel and the U.S. on the Same Page on Iran?
Iran and Israel exchange missiles as the Iran war passes its 100th day, with Donald Trump and Benjamin Netanyahu saying they want the same goals despi...
Matt Pottinger on Competing with China and What's Next in Iran
President Trump continues to negotiate with Tehran, but lurking behind the war in the Middle East is America's larger strategic contest with the Chine...
Congress Puts Donald Trump’s Iran Strategy on the Clock
Four House Republicans side with Democrats to pass a resolution calling for the end of hostilities in Iran unless Congress approves further action. I...
Will Steve Hilton and Spencer Pratt Emerge From California's Jungle Primary?
Late mail ballots will straggle in for days, but California could get some political competition in November, if Republicans Steve Hilton and Spencer...
The GOP Agenda Gets Stuck on Trump's $1.776 Billion Settlement Fund
Republican lawmakers are trying to pass a reconciliation bill to fund immigration enforcement, but first they want answers on Donald Trump’s $1.8 bill...
Iran Puts a Pause on Ceasefire Talks with the U.S.
Iran suspends ceasefire negotiations with the United States as airstrikes resume in the Middle East. With threats of Iran to close the Strait of Horm...
Jill Biden's Book Tour Renews Debate on Joe's Age and What Democrats Knew
The former First Lady reveals that when Joe Biden melted down during his 2024 debate with Donald Trump, she worried it might be a stroke. Yet she also...
Can Viral Ads Make Spencer Pratt L.A.’s Next Mayor?
Former reality TV star Spencer Pratt is using viral videos to make his case against Karen Bass and become the new mayor of Los Angeles. Plus, candidat...
Ken Paxton Wins the Texas Primary, as Trump Makes Another Senate Gamble
Republican voters resoundingly nominate Attorney General Ken Paxton, instead of incumbent Sen. John Cornyn, but can the AG win? Democrat James Talaric...
Trump Praises Iran Talks, but What About Its Uranium and the Strait of Hormuz?
Donald Trump says the latest negotiations with Iran are "proceeding nicely," but the details of any nuclear deal remain elusive, as U.S. forces strike...
Did Democrats Learn Anything from Losing in 2024?
A leaked campaign "autopsy" from the Democratic National Committee says Kamala Harris lost in 2024 because the Biden White House didn't help her enoug...
What Does Donald Trump Have Planned for Cuba?
The United States indicts Cuban leader Raul Castro, the brother of the late revolutionary Fidel Castro, for murder as it increases pressure on the cur...
Trump's Defeat of Thomas Massie and Endorsement of Ken Paxton
Donald Trump carries a GOP challenger to a primary victory over Kentucky Rep. Thomas Massie, who made few friends with his quixotic positions, includi...
The $1.776 Billion Deal for Trump's 'Anti-Weaponization Fund'
After Donald Trump ends his lawsuit against the IRS over the leak of his tax records, the Justice Department steers nearly $1.8 billion toward targets...
GOP Candidates Face Donald Trump’s Wrath in Primaries Contests
Senator Bill Cassidy loses in the Louisiana GOP primary after Donald Trump pushes hard for his opponent as payback for voting to convict him during hi...
Trump's China Summit, Makary's FDA Exit, and a Supreme Court Mifepristone Order
As Donald Trump leaves Beijing after meeting Xi Jinping, how much did this diplomacy accomplish? Plus, does Dr. Marty Makary's resignation at the FDA...
Kevin Warsh Wins Confirmation as Fed Chair, as the Inflation Gauge Hits 3.8%
The Senate approves the Federal Reserve's new leader 54-45, one day after new figures from the Labor Department show consumer prices accelerating, and...
The Trump-Xi Summit in China: Trade, Taiwan, AI and More
Donald Trump lands in Beijing for meetings with Chinese leader Xi Jinping, with agenda items that include trade and tariffs, the future of Taiwan, and...
Trump Waives the Jones Act, Temporarily Freeing U.S. Oil Supply Chains
Donald Trump issues a five-month waiver of a 1920 law that says ships carrying cargo between U.S. ports must be American-built. Colin Grabow of the Ca...
Can Trump Break the Impasse With Iran in the Gulf?
Iran rejects Donald Trump's proposal to settle the war, and Trump says the cease-fire may not survive. On this episode of Potomac Watch, Paul Gigot sp...
Virginia's 10-1 Gerrymander Loses in Court, as Tennessee Draws a 9-0 Map
The Virginia Supreme Court strikes down a Democratic map that voters approved last month. Meantime, Tennessee moves to oust its only congressional Dem...
The Rising Influence of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas
This week Clarence Thomas becomes the second-longest-service Justice on the Supreme Court, and his impact on American law is growing. Paul Gigot spea...
Ben Sasse on Experimental Medical Research and Why the Senate is Broken
On this episode of Potomac Watch, Paul Gigot sits down with former Senator Ben Sasse about his diagnosis with Stage IV pancreatic cancer and his exper...