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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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JD Vance Hits the Campaign Trail—in Budapest, Hungary
The Vice President flies to Europe to speak at a rally with Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, who is trying to extend his 16 years in power amid...
Will Donald Trump Walk Away From NATO?
President Trump has signaled a potential U.S. withdrawal from NATO, citing a lack of support from allies during the Iran war. While NATO Secretary Gen...
President Trump Declares a Two-Week Ceasefire in Iran
The U.S. halts its strikes on Iran, saying its military objectives have been achieved, shortly after President Trump threatened that "a whole civiliza...
Trump's Budget Plan: a 10% Cut, but With $1.5 Trillion for Defense
The White House releases President Trump’s 2027 budget request, which calls for reducing domestic spending while adding money for the Pentagon, includ...
Trump Issues an Ultimatum to Iran After a Dramatic Rescue of a U.S. Airman
President Trump took a risk in ordering a high-risk rescue of a U.S. airman from Iranian territory. Now attention is focused on his threat to bomb Ira...
Trump Fires Attorney General Pam Bondi / NASA's Artemis II Heads to the Moon
President Trump removes AG Pam Bondi, shortly after ousting Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem. Could this be the beginning of a larger cabinet s...
Donald Trump Makes His Iran Case to the Nation
How effective was the President's primetime address on the U.S. military operation in Iran? Plus, Republicans agree to fund the Department of Homeland...
The Supreme Court Debates Birthright Citizenship, With Trump in the Audience
As Donald Trump watches from the public seats, the Justices consider his order to reinterpret the 14th Amendment and deny citizenship to babies whose...
America's Money Migration: Democratic States Keep Losing Taxpayer Income
The IRS releases new figures on income migration between 2022 and 2023, which show taxpayers continuing to flee high-tax states for more welcoming one...
Who's Winning in Iran After a Month of War?
The U.S. continues to make military progress but its strategic goals remain elusive. President Trump contemplates sending ground troops for discrete m...
Why Congress Failed, Again, to End the Shutdown of Homeland Security
During the wee hours, the Senate approves a bill to reopen most of the Department of Homeland Security, but the House rejects the idea of partial DHS...
A Jury Finds Meta and YouTube Liable for a Young Woman's Problems
A jury finds Meta and Google’s YouTube responsible for contributing to a young plaintiff’s internet addiction and causing harm to her mental health....
President Trump, Iran and the Fog of Diplomacy
The U.S. holds off striking Iran's power infrastructure, as President Trump cites "productive conversations" with the regime, but Tehran denies any ta...
The Supreme Court Sounds Ready to End Late Mail Ballots
Many states count absentee ballots that are mailed on time, even if they don't arrive until days or weeks later. But the Justices seem prepared to rul...
When Will Congress Finally Pass Funding for TSA's Airport Screeners?
Chaos continues to grow at airports across the United States as the partial government shutdown leaves DHS unable to pay workers. At the same time, th...
National Security Concerns from California to Social Media
The Trump administration gets more serious about California's oil and gas vulnerability and how it might impact national security, ordering the resump...
Should Republicans Kill the Senate Filibuster?
Paul Gigot and Barton Swaim discuss the Republican debate about the Senate's 60-vote rule, dissent on the MAGA right over the Iran war, and the Texas...
Joe Kent's Exit and the MAGA Divide on Iran
The Trump Administration's counterterrorism director resigns, saying Iran didn't pose an imminent threat to the United States and accusing Israel of d...
China Has Much to Lose in Iran
The U.S. military action against Iran continues and the question is how soon American forces can open up the Strait of Hormuz. On this episode of Poto...
The War in Iran Shifts to the Strait of Hormuz
Donald Trump calls on allies to assist in patrolling the Strait of Hormuz to keep the vital oil chokepoint open and keep gas prices down. Plus, how wi...
The Senate Debate on the SAVE America Act and a Talking Filibuster
Donald Trump presses to pass the SAVE America Act, which would require proof of citizenship to register to vote, meaning many driver's licenses wouldn...
Iran Fights Back on the Energy Front as Donald Trump Looks to ‘Finish the Job’
While the U.S. and Israel joint operation destroys drones and nuclear missiles in Iran, the regime counters the only way it can, by threatening the wo...
The Senate Housing Bill Backed by Tim Scott and Elizabeth Warren
Voters are frustrated by home prices, and the Senate will soon take up the bipartisan 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act. But the bill is a 300-page mel...
Vinay Prasad Is Leaving the FDA / Anthropic Sues the Pentagon
The Food and Drug Administration's controversial regulator is set to exit, amid more criticisms that the agency is stifling promising treatments. Mean...
The Iran War Roils Oil Markets as Gasoline Prices Rise in the U.S.
The U.S. and Israeli war with Iran begins its second week with worry about rising oil prices and volatile financial markets. Plus, signs point to Russ...
Trump Fires Kristi Noem / The Iran War and U.S. Munition Stocks
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem is out, after a damaging appearance before the Senate, as Donald Trump names Markwayne Mullin to replace her....
Can Iran's Regime Survive the War?
Paul Gigot interviews Hudson Institute Middle East expert Michael Doran, who says the military campaign is going well for the U.S. and Israel. But the...
Marijuana and Guns at the Supreme Court / Cornyn, Paxton and a Texas Runoff
Federal law prohibits users of illegal drugs from owning guns, but does this violate the Second Amendment? The Justices debate that question, with a f...
The Texas Senate Primary: Cornyn, Paxton, Crockett and Talarico
Democrats hope surging voter enthusiasm will turn Texas blue this fall, but candidate quality matters. On the Republican side, Sen. John Cornyn faces...
How Long Does Donald Trump Have to Achieve His War Aims in Iran?
A joint operation by the United States and Israel on Iran leads to the assassination of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, with Donald Trump promising more strik...
The DHS Shutdown Drags On / Trump's Plan for Powering AI Data Centers
Federal workers with TSA airport security and the Coast Guard are receiving partial paychecks, after Democrats again refuse to fund the Department of...
Will the U.S. and Iran Go to War?
Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner begin a round of indirect talks with Iranian officials over the country’s nuclear program and ballistic missiles. Pres...
The Moments That Stood Out in Trump's State of the Union Address
Donald Trump declares victory on the economy, frames the Democratic Party as extreme, and offers praise for JD Vance and Marco Rubio, in one of the lo...
Did China Secretly Test a Nuke? / The FDA Reversal on an mRNA Flu Shot
American officials say they believe China held a nuclear test in 2020, and President Trump reserves the right to do the same, as the New Start arms-co...
Scott Lincicome on Where the Trump Tariff Wars Are Going Next
Now that the Supreme Court has struck down Donald Trump's "emergency" tariffs, will the government refund the billions of dollars it unlawfully collec...
Donald Trump’s ‘Liberation Day’ Tariffs Lose 6-3 at the Supreme Court
The Justices strike down the President's "emergency" tariffs, ruling that a law called IEEPA doesn't give him limitless power to tax imports on a whim...
Zohran Mamdani's Tax Ultimatum Is a Threat to Soak the Middle Class
To raise taxes on the rich, New York's Mayor wants help from Albany and Gov. Kathy Hochul. And if they refuse? Mamdani now says he'll jack up property...
Marco Rubio Speaks to Europe in a Different Tone Than JD Vance
Secretary of State Marco Rubio offers tough love to U.S. allies in a speech at the Munich Security Conference, in contrast to Vice President JD Vance...
The EPA Ends the 'Endangerment' Finding, a Linchpin of U.S. Climate Regulation
The Environmental Protection Agency rescinds its 2009 assertion that it can regulate greenhouse gases under the Clean Air Act, because they "endanger"...
Democrats Pick a Shutdown Fight, as the ICE Surge Ends in Minneapolis
Congress skips town without funding the Department of Homeland Security, as a partial shutdown nears for the TSA and more, while border czar Tom Homan...