Every major escalation in the Middle East sends shock waves far beyond the region. In the United States, those shock waves arrive not as distant tremors but as catalysts for domestic radicalization and violence, particularly against Jewish communities.

The data is unambiguous.

Following the Hamas attack on Israel on Oct. 7, ...Read more

WASHINGTON — Three months after Inside Elections shifted a dozen House race ratings toward Democrats, nine more are moving the same way as Republicans look to defend their narrow House majority.

The national atmosphere remains tough for the GOP. Historical midterm trends, President Donald Trump’s negative job approval rating and consistent...Read more

LEXINGTON, Ky. — Four Democrats running to replace Sen. Mitch McConnell debated Tuesday night on how they could flip the script and win a U.S. Senate in Kentucky — something that hasn’t been done since 1992.

Former state Rep. Charles Booker, former U.S. Senate and House candidate Amy McGrath, Louisville horse trainer Dale Romans and state...Read more

MIAMI — Secretary of State Marco Rubio is expected to appear on Tuesday as a central witness in the Miami federal trial of his longtime friend, David Rivera, a former Republican congressman who decades ago shared a house with Rubio in Tallahassee when both were members of the state Legislature.

Rivera, 60, and political consultant Esther ...Read more

WASHINGTON — Illinois Democrats picked their nominees for four open House seats on Tuesday, with one former member taking a step toward returning to the chamber and another denied a comeback.

And in an election where the American Israel Public Affairs Committee’s involvement in several races was under scrutiny, the group saw mixed results. ...Read more

If there’s a better public agency than the National Transportation Safety Board, we can’t find it.

It is universally admired for the professionalism and expertise of its staff members and for their independence from politics as they investigate accidents.

Admired everywhere, that is, except at President Donald Trump’s White House. The ...Read more

The Department of Justice in President Donald Trump’s second term has sometimes been referred to as the president’s personal law firm. But that characterization is unfair to law firms. Although private lawyers advocate zealously on behalf of their clients, most constrain themselves within the limits of the law and professional ethics.

Under...Read more

Cook County Commissioner Donna Miller won the Democratic primary in Illinois’ 2nd Congressional District Tuesday as voters rejected a comeback effort by former Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr.

Miller, who ran a campaign focused on health care, had 40.7% of the reported vote at 8:16 p.m. Tuesday evening when the Associated Press called the race.

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State Rep. La Shawn Ford declared victory Tuesday evening in the Democratic primary to succeed U.S. Rep. Danny Davis, appearing to emerge victorious from crowded field of candidates who wrestled over how to stand up to President Donald Trump amid heavy outside spending in the Chicago race.

“We’re the nominee but we still have to win in ...Read more

Evanston Mayor Daniel Biss led in early results in the battle to become the Democratic nominee to succeed retiring U.S. Rep. Jan Schakowsky minutes after polls closed in the district, which stretches from the North Side to Wilmette to Crystal Lake.

With 82% of the estimated vote tallied, Biss had 29.9%, progressive commentator Kat Abughazaleh ...Read more

WASHINGTON — President Trump has once again mocked Gov. Gavin Newsom’s dyslexia as “disqualifying” for leadership, marking at least the fourth time in a week that the president has targeted the California Democrat for being open about his diagnosis.

In remarks Monday in the Oval Office, Trump said Newsom was “dumb” and should never...Read more

WASHINGTON — U.S. President Donald Trump abandoned his effort to recruit partners for the war with Iran and scolded allies who openly rejected his appeals, even as he repeated claims the conflict would end soon.

The U.S. and Israel nonetheless kept up their attacks with little clarity on when operations would end, with Israel saying it had ...Read more

Martha Gellhorn stowed away on a hospital ship to become the only woman journalist to land on Normandy Beach on D-Day. She carried stretchers before writing her harrowing account of the invasion.

The New Yorker’s famously epicurean writer A.J. Liebling subsisted on military rations and came under fire during World War II to describe...Read more

President Donald Trump Tuesday slammed European allies for refusing to help the U.S. re-open the strategic Straits of Hormuz that Iran has effectively closed to oil tanker traffic since the war erupted last month.

After days of browbeating NATO to assist, Trump reversed course and said the U.S. doesn’t need any help dealing with the effective...Read more

WASHINGTON — The National Republican Congressional Committee has named nine candidates to its initial list of House hopefuls eligible for extra resources in this year’s midterm elections.

The MAGA Majority program is a rebranding of the party’s longstanding Young Guns effort. It will provide top-tier challengers in Democratic-held or open...Read more

WASHINGTON — U.S. President Donald Trump lashed out against longtime allies, many of which have rejected his appeals for help in the Iran War effort, as the closure of a vital waterway continued to wreak havoc on global energy markets.

Trump scolded North Atlantic Treaty Organization allies in particular, denouncing their “foolish mistake�...Read more

DENVER — Former Mesa County Clerk Tina Peters was found not guilty of assaulting another inmate after a brief scufffle in January, though she was convicted of a lesser charge, the Department of Corrections said.

Peters had a disciplinary hearing on March 10, nearly two months after she grabbed a fellow inmate and shoved her into the middle of...Read more

All four living former presidents have denied President Donald Trump’s claim that one of them admitted regretting not attacking Iran while in the White House.

Spokespeople for Bill Clinton, George W. Bush, Barack Obama and Joe Biden all said the leaders have not spoken to Trump about the conflict, let alone told him they wish they would have ...Read more

Deep into its third week, the war in Iran is beginning to chafe President Donald Trump’s wider foreign policy and domestic agenda. Trump, who is often immune from the types of repercussions other politicians typically face, now has his back against the wall as gas prices continue to rise, the global oil supply dwindles and lawmakers on Capitol...Read more