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State of the Union May Be a Trial for ‘Barely Invited’ Justices

State of the Union May Be a Trial for ‘Barely Invi...

3 months ago 67

Top law officer told Swinney of Murrell charge nearly a year ago

Top law officer told Swinney of Murrell charge nea...

3 months ago 71

Magistrates and judges to use more AI, says Lammy - as jury trials reduced

Magistrates and judges to use more AI, says Lammy ...

3 months ago 73

Dozens of congressional Democrats are preparing to skip President Trump’s State of the Union address Tuesday night, in an unusual rebuke of a sitting president

Dozens of congressional Democrats are preparing to...

3 months ago 54

SCOTUS ruling against tariffs is unlikely to mean an end to trade policy chaos

SCOTUS ruling against tariffs is unlikely to mean ...

3 months ago 58

A bit awkward? Supreme Court justices, some of whom President Trump just slammed over their tariff ruling, will attend the State of the Union tonight. Read more in today’s WSJ Politics Newsletter:

A bit awkward? Supreme Court justices, some of who...

3 months ago 56

Trump's State of the Union will seek to calm voters' economic concerns ahead of midterm elections

Trump's State of the Union will seek to calm voter...

3 months ago 59

Pentagon Races to Spend $153 Billion in Added Funds for Military

Pentagon Races to Spend $153 Billion in Added Fund...

3 months ago 69

Lord Mandelson arrest - how did we get here?

Lord Mandelson arrest - how did we get here?

3 months ago 72

Lord Mandelson released on bail after arrest on suspicion of misconduct in public office

Lord Mandelson released on bail after arrest on su...

3 months ago 74

Trump Says General Caine Sees Easy Victory if U.S. Attacks Iran

Trump Says General Caine Sees Easy Victory if U.S....

3 months ago 63

President Trump will use his State of the Union address to sell the public on the economy and unveil new measures meant to lower costs, ahead of the midterm elections later this year

President Trump will use his State of the Union ad...

3 months ago 62

Lib Dems in bid to release files on Andrew trade role

Lib Dems in bid to release files on Andrew trade r...

3 months ago 94

‘A Long Speech’: Trump Prepares for State of the Union

‘A Long Speech’: Trump Prepares for State of the U...

3 months ago 66

Pentagon Pulls Support for Air Safety Bill Written After D.C. Helicopter and Plane Crash

Pentagon Pulls Support for Air Safety Bill Written...

3 months ago 57

Body of civil rights leader Jesse Jackson to lie in state in South Carolina

Body of civil rights leader Jesse Jackson to lie i...

3 months ago 56

A former U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement instructor testified that the agency has scaled back its training, leaving recruits unprepared

A former U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement ...

3 months ago 62

Five Big Political Questions About Trump’s State of the Union Speech

Five Big Political Questions About Trump’s State o...

3 months ago 66

The Trump administration is considering new national security tariffs on a half-dozen industries in the wake of a Supreme Court decision last week that invalidated many of the president’s second-term levies

The Trump administration is considering new nation...

3 months ago 64

Rep. Tony Gonzales of Texas faced calls from Republican colleagues to drop his re-election bid over an alleged affair with a staff member, after new text messages of a sexual nature surfaced

Rep. Tony Gonzales of Texas faced calls from Repub...

3 months ago 75

Reform vows to overhaul pension schemes for new local government workers

Reform vows to overhaul pension schemes for new lo...

3 months ago 74

The Pentagon is raising concerns to Trump about an extended military campaign against Iran, with Gen. Dan Caine, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff among those voicing warnings

The Pentagon is raising concerns to Trump about an...

3 months ago 57

U.S. officials say the Pentagon hasn’t received any orders to deploy Navy vessels to Greenland, despite President Trump’s social-media post about a hospital ship “on its way”

U.S. officials say the Pentagon hasn’t received an...

3 months ago 53

Threats we face echo run-up to WWII, warns minister

Threats we face echo run-up to WWII, warns ministe...

3 months ago 69

U.K. Police Arrest Peter Mandelson, Ex-Ambassador to the U.S., Amid Epstein Accusations

U.K. Police Arrest Peter Mandelson, Ex-Ambassador ...

3 months ago 70

UK says 'nothing is off the table' in response to US tariffs

UK says 'nothing is off the table' in response to ...

3 months ago 75

Facing angry ‘MAHA Moms,’ Kennedy defends Trump’s pesticide order.

Facing angry ‘MAHA Moms,’ Kennedy defends Trump’s ...

3 months ago 69

Judge Bars Release of Special Counsel Report on Trump’s Mishandling of Documents

Judge Bars Release of Special Counsel Report on Tr...

3 months ago 73

Border Patrol Shoots Armed Person Near Canadian Border, Authorities Say

Border Patrol Shoots Armed Person Near Canadian Bo...

3 months ago 64

Training for New ICE Agents Is ‘Deficient’ and ‘Broken,’ Whistle-Blower Says

Training for New ICE Agents Is ‘Deficient’ and ‘Br...

3 months ago 70

Alex Padilla Plans Spanish Rebuttal to Trump’s State of the Union

Alex Padilla Plans Spanish Rebuttal to Trump’s Sta...

3 months ago 76

Watch: Peter Mandelson led away by police from Camden home

Watch: Peter Mandelson led away by police from Cam...

3 months ago 73

PM orders ethics investigation into minister over Labour Together claims

PM orders ethics investigation into minister over ...

3 months ago 78

Australia backs removing Andrew from royal line of succession

Australia backs removing Andrew from royal line of...

3 months ago 77

Reform promises agency to ensure illegal migrant removals

Reform promises agency to ensure illegal migrant r...

3 months ago 71

The government's overhaul of SEND is a massive task - but many questions remain

The government's overhaul of SEND is a massive tas...

3 months ago 70

Shake-up of support for children with special needs and disabilities unveiled

Shake-up of support for children with special need...

3 months ago 68

President Trump sent Netflix a clear-ish signal that it better follow his directive to remove Susan Rice from its board of directors, or else. Read more in today’s WSJ Politics Newsletter:

President Trump sent Netflix a clear-ish signal th...

3 months ago 63

The Wall Street Journal is inviting subscribers to submit questions to its journalists ahead of President Trump’s first State of the Union of his second term

The Wall Street Journal is inviting subscribers to...

3 months ago 59

How Trump will use his State of the Union address to sell skeptical midterm voters on his plans

How Trump will use his State of the Union address ...

3 months ago 59

Josh Shapiro, in his own words, on political violence and antisemitism

Josh Shapiro, in his own words, on political viole...

3 months ago 64

As antisemitism rises and strife over Israel continues, Josh Shapiro turns toward his Jewish faith

As antisemitism rises and strife over Israel conti...

3 months ago 62

F.B.I. Director Celebrates Olympic Hockey Victory on Day of Mar-a-Lago Shooting

F.B.I. Director Celebrates Olympic Hockey Victory ...

3 months ago 61

When Faced With Claims of Racism, Trump Points to His Black Friends

When Faced With Claims of Racism, Trump Points to ...

3 months ago 71

Never Trump Republicans are still issuing dire warnings. Is anyone listening?

Never Trump Republicans are still issuing dire war...

3 months ago 61

The climb toward the Olympic hockey gold medal showdown began months ago. The US came out on top

The climb toward the Olympic hockey gold medal sho...

3 months ago 59

Mainstream schools to receive extra funding for SEND pupils

Mainstream schools to receive extra funding for SE...

3 months ago 77

A man was shot and killed Sunday after breaching the secure perimeter at President Trump’s Mar-a-Lago residence in Florida, the Secret Service said

A man was shot and killed Sunday after breaching t...

3 months ago 61

Brown urges police probe into whether Andrew used RAF bases to meet Epstein

Brown urges police probe into whether Andrew used ...

3 months ago 84