Senate Passes Final Defense Policy Bill
The Senate on Wednesday overwhelmingly passed 87-13 a compromise annual defense policy bill, teeing up a final vote in the House on Thursday before it...
White House Agitates Allies With Major Border Concessions as It Races to Get Ukraine Aid Deal
The White House’s growing urgency to get Ukraine aid passed is forcing Democrats to reckon with immigration policies they’ve previously tied to former President Donald Trump, agitating President Joe Biden’s allies and underscoring...
New Government Signals Reset in Foreign Policy
There may be major changes ahead for New Zealand’s foreign policy, Geoffrey Miller writes. New Zealand’s international relations are under new management and Winston Peters, the new...
Trump Would ‘Come After’ Media and Government Critics in Second Term, Top Ally Says
Kash Patel told former Trump adviser Steve Bannon on his podcast that they’d target “conspirators” who “helped Joe Biden rig presidential elections.” Donald Trump...
Wholesale Inflation in US Slowed Further Last Month, Signaling That Price Pressures Continue to Ease
Wholesale inflation in the United States was unchanged in November, suggesting that price increases in the economy’s pipeline are continuing to gradually ease. The...
Biden’s Support of Israel Leaves Him as Isolated as Russia on the World Stage, Analyst Says
The Biden administration’s steadfast support of Israel in its war against Hamas in Gaza has cost him tremendous political capital internationally, according to Ian...
State Agency Had Its Own ‘Legislative Privilege’ Policy in Place to Shield Certain Records
While two Thurston County Superior Court judges recently ruled that legislators do have the privilege to withhold some records, newly obtained documents show they...
Can US Visa Bans Deter West Bank Violence by Israeli Settlers?
It could serve as a deterrent for some settlers, analysts say. But the new rule has loopholes that could allow evasion. Just two months...
Washington’s Center of Gravity on Immigration Has Shifted to the Right. Can the Parties Make a Deal?
It was a decade ago that Capitol Hill was consumed by an urgency to overhaul the nation’s immigration system, fueled in no small part...
US Policy to Cut Greenhouse Gases May Boost Water Quality
These three Purdue University researchers were co-lead authors of a recent paper on climate policy and water quality in the Proceedings of the National...