Israel Finds Planes That Could Be Key to a Strike on Iran Badly Back-Ordered
The United States told Israel it was unlikely to deliver refueling tankers before 20
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Jan. 6 Committee Recommends Contempt Charge for Mark Meadows
The panel sent a criminal contempt of Congress referral to the full House, as the extent of Mark Meadows’s role in President Donald J. Trump’s efforts to overturn the election became clearer. The House committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack…
Lawyers Clash Again Over Subpoena for Trump’s Financial Records
The long-running case dates back to an early 20
Manchin Casts Doubt on Quick Vote on Biden’s Social Policy Bill
The West Virginia Democrat said he still harbored serious concerns about the $2.2 trillion measure, potentially frustrating his party’s push to win Senate approval before Christmas. Senator Joe Manchin III has called the current trend of inflation “alarming.” WASHINGTON —…
Supreme Court Allows Vaccine Mandate for New York Health Care Workers
Doctors and nurses challenged a state coronavirus vaccine requirement that had medical but not religious exemptions, saying it violated their right to free exercise of their faiths. Lisabeth Johnson, a nurse at the Hebrew Home at Riverdale in New York,…
No U.S. Troops Will Be Punished for Deadly Kabul Strike, Pentagon Chief Decides
The military initially defended the August strike, which killed 10 civilians including seven children, in the days afterward, but ultimately called it a tragic mistake. A relative looks at the damage after after a U.S. drone strike killed 10 civilians…
Washington’s Tawdry Victory Over WikiLeaks and Julian Assange
Last week witnessed the 80
Can the Middle East Solve Its Own Problems?
Since the end of the 1973 Arab-Israeli War, the United States has been the unchallenged dominant power in the Middle East and North Africa. As such, it often saw its role, for better or worse, as fixing the region’s many…
Now in Your Inbox: Political Misinformation
One of the most powerful communication tools available to politicians teems with unfounded claims and largely escapes notice. A fund-raising email from Senator John Kennedy of Louisiana claimed, falsely, that President Biden was “giving every illegal immigrant that comes into…
With Roe at Risk, Justices Explore a New Way to Question Precedents
A new study traces a trend at the Supreme Court: looking to what the lawyers had argued in assessing whether to follow a precedent. Protesters outside the Supreme Court this month held signs with the faces of the justices during…