Republicans test border security as campaign strategy in bellwether special election
The tight House race in New York provides ground for GOP attacks on illegal immigration.
Biden Administration Begins Medicare Drug Price Negotiations
President Biden’s bid to lower drug prices, coming ahead of November’s election, has led to accusations of him trying to win ‘political points.’ The Biden administration on Feb. 1 sent out initial offers to the manufacturers of 10 of the most expensive and commonly used drugs as part of the first round of negotiations aimed
UNRWA Teachers Held Israeli Boy, Elderly Woman Hostage for Hamas
JERUSALEM—At least two teachers for the U.N. Palestinian refugee agency in Gaza separately held captive Israeli civilians abducted on Oct. 7. One of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency teachers used the agency’s facilities to smuggle a young boy around Gaza. The other shut an elderly woman in his mouse-infested attic and fed her
Newsom Stands By ‘Equitable’ Electricity Bills as Opposition Builds
Dem lawmakers, citing public outcry, want to reverse policy to charge electricity by income rather than usage (Mario Tama/Getty Images) California governor Gavin Newsom is standing by the state’s soon-to-be-implemented “equitable” policy to base electricity bills on income, rather than usage, even as public and political opposition to the idea builds in the Democratic coalition.
Where Are Biden’s Pen and Phone?
Column: President Biden flexes executive power for liberal priorities—not border control (Doug Mills-Pool/Getty Images) President Biden wants additional authority to tackle the border crisis. He says that he’s ready to shut down the border once Congress acts. That he’s otherwise out of options. The New York Times reports that the president is frustrated. He feels
Haley’s money surges after debates. Trump’s spikes when he’s indicted.
Trump had his biggest online fundraising day right after Haley — and his brought in nine times as much money as hers had. Haley and Trump are now the only major candidates left in the GOP primary. And fundraising data from the campaigns and the Republican online donation platform WinRed, filed with the Federal Election
The nation’s cartoonists on the week in politics
Cartoon Carousel Every week political cartoonists throughout the country and across the political spectrum apply their ink-stained skills to capture the foibles, memes, hypocrisies and other head-slapping events in the world of politics. The fruits of these labors are hundreds of cartoons that entertain and enrage readers of all political stripes. Here’s an offering of