Mission? Hostilities? Don?t call it a war, say G.O.P. lawmakers grappling with the political and legal challenges of the operation in the Middle East.

The opening days of the conflict are challenging the idea that President Trump can project force abroad while safeguarding American lives and the economy.

The intervention of AIPAC supporters in Chicago-area Democratic primaries, including one with opposing Jewish candidates, has made the pro-Israel lobby an issue on the left.

Presidents have sidestepped Congress to launch limited military strikes for decades. Trump?s decision to attack Iran is an aggressive escalation.

Agency officials promise fast reviews of new treatments while vowing they will not be a ?rubber stamp? for the industry. But patients with rare diseases view recent decisions as signs that the doors are closing on their options.

After clinching the Democratic Senate primary, he told supporters in Austin that the country?s real divide is between ?top versus bottom,? not the left versus right.

Several of Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer?s employees are under investigation for official misconduct under her leadership.

Asif Merchant testified in his own defense, saying he participated in the plot to protect his family in Iran. Prosecutors reject his account of his motives.

Decisions come fast, even if contradictions and inconsistencies abound. But without much of a process, there is little preparation for how things can go wrong.

The Trump administration is likely to appeal the move, as it ramps up its attempt to slow or potentially block the repayment of billions in past duties.

The C.I.A. has given small weapons to Iranian Kurdish forces in Iraq in a covert program that began before the current war.

The strike was one of the deadliest attacks of the American-Israeli campaign against Iran so far.

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem pushed back against her department?s inspector general, who told Congress in a letter that she had ?systematically obstructed? his office?s work.

Texas voters will revisit the Republican Senate primary ? and some House races where no candidate captured more than 50 percent of the vote ? in runoffs on May 26.

The biggest immediate one: What will Trump do?

Three high-quality polls taken after the United States and Israel launched their attack Iran on Saturday show that a majority of Americans are not on board with the military action.

Nearly every Republican voted to block a measure that would require that President Trump win authorization from Congress to continue the offensive in the Middle East.

After the state representative won the Senate primary, he joined a list of other promising progressives who have captured the left?s fancy.

The California governor, seen as a likely presidential candidate, made comments that reflect a shift in the Democratic Party.

The Oversight Committee took the action over the objections of its Republican chairman, after several G.O.P. members sided with Democrats to insist on it.

Since 1991, Navy subs have launched scores of cruise missiles in combat, but the torpedo attack off Sri Lanka is a return to form after 80 years.

The day after being forced into a runoff to keep his seat, Representative Tony Gonzales confirmed that he had an extramarital affair with an aide who later took her own life.

During the fall of the South Vietnamese capital in 1975, he helped evacuate thousands, and was nearly left behind.

Prosecutors in the U.S. attorney?s office in Washington were unable to build a case, underscoring the department?s increasing inability to follow through on the president?s desire to indict his rivals.

Pressured by President Trump, Gov. Jared Polis said he is considering the release of Tina Peters, the last high-profile 2020 election meddler still imprisoned. His fellow Democrats are outraged.

Talarico?s victory got a lot of attention, but Cornyn?s showing may be the most consequential result.

Prices for liquefied natural gas have shot up in recent days, which could bring bigger profits for European and U.S. energy companies.

The trip is part of the Trump administration?s push to build production in the South American nation.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said responsibility for a strike on an Iranian girls? school was under investigation.

The administration has no control over the disciplinary authorities of state bar associations, but a new proposal would let the attorney general ask them to suspend proceedings involving department lawyers.

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