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House Speaker Mike Johnson says he will push for aid to Israel and Ukraine this week

House Speaker Mike Johnson said Sunday he will try to advance wartime aid for Israel this week as he attempts the difficult task of winning House approval for a national security package that also includes funding for Ukraine and allies in Asia.

Sen. Rand Paul chides House Speaker Johnson, says it’s like Democrats are running the chamber

Sen. Rand Paul unleashed on House Speaker Mike Johnson on Sunday, accusing his fellow Republican of abandoning conservative principles on the national debt and government surveillance.

U.S. should avoid military action against Iran despite attack on Israel, says House intel panel head

House Intelligence Committee Chairman Mike Turner advocated Sunday against the U.S. retaliating against Iran for its drone attacks on Israel.

A Pittsburgh congressional race could test Democrats who have criticized Israel’s handling of war

An election this month in Pittsburgh and some of its suburbs is emerging as an early test of whether Israel's war with Hamas poses political threats to progressive Democrats in Congress who have criticized how the conflict has been handled.

Biden’s handling of Israel-Hamas conflict further erodes approval rating

President Biden's approval rating among voters over the Israel-Hamas war has further eroded as the Middle East conflict drags on, according to a poll released Sunday.

Donald Trump and Lindsey Graham are again at odds, now over abortion. The strife could help both men

The long and occasionally quixotic relationship between Donald Trump and Lindsey Graham has again turned negative after the South Carolina senator criticized the former president for refusing to support a federal abortion ban.

How Israel, with US backing, should respond to Iran’s attack

President Joe Biden and his advisers bear significant responsibility for Iran’s massive Saturday attack on Israel, consisting of more than 300 drones and ballistic or cruise missiles. Before, during, and after Hamas’s barbaric Oct. 7 assault on the Jewish state, his administration refused to acknowledge Tehran’s “ring of fire” strategy, conducted through terrorists such as […]

Trump attorney call hush money case a ‘six-week long media extravaganza’

An attorney for former President Trump brushed off the significance of his first criminal trial, which is scheduled to begin Monday, saying the case is merely a “six-week-long media extravaganza.” Trump’s criminal hush money trial will start jury selection on Monday in Manhattan, where prosecutors claim the former president illegally covered up payments made to...

US disputes Iran intended to give forewarning on attacking Israel

The United States rebuked claims Sunday that Iran gave other countries in the region a warning that it would be launching a significant aerial attack against the country on Saturday. Iran did not warn other countries in the region that it would be attacking Israel on Saturday, a senior administration official said in a briefing...

Petraeus says Iran attack is a ‘very big deal’

Former CIA Director David Petraeus called the Iranian attack on Israel a “very big deal,” in an interview Sunday on CNN’s “State of the Union.” “Well, it is significant. It's a very big deal. And I think Israel will have to take some action in response,” Petraeus said. “I think it's very clear that the...

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