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Trump leads Biden in head-to-head 2024 rematch: poll

Former President Trump is narrowly beating President Biden in a 2024 matchup, according to a new poll. The new Yahoo News/YouGov poll found that Trump has a slight edge over the sitting president in a hypothetical rematch, leading Biden 44 to 42 percent. However, the poll also found that 9 percent of respondents were unsure of who...

Can Qatar navigate fraught hostage negotiations with Hamas?

As objectionable as diplomacy might be for some detractors right now, all instruments of Israel’s national power should be considered for dealing with this crisis, including mediation. 

Most Democrats in favor of a challenger to Biden: poll

More than half of Democrats in a new survey said they want to see someone other than President Biden make a bid for the White House next year. A new Yahoo News/YouGov poll found that 54 percent of Democrats surveyed want to see another Democrat challenge Biden in the party’s primary. Roughly 28 percent of Democrats said...

It’s not just Trump — crime and punishment are inherently political 

Lady Justice should be blind. The U.S. legal system should not use its full weight and resources to target political enemies. But these ideals obscure a key fact about American justice: Crime is political. It was designed to be. And it perhaps it should be. The multiple criminal cases now being prosecuted against former President...

Israel orders evacuations in southern Gaza, adding to concerns war could spread

Israel ordered more evacuations amid it's war with Hamas on Thursday, raising fears that the war could become more widespread. Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) issued evacuation orders overnight for towns located in southern Gaza — where thousands of civilians have already fled to escape the air strikes. More than 1.5 million residents in Gaza have...

If Congress walks away from PEPFAR, it will undo decades of global HIV progress

There is no excuse for letting this completely treatable disease become a global health emergency again.

Iran is calling Biden’s bluff

A bloody nose is the only response Iran understands, and precisely the response the U.S. must deliver.

Morning Report — Biden, Xi `blunt’; Senate averts shutdown

President Biden and Chinese leader Xi Jinping agreed Wednesday to resume military-to-military communications and cooperate on anti-drug policies, two tangible outcomes from their first face-to-face meeting in a year.   But after four hours together, including a garden walk on the outskirts of San Francisco, the leaders and their teams separately made clear that the meeting...

Senators worry spending deal puts Ukraine aid in jeopardy

Concern is rising for senators in both parties that funding for Ukraine might get left on the cutting room floor this year as Speaker Mike Johnson’s (R-La.) “laddered” stopgap spending bill will keep the government open through late January, depriving the supplemental of a potential vehicle. Lawmakers still say the Biden administration’s $105 billion supplemental...

The Memo: Biden’s political problems on Israel rise along with Palestinian death toll

The death toll among Palestinians in the conflict with Israel is rising, and President Biden’s political problems at home are rising along with it. Biden has offered close to unconditional support for Israel in the aftermath of the Hamas attacks on Oct. 7 that killed around 1,200 people. But that position is looking increasingly out...

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