Democratic Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed holds a slight lead over his opponent former Rep. Mike Rogers (R-Mich.) ahead of the 2026 midterm elections, a new poll shows. The Hill/Emerson College Polling survey released Thursday found that El-Sayed garnered 48 percent support, Rogers received 46 percent, 4 percent remained undecided and 2 percent chose another candidate...

Nobel Peace Prize laureate and Moscow-based journalist Dmitry Muratov is careful about what he says and for good reason. He was assaulted in 2022 with red paint laced with acetone, and he’s seen colleagues murdered or forced into exile and his newspaper shut down.  In a rare appearance in Washington, D.C. on Monday, he spoke...

America’s war against Iran is stirring debate inside and outside the U.S. government over the future presence of the U.S. military in the Middle East. Following the Sept, 11, 2001 terror attacks, the U.S. built up a massive configuration of military bases and intelligence outposts in the region to launch strikes, hunt terrorists and wage...

The fight over the Kennedy Center is not slowing down after President Trump made planned renovations contingent on his name appearing on the building while a Trump-aligned board voted to close the venue down. Federal judge Christopher Cooper has blocked both efforts, but fencing went up around the main building Wednesday, which was closed to...