09:31 Judge Ana Reyes issued a preliminary injunction on Monday to stop further tree clearing on the East Potomac Golf Links, unless there is an imminent threat to public safety, while litigation is ongoing (on.wsj.com)
08:56 The Federal Reserve is expected to hold interest rates steady this week for reasons that have as much to do with what Fed officials have said as with what the economy is doing (on.wsj.com)
07:54 A U.S. court rejected a Trump administration request to immediately require California to set aside mail-in ballots it gets from 20,000 people the federal government says might not be U.S. citizens (on.wsj.com)
10-26 Allies worry Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R., S.D.) could get blamed by President Trump and others if Democrats win back control in the midterms (on.wsj.com)
10-26 Dozens of data-center projects have already been delayed or disrupted by local opposition this year—here are four states to watch for on Election Day (on.wsj.com)
10-26 Former President Barack Obama was back on the campaign trail, showing he can still pack a house. But, can he help Democrats win? Read more in today’s WSJ Politics Newsletter: (on.wsj.com)
10-26 President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva clung to power in Sunday’s presidential election by orchestrating a surprise victory over Flávio Bolsonaro, winning an unprecedented fourth term (on.wsj.com)
10-26 California’s proposed billionaire tax sparked Democratic infighting and has many unions siding with the ultrarich, while voter polls remain close. (on.wsj.com)
10-26 Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado returned to her country on Sunday, nearly 11 months after she fled by boat to receive the Nobel Peace Prize (on.wsj.com)
10-26 Trump has returned to the rally stage in force, hoping to energize his supporters and defy the polls predicting deep Republican losses in November (on.wsj.com)
10-26 Attorney General Todd Blanche on Sunday offered a combative defense of the Justice Department’s lawsuit seeking to block certification of Alaska’s Senate race if the Republican candidate loses (on.wsj.com)
10-25 Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, aka AOC, has softened her tactics and pursued voters and lawmakers in both parties. To reach her biggest goals, she‘ll need the far-left base—and everybody else. (on.wsj.com)
10-25 A group of American executives has quit an energy startup that aspired to liquefy and export natural gas out of Alaska, alleging they recently learned it was secretly being funded by Russian gas giant Novatek. (on.wsj.com)
10-25 As the U.S. tries to reduce its reliance on China for rare earths, a few ventures are betting that the quickest route to new supply goes through the junkyard (on.wsj.com)
10-25 The FBI is looking at potentially adding an economic espionage charge against Abdulrahman Alfozan, the former OpenAI engineer who faces wiretapping allegations that he bugged a restricted conference room (on.wsj.com)
10-24 U. S. intelligence suggests Iranian preparations to attack Americans in the Middle East have reached “advanced stages,” prompting an exodus of personnel from embassies and elsewhere, officials said (on.wsj.com)
10-24 Watch as sailors in the USS George Washington strike group prepare for a possible escalation in fighting on the front lines of the Iran war (on.wsj.com)
10-24 Democrats weigh impeaching Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth if they retake the House, and the secret behind the hit Elizabeth Holmes documentary. Read more in today’s 10-Point newsletter. (on.wsj.com)
10-24 Republican campaign operatives worry that a series of damaging stories have contributed to voter concerns about alleged government corruption less than two weeks before the midterm elections (on.wsj.com)
10-24 A wave of AI-powered attacks has flooded the internet in recent weeks, as hackers increasingly turn to agents and hacking tools that make intrusions faster and harder to track than ever before (on.wsj.com)
10-24 The Trump administration moved to remove 50% tariffs on some Canadian products, two former FBI officials were charged with lying to Congress about Hunter Biden investigations and Ukraine’s Starlink system speed caps remain. Read more in today’s What’s News newsletter: (on.wsj.com)
10-24 House Democrats are setting their political sights on Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, pushing for his removal as the first spoils from anticipated wins in the midterm election (on.wsj.com)
10-24 The U.S. is expected to remove 50% tariffs on some Canadian products in a bid to help Maine Sen. Susan Collins and other Republicans in the upcoming midterm elections (on.wsj.com)
10-24 The Trump administration has asked a federal court in Alaska to prevent the certification of the state’s Senate results if Sen. Dan S. Sullivan (R., Alaska) loses—because of possible confusion with a similarly named candidate on the ballot (on.wsj.com)
10-24 Pocketbook issues top President Trump’s talking points, but on TikTok, videos critical of his claims far outnumber supportive ones. Vulnerable Republicans are steering clear of mentioning him. (on.wsj.com)
10-23 The Justice Department charged two former FBI employees with allegedly lying to Congress about their involvement in investigations of former President Joe Biden’s son Hunter and his laptop (on.wsj.com)
10-23 A wave of retirements is going to wipe out over 800 years of congressional experience from Capitol Hill next year. Is that a good thing or a bad thing? Read more in today’s WSJ Politics Newsletter: (on.wsj.com)
10-23 President Trump and many Republicans are betting that attacks on socialism can still be a powerful weapon—but in an era of growing socialist sentiment, the tactic has lost much of its sting. (on.wsj.com)
10-23 President Trump defended an attack ad against Ohio Democratic gubernatorial candidate Amy Acton that featured her estranged mother, calling it “very powerful” (on.wsj.com)
10-23 The Justice Department is examining allegations that Corey Lewandowski profited off his top position at the Department of Homeland Security, people familiar with the matter said (on.wsj.com)
10-22 Candidates are slugging it out all over the place in this unusual midterm election, as evidenced by a controversial ad in the Ohio governor’s race. Read more in today’s WSJ Politics Newsletter: (on.wsj.com)
10-22 The American Israel Public Affairs Committee is ending candidate endorsements and contributions from its political-action committee, reversing the approach it adopted five years ago (on.wsj.com)
10-22 The Trump administration wants to bulk up its antifraud push by pursuing tax charges on illicit gains, but its effort risks running up against its own budget cuts (on.wsj.com)
10-21 A growing wave of voter resistance has prompted lawmakers in several states to consider moratoriums on new construction, threatening to slow the rapid real-estate development fueled by the AI boom. (on.wsj.com)
10-21 New York Democrat Brad Lander said he was briefly detained and released by the Israeli military while he was supporting Palestinian farmers during an olive harvest in the occupied West Bank (on.wsj.com)
10-21 Minnesota’s Democratic U.S. Senate nominee Peggy Flanagan said she “graduated Phi Beta Kappa,” but records raise questions about the claim (on.wsj.com)
10-21 President Trump is relying on a new strategy to salvage Republican seats in the midterm elections: promising an array of financial benefits to Americans (on.wsj.com)
10-21 National Democrats are making a million-dollar bet on David Jolly, the Democratic nominee for governor of Florida, as they hope to put back in play the once crucial swing state. (on.wsj.com)
10-20 Trump is planning to announce a new program that will pay people up to 30,000 for successful tips about government fraud, according to the White House (on.wsj.com)
10-20 The Trump administration plans to hand out another 8 billion in direct payments to U.S. farmers who face losses from market disruptions and high fuel costs (on.wsj.com)
10-20 There is plenty of GOP hand-wringing about the Senate, with Democrats polling ahead in nine of 11 close races. But those leads are slim. Read more in today’s WSJ Politics Newsletter: (on.wsj.com)
10-20 Ex-officials from the Trump, Biden and Obama administrations are warning the U.S. is at risk of losing a technological and industrial race with China—unless it adopts a major energy-permitting bill (on.wsj.com)
10-20 The campaign of Republican David Flippo, who faces an unexpectedly tough race to fill a red House seat in Nevada, credited a dead woman from a prominent Nevada family for a donation (on.wsj.com)
10-20 The president’s push to move ahead quickly to overhaul the East Potomac Golf Links has put his administration in the hot seat with a frustrated judge (on.wsj.com)
10-20 President Trump said he was open to talking denuclearization with Russia and China, Elon Musk pledged a Space X share to every child in America and Saudi Arabia postponed its “Davos in the Desert” as conflict escalates in the region. Read more in today’s What’s News newsletter: (on.wsj.com)
10-19 With two weeks to go until voters determine control of Congress for President Trump’s final two years in office, he is trying to shore up GOP Senate seats. Read more in today’s WSJ Politics Newsletter: (on.wsj.com)
10-19 Trump administration officials are lawyering up, preparing for the possibility that Democrats could launch probes if the party takes back Congress (on.wsj.com)
10-18 Hakeem Jeffries is closing in on the Speaker’s gavel, but his path to power runs directly through a group of Democratic Socialists making demands (on.wsj.com)
10-18 Republicans across the most competitive House and Senate races have settled on a closing pitch ahead of Election Day: Democrats are too extreme to be given control of Congress (on.wsj.com)
10-18 Dr. Sean Barbabella, Trump’s primary physician, is tasked with staying no more than three minutes away from the oldest president ever elected (on.wsj.com)
10-18 In August, Kansas GOP Sen. Roger Marshall said he was set up “quite nicely” for reelection. But now he finds himself in a tossup race in a state that President Trump won by 16 percentage points in 2024 (on.wsj.com)
10-17 As European nationalist parties have been rising in the polls, they have come to see President Trump as a liability and have distanced themselves from him (on.wsj.com)
10-17 President Trump is halting implementation of most of the sanctions that were to be imposed on Russia under a bipartisan bill he signed last month (on.wsj.com)
10-17 Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said the execution of a soldier who went on a 20009 shooting spree would be livestreamed—setting off a dayslong debate within the White House (on.wsj.com)
10-16 Elon Musk is putting a small fortune into Republicans’ effort to salvage the Senate seat in Texas, seen as critical to the party keeping control of the chamber in the fall elections (on.wsj.com)
10-16 The geography of U.S. politics might be changing. Rural voters are among those showing less enthusiasm for the GOP, WSJ polling shows. Read more in today’s WSJ Politics Newsletter: (on.wsj.com)
10-16 Sen. Susan Collins and Troy Jackson wrapped up their fourth and final debate in Maine on Thursday, tangling over President Trump, the high cost of fuel and the Supreme Court (on.wsj.com)
10-16 New York City Comptroller Mark Levine defended his decision not to use the city’s pension funds to invest in Israeli bonds, after the Jewish Democrat faced mounting criticism (on.wsj.com)
10-16 The Justice Department sued California to try to block the state from counting mail-in ballots it receives from 20,000 people the Trump administration says may not be U.S. citizens (on.wsj.com)
10-16 The FBI said it is investigating suspicious mailings—some containing an “unknown substance”—sent to election offices across the country, just weeks before midterm elections. (on.wsj.com)
10-15 Florida’s Democratic Senate nominee Angie Nixon gets more love on TikTok than big-name Democrats, and Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer gets more grief, a WSJ analysis found (on.wsj.com)
10-15 Texas Democrat and Senate hopeful James Talarico faced off with friendly, undecided and skeptical voters during a CNN town hall Wednesday night, five days before early voting starts in Texas (on.wsj.com)
10-15 Money from Tether flowed to Bo Hines’s company while he worked in the White House on landmark stablecoin legislation. Once the law passed, Tether hired him as its U.S. chief. (on.wsj.com)
10-15 The U.S.-Ukraine relationship once again soured as limitations on Kyiv’s access to military-grade Starlink terminals sparked panic among its officials and several U.S. lawmakers (on.wsj.com)
10-15 The federal investigation into Rep. Ilhan Omar aims to build a case to strip her of her U.S. citizenship and ultimately deport her, according to U.S. officials and others familiar with the probe (on.wsj.com)
10-14 Eroding support from working-class, white voters—a pillar of the Trump coalition—could be a danger sign for Republicans. Read more in today’s WSJ Politics Newsletter: (on.wsj.com)