Trump Says War Could Last 'Four Weeks'

A former president of the US will be questioned under oath today about Jeffrey Epstein just hours after his wife did the same. Could this set a dangerous precedent for Republicans and Donald Trump? ... Despite positive nuclear talks with Iran, is a US strike now all but inevitabl ... Show More

Does yesterday's gunfight between Cuban forces and a Florida speedboat put the US on the brink of a new crisis? Havana says it killed four people trying to infiltrate the island ... Bill and Hillary Clinton begin their closed-door testimony today on the Epstein saga. Will they sa ... Show More

President Trump delivers the longest State of the Union address in history. But did he say what Americans needed to hear? We talk to a Republican and a Democrat in Congress about what he accomplished. Also: His 108-minute speech contained not a single reference to the ongoing Eps ... Show More

Government funding lapsed early Wednesday morning after the White House and lawmakers failed to reach a spending deal, triggering a shutdown that is expected to halt some federal services and put hundreds of thousands of federal workers on furlough.​​ WSJ’s Natalie Andrews takes ... Show More

16 days into the government shutdown, services are unavailable and federal workers are facing instability. Both sides have dug in, with Democrats and Republicans pointing fingers at each other. WSJ’s Siobhan Hughes explains what it would take to end the shutdown. Ryan Knutson hos ... Show More

Ben argues why Congress' worst decisions are made when they're on tight deadlines to keep the government funded. With multiple Republican members of Congress leaving to serve in the Trump administration, Speaker Mike Johnson will now have to manage an even narrower majority. In t ... Show More

Congress left town without reaching a deal to avoid a shutdown after the Senate blocked competing Republican and Democratic proposals to keep the federal government funded until November 21st. The failure to reach a compromise before the weekend increases the likelihood of a shut ... Show More

Democrats continue to struggle with being an effective opposition party in a Washington under full Republican control. Ahead of a looming government shutdown, we hear from one lawmaker who thinks they’re “getting there.” Will voters buy it? Guest: Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL) ... Show More

We begin with a crucial, last-minute vote that could decide whether the government will shut down tonight. Hamas is under a tight deadline to review a new US peace plan. We have updates on the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown. Trump announced new efforts to lower drug ... Show More

<p>The US government has been shut down for more than a week, and Democrats and Republicans are locked in a political blame game. Shutdowns are nothing new in US politics, but this time President Trump has made an unusual threat: to permanently cut hundreds of thousands of jobs a ... Show More

First: The headline above is how President Biden is describing House republicans' impeachment inquiry. Republicans say they are just following the evidence, though so far, they haven't produced it.  Plus: Donald trump is celebrating after a judge hit pause on the election subvers ... Show More

The House is in session to debate and vote on the Senate-passed funding deal that would end the longest government shutdown in U.S. history. "House Democrats are in this fight until we win this fight. This fight is not over for us. We're just getting started," House Minority Lead ... Show More