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Mon, 19 Oct 2026 21:58:31 GMT WSJ.com: Politics http://online.wsj.com/img/wsj_sm_logo.gif https://www.wsj.com/politics WP-WSJ-0003989152 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 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. https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/trumps-d-c-golf-course-renovation-spurs-new-legal-tensions-81b68e78?mod=rss_socialpoliticsfeed Mon, 19 Oct 2026 21:43:00 GMT Lydia Wheeler Aaron Schwartz/Bloomberg News WP-WSJ-0003988629 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: Plus, Elon Musk pledged a Space X share to every child in America, and Saudi Arabia postponed its “Davos in the Desert.” https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/trump-says-hes-open-to-talks-with-the-leaders-of-russia-and-china-e4d6b0d7?mod=rss_socialpoliticsfeed Mon, 19 Oct 2026 21:27:00 GMT Amira McKee Umit Bektas/Reuters WP-WSJ-0003988530 Abdul-El Sayed turns a question about the Muslim Brotherhood into a viral moment in Michigan’s Senate race https://www.wsj.com/politics/how-an-abdul-el-sayed-opponent-handed-him-a-campaign-highlight-8657876b?mod=rss_socialpoliticsfeed Mon, 19 Oct 2026 19:03:00 GMT Neil Mehta Jeff Kowalsky/Agence France-Presse/Getty Images WP-WSJ-0003984179 Political up-and-comers open up about what it’s really like inside the corridors of the Capitol Up-and-coming midterm candidates stopped by the Journal’s D.C. bureau to speak with reporters. We asked them how to fix the most pressing problems facing Congress itself. https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/congress-is-broken-heres-how-seven-candidates-would-fix-it-d638edaf?mod=rss_socialpoliticsfeed Mon, 19 Oct 2026 16:02:00 GMT Janet Adamy Magdalena Petrova and Jeff Ricker/WSJ WP-WSJ-0003986177 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: Plus, Putin wants a summit with Trump and Xi over Ukraine, and a billionaire couple pours in cash to reshape the Democratic Party. https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/after-a-week-of-turmoil-can-the-white-house-lock-it-down-9b890823?mod=rss_socialpoliticsfeed Mon, 19 Oct 2026 10:59:00 GMT Damian Paletta Eric Lee/Getty Images WP-WSJ-0003985720 Hedge-fund billionaires Steve and Sue Mandel are funding a new centrist faction seeking to reshape the Democratic Party Steve and Sue Mandel are behind at least three new groups challenging the Democratic establishment. https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/the-greenwich-billionaire-couple-spending-big-to-reinvent-the-democratic-party-6ea2ba99?mod=rss_socialpoliticsfeed Mon, 19 Oct 2026 09:00:00 GMT Maggie Severns Uncredited WP-WSJ-0003985052 Trump administration officials are lawyering up, preparing for the possibility that Democrats could launch probes if the party takes back Congress Cabinet officials and ordinary staffers are preparing for the possibility that Democrats could launch probes if the party takes back Congress. https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/trump-administration-democrat-investigation-caa25bf7?mod=rss_socialpoliticsfeed Mon, 19 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT Louise Radnofsky Lydia Wheeler Meridith McGraw Ken Cedeno/Reuters WP-WSJ-0003986105 President Trump’s surprise diesel deal with Russia and decision to waive sanctions on Moscow have become a headache for Republican candidates with just two weeks to go before the midterms GOP politicians in a number of tight races are breaking with Trump on Russia policy ahead of midterms. https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/trumps-overtures-to-putin-put-republican-candidates-in-hot-seat-3ac6ffc8?mod=rss_socialpoliticsfeed Sun, 18 Oct 2026 23:19:00 GMT Erin Mulvaney Meridith McGraw Michael R. Gordon Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images WP-WSJ-0003984799 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 The move drew criticism from lawmakers, including some Trump allies, for easing pressure on Putin to end the war in Ukraine. https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/trump-waives-most-russia-sanctions-passed-by-congress-4c36bc93?mod=rss_socialpoliticsfeed Sat, 17 Oct 2026 20:57:00 GMT Dave Lawler Joseph Pisani Eric Lee/Getty Images WP-WSJ-0003984364 In a Wall Street Journal interview, Katie Zacharia said she didn’t fault the White House for her brief and rocky tenure In a Wall Street Journal interview, she said that she didn’t fault the White House for her brief and rocky tenure. https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/katie-zacharia-white-house-press-secretary-b216743d?mod=rss_socialpoliticsfeed Sat, 17 Oct 2026 01:57:00 GMT Kara Voght Marianne LeVine Philip Wegmann Julia Demaree Nikhinson/Associated Press WP-WSJ-0003983390 Katie Zacharia is out as White House press secretary, just a week after President Trump announced her appointment to the high-profile role Katie Zacharia will be transitioning to a new role that will be announced at a later date, a person familiar with the plans said. https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/trump-gives-new-white-house-press-secretary-option-to-quit-af349452?mod=rss_socialpoliticsfeed Sat, 17 Oct 2026 01:50:00 GMT Brian Schwartz Marianne LeVine Melissa Korn Julia Demaree Nikhinson/Associated Press WP-WSJ-0003976663 From firehouses to farms, Pennsylvania locals are one test of whether Democrats can solve their biggest weakness: the loss of blue-collar white voters From firehouses to farms, locals offer a glimpse into whether Democrats in midterms can overcome their main weakness: a loss of blue-collar voters. https://www.wsj.com/politics/elections/pennsylvania-testing-whether-gops-working-class-coalition-is-cracking-02e07c2f?mod=rss_socialpoliticsfeed Sun, 18 Oct 2026 16:00:00 GMT Kris Maher Scott Calvert Joe Lamberti For WSJ WP-WSJ-0003985105 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 DSA leaders are working behind the scenes with their endorsed candidates to pressure Jeffries on progressive priorities. https://www.wsj.com/politics/elections/the-democratic-socialists-have-a-plan-to-push-hakeem-jeffries-to-the-left-28735026?mod=rss_socialpoliticsfeed Sun, 18 Oct 2026 14:59:00 GMT Maya Davis Kylie Cooper/Reuters WP-WSJ-0003964713 In this podcast series, we examine Gen Z’s impact on the midterms and whether this elusive voting group will become the swing vote once more President Trump did well with young voters in 2024, but this year looks very different. This podcast series examines Gen Z’s impact on the midterms. https://www.wsj.com/politics/elections/the-new-youth-vote-db0a61e4?mod=rss_socialpoliticsfeed Sun, 18 Oct 2026 11:56:00 GMT Pierre Bienaimé Uncredited WP-WSJ-0003984148 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 The GOP sees transgender athletes in women’s sports, border security and socialism as keys to convincing voters that Democrats are too extreme. https://www.wsj.com/politics/elections/republican-midterm-election-strategy-culture-war-8a128efa?mod=rss_socialpoliticsfeed Sun, 18 Oct 2026 02:00:00 GMT Aaron Zitner Neil Mehta Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images WP-WSJ-0003984724 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 With Trump’s help, Kansas Sen. Roger Marshall scrambles to fend off a surprisingly strong Democratic challenger. https://www.wsj.com/politics/elections/kansas-senate-election-trump-roger-marshall-d17319e5?mod=rss_socialpoliticsfeed Sat, 17 Oct 2026 19:53:00 GMT Maya Davis Daniel Heuer/Bloomberg News WP-WSJ-0003983942 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 The livestream proposal triggered internal White House debate as well as public skepticism from GOP leaders. https://www.wsj.com/politics/national-security/how-hegseths-plan-to-livestream-an-execution-sent-the-white-house-scrambling-f9030ee5?mod=rss_socialpoliticsfeed Fri, 16 Oct 2026 21:39:00 GMT Alex Leary Lara Seligman Philip Wegmann Julia Demaree Nikhinson/Associated Press WP-WSJ-0003965067 The planned execution of Nidal Hasan has sparked a national debate after the Pentagon announced that his death by firing squad would be livestreamed. Here’s what to know. Vance questioned whether the Pentagon would really livestream Nidal Hasan’s execution. He also said he wouldn’t watch. https://www.wsj.com/politics/national-security/hegseths-plans-to-livestream-an-execution-are-getting-pushback-heres-what-to-know-2ed542da?mod=rss_socialpoliticsfeed Fri, 09 Oct 2026 22:38:00 GMT Lara Seligman Yoko Kubota Kylie Cooper/Reuters WP-WSJ-0003949399 In his first interview on the job, Deputy Secretary of Defense Steve Feinberg, a private-equity billionaire, defends his unconventional approach to solving the U.S. missile problem In his first interview on the job, Deputy Secretary of Defense Steve Feinberg, a private-equity billionaire, defended his unusual approach. https://www.wsj.com/politics/national-security/the-wall-street-veteran-trying-to-solve-the-pentagons-missile-problem-7ca52193?mod=rss_socialpoliticsfeed Thu, 08 Oct 2026 23:00:00 GMT Drew FitzGerald Lara Seligman Marcus Weisgerber Win McNamee/Getty Images WP-WSJ-0003961001 The U.S. won’t attack Iran before the November midterm elections, President Trump said Thursday, citing “productive” talks with Tehran The president cited “productive discussions” with Tehran. https://www.wsj.com/politics/national-security/trump-says-u-s-wont-resume-strikes-on-iran-before-midterms-1e8ed73e?mod=rss_socialpoliticsfeed Thu, 08 Oct 2026 17:25:00 GMT Lara Seligman Shelby Holliday Win McNamee/Getty Images WP-WSJ-0003950088 The U.S. moved a dozen B-1 bomber aircraft from a U.K. military base because of urgent concerns about a potentially complex drone attack ordered by Iran’s IRGC The planned attack was part of a broader Iranian plot to target the aircraft and kill American pilots at RAF Fairford, officials said. https://www.wsj.com/politics/national-security/uk-us-bomber-move-iran-drone-threat-5097f827?mod=rss_socialpoliticsfeed Mon, 05 Oct 2026 20:00:00 GMT Benoit Faucon Max Colchester Shelby Holliday Justin Tallis/Agence France-Presse/Getty Images