Biden cautions Israel on responding to its own 9/11

Don’t give in to ‘all-consuming rage,’ he says.

By Olivier Knox and Caroline AndersOctober 18, 2023

Biden’s NIH nominee heads to the Hill today

Monica Bertagnolli appears before the Senate health committee after months of delay.

By Rachel Roubein and McKenzie BeardOctober 18, 2023

Lone senator stymies cyber legislation in Senate

Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) has stymied cyber bills in the Senate.

By Tim Starks and David DiMolfettaOctober 18, 2023

One key step in the energy transition: No new gas lines

A major U.S. science group says states and municipalities should consider natural gas bans.

By Maxine Joselow and Vanessa Montalbano October 18, 2023

The quest for a speaker may never end

In today’s edition … Biden’s high-stakes trip to Israel … Ernst, Booker urge administration to rescue American hostages from Gaza … but first …

By Leigh Ann Caldwell, Theodoric Meyer and Tobi RajiOctober 18, 2023

Like his predecessors, Biden’s trying new ‘bully pulpit’ approaches

Assessing Biden’s media tactics a year from the election

By Olivier Knox and Caroline AndersOctober 17, 2023

Think you could make a safer social media site? This game lets you try

‘Trust & Safety Tycoon’ challenges players to safeguard social media.

By Cristiano Lima and David DiMolfettaOctober 17, 2023

A rumored vulnerability in Signal appears to have been a false alarm. Here’s what to know.

Rumors of a previously undisclosed vulnerability in the encrypted messaging app Signal briefly set the cybersecurity world abuzz this week, only for Signal itself to say it was a “false alarm.”

By Tim Starks and David DiMolfettaOctober 17, 2023

The next big climate test for Biden: natural gas export projects

Climate activists are pressing the Biden administration to block liquefied natural gas, or LNG, export terminals.

By Maxine Joselow and Vanessa Montalbano October 17, 2023

Policy reasons why Americans’ lives are shorter

Obesity, primary care shortages, a fragmented health care system.

By Rachel Roubein and McKenzie BeardOctober 17, 2023

Jim Jordan’s day of reckoning

In today’s edition … News: House Democrats to hold hearing on youth mental health crisis … Biden set to head to Israel … Biden gives fewer press interviews. But he woos more influencers. … DeSantis is slamming Trump more directly. It’s a tough sell in the GOP. … but first …

By Leigh Ann Caldwell, Theodoric Meyer and Tobi RajiOctober 17, 2023

The language of caution creeps into Biden’s messages to Israel

The president warns against occupying Gaza.

By Olivier Knox and Caroline AndersOctober 16, 2023

Biden administration goes back to the drawing board on water cybersecurity

Last week, the Biden administration withdrew a water cybersecurity rule that faced a legal challenge.

By Tim Starks and David DiMolfettaOctober 16, 2023

Inside Jim Jordan’s uphill battle to win the speaker’s gavel

In today’s edition … What we’re watching: Potential Biden trip to Israel … What we learned from new campaign finance disclosures … but first …

By Leigh Ann Caldwell, Theodoric Meyer and Tobi RajiOctober 16, 2023

DELETE me in California. Your weekly non-Beltway political stories

A hemp glitch in Vermont. Information rollback in NC. Ozempic does what?

By Olivier Knox and Caroline AndersOctober 13, 2023

House Republicans eat another one of their own

In today’s edition … Biden’s former envoy to Israel says Hamas’s attack was “dramatically worse” than Sept. 11 … Yasmeen Abutaleb on Biden’s long history with Israel … What we’re watching: Will Republicans elect a new speaker? … but first …

By Theodoric Meyer, Leigh Ann Caldwell, Yasmeen Abutaleb and Tobi RajiOctober 13, 2023

Israel-Gaza war: Three things you may have missed

First Saudi-Iran call, a ‘safe passage’ debate, a drones whoops

By Olivier Knox and Caroline AndersOctober 12, 2023

We’re living in a ‘Digital Gilded Age,’ former FCC chair says

Tom Wheeler is looking into the past for answers on new technologies.

By Cristiano Lima and David DiMolfettaOctober 12, 2023

The curious case of the FTX hacker moving funds during Bankman-Fried trial

Researchers have been looking into what happened to the FTX haul.

By Tim Starks and David DiMolfettaOctober 12, 2023