House Rejects GOP Plan Backed by Trump as Government Barrels Toward Shutdown

President-elect insisted that any stopgap deal includes raising the debt ceiling

Fed Signals Plan to Slow Rate Cuts, Sending Stocks Lower

Having reduced rates by a full percentage point since September, officials penciled in just two cuts next year

U.S. Officials Trying to Crack Drone Mystery

Homeland Security head promises more resources to investigate drones over the East Coast

Biden to Commute Sentences of Around 1,500 People

White House says the move is the biggest single-day act of clemency for any president in modern history

U.S. Scrambles to Shape Post-Assad Syria But Has to Overcome Years of Disengagement

If Syria falls under control of Islamist militants it could bring further disorder to an inflamed region

How Immigration Remade the U.S. Labor Force

A historic influx of migrants has changed the size, makeup and outlook of the U.S. labor market and the economy

Shooting at Georgia High School Leaves at Least Four Dead

A suspect was in custody, law-enforcement officials in Georgia said

America Is Running Out of Options in the Gaza War

Biden’s stalled cease-fire plan is a political vulnerability ahead of his debate with Trump. Israel and Hamas have a longer timeline.

U.S. Pauses Weapons Shipment to Israel Over a Possible Rafah Offensive

Biden administration officials are concerned about the use of 2,000-pound bombs in densely populated areas of Gaza

Nashville Is Booming. Locals Fret About Their Future in Music City.

As Oracle headquarters moves in, Nashvillians reckon with the pros and cons of being a boomtown

Jon Bon Jovi Is Obsessed With Benjamin Franklin

The rock star talks about making peace with aging, New Jersey pride and the new Hulu docuseries about his band

U.S. Ratchets Up Pressure on Israel With a Vote Friday on Cease-Fire Resolution at U.N.

To head off Rafah offensive in Gaza, White House turns to a forum where it usually defends Israel

Israel Sending Delegation to Washington to Discuss U.S. Concerns Over Rafah Invasion

U.S. worries that a full-scale operation to dislodge Hamas could worsen Gaza humanitarian crisis

Hamas Leaves Gaza Talks With No Cease-Fire Deal

Militant group’s leader in Gaza believes Hamas has upper hand as splits emerge between Israel and U.S.

U.S. Warns Russia Not to Deploy Nuclear-Armed Space Weapon

U.S. lawmakers recently raised alarms about Russia’s development of new weapons program