One day after dramatic hostage rescue, Israeli War Cabinet minister Benny Gantz resigns  —  Militant-held Israeli hostages were among the more than 200 people killed in the raid that freed four captives and has been lauded as heroic in Israel but described as a massacre across much of the Middle East, Hamas officials said Sunday.

Macron dissolves parliament after EU defeat, calls election  —  PARIS — French President Emmanuel Macron dissolved parliament and called a fresh election on Sunday, following his party's crushing defeat at the hands of far-right candidates in the European Union election.

Trump and Biden neck and neck nationally and in battlegrounds — CBS News poll  —  Among all the factors on voters' minds this election, former President Donald Trump's guilty verdict pales in comparison to issues like the economy, inflation, and the border — all items on which Trump maintains advantages.

Unaired footage shows chaos, anger of congressional leaders amid Jan. 6 evacuation  —  POLITICO reviewed the 45 minutes of video, shot by Nancy Pelosi's daughter Alexandra, that was recently obtained by House GOP investigators.  —  As then-Speaker Nancy Pelosi fled the Capitol after it was overrun …

Trump probation interview set for Monday after hush money conviction  —  The former president was convicted last month on 34 felony counts of falsifying business records in the hush money case against him.  —  Former President Trump is scheduled to sit for a virtual interview on Monday …

The most important sentence you will read about the 2024 election  —  Messaging expert Anat Shenker-Osorio explains that victory in November depends on convincing low-information voters that the MAGA threat is real.  —  Donald Trump's greatest advantage is that he is treated like a clown.

Trump will hold outdoor Las Vegas rally in scorching heat.  His campaign has extra medics and water  —  Former President Donald Trump 's campaign is hiring extra medics, loading up on fans and water bottles and allowing supporters to carry umbrellas to an outdoor rally Sunday in Las Vegas …

Democratic-leaning doctors flex political muscle in abortion debate … - Their push coincides with the erosion of the historical alliance between Republicans and the American Medical Association, which has staked out progressive stances on topics including trans care and gun violence.

Republicans pitch tax cuts for corporations, the wealthy in 2025  —  Trump has asked wealthy donors for donations, promising large tax breaks in return if he retakes the White House  —  Republicans in Congress are preparing to not just extend former president Donald Trump's 2017 tax cuts …

The Day My Old Church Canceled Me Was a Very Sad Day  —  This week, the leaders of the Presbyterian Church in America will gather in Richmond, Va., for their annual General Assembly.  The Presbyterian Church in America is a small, theologically conservative Christian denomination that was my family's church home for more than 15 years.

Europeans seem to grasp the threat to U.S. democracy better than we do  —  Our friends are warning us about authoritarianism.  —  STOCKHOLM — Sometimes, things come into focus more clearly at a distance.  —  Friends of the United States in Europe seem far more aware of the stakes in our election than we Americans are.