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Why Congress Wants a Closer U.S.-Israel Defense Partnership

By: Robert Jimison —
A proposal making its way through Congress would integrate the U.S. and Israeli defense and intelligence apparatuses more tightly. Some worry that it is a bad idea.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel has engaged in a public campaign to appear less reliant on U.S. military aid as President Trump urges allies to contribute more meaningfully to their own defense.

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Abdul El-Sayed Thinks Progressives Have a Way to Win. I Hope He’s Right.

By: Michelle Goldberg —
Abdul El-Sayed is quick, magnetic, overflowing with infectious confidence. But he also has a blind spot endemic to his movement.

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El-Sayed’s Michigan Senate Primary Win Sets Up the Left’s Biggest Test of the Fall

By: Lisa Lerer —
Abdul El-Sayed’s Senate candidacy poses a critical challenge for Democrats’ ascendant progressive wing: Can an insurgent candidate, with unabashedly liberal positions, win a general election in a moderate state?

Dr. Abdul El-Sayed greeting the audience at his election watch party in Detroit.

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Trump Escalates Feud With Senate Over Blanche

By: Michael Gold —
The president’s comments threw the confirmation of Todd Blanche, his pick to be attorney general, further into doubt.

Todd Blanche, the acting attorney general, during a cabinet meeting at Camp David on Friday.

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Amid Talk of a Party Switch, Fetterman Vows ‘Never’

By: Carl Hulse —
Changing one’s affiliation is rare in the Senate, but it can have big consequences. John Fetterman of Pennsylvania says he is staying put as a Democrat.

Senator John Fetterman, Democrat of Pennsylvania, at the Capitol this week.

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Todd Blanche’s Loyalty to Trump Is Putting His Attorney General Confirmation at Risk

By: Glenn Thrush —
Todd Blanche’s approach has collided with the jury-of-two reality in the Senate that has, thus far, kept him from the prize he covets: the stability and status conferred by a Senate confirmation.

Todd Blanche, according to current and former officials, understands that coping with President Trump’s demands, rages and U-turns is the price to pay for rising in his orbit.

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Why Mitch McConnell Isn’t Giving Up His Senate Seat

By: Carl Hulse —
Democrats are demanding that the Kentucky Republican resign. Others who were sidelined for far longer faced no such calls, but times are changing.

Senator Mitch McConnell heading to a vote in May.

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How Will Maine Democrats Replace Graham Platner? Here’s What to Know.

By: Taylor Robinson and Tim Balk —
Mr. Platner’s withdrawal from a marquee Senate race, under pressure from his party, has set in motion an unusual competition to become the new nominee.

The campaign headquarters of Graham Platner in Ellsworth, Maine, this week.

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Platner’s Rise and Fall Revives Old Questions About ‘Bernie Bros’ and Women

By: Patricia Mazzei and Kellen Browning —
The collapse of Graham Platner’s Senate bid in Maine after a rape allegation renewed attention to a movement built by Senator Bernie Sanders that some say is too forgiving of male misconduct.

Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont has been widely seen as attempting to burnish his legacy this year by anointing a new generation of progressive leaders, including Graham Platner of Maine.

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Republicans Seize on a Budget Exemption to Push Through Immigration Enforcement Funding

By: Carl Hulse —
Republicans are using a special mechanism that was created to reduce deficits to push through immigration enforcement funds that should be provided in a regular spending bill.

Senate Republicans are muscling through legislation to provide more than $70 billion by employing a special budget exemption that was never intended to be used this way.

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A Republican Strategist Explains What’s Going On With the Party

By: Liam Donovan and John Guida —
Without Trump on the midterms ballot, how will his party fare?

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House Vote Sets Up Clash With the Senate on D.H.S. Funding, Prolonging Shutdown

By: Carl Hulse， Megan Mineiro and Robert Jimison —
Republicans revolted over a Senate measure to fund the Department of Homeland Security and passed a rival bill, dimming the chances of a quick end to the crisis crippling airports.

Representative Chip Roy, Republican of Texas, center, with other members of the House Freedom Caucus at the Capitol on Friday.

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The Texas Senate Primary Offers a Test Case for Each Party

By: Lisa Lerer and J. David Goodman —
Should Democrats concentrate on swing voters or their base? Can more traditional Republicans win in the MAGA era? Tuesday’s Senate primary in Texas will show the direction the parties are taking.

Senator John Cornyn of Texas, a four-term Republican Senator, is spending record sums to try to fend off a primary challenge from Ken Paxton, the state’s attorney general, who is beloved by the MAGA base.

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GOP Seeks Some Distance From Trump as Midterm Election Year Opens

By: Carl Hulse —
The vote to open a war powers debate, a pair of attempted veto overrides and a split on health care suggested a greater appetite among Republicans to challenge the president.

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After Maduro Ouster, Trump’s Venezuela Moves Pose a Challenge for GOP in Congress

By: Robert Jimison —
Republicans have cheered the raid that ousted Nicolás Maduro but toiled to square their longstanding views with President Trump’s unclear and rapidly evolving strategy.

“We do not have U.S. armed forces in Venezuela, and we are not occupying that country,” Speaker Mike Johnson said on Monday.

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Trump Vetoes 2 Bills, Drawing Accusations of Retaliation

By: Tyler Pager —
The president said he blocked the bills to save taxpayers’ money. But he has grievances against a tribe in Florida and officials in Colorado.

President Trump’s two vetoes were the first of his second term.

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Shutdown Politics Has Republicans Singing Government’s Praises

By: Carl Hulse —
As Republicans try to pin blame for shutdown damage on Democrats, they are hailing a federal bureaucracy they normally bash as wasteful and overreaching.

A Transportation Security Administration checkpoint at O’Hare International Airport in Chicago last week on the first day of the government shutdown.

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These Democrats Voted With Republicans Against a Shutdown

By: Robert Jimison —
Two Democratic senators and one independent who caucuses with them crossed party lines to support the G.O.P. plan to keep government funding flowing.
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Republicans Demand Information From the College Board and Firms That Help Set College Prices

By: Ron Lieber —
In letters to consultants and the College Board, House and Senate Judiciary leaders invoked antitrust law and asked how student data feeds pricing algorithms.

Representative Jim Jordan, rear row, right, is among the leaders requesting that college consulting firms share information about their pricing algorithms, among other issues.

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