Democrats made three big economic promises. They’ll need to break one.

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) speak to reporters alongside other House and Senate Appropriation Democratic committee members in the US Capitol on July 22, 2025, in Washington, DC. | Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images The Democratic Party just won its largest congressional majorities in more than a decade. In the House specifically, if current vote tallies hold, it will boast more seats next year than at any time since 1992. Now what do they do with that power?  In the near term, the extraordinary scale of the Democrats’ midterm victory might be of little consequence. So long as President Donald Trump holds veto power over legislation, a 254-seat House majority may be no better at advancing the Democratic agenda than a 218-seat one would be.  Key takeaways Democrats’ midterm landslide makes it likely that if they win the White House in 2028, they’ll also have comfortable congressional majorities to pass their economic agenda.

Democrats and Republicans unite to investigate Nvidia, but diverge on whether Trump is at fault

Republicans and Democrats are showing rare unity in their calls for investigations into whether Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang compromised U.S. national security after admitting he had an affair with an alleged Chinese spy.  The revelation surfaces a host of concerns that cut across committees related to intelligence, foreign relations and banking and finance, diving deep…

Jordan looks to move Republicans beyond midterm rout

House Republicans on Tuesday tapped Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) to lead their diminished conference in the next Congress, betting that a conservative spitfire — and onetime leadership nemesis — can restore the fight to a party battered by the midterms and scrambling for a path back to power. In brief comments right out of the…

HIV was supposed to kill them. Now they could help scientists find a cure.

Paul Boakye was 22 when he was diagnosed with HIV. It was winter 1986, five years after the world first became aware of the deadly disease that would become known as acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS). After receiving the news, Boakye was certain he was going to die young. “I distinctly remember a doctor telling me that I probably wouldn’t live to see 30,” he said.  Years passed, and Boakye watched as both his former partner and many of his friends died of complications from HIV, which infiltrates immune cells and weakens the body’s defenses. During the early days of the HIV pandemic, a diagnosis was essentially a death sentence. Without getting treatment, HIV infections can eventually develop into AIDS — the stage in which a person’s immune system has deteriorated to the point that they become vulnerable to typically harmless infections and rare cancers. Once AIDS manifests, life expectancy drops to just a few years.  But Boakye was an exception.  Now four decades after his di

Business leaders and Washington prepare for a Democratic Congress

Iran-backed trio accused of plotting attacks on U.K. base hosting U.S. jets

Iran-backed operatives have been charged over nearly 20 attacks, including a plot on a U.K. base housing U.S. troops. Separately, a U.S. soldier is held in the U.K. on Russia spying claims.

Senior US Army Officer Arrested in UK Following Terrorism Investigation

British police have released few details about the arrest, but confirmed that the officer in question worked for a NATO force near Gloucester and was suspected of spying for Russia. The post Senior US Army Officer Arrested in UK Following Terrorism Investigation appeared first on The National Interest.

How New Delhi Sees the Blue Tsunami

A Democratic Congress could help get U.S.-India ties back on track, but Indian officials are likely cautious.

Violent protests in Bangladesh as Sheik Hasina supporters take to streets

At least one person was killed in protests by supporters of former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina calling for her to be allowed to return to the country,

How Netanyahu Lost His Bet on Trump

The Republican midterm disaster leaves Israel dangerously exposed.

Memory Chips Are Completely Distorting South Korea’s Economy

A booming tech industry is setting the country up for a potentially dramatic fall.

North Korea posts revised constitution dropping reunification goal

North Korea on Wednesday posted a revised constitution online that removes references to reunification with South Korea and defines its southern neighbor as a separate country.