Heidi Levine/Sipa/Pool via AP Benjamin Netanyahu at a voting station in Jerusalem, September 17, 2019 Anyone expecting clarity from Israel’s electoral rerun will be disappointed. The public was sent back to the polls when coalition negotiations following the April 9 election failed. The resumption of those negotiations...

Thousands of people marched to the Capitol on Friday to kick off a week of climate crisis awareness demonstrations. Though many of the protesters were too young to vote, they weren’t too young to tell the nation’s legislators about the urgent need to enact laws and policies that will arrest and reverse the threat that climate change poses to the planet...

Elise Amendola/AP Photo Former Vice President Joe Biden speaks during a campaign event at Dartmouth College, August 23, 2019. Sludge produces investigative journalism on lobbying and money in politics. The American Prospect is re-publishing this article. When Rupert Murdoch sold part of his 21st Century Fox company to...

Marco Ugarte/Associated Press Mexican authorities, feeling the effects of the Trump administration's “Remain in Mexico” policy, have resorted to busing migrants from Nuevo Laredo, at Mexico’s northern border with the U.S., to areas in the south of Mexico. More than a month ago, reports emerged that migrants and asylum...

Ariel Schalit/Associated Press Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addresses his supporters at party headquarters after elections in Tel Aviv, Israel, Wednesday, September 18, 2019. The news from Israel’s second election (so far) this year may be confusing, so let me start with the simple version: Prime Minister Benjamin...

Aileen Devlin/Daily Press/Associated Press The Joint Light Tactical Vehicle was developed as a successor to the Humvee but proved difficult to maintain without contractor support. Military contractors’ terms of sale have prevented troops from repairing or even troubleshooting equipment in the field, leading to delays and excessive...