Outside the Beltway

Israel’s prime minister is defying red lines and humanitarian concerns.

The state of the union is apparently fiery.

California’s next Senator had his night spoiled.

The war could be ending soon.

Reading the tea leaves in Michigan.

Some Democrats are threatening to sit November out.

Netanyahu is defying the international community.

The problem that won’t go away.

The Secretary of Defense has outlined the parameters.

A disturbing report.

A bizarre call from the former Speaker.

Further escalation is inevitable.

The enemy of my enemy is still my enemy.

The game of tit-for-tat continues.

The inevitable response to attacks on international shipping.

Israel and Iran’s proxies are on a collision course.

Repeated academic integrity violations led to her forced ouster.

A misleading survey result.

The BBC’s security correspondent thinks so.

The 21st century’s most brutal conflict and the laws of war.

The popular app is influencing the opinions of its young user base.

The Republican frontrunner continues to use Hitler’s language, praise dictators, and lionize traitors.

The inevitable has happened.

World opinion and American opinion diverge significantly.

Article 99 meets Catch-22.

Sorry, Senator Rubio.

The cease-fire will end. What follows is not at all clear.

A bizarre statement by the head of the Roman Catholic church.

Hamas gets rewarded for its crimes.

It’s likely legal and almost certainly won’t matter.

An extraordinary look into warning civilians about impending attacks.

The laws of armed conflict aren’t designed for this war.

Pick a side. No nuance allowed.

Hamas continues to cynically manipulate the world’s humanitarian impulses.

When the intellectually correct answer isn’t politically possible.

Muddled reporting of a messy situation.

A poll on Israeli support.

What comes next is anyone’s guess.

His critics are focused on the wrong problem.

The war in Israel is in danger of expanding.

America’s involvement in the Israeli and Ukrainian war efforts is more than advertised.

Outsiders seem to want the impossible.

The best statement on the complexity of the Israel-Hamas conflict that I have heard/read.

A competent leader versus a lunatic would seem an easy choice. Alas.

The timing is not auspicious.

A high-stakes move.

It’s . . . complicated.

What does “complete victory” look like?

Ali Qadhi, who led the terrorist attack on Israel last week, has been killed by the IDF. So have fleeing civilians.