Rep. Ayanna Pressley, D-Mass., a key member of the progressive “Squad,” announced Tuesday she will run for re-election in Massachusetts’s 7th Congressional District rather than challenge Sen. Ed Markey for his U.S. Senate seat. Her decision, shared in a statement, ends months of speculation that she might enter the Democratic primary. Pressley said in her statement that the encouragement she received from voters across the state was “deeply...

Senate Republicans are divided on their view of the deadly Sept. 2 strikes in the Caribbean as congressional inquiries into the matter mount, with some arguing that subduing suspected drug boats is the right move while others question the legality of the so-called double-tap attacks. The Senate and House Armed Services committees are gearing up for hearings into the strikes after reports that Secretary of War Pete Hegseth,...