With most primaries over, congressional candidates are now making decisions about the arc of their fall campaigns.  ...

I didn’t know Kate Spade or Anthony Bourdain but saw familiar threads in their suicides, as my mother took her own life at age 51. ...

Tuesday’s primaries in eight states produced more than a few interesting nuggets, including—in the era of #MeToo—more female nominees.  ...

While the U.S. fixates on steel, China seeks to dominate 21st-century technology. ...

Democrats imagine that contempt and rage will carry them to midterm victory. ...

The world doesn’t postpone challenges so that policy makers will have time to prepare. Mike Pompeo was sworn in as secretary of state three weeks ago, and John Bolton walked into the West Wing as national security adviser 2½ weeks earlier.  ...

Each successive set of state primaries reveals more about how the midterm elections might play out this fall. ...

It’s only May, but House Democrats are measuring the drapes. “We will win,” Nancy Pelosi assured the press Tuesday—adding, “I will run for speaker,” in case anyone doubted it. ...