Molly Parks

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U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia Jeanine Pirro walks outside the White House, Tuesday, Sept. 2, 2025, in Washington.

Pirro says MPD statistics were manipulated but decides against pursuing charges

Molly Parks · December 16, 2025 3:52 pm

The American flag flies atop the Capitol Building.

Barbara Rose Johns statue to go up on Capitol Hill in place of former Robert E. Lee statue

Molly Parks · December 16, 2025 2:04 pm

House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) speaks to reporters on Capitol Hill.

WATCH LIVE: Johnson holds a press briefing

Molly Parks · December 16, 2025 9:54 am

Democratic gubernatorial candidate for Virginia Abigail Spanberger, left, and Gov. Glenn Youngkin (R-VA), right.

Energy and Environment

Youngkin paints RGGI as affordability issue for Virginians as Spanberger looks to rejoin

Molly Parks · December 15, 2025 6:08 pm

First New Jersey Assistant Attorney General Jennifer Davenport speaks at a press conference Friday, March 9, 2018, in Toms River, N.J., to announce drug charges against 31 people in New Jersey, New York and one foreign country that he would not identify. (AP Photo/Wayne Parry)

New Jersey Gov.-elect Mikie Sherrill announces attorney general pick

Molly Parks · December 15, 2025 5:37 pm

President Donald Trump at Mount Airy Casino Resort.

MAGA increasingly concerned over economy, poll shows

Molly Parks · December 15, 2025 3:46 pm

Joy Panyanouvong of Doc & Yeti Urban Farms, a licensed cannabis producer, trims marijuana plants.

What to expect if Trump reclassifies marijuana

Molly Parks · December 15, 2025 2:16 pm

A police vehicle sits at an intersection near crime scene tape at Brown University.

Brown University shooting victims’ identities revealed

Molly Parks · December 15, 2025 12:03 pm

Sen. Jack Reed, D-R.I., questions Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth during a Senate Committee on Appropriations subcommittee hearing to examine proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2026 for the Department of Defense, on Capitol Hill, Wednesday, June 11, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Rod Lamkey, Jr.)

Senate Democrat says US must be ‘very aggressive’ in working with Syria to defeat ISIS

Molly Parks · December 14, 2025 6:29 pm

Opposition leader Maria Corina Machado waves

Machado says Venezuelan military members reaching out to opposition: ‘They are scared’

Molly Parks · December 14, 2025 3:22 pm

Benjamin Netanyahu and Anthony Albanese

Netanyahu says he warned Australia of policies fueling ‘antisemitic fire’ months before shooting

Molly Parks · December 14, 2025 1:51 pm

D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser speaks as Metropolitan Police Department Chief Pamela Smith listens during a news conference on President Donald Trump's plan to place Washington police under federal control and deploy National guard troops to Washington, Monday, Aug. 11, 2025, in Washington.

House Oversight Committee says DC police chief ‘undermined’ accuracy of crime data

Molly Parks · December 14, 2025 11:40 am