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Butterworth's facade (main image Scott Suchman for The Washington Post via Getty Images); inset images from the Foie Grass night

Butterworth’s thumbs its nose at DC’s proposed foie gras ban

Rob Crilly · October 29, 2026 11:53 am

President Donald Trump dances at a campaign rally at Lubbock Memorial Civic Center, Tuesday, Oct. 27, 2026, in Lubbock, Texas.

Trump can’t resist roasting his affordability pitch with $5,000 burger joke

MAGA broadcaster John Fredericks holds a press conference with the D.C. Republican Party.

Yes, there are Republicans in DC. And they’re mad about taxes

Former President Barack Obama speaks during a campaign rally for Democratic Ohio Senate candidate Sherrod Brown, Saturday, Oct. 24, 2026, in Cleveland.

Obama’s Cheesecake Factory zinger misses the point again

Iowa House candidate Joe Mitchell greets President Donald Trump during a campaign rally at the Sioux Gateway Airport, Thursday, Oct. 22, 2026, in Sioux City, Iowa.

White House report card: Rallies, grievances and rising oil prices

Dems on FEC target conservatives, vote to punish maker of anti-Obama movie

Paul Bedard April 7, 2016 1:01 pm

Calif. AG targeting abortion foe uses Planned Parenthood to raise funds for Senate bid

Paul Bedard April 6, 2016 8:30 pm

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump is a party builder, says ally Sen. Jeff Sessions. (AP Photo/Jim Mone)

Sessions: Trump ‘creating a more vital, vibrant Republican Party’

Paul Bedard April 6, 2016 8:07 pm

White House bans iPads, selfie sticks, diaper bags

Paul Bedard April 6, 2016 4:23 pm

Marriott, Wells Fargo, Comcast hit for discriminating against Christians

Paul Bedard April 6, 2016 3:52 pm

Americans spend more on taxes than food, clothing, housing combined

Paul Bedard April 6, 2016 2:25 pm

Under fire, eBay’s StubHub hires Washington lobbyists

Paul Bedard April 5, 2016 7:07 pm

NRA President Allan Cors. NRA Photo/Michael Ives

NRA warns: Supreme Court Justice Barack Obama

Paul Bedard April 5, 2016 6:54 pm

Republican voters want the candidate with the most delegates to get the nomination. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

GOP voters: Nomination to candidate with most delegates, just 4% want party to pick

Paul Bedard April 5, 2016 6:19 pm

EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy. Michael Bonfigli/Christian Science Monitor

EPA: No, Trump, Cruz can’t reverse regs on a whim

Paul Bedard April 5, 2016 3:21 pm

Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton listens as she is introduced during a rally at Cohoes High School on Monday, April 4, 2016, in Cohoes, N.Y. (AP Photo/Mike Groll)

Now Hillary warns: ‘We could lose Wisconsin’

Paul Bedard April 5, 2016 12:27 am

Nebraska Sen. Ben Sasse is seeking answers in a fatal immigration case. (AP Photo)

Senator slams ICE ‘nonsense’ for letting illegal charged with murder go free

Paul Bedard April 4, 2016 11:12 pm