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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

Sen. Patty Murray, chair of the Senate Budget Committee, is expected to put her staff into Obamacare. AP Photo

Democrats expected to exempt staff from Obamacare

Paul Bedard October 25, 2013 4:00 am

Chicago’s Rahm Emanuel blasts Obama’s ‘grand bargain’ as ‘foolish,’ hints at higher office

Paul Bedard October 25, 2013 4:00 am

Corn growers want more, not less, ethanol gas. Cutting production, as proposed by EPA, would hurt farmers, says the ethanol industry. AP Photo

Obama caving in to big oil, cutting fuel standards, greens charge

Paul Bedard October 25, 2013 4:00 am

Calculations from the Wisconsin Common Ground health care system for a family like the Obamas.

Even Obama’s health care costs jump — 48% — under Obamacare

Paul Bedard October 24, 2013 4:00 am

A male White-tailed deer crosses the street. (AP Photo/Amy Sancetta)

States warn: Most deer collisions happen in October-December

Paul Bedard October 24, 2013 4:00 am

During the 16-day shutdown, many federal facilities were closed and about 400,000 workers furloughed. AP Photo

Outrage: Some furloughed feds keep unemployment pay — and get back pay

Paul Bedard October 24, 2013 4:00 am

Sen. Ted Cruz has fans on both sides, Republicans for standing firm against Obamacare, and Democrats who credit the Texan for helping drag down GOP approval ratings. AP Photo

Democrats say they are on ‘Cruz control’ to keep Senate in 2014

Paul Bedard October 23, 2013 4:00 am

Ad: ‘Terry McAuliffe will say anything to get elected’

Paul Bedard October 23, 2013 4:00 am

Poll: Terry McAuliffe jumps to 17-point lead over Ken Cuccinelli

Paul Bedard October 22, 2013 4:00 am

Former Secretary of Transportation RayÃÂ LaHood is calling on the Obama administration to consider a 10-cent tax and other ways to raise money to fix roads.ÃÂ (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

10-cent gas tax hike support grows

Paul Bedard October 22, 2013 4:00 am

Former Secret Service agent Dan Bongino with President Obama.

Ex-Secret Service agent charges ‘pattern’ of drunkenness by traveling Obama aides

Paul Bedard October 22, 2013 4:00 am

Pew: 50% get news on Internet, 64% of smartphone users read news on devices

Paul Bedard October 21, 2013 4:00 am