Policy

President Donald Trump, right, presents the National Medal of Science with a stern face to Elon Musk, left, wearing a bucktoothed smile, at the U.S. Institute of Peace, Thursday, Oct. 8, 2026, in Washington.

Trump thanks ‘legendary friend’ Musk for pledging SpaceX stock to Trump Accounts

David Zimmermann · October 19, 2026 6:40 pm

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul and New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani

Hochul voices support for Mamdani’s universal childcare effort: ‘Whatever it takes’

President Donald Trump, right, and first lady Melania Trump, left, gesture to the crowd

Trump creates NIH women’s health office ahead of midterm elections

Oceanic manta rays swimming

Trump administration offers first-ever deep-sea mining leases near American Samoa

Post-it notes are placed behind a memorial for Charlie Kirk at the "Creators Deck" for the media, at the Republican convention Thursday, Sept. 10, 2026, in Dallas.

Four in 10 undergraduate students say ‘offensive speech’ deserves prosecution: Poll

The Department of Homeland Security headquarters.

DHS plans to consider welfare use in determining immigrants’ green cards

Emily Hallas July 16, 2026 12:08 pm

President Donald Trump stands after speaking at the United States Army War College.

Trump open to wiping out Iran’s Revolutionary Guard like ISIS

Mike Brest July 16, 2026 11:13 am

Ronaldo Salgado and Lorenzo Jr., sons of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo, hold a photograph of their father during a news conference Wednesday, July 8, 2026, in Houston.

Greg Abbott says he expects ICE to operate without fatal shootings after deadly Houston episode

Emily Hallas July 16, 2026 10:55 am

The Hollywood Sign is seen in Los Angeles.

Water line break in West Hollywood floods neighborhoods

Rena Rowe July 16, 2026 10:42 am

Daily on Defense

US is bombing Iran at the heaviest rate since start of the war and leaning toward expanding operations further

Jamie McIntyre July 16, 2026 7:22 am

President Donald Trump, left, and Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin.

ICE sits frozen amid Trump-Mullin traffic stop debacle

Anna Giaritelli, Christian Datoc July 16, 2026 7:00 am

The Strait of Hormuz.

US disables oil tanker sailing to Kharg Island in first since blockade renewed

Emily Hallas July 15, 2026 9:57 pm

A portrait of Johan Sebastián Durán Guerrero, the man killed by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement

House Democrats demand ‘interference’-free investigation into deadly ICE shootings

Emily Hallas July 15, 2026 9:09 pm

President Donald Trump departs on Marine One after speaking at the United States Army War College in Carlisle, Pa., at the Pennsylvania Defense and Innovation Summit.

Trump says Iran allowed ‘wrongfully detained’ American to leave country

Emily Hallas July 15, 2026 8:36 pm

President Donald Trump shakes hands with Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth

Pennsylvania defense summit leads to nearly $10 billion in defense contracts that will create thousands of jobs

Mike Brest July 15, 2026 7:11 pm

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth attends a D.C. Safe and Beautiful Task Force ceremony, Thursday, July 2, 2026, in Washington.

Hegseth’s ‘High-T’ testosterone initiative: What to know

Gabrielle M. Etzel July 15, 2026 4:53 pm

A woman wearing a mask crosses the street in Toronto as wildfire smoke fills the city.

Smoke from Canadian wildfires could reach DC by Thursday

Rena Rowe July 15, 2026 4:43 pm