Policy

Steve Witkoff, right, and Jared Kushner, left listen to JD Vance, not pictured, speaking.

Trump administration to push Russia to accept NATO-like security guarantees for Ukraine from US

Mike Brest · November 9, 2026 4:20 pm

A portion of border wall is under construction in the Big Bend region in Texas.

Supreme Court lifts block on Big Bend border wall construction lawsuit

Vice President JD Vance is seen from a lowered angle looking up at him as he speaks at a midterm campaign rally at CHI Aviation.

Trump Jr. says Vance being criticized by Karl Rove ‘couldn’t be a bigger endorsement’

Wind turbines can be seen from Patterson Pass Road in Livermore, California.

Measure to overhaul California’s bedrock environmental law fails

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. speaks at a campaign rally with President Donald Trump at Alico Arena on the campus of Florida Gulf Coast University.

US likely to lose its measles elimination status this week

HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. testifying before the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee on Wednesday, May 14, 2025 (Graeme Jennings, Washington Examiner).

Takeaways from RFK Jr.’s first hearings since confirmation

Gabrielle M. Etzel May 14, 2025 5:41 pm

Rep. Troy Carter (D-LA) discusses Congressional Black Caucus priorities for the 119th Congress and the Trump administration, Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2024, on Capitol Hill in Washington.

House Energy and Commerce Committee passes bill to slash Biden climate funding

Maydeen Merino May 14, 2025 5:05 pm

Conner Dowell listens to a lesson in his third grade classroom at Highland Elementary School in Columbus, Kansas, on Monday, Oct. 17, 2022. Third graders in the tiny 900-student Columbus school district have fought to catch up on reading in the wake of COVID-19 disruptions.

Republicans advance federal school choice bill as part of reconciliation

Elaine Mallon May 14, 2025 4:41 pm

Protesters gather in front of Delaney Hall, a recently re-opened immigration detention center, in Newark, N.J., Wednesday, May 7, 2025.

Acting ICE director finds Newark detention center incident ‘disheartening’

Jenny Goldsberry May 14, 2025 4:12 pm

Russian President Vladimir Putin meets with Deputy Prime Minister Marat Khusnullin at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, Thursday, Oct. 31, 2024.

Why I believe Putin will go to Istanbul

Tom Rogan May 14, 2025 3:59 pm

State Department lists Cuba as noncooperating country over harboring terrorists

Brady Knox May 14, 2025 3:26 pm

Rep. Debbie Dingell (D-MI).

Dingell defends dozing off as Trump’s rapid agenda exhausts Washington

Heather Hunter May 14, 2025 2:59 pm

President Donald Trump meets Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney in the Oval Office of the White House, Tuesday, May 6, 2025, in Washington.

Carney unhappy with Starmer’s Trump invite in the face of ’51st state’ talk

Emily Hallas May 14, 2025 2:05 pm

President Donald Trump speaks before signing the Laken Riley Act in the East Room of the White House, Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2025, in Washington.

Why Trump is boosting Saudi Arabia and sidelining Benjamin Netanyahu

Tom Rogan May 14, 2025 2:00 pm

Sen. Roger Wicker (R-MS) speaks during an event on Tuesday, April 9, 2024, on Capitol Hill in Washington.

Senate committee approves Trump DOD nominees at historic pace

Mike Brest May 14, 2025 1:44 pm

US overdose deaths dropped by 27% in 2024

Annabella Rosciglione May 14, 2025 1:39 pm

Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., arrives for a meeting of Senate Republicans on Capitol Hill, Wednesday, Nov. 13, 2024, in Washington.

Tom Cotton advises Trump to address concerns with less ‘reliable ally’ Qatar

Jenny Goldsberry May 14, 2025 12:34 pm