Tag: Washington D.C.

Oil tankers and cargo ships line up in the Strait of Hormuz.

Energy and Environment

Trump raises pressure on Iran with new sanctions on oil shadow fleet

Callie Patteson · April 24, 2026 2:30 pm

U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro.

GOP lawmaker targets left-wing jury nullification trainings in DC

Kaelan Deese · April 24, 2026 2:21 pm

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt speaks during a press briefing.

White House sends Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff to Pakistan for renewed Iran peace talks

Mabinty Quarshie · April 24, 2026 1:55 pm

Commuters wait for a Red line Metro train at the Metro Center metro stop in Washington, DC, US, on Friday, May 30, 2025. A House Republican introduced legislation to block federal funding for the Washington Metrorail system unless it is renamed the "Trump Train," Axios reports. Photographer: Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Metro board votes to automate Red Line fully with driverless trains

Molly Parks · April 24, 2026 1:37 pm

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

Fairness and Justice

Jeanine Pirro takes on the young punks

Cully Stimson · April 24, 2026 12:18 pm

Dr. Marty Makary, Food and Drug Administration (FDA) commissioner, attends an event on health care affordability in the Oval Office at the White House, Thursday, April 23, 2026, in Washington.

FDA fast-tracks psychedelic drug research following Trump executive order

Gabrielle M. Etzel · April 24, 2026 10:45 am

War Secretary Pete Hegseth and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Dan Caine.

TMZ reporters make appearance at Pentagon briefing with out-of-the-box questions

Claire Carter · April 24, 2026 10:23 am

Kevin Warsh testifies at a hearing on his nomination to be chairman of the Federal Reserve

DOJ drops investigation into Jerome Powell, clearing way for Trump Fed pick Kevin Warsh

Zach Halaschak · April 24, 2026 10:22 am

Sen. Markwayne Mullin (R-OK) speaks with reporters.

Markwayne Mullin wades into House-Senate fight over DHS funding

David Sivak · April 24, 2026 7:00 am

Inspiration and innovation in communication technologies artificial intelligence AI

Looking for human opportunity in an AI world

Nick Thomas · April 24, 2026 6:26 am

Backdropped by ships in the Strait of Hormuz, damage caused by airstrikes is seen on a fishing pier in the port of Qeshm island, Iran on April 13. (Asghar Besharati/AP)

Lessons from the 40-day Iran war

Michele Chabin · April 24, 2026 6:24 am

President Joe Biden listens as Interior Secretary Deb Haaland speaks at an event at the White House on Oct. 8, 2021. (Susan Walsh/AP)

Biden Cabinet members seeking high office tout records while working for unpopular president

David Mark · April 24, 2026 6:21 am