Tag: Washington D.C.

Wall Street inhales as Trump tries 'to play tough guy' with China

Courage, Strength, and Optimism

Trump should order a warp speed escape from China’s rare earth minerals trap

James Rogan · October 16, 2025 6:00 am

House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) hold their respective daily press conferences on the government shutdown.

It’s Groundhog Day on Capitol Hill with no shutdown solution in sight

Lauren Green, Rachel Schilke · October 16, 2025 6:00 am

An aerial view of the Pentagon.

The dawn of the Trump nuclear renaissance

Washington Examiner · October 16, 2025 5:00 am

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese making a speech.

Energy and Environment

Australia seeks to position itself as mineral partner to US ahead of Trump meeting

Maydeen Merino · October 16, 2025 5:00 am

FILE - U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Baltimore Field Officer director Matt Elliston listens during a briefing, Monday, Jan. 27, 2025, in Silver Spring, Md. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

Pennsylvania judge upholds county sheriff’s ICE cooperation agreement

Kaelan Deese · October 15, 2025 7:09 pm

President Donald Trump speaks in the Oval Office.

Trump plans visit to Supreme Court to watch arguments in tariffs case

Ross O'Keefe · October 15, 2025 5:33 pm

Education Secretary Linda McMahon speaks in the Oval Office.

McMahon argues shutdown proves Education Department ‘unnecessary’

Emily Hallas · October 15, 2025 5:16 pm

President Donald Trump speaks as FBI Director Kash Patel listens during an event in the Oval Office at the White House, Wednesday, Oct. 15, 2025, in Washington.

Trump celebrates Operation Summer Heat crackdown on violent crime

Mabinty Quarshie, Kaelan Deese · October 15, 2025 4:50 pm

FILE - The MSC Kalina shipping container is moored at Maersk APM Terminals Pacific at the Port of Los Angeles, Nov. 30, 2021. The marine shipping industry is facing new regulations to address carbon pollution. Its trade groups have been seeking exemptions for pollution emitted during voyages on rough seas. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes, File)

Energy and Environment

Trump efforts to block shipping carbon tax poised to fail

Callie Patteson · October 15, 2025 4:36 pm

Russell Vought, Office of Management and Budget director, listens as he addresses members of the media outside the West Wing at the White House in Washington, Monday, Sept. 29, 2025, in Washington.

Vought says 10,000 layoffs expected during government shutdown — what to know

Molly Parks · October 15, 2025 4:23 pm

The seal of the Department of Homeland Security.

Foreign State Department adviser who met China officials held over 1,000 ‘top secret’ documents in home

Kaelan Deese · October 15, 2025 4:12 pm

FILE - President Donald Trump speaks before posthumously awarding the Presidential Medal of Freedom to Charlie Kirk in the Rose Garden of the White House, Oct. 14, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

Beltway Confidential

Trump has accomplished more than Democrats could ever imagine

John C. Goodman · October 15, 2025 3:56 pm