Tag: Washington D.C.

Trump to ask Congress for ‘security fund’ to combat DC crime

David Sivak · August 13, 2025 4:44 pm

Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) speaks as congressional Democrats hold their news conference on the shut down of the U.S. Agency for International Development in Washington, Monday, Feb. 3, 2025. Employees and supporters gathered outside USAID after Elon Musk posted on social media that he and President Donald Trump would shut down the agency.

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Democrats prove once again that they’re the stupid party

Peter Laffin · August 13, 2025 4:38 pm

State Department releases first human rights report after reshuffling

Brady Knox · August 13, 2025 3:58 pm

Democrats to consider Gaza resolutions at DNC summer meeting

Mabinty Quarshie · August 13, 2025 3:32 pm

Rep. Maxine Waters (D-CA) speaks during the Democratic National Convention, Monday, Aug. 19, 2024, in Chicago.

White House and DHS dismiss ‘lunatic’ Maxine Waters’s criticisms

Jenny Goldsberry · August 13, 2025 3:30 pm

D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser speaks as Metropolitan Police Department Chief Pamela Smith listens during a news conference on President Donald Trump's plan to place Washington police under federal control and deploy National guard troops to Washington, Monday, Aug. 11, 2025, in Washington.

DC officials see takeover as opportunity to build relationships with federal partners

Sydney Topf · August 13, 2025 2:21 pm

The flag of the U.S. Agency for International Development flies alongside the American flag in front the USAID office in Washington, Monday, Feb. 3, 2025.

Appeals court says Trump can cut $2 billion in foreign aid

Kaelan Deese · August 13, 2025 1:58 pm

President Donald Trump speaks at the Kennedy Center, Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Trump brushes off calls for DC statehood as ‘ridiculous’

Rachel Schilke · August 13, 2025 1:24 pm

Drug Enforcement Administration head Terry Cole, the interim commissioner of D.C.'s Metropolitan Police Department. National Guard troops at the D.C. Armory in Washington, D.C., Aug. 12, 2025. President Donald Trump activated hundreds of National Guard troops and seized control of D.C. police to reduce crime in the district.

Byron York says media won’t deny DC problem because reporters ‘experience crime’

Jenny Goldsberry · August 13, 2025 1:09 pm

Vice President JD Vance speaks to U.S. troops in England.

Vance talks end of Russia-Ukraine war in remarks to troops in England

Haisten Willis · August 13, 2025 12:54 pm

Stallone, KISS, and Strait: Trump announces Kennedy Center honorees

Naomi Lim · August 13, 2025 12:36 pm

Congressional hopeful relied on dead boss’s cash to win primary election

Robert Schmad · August 13, 2025 12:22 pm