Tag: Washington D.C.

Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Roger Wicker, R-Ms., questions witnesses Vice Chief of Naval Operations Adm. James Kilby; Secretary of the Navy John Phelan and Commandant of the Marine Corps Gen. Eric Smith, during a hearing to examine the posture of the Department of the Navy in review of the Defense Authorization Request for Fiscal Year 2026 and the Future Years Defense Program on Capitol Hill, Tuesday, June 10, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Wicker tells Hegseth Pentagon budget is ‘inadequate’

Mike Brest · June 18, 2025 5:01 pm

Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard is delaying a scheduled briefing for lawmakers Wednesday, as President Donald Trump continues to weigh options regarding the evolving situation in Iran.

Gabbard to reschedule Senate Intelligence briefing as Iran conflict escalates

Christian Datoc, David Sivak · June 18, 2025 3:48 pm

Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO) questions U.S. Secret Service Acting Director Ronald Rowe and Federal Bureau of Investigation Deputy Director Paul Abbate, during a hearing on Tuesday, July 30, 2024 in Washington.

Hawley demands Biden release autopen consent records or face subpoena

Kaelan Deese · June 18, 2025 3:29 pm

United State Border Patrol chief Rodney Scott gives President Donald Trump a tour of a section of the border wall, Tuesday, June 23, 2020, in San Luis, Ariz. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Senate confirms Rodney Scott as Trump’s border agency head

Anna Giaritelli · June 18, 2025 3:10 pm

Beltway Confidential

Failure to reform Social Security means an automatic 23% benefit cut in seven years

Tiana Lowe Doescher · June 18, 2025 2:33 pm

Bannon: MAGA will get on board if Trump strikes Iran, but Israel should finish the job

Marisa Schultz · June 18, 2025 2:15 pm

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem holds a news conference regarding the recent protests in Los Angeles on Thursday, June 12, 2025.

Kristi Noem discharged from hospital following emergency admission

Anna Giaritelli · June 18, 2025 2:02 pm

Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell speaks during a news conference following the Federal Open Market Committee meeting

Fed holds interest rates steady despite Trump pressure

Zach Halaschak · June 18, 2025 2:00 pm

FILE - A Social Security card is displayed on Oct. 12, 2021, in Tigard, Ore. The go-broke dates for Medicare and Social Security’s trust funds have moved up as rising health care costs and new legislation affecting Social Security benefits have contributed to closer projected depletion dates.

Social Security trust fund exhaustion date moved up to 2034, trustees say

Zach Halaschak · June 18, 2025 1:59 pm

US will build three small nuclear reactors by next Fourth of July, Wright says

Callie Patteson · June 18, 2025 1:26 pm

Trump nominates Adm. Daryl Caudle to lead Navy

Mike Brest · June 18, 2025 12:39 pm

John Bolton: Trump ‘conflicted’ over Israel-Iran conflict because he’s ‘not the star of the show’

Mike Brest · June 18, 2025 12:25 pm