Tag: Washington D.C.

Attorney General Pam Bondi testifies before a House Appropriations Committee hearing on June 23, 2025.

Pam Bondi says DOJ has ‘countless’ threat cases against the US amid Iran concerns

Kaelan Deese · June 24, 2025 12:33 pm

Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY), Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs ranking member, speaks during a committee hearing.

Rand Paul says four Republicans could ‘dramatically change’ Trump’s ‘big, beautiful bill’

Jenny Goldsberry · June 24, 2025 12:06 pm

Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (R-LA) reacts to reporters after Sen. Alex Padilla (D-CA) was forcefully removed from Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem's news conference in Los Angeles and handcuffed by officers as he tried to speak up about immigration raids that have led to protests in California and elsewhere, at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, June 12, 2025.

Mike Johnson eyes quick vote on ‘big, beautiful bill’ after Senate passage

David Sivak · June 24, 2025 11:55 am

Immigrants who entered the United States illegally are deported on a flight to El Salvador by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Friday, Nov. 16, 2018, in Houston. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)

‘Fire up the deportation planes’: DHS welcomes Supreme Court ruling on third countries

Anna Giaritelli · June 24, 2025 11:41 am

Rep. Robert Garcia, D-Calif., speaks to the media about Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a Salvadoran citizen who was living in Maryland and deported to El Salvador by the Trump administration, accompanied by Rep. Maxwell Frost, D-Fla., left, at a hotel in San Salvador, El Salvador, Monday, April 21, 2025. (AP Photo/Salvador Melendez)

Robert Garcia elected Oversight Committee top Democrat, succeeding Gerry Connolly

Rachel Schilke · June 24, 2025 11:36 am

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. testifies during a Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions hearing for his confirmation on Capitol Hill, Thursday, Jan. 30, 2025, in Washington.

WATCH LIVE: RFK Jr. testifies in House budget hearing after overhauling key vaccine panel

Emily Hallas · June 24, 2025 11:13 am

The National Park Service plans to remodel the Washington Monument's elevator system that could require a closure lasting as long as nine months. (AP Photo)

Washington Monument closes to tourists due to excessive heat

Jenny Goldsberry · June 24, 2025 10:45 am

Donald Trump blamed his predecessor, Joe Biden, for allowing Iranian "super cells" into the U.S.

Trump blames Biden for Iranian ‘super cells’ allowed into the US

Haisten Willis · June 24, 2025 10:23 am

President Donald Trump stopped short of outright castigating Russian President Vladimir Putin Tuesday but suggested he is growing tired with Russia's ongoing offensive against Ukraine.

Trump: ‘I have a problem’ with Putin

Christian Datoc · June 24, 2025 10:10 am

Energy and Environment

Public land sales provision axed from GOP megabill by parliamentarian

Callie Patteson · June 24, 2025 10:06 am

Federal Reserve Board Chairman Jerome Powell speaks during a news conference at the Federal Reserve in Washington, Wednesday, June 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

Powell dismisses July rate cut, heightening tension with Fed board and Trump

Joseph Lawler · June 24, 2025 9:21 am

President Donald Trump speaks with reporters before boarding Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House, Tuesday, June 24, 2025, on his way to The Hague, to join world leaders gathering in the Netherlands for a two-day NATO summit.

Trump says Israel-Iran ceasefire ‘in effect’ after chastising both sides: ‘They don’t know what the f— they’re doing’

Emily Hallas · June 24, 2025 7:47 am