Tag: Washington D.C.

$Administration says the 40-year-old Strategic Petroleum Reserve is no longer needed with increased crude oil production from fracking. (AP Photo/Energy Department).$ Energy and Environment

Strategic Petroleum Reserve hits lowest level since 1982

Callie Patteson · August 24, 2026 12:23 pm

The Trump administration will expand the scope of secondary sanctions on nations and foreign actors still facilitating business with Iran, President Donald Trump's newest move to increase financial strain on Tehran amid the six-month-long war with Iran. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

Trump opens ‘economic D-Day’ offensive against Iran as war nears six-month mark

Christian Datoc · August 24, 2026 11:13 am

President Donald Trump speaks with Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney.

Trump announces 50% tariffs on Canadian cars, auto parts, and steel

Naomi Lim · August 24, 2026 10:42 am

Anthony Fauci and David Morens

Fauci’s role in top aide’s guilty plea to COVID-19 origins conspiracy

Gabrielle M. Etzel · August 24, 2026 7:00 am

Former Vice President Mike Pence, waits outside the funeral services for former Vice President Dick Cheney.

Pence says he’s ‘heartened’ after transgender former CIA briefer praised him

Kiara Moore · August 23, 2026 3:40 pm

DC IndyCar race

PHOTOS: Trump burns some rubber at Freedom 250 IndyCar race in DC

David Zimmermann · August 23, 2026 1:37 pm

Race officials work on an area near the U.S. Capitol before the start of IndyCar Freedom 250 Grand Prix auto race in Washington, Sunday, Aug. 23, 2026. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

DC IndyCar race should be annual event, Johnson says: ‘I’ll be pushing for that’

David Zimmermann · August 23, 2026 1:31 pm

Kamala Harris, former vice president and 2024 presidential candidate, speaks during the National Action Network Convention.

Democrats don’t know whether to welcome or shun Kamala Harris

Mabinty Quarshie · August 23, 2026 7:00 am

Firearms and suppressors are displayed at SHOT Show, the annual trade show for the gun industry.

DOJ silence in major gun cases tests Second Amendment advocates’ trust in Trump

Kaelan Deese, Jack Birle · August 23, 2026 5:00 am

Sen. Jon Ossoff (D-GA) poses for a portrait with the American flag behind him.

Ossoff insists he won’t run in 2028. The presidential buzz is growing anyway

Samantha-Jo Roth · August 22, 2026 2:00 pm

Canada Prime Minister Mark Carney speaks during the Board of Trade breakfast in Vancouver, on Wednesday, May 20, 2026. (Ethan Cairns/The Canadian Press via AP)

Carney says US ‘attacked’ Canada with tariffs and promises retaliation

Molly Parks · August 22, 2026 1:45 pm

Comedian and political satirist Bill Maher waves to the stage during the 27th Annual Mark Twain Prize for American Humor Celebrating Bill Maher.

‘Let the man have one f***ing friend’: Bill Maher defends Trump aide Natalie Harp

Britta Miller · August 22, 2026 12:54 pm