Tag: Washington D.C.

Speaker of the Oklahoma House Charles McCall, R-Atoka, speaks at a news conference to announce a deal to shore up the state budget and raise pay for teachers and some state workers with a series of tax increases during a news conference in Oklahoma City, Monday, Oct. 23, 2017, but it's unclear if there is enough support to pass the plan. Gov. Mary Fallin and members of the legislature are at left. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki)

‘You first’: Knife-wielding ad puts transgender debate at center of Oklahoma GOP governor’s primary

Samantha-Jo Roth · September 30, 2025 6:00 am

The Gen. James Gavin Power Plant, a coal-fired power plant, operates Monday, April 14, 2025, in Cheshire, Ohio.

America doesn’t need subsidies for energy dominance

Washington Examiner · September 30, 2025 5:00 am

How an illegal immigrant landed an Iowa school superintendent job

Kaelan Deese · September 30, 2025 5:00 am

Elon Musk flashes his t-shirt that reads "DOGE" to the media as he walks on South Lawn of the White House, in Washington, Sunday, March 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

Former DOGE employee recalls assault that triggered Washington crime crackdown

Brady Knox · September 29, 2025 10:05 pm

U.S. ambassador to the U.N. Mike Waltz addresses the High-Level Security Council on Palestinians and Israel during the 80th session of the United Nations General Assembly, Tuesday, Sept. 23, 2025.

Trump UN pick Mike Waltz confirmed as General Assembly Representative

Samantha-Jo Roth · September 29, 2025 8:53 pm

Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pa., center, speaks with reporters at the Capitol subway, Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib)

Fetterman urges Democrats to ‘win elections’ before making shutdown demands

Samantha-Jo Roth · September 29, 2025 8:18 pm

Vice President JD Vance and House Speaker Mike Johnson speak to members of the media outside the West Wing.

Democrats’ illegal immigrant demands for government funding deal fuel Trump’s shutdown strategy

Naomi Lim · September 29, 2025 7:08 pm

Lawmakers from Capitol Hill emerged from a closed-door White House meeting no closer to a government funding deal than they were when they arrived, with each party blaming the other for a stalemate. (Photos: Associated Press)

Congressional leaders leave White House with no deal to avert shutdown: ‘Still large differences’

Rachel Schilke, Christian Datoc · September 29, 2025 5:52 pm

President Donald Trump speaks during a news conference

Trump ‘most favored nation’ drug price negotiations extend past deadline

Gabrielle M. Etzel · September 29, 2025 5:31 pm

Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu shakes hands with President Donald Trump after a news conference in the State Dining Room of the White House, Monday, Sept. 29, 2025, in Washington.

Trump touts Gaza peace plan as Netanyahu warns Hamas it can be done the ‘easy’ or ‘hard’ way

Mabinty Quarshie, Christian Datoc · September 29, 2025 3:55 pm

Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Scott Turner speaks into a microphone.

HUD takes action against department lawyers claiming to be whistleblowers

Naomi Lim, Christian Datoc · September 29, 2025 3:31 pm

In this March 25, 2019 file photo, President Donald Trump smiles at Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, right, after signing a proclamation at the White House in Washington.

READ IN FULL: Trump’s 20-point plan to end the war in Gaza

Emily Hallas · September 29, 2025 3:23 pm