Tag: Washington D.C.

Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., talks about the killing of conservative activist Charlie Kirk and defended employers who take action against their workers whose comments go too far, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Sept. 16, 2025.

House passes short-term spending deal with fate uncertain in Senate

Rachel Schilke · September 19, 2025 10:49 am

Former Vice President Kamala Harris.

Cautious Kamala Harris doomed by distrust of voters

W. James Antle III · September 19, 2025 9:23 am

DC Councilmember Robert White, center, joins elected officials in a call to end the presence of National Guard troops in the District of Columbia at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, Sept. 4, 2025.

DC Councilman Robert White running for DC delegate in blow to Eleanor Holmes Norton

Annabella Rosciglione · September 19, 2025 8:56 am

Trump Britain

Republicans redefine boundaries of free speech

Samantha-Jo Roth · September 19, 2025 8:22 am

Jimmy Kimmel onstage

Good riddance: Kimmel’s ouster isn’t about free speech, it’s about the free market

Joe Concha · September 19, 2025 8:00 am

FILE - In this Sept. 26, 2014 file photo, U.S. Rep. Marlin Stutzman, R-Ind. speaks in Washington. The race to fill the seat of retiring Republican Sen. Dan Coats

House Republicans push to revamp Federal Reserve mandate

Zach Halaschak · September 19, 2025 7:00 am

Workers remove sign lettering at the Pentagon after President Donald Trump signed an executive order aiming to rename the Department of Defense the Department of War in Washington, Friday, Sept. 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Mike Pesoli)

What’s in a name? The Department of Defense becomes the Department of War

Mackubin Thomas Owens · September 19, 2025 6:10 am

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., tells reporters that Republicans are jeopardizing health care for Americans with their policies and their strategy to fund the government before the deadline at the end of the month, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Sept. 16, 2025. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Charlie Kirk resolution vote puts House Democrats in the spotlight

Lauren Green · September 19, 2025 6:00 am

President Donald Trump holds charts in the Oval Office.

There’s plenty of reason for pessimism about the US economy

Nick Thomas · September 19, 2025 5:50 am

President Donald Trump walks by Denmark’s Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen, center front, at the NATO summit in the Netherlands on June 25. (Geert Vanden Wijngaert/AP)

Trump’s abandonment of Ukraine foreshadows America’s looming estrangement from NATO

Jamie McIntyre · September 19, 2025 5:45 am

Former New York Yankees first baseman Mark Teixeira throws out the first pitch before Game 2 of an American League Division Series baseball game between the New York Yankees and the Minnesota Twins, Saturday, Oct. 5, 2019, in New York. (Frank Franklin II/AP)

Is Mark Teixeira going from big league baseball diamonds to the halls of Congress?

Taylor Millard · September 19, 2025 5:40 am

Is the appeal about the person Trump, which would recede once he’s off the political scene? Or a more lasting Trumpism, part of a deeper, conservative populist wave with real political staying power? (Alex Brandon/AP)

Trump foes are making risky bets that his deep changes to US policy are fleeting and reversible

David Mark · September 19, 2025 5:30 am