Tag: Washington D.C.

Democratic candidate James Walkinshaw, who is running for the empty 11th congressional seat in Virginia, talks with reporters following a news conference, Friday, Sept. 5, 2025 in Fairfax, Va. Walkinshaw will face Republican Stewart Whitson in a special election on Sept. 9 to fill Rep. Gerry Connolly's congressional seat in Fairfax County (AP Photo/Kevin Wolf)

Democrat James Walkinshaw wins Virginia special election to succeed Rep. Gerry Connolly

Rachel Schilke · September 9, 2025 7:45 pm

Susan Monarez, President Donald Trump's nominee to be director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, arrives to testify before the Senate HELP Committee, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, June 25, 2025. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Fired CDC director Susan Monarez to testify before Senate

Gabrielle M. Etzel · September 9, 2025 7:25 pm

Former President Donald Trump arrives at the Concerned Women for America Legislative Action Committee Conference in Washington D.C., on Friday, September 15, 2023.

Trump orders tighter rules on prescription drug advertising as part of MAHA push

Gabrielle M. Etzel, Mabinty Quarshie · September 9, 2025 6:47 pm

House Appropriations Chair Tom Cole, R-Okla., joined at right by Rep. Robert Aderholt, R-Ala., waits for the start of a markup on the Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies Bill, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Sept. 9, 2025. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Republicans inch closer to short-term funding deal as time is running out

Rachel Schilke · September 9, 2025 4:37 pm

Fontes speaks during an interview with the Associated Press in Arizona, Monday, March 4, 2024.

Arizona denies DOJ request for millions of voters’ data

Annabella Rosciglione · September 9, 2025 4:29 pm

A protester confronts a member of the DC National Guard at Union Station, Monday, Sept. 1, 2025, in Washington.

Over 2,000 arrests and 200 illegal gun seizures as federal MPD takeover expires

Brady Knox · September 9, 2025 4:03 pm

Attorney General Pam Bondi speaks.

DOJ charges North Carolina light rail attacker Decarlos Brown Jr. with federal crime

Kaelan Deese · September 9, 2025 3:46 pm

President Donald Trump speaks in the Oval Office of the White House, Friday, Sept. 5, 2025, in Washington.

WATCH LIVE: Trump signs proclamation in Oval Office

Emily Hallas · September 9, 2025 3:30 pm

President Donald Trump is sticking with his tariffs, despite new data published Tuesday by the Bureau of Labor Statistics showing that the country added roughly 1 million fewer jobs than previously reported over the past year.

White House: Trump committed to tariffs despite massive overinflation of jobs data

Christian Datoc · September 9, 2025 3:24 pm

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) and New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani greet the crowd during a town hall

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Gen Z and millennials would seize ‘excess wealth’ for themselves

Paul Bedard · September 9, 2025 3:09 pm

Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr., appears before the Senate Finance Committee, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Sept. 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

Vaccines, diet, and antidepressants included in Trump children’s health strategy

Gabrielle M. Etzel · September 9, 2025 2:31 pm

President Donald Trump at a podium.

Trump fumes over Israel’s attack on Doha and assures Qatar it won’t happen again

Mabinty Quarshie, Christian Datoc · September 9, 2025 2:25 pm