Tag: Washington D.C.

Zoom-in on President Donald Trump looking on with a tired face.

Trump sidesteps Pete Hegseth 2028 talk: ‘It’s very early to talk about that’

Mabinty Quarshie, Christian Datoc · August 31, 2026 4:36 pm

JD VANCE/USHA VANCE/EL SAYED (AP PHOTOS)

JD Vance tells Abdul el Sayed to ‘keep my wife’s name the hell out of your mouth’

Naomi Lim · August 31, 2026 4:27 pm

Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, left, speaks as Mehmet Oz, administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, from right, speaks with Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., middle during an event about drug prices.

Trump announces nine new most-favored-nation deals to lower prescription prices

Gabrielle M. Etzel · August 31, 2026 4:11 pm

Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate Abdul el Sayed listens during a news conference at the Spirit of Detroit monument Wednesday, Aug. 19, 2026, in Detroit.

El Sayed to hire Jewish community liaison as Senate campaign olive branch

David Sivak · August 31, 2026 3:13 pm

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent.

Bessent says world is ‘awash in debt’ and growth is the only way out

Zach Halaschak · August 31, 2026 12:14 pm

Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy

Trump administration shuts down 110 truck-driving schools over English proficiency violations

Kaelan Deese · August 31, 2026 12:14 pm

WASHINGTON, DC - JUNE 8: A Waymo autonomous Jaguar I-PACE vehicle is driven on a road on June 8, 2026 in Washington, DC. Waymo is still in the testing phase and is not yet operating commercially in the region.

Washington Secrets

What happens when robotaxis meet motorcades in DC? The mother of all traffic jams, says AI expert

Rob Crilly · August 31, 2026 11:45 am

President Donald Trump criticized the wave of anti-data center sentiment clashing with his administration's aggressive efforts to build out the domestic artificial intelligence sector.

Trump says communities that don’t build data centers will be ‘backwards and poor’

Christian Datoc · August 31, 2026 10:39 am

Washington Metropolitan Police Department officers block the streets around the White House.

DC police officer dies after suffering gunshot wound inside precinct

David Zimmermann · August 31, 2026 10:34 am

Sen. Ed Markey (D-MA)

Octogenarian Ed Markey’s progressive credentials outweigh age concerns in Massachusetts

David Sivak · August 31, 2026 6:00 am

Freshly cut stacks of $100 bills make their way down the line at the Bureau of Engraving and Printing Western Currency Facility in Fort Worth, Texas.

Grim $40 trillion debt milestone raises questions about fiscal commission

Zach Halaschak · August 31, 2026 6:00 am

Sen. Dan Sullivan (R-AK) speaks at a get out the vote event held at farm in Palmer, Alaska, on Monday, Aug. 17, 2026.

Fairness and Justice

Alaska Democrats couldn’t beat Dan Sullivan, so they ran their own

Tayte Christensen · August 31, 2026 6:00 am