Tag: Washington D.C.

Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Whatley speaks at a campaign event for Sen. JD Vance (R-OH), Republican vice presidential nominee, in Sanford, North Carolina, Sunday, Nov. 3, 2024.

RNC chairman says Trump ‘tickdown’ in support still puts him ahead of Democrats

Asher Notheis · April 15, 2025 1:22 pm

Chris Wright, President-elect Donald Trump's nominee for secretary of energy, testifies during a Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources hearing for his pending confirmation on Capitol Hill, Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2025, in Washington.

Universities sue Department of Energy over cuts to scientific research

Elaine Mallon · April 15, 2025 1:02 pm

Energy and Environment

Green banking group softens rules in bid to stem Wall Street exodus

Callie Patteson · April 15, 2025 12:27 pm

A Social Security card is displayed on Oct. 12, 2021, in Tigard, Oregon. The go-broke dates for benefit programs Medicare and Social Security have been pushed back as an improving economy has contributed to changed projected depletion dates, according the annual Social Security and Medicare trustees report released Monday, May 6, 2024.

Beltway Confidential

Social Security is in worse shape than you think

Timothy P. Carney · April 15, 2025 11:58 am

Pedestrians walk through the gates of Harvard Yard at Harvard University, Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2025, in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Trump floats removing Harvard’s tax-exempt status in feud over campus policies

Haisten Willis · April 15, 2025 11:53 am

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt speaks with reporters in the James Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House, Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2025, in Washington.

WATCH LIVE: White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt holds a press briefing

Emily Hallas · April 15, 2025 11:52 am

Sen. Joni Ernst (R-IA) speaks during the Senate Armed Services Committee confirmation hearing for Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2025.

Ernst introduces bills to require transparency for taxpayer dollars used for projects in China

Brady Knox · April 15, 2025 11:00 am

Rep. Yadira Caraveo (D-CO) joins a protest by union members against the proposed merger of grocery store chains Kroger and Albertsons, Sept. 30, 2024, outside the City/County Building.

Democrat Yadira Caraveo launches bid for rematch against Gabe Evans in Colorado

Ernest Luning | Colorado Politics · April 15, 2025 10:43 am

The charred entrance doors to the Republican Party of New Mexico headquarters sit propped up behind yellow tape in Albuquerque, New Mexico, Monday, March 31, 2025.

New Mexico man charged with arson, vandalism at Tesla dealership and GOP headquarters

Jack Birle · April 15, 2025 10:22 am

Washington Secrets

Returning illegal migrant from El Salvador ‘an exercise in futility’: Legal scholars

Paul Bedard · April 15, 2025 10:17 am

Stephen A. Smith goes to Washington?

W. James Antle III · April 15, 2025 7:00 am

IRS shake-up causes ‘absolute chaos’ amid agency’s busiest time of year

Samantha-Jo Roth · April 15, 2025 7:00 am