Tag: Washington D.C.

Obama in coming days will travel to the west coast for a fundraising swing. The White House typically likes to squeeze in policy events around Obamaâs cash-raising efforts for Democrats.

‘No one should feel sorry for ActBlue’: Some Democrats push for party to diversify fundraising platforms

Mabinty Quarshie · March 19, 2025 7:00 am

Dockworkers return to work at PortMiami after the union representing 45,000 striking U.S. dockworkers reached a deal to suspend a three-day strike, Friday, Oct. 4, 2024, in Miami.

Trump plans tariffs on allies with value-added taxes: What to know

Zach Halaschak · March 19, 2025 7:00 am

Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) arrives as Republicans hold a closed-door meeting after blocking a bipartisan border package that had been tied to wartime aid for Ukraine, at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, Feb. 8, 2024.

Rand Paul walks Trump tightrope as conservative contrarian

Ramsey Touchberry · March 19, 2025 6:00 am

Equality, Not Elitism

America’s elites have forgotten what a working week is

Mark Judge · March 19, 2025 5:00 am

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY), center, is joined from left by fellow Democrats Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-OR), Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Sen. Patty Murray (D-WA), and Sen. Andy Kim (D-NJ), as they slam President Trump's decision to freeze federal grants, calling the move illegal and unconstitutional, during a news conference at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2025.

Democrats should govern more and fight less

Washington Examiner · March 19, 2025 12:01 am

Elon Musk ‘shocked’ by violence and threats against him and Tesla: ‘Mental illness’

Brady Knox · March 18, 2025 11:05 pm

The indictment claims from 2004 to 2012, Conn, Daugherty and Adkins submitted false medical documents to the SSA, requesting past, present and future Medicare and Medicaid payments for 2,000 individuals.

Social Security to impose identity checks and limit phone services in fraud crackdown

Samantha-Jo Roth · March 18, 2025 9:55 pm

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth speaks in the James Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House, Thursday, Jan. 30, 2025, in Washington.

Judge blocks Trump’s order barring transgender troops from serving in military

Ashley Oliver · March 18, 2025 8:57 pm

FILE - The Federal Trade Commission building is seen, Jan. 28, 2015, in Washington. U.S. companies would no longer be able to bar employees from taking jobs with competitors under a rule approved by the FTC on Tuesday, April 23, 2024, though the rule seems sure to be challenged in court. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

Trump fires two Democratic FTC commissioners

Mabinty Quarshie · March 18, 2025 8:46 pm

Trump calls Musk critics people who ‘hate our country’

Mabinty Quarshie · March 18, 2025 8:36 pm

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif., speaks at her weekly press conference, Thursday, July 14, 2022, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib)

Pelosi backs Schumer’s leadership but swipes at his GOP ‘giveaway’

Lauren Green · March 18, 2025 7:37 pm

JFK files released: Trump administration makes thousands of classified records public

Brady Knox · March 18, 2025 7:29 pm