Tag: Magazine - Washington Briefing

Jerome Powell, chairman of the US Federal Reserve, departs a news conference in Washington, DC, US, on Dec. 10, 2025. (Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

Trump administration inquiry into Fed chairman raises hackles even among Senate Republicans

Jay Caruso · January 23, 2026 5:28 am

Sen. Bernie Moreno (R-OH). (Joe Maiorana/AP)

Doubts abound about proposed dual citizenship ban

Michele Chabin · January 23, 2026 5:25 am

Rep. Chellie Pingree (D-ME) talks to supporters in Portland, Maine on June 10, 2008. To her right is her daughter, Hannah Pingree. (Derek Davis/Portland Press Herald via Getty Images)

Maine’s bipartisan brand of political nepotism

Taylor Millard · January 23, 2026 5:21 am

California National Guard troops and U.S. Marines guard a federal building.

What’s stopping Trump from using the Insurrection Act in Minnesota?

Jeremy Lott · January 23, 2026 5:15 am

President Donald Trump walks on the stage during the 56th annual meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland on Jan. 21. (Gian Ehrenzeller/Keystone via AP)

Trump’s Greenland quest ends with a whimper, not a bang

Jamie McIntyre · January 23, 2026 4:54 am

President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with oil executives in the East Room of the White House on Jan. 9. (Evan Vucci/AP)

Make regime change great again?

John Scott Lewinski · January 16, 2026 5:36 am

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) arrives for a news conference at the Capitol in Washington, Monday, Jan. 12, 2026. (J. Scott Applewhite/AP)

Legislative tool to circumvent House leadership gets biggest win yet on Obamacare subsidies vote

Kevin R. Kosar · January 16, 2026 5:35 am

Marine One helicopter is seen on the South Lawn of the White House to transport President Donald Trump to nearby Andrews Air Force Base, as work continues on the construction of the ballroom at the White House, Tuesday, Jan., 13, 2026, in Washington, where the East Wing once stood. (Pablo Martinez Monsivais/AP)

Trump’s ‘no limits’ view of presidential powers remakes the executive branch into international juggernaut

Jamie McIntyre · January 16, 2026 5:29 am

From top left to bottom right: Micah Bergdale, Alex Bores, George Conway, Laura Dunn, Jami Floyd, Cameron Kasky, Micah Lasher, Alan Pardee, Jack Schlossberg, Mathew Shurka (Associated Press; Newscom; campaign photos)

Will this Upper West Side-based House district elect a full-throated Israel supporter?

Ron Kampeas · January 9, 2026 4:34 am

From top left to bottom right: Former Sen. Sherrod Brown, Former Sen. John E. Sununu, Former Sen. Scott Brown, Former Rep. Steve Stockman (AP Photos; Sununu campaign photo)

Most ex-members of Congress trying for comebacks left under unhappy circumstances

David Mark · January 9, 2026 4:25 am

President Franklin D. Roosevelt (second from right) repeats the oath of office at his fourth inauguration on the rear porch of the White House on Jan. 20, 1945. (AP Photo)

Trump’s grudging acknowledgment of the presidential two-term limit still raises concerns

Frederic J. Frommer · January 9, 2026 4:18 am

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Rising unemployment puts threat of AI competition in stark relief

Nick Thomas · January 2, 2026 6:05 am