Tag: Washington D.C.

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) meets with reporters while wearing a cap for the New York Knicks NBA basketball team on Capitol Hill in Washington, Monday, June 8, 2026.

Jeffries won’t support spy powers extension unless Trump fires Bill Pulte

Hailey Bullis · June 8, 2026 5:19 pm

President Donald Trump.

Trump bringing an entourage and security disruptions to Game 3 of Knicks-Spurs

Christian Datoc, Naomi Lim, Mabinty Quarshie · June 8, 2026 4:17 pm

Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr., listens during a Cabinet meeting at the White House, Wednesday, May 27, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Nutrition to be added to doctors’ licensing exams thanks to RFK Jr. push

Gabrielle M. Etzel · June 8, 2026 4:12 pm

"The Donald J. Trump and Jeffrey Epstein Memorial Reading Room" sign is seen in typed lettering with a description below it and concept art of the two men's silhouettes in front of the Capitol Building (like the gold statue put up in D.C.).

Epstein reading room prominently features Trump connection among 3.5 million DOJ documents

Claire Carter · June 8, 2026 3:09 pm

Former Oregon Sen. Bob Packwood, who resigned in disgrace in 1995, stands in the Portland Rose Garden, Monday, Aug. 3, 1998.

Beltway Confidential

Bob Packwood’s lobbyist scandals

Timothy P. Carney · June 8, 2026 2:14 pm

D.C. Council Chairman Phil Mendelson speaks at a news conference to address the proposed continuing resolution and its impacts, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Monday, March 10, 2025. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)

DC Council proposes extensive ‘decoupling’ of Trump’s tax cuts to save $463.6 million in revenue

Molly Parks · June 8, 2026 2:05 pm

A bird takes flight in front of The John. F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.

Kennedy Center removes Trump’s name from website

David Zimmermann · June 8, 2026 1:10 pm

The U.S. Capitol is seen Friday, June 5, 2026, in Washington.

America 250 poll finds hope in American dream has dramatically declined in recent years

Emily Hallas · June 8, 2026 10:58 am

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani poses with President Donald Trump in the Oval Office

Trump and Mamdani unlikely to meet at Knicks game

Mabinty Quarshie · June 8, 2026 10:20 am

A National Park Service employee, right, gives a thumbs up, as water is being tested in the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, after it was coated in a blue swimming pool surface ahead of the United States' 250th anniversary, Thursday, June 4, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

‘Auramaxxing’: How the Trump administration is beautifying DC ahead of America 250

Molly Parks · June 8, 2026 8:42 am

Senate Majority Leader John Thune

National Security

Government spy powers to lapse Friday unless Congress can strike deal

Hailey Bullis · June 8, 2026 8:00 am

President Donald Trump said that Israel and Iran are once again negotiating a ceasefire as violence in the Middle East once again escalated. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

Trump says Israel and Iran are discussing ‘immediate ceasefire’ after renewed fighting

Christian Datoc · June 8, 2026 7:18 am