Tag: Washington D.C.

Graham Platner, Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate, greets supporters after speaking at an event hosted by Sen. Bernie Sanders in Orono, Maine, Sunday, May 24, 2026.

Washington Secrets

Graham Platner tackles sexting scandal with familiar strategy: Deny, distract, attack

Rob Crilly · June 1, 2026 12:01 pm

Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., speaks during an address marking New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani's first 100 days in office at the Knockdown Center, Sunday, April 12, 2026, in New York. (AP Photo/Andres Kudacki) CORRECTION: Corrects Sanders' title from Representative to Senator

Finance and Economy

Bernie Sanders proposes having government take half of Anthropic and OpenAI

Zach Halaschak · June 1, 2026 11:31 am

Federal Reserve Board Governor Jerome Powell.

Jerome Powell speaks about Fed independence after stepping down: ‘Undergoing a stress test’

Emily Hallas · June 1, 2026 10:26 am

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY)

Schumer promises litany of actions to halt Trump’s anti-weaponization fund

Emily Hallas · June 1, 2026 8:07 am

Members of the Women’s Liberation Front and representatives from other feminist organizations joined the multi-organization outreach effort at the U.S. Capitol. (Courtesy of the Women’s Liberation Front)

The radical feminist underground makes inroads with Republicans

Mia Cathell · June 1, 2026 8:00 am

Katie Porter, Chad Bianco, Antonio Villaraigosa, Xavier Becerra, Matt Mahan, Steve Hilton and Tom Steyer.

California primary races to watch as 61 candidates seek governor’s mansion

Brady Knox · June 1, 2026 6:00 am

A worker installs solar panels containing photovoltaic cells at the new Solarpark Eggersdorf solar park.

Europe’s deadly heat wave exposes the danger of climate utopianism

Washington Examiner · June 1, 2026 5:00 am

Mike Johnson and John Thune.

Congress comes back to a long post-Memorial Day to-do list

Lauren Green · June 1, 2026 5:00 am

President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden walk across the South Lawn

Jill Biden says Joe was ‘slowing down’ before abandoning 2024 bid

Claire Carter · May 31, 2026 4:01 pm

President Donald Trump listens during a Cabinet meeting at the White House, Wednesday, May 27, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

‘This is not the Republican Party anymore, it’s the MAGA party’: Joe Concha

Kiara Moore · May 31, 2026 2:17 pm

Mark Tushnet education liberal law professor harvard

Liberal law professor Mark Tushnet should’ve been careful what he wished for

Varad Mehta · May 31, 2026 2:00 pm

Democratic National Committee chair Ken Martin.

Democrats leave DNC’s Ken Martin hanging after botched 2024 election autopsy

Naomi Lim · May 31, 2026 1:48 pm