Tag: Washington D.C.

Washington Secrets

Epstein bungling overshadows a pretty good week: White House Report Card

Paul Bedard · July 19, 2025 12:33 pm

A demonstrator wearing a mask depicting U.S. President Donald Trump holds a flag with the image of former President Jair Bolsonaro, during a rally in support of a proposed bill to grant amnesty to those arrested for storming government buildings in an alleged coup attempt in 2023, in Brasilia, Brazil, Wednesday, May 7, 2025.

Rubio hits Brazilian judge with visa restrictions over Bolsonaro ‘witch hunt’

Emily Hallas · July 19, 2025 11:53 am

On the sourcing of that Wall Street Journal article

Byron York · July 19, 2025 9:28 am

Federal Reserve Board Chairman Jerome Powell arrives before a Senate Committee on Banking hearing, Wednesday, June 25, 2025,

An attempt by Trump to fire Powell would face major legal challenge

Zach Halaschak · July 19, 2025 7:00 am

Congress has pulled funding for PBS, though only on a temporary basis for now.

NPR and PBS enter uncharted territory after historic defunding by Congress

Haisten Willis · July 19, 2025 5:00 am

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

Microsoft no longer using Chinese engineers to maintain Pentagon computer systems

Emily Hallas · July 18, 2025 10:49 pm

Durbin says Bondi instructed FBI agents to flag Epstein files that mentioned Trump

Emily Hallas · July 18, 2025 10:11 pm

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) talks to reporters about avoiding a government shutdown and launching an impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden, following a closed-door meeting with fellow Republicans at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, Sept. 14, 2023. The most vulnerable House Republicans whose elections in swing districts next year will determine which party gains control of the chamber are overwhelmingly voicing their support for McCarthy's impeachment inquiry into Biden. Democrats say it's a stance that could come back to haunt them.

McCarthy says Democrats never asked about Epstein files when he was speaker

Emily Hallas · July 18, 2025 8:04 pm

Trump sues Wall Street Journal for libel after Epstein birthday letter story

Emily Hallas · July 18, 2025 6:24 pm

In this July 2, 2020, file photo, Audrey Strauss, acting U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York, points to a photo of Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell during a news conference in New York.

Trump DOJ asks judges to unseal Epstein and Maxwell grand jury records

Kaelan Deese · July 18, 2025 6:13 pm

A bad week for Democrat-friendly media with public broadcasting cuts and Colbert cancellation

W. James Antle III · July 18, 2025 5:52 pm

Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lee Zeldin appears before the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee on Capitol Hill, Thursday, Jan. 16, 2025, in Washington.

Energy and Environment

EPA slashes research office, lays off staffers

Callie Patteson · July 18, 2025 5:05 pm