Tag: Washington D.C.

President Donald Trump speaks before signing the Laken Riley Act in the East Room of the White House, Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2025, in Washington.

Trump signs executive order lowering prescription drug prices

Mabinty Quarshie · May 12, 2025 11:32 am

Investor Scott Bessent speaks on the economy in Asheville, North Carolina, Aug. 14, 2024.

Bessent says China ‘ignored their obligations’ on trade under Biden

Jenny Goldsberry · May 12, 2025 10:40 am

Rep. Brett Guthrie (R-KY), chairman of the House Subcommittee on Health, joined by House Energy and Commerce Committee Ranking Member Frank Pallone (D-NJ), goes before the House Rules Committee to advance a bill to end the requirement by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for proof of COVID-19 vaccination for foreign travelers coming to the U.S. at the Capitol in Washington, Monday, Feb. 6, 2023.

Energy and Environment

House GOP unveils legislation to cancel climate spending enacted by Biden

Maydeen Merino, Callie Patteson · May 12, 2025 10:29 am

Human Health and Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

WATCH LIVE: Trump holds press conference with RFK Jr. on prescription drug pricing

Ross O'Keefe · May 12, 2025 9:11 am

Shira Perlmutter, Register of Copyrights and Director of the U.S. Copyright Office, testifies during a Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Intellectual Property oversight hearing of the United States Copyright Office, Wednesday, Nov. 13, 2024, on Capitol Hill,

Trump fires head of Copyright Office Shira Perlmutter

Jenny Goldsberry · May 12, 2025 9:11 am

House GOP rolls out Medicaid plan compromise with stricter requirements

Keely Bastow, Elaine Mallon · May 12, 2025 8:58 am

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Okeanos Explorer sits at a dock on Friday, June 23, 2023, in Kodiak, Alaska. The ship, a reconfigured former U.S. Navy vessel run by civilians and members of the NOAA Corps, is specially outfitted with technology and tools needed to access deep into the ocean, and to share that data with the public and on-shore researchers in real-time.

Hurricane watch: Trump’s remade weather agencies in the eye of the DOGE storm

Hailey Bullis · May 12, 2025 8:00 am

President Donald Trump speaks during an event on energy production in the East Room of the White House, Tuesday, April 8, 2025, in Washington.

West Virginians hesitant about coal revival say they’ve been burned before

Barnini Chakraborty · May 12, 2025 7:00 am

President Donald Trump shakes hands with Alabama head coach Nick Saban during an event for the 2017 NCAA National Champion University of Alabama football team on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, April 10, 2018.

Trump to dive into the sports world again with college athletics commission

Haisten Willis · May 12, 2025 7:00 am

The budget imagines an ever-increasing budget deficit over the next decade, and a rising national debt. (AP Photo/Bradley C Bower, file)

A debt-financed tax bill risks fueling inflation and the national debt

Scott Hodge · May 12, 2025 6:00 am

House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) speaks as President Donald Trump, right, listens during a National Day of Prayer event in the Rose Garden of the White House, Thursday, May 1, 2025, in Washington.

Two key House committees gear up for heated hearings to pass Trump megabill

Lauren Green · May 12, 2025 6:00 am

House Majority Whip Tom Emmer, R-Minn., and Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., right, conduct a news conference at the Republican National Committee after a meeting with Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump and the House Republican Conference on Thursday, June 13, 2024. (Tom Williams/Pool via AP)

Majority Whip Tom Emmer packs House schedule for National Police Week

Lauren Green · May 12, 2025 6:00 am