Tag: Washington D.C.

The Fed's purchases of Treasury bonds and mortgage-backed securities in its latest round of so-called quantitative easing, begun in late 2012, will total $1.603 trillion. (iStock Photo)

The fiscal irresponsibility of so-called ‘moderate’ Republicans

Washington Examiner · May 9, 2025 12:00 am

Broadcaster Jeanine Pirro

Trump makes Fox News’s Jeanine Pirro DC’s top prosecutor

Brady Knox · May 8, 2025 7:21 pm

Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) speaks to reporters outside the West Wing of the White House.

Graham and Cotton back Israel and push for dismantling of Iran’s nuclear program

Samantha-Jo Roth · May 8, 2025 6:18 pm

First lady Melania Trump, left, reaches to shake the hand of Dorothy Bush Koch as they unveil a U.S. Postal Service Stamp honoring former first lady Barbara Bush, Thursday, May 8, 2025, in the East Room of the White House in Washington.

Melania Trump helps unveil Barbara Bush postage stamp

Naomi Lim · May 8, 2025 5:53 pm

Vance spotlights need for ‘American-made’ goods in times of conflict

Asher Notheis · May 8, 2025 5:53 pm

Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. listens before endorsing Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump at a campaign rally at the Desert Diamond Arena, Friday, Aug. 23, 2024, in Glendale, Ariz.

MAHA split widens after Trump taps RFK Jr. ally Casey Means for surgeon general

Emily Hallas · May 8, 2025 5:50 pm

Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy unveils a sweeping plan to modernize the United States's air traffic control system at the Department of Transportation, May 8, 2025.

Sean Duffy unveils FAA plan to modernize air travel with Trump on speakerphone

Samantha-Jo Roth · May 8, 2025 5:14 pm

Trump asks Speaker Johnson to look at increasing tax rates for millionaires

Rachel Schilke, Naomi Lim · May 8, 2025 5:07 pm

President Donald Trump announced a trade deal with the United Kingdom on May 8, 2025.

Trump’s UK trade deal explained

Haisten Willis · May 8, 2025 5:00 pm

New York Attorney General Letitia James, right, and Connecticut Attorney General William Tong, left, speak during a news conference outside Manhattan federal court, Friday, Feb. 14, 2025, in New York.

FBI investigating Letitia James over alleged mortgage fraud: Reports

Kaelan Deese · May 8, 2025 3:44 pm

Sen. Chris Murphy, D-Conn., left, questions Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, in foreground at center, as Sen. Katie Britt, R-Ala., right, looks on, during a Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Homeland Security oversight hearing, Thursday, May 8, 2025, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

Democrats berate Noem for not facilitating return of deported Abrego Garcia

Anna Giaritelli · May 8, 2025 3:16 pm

Cam Hamilton acting administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency testifies before the House Committee on Appropriations dubcommittee on Homeland Security oversight hearing of FEMA on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, May 7, 2025.

Energy and Environment

FEMA leader fired 1 day after testifying agency should not be shut down

Anna Giaritelli, Naomi Lim · May 8, 2025 3:08 pm