Tag: Washington D.C.

Rep. Mike Waltz (R-FL) participates in a discussion about Israel at the Republican Party of Florida Freedom Summit, Saturday, Nov. 4, 2023.

Mike Waltz asserts keeping U.S. safe is ‘under the commander-in-chief’s authority’

Jenny Goldsberry · March 19, 2025 10:32 am

Steve Bannon speaks at the Conservative Political Action Conference at the Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center, Thursday, Feb. 20, 2025, in Oxon Hill, Maryland.

Steve Bannon’s plan for Trump to run in 2028 ‘incredibly alarming’: Stephen A. Smith

Asher Notheis · March 19, 2025 10:26 am

The U.S. Institute of Peace building is seen in Washington, Monday, March 20, 2017. Deep cuts throughout the federal bureaucracy and the outright elimination of 19 independent agencies would have a major impact on the economy of the Washington region. Tens of thousands of federal employees would lose their jobs if President Donald Trump’s initial budget proposal became law, putting the regional economy at risk of a recession, experts say. The cuts would reverberate throughout the city, with fewer people riding the already-beleaguered Metro subway or eating at restaurants. It would also be a blow to the city’s already-shaky market for office space.

US Institute of Peace sues Trump administration after DOGE overhauled its board

Jack Birle · March 19, 2025 10:08 am

Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer gives a television interview at the Capitol in Washington, Friday, March 14, 2025.

Glenn Ivey calls for new Senate Democratic leadership at hostile town hall

Emily Hallas · March 19, 2025 9:32 am

President Donald Trump speaks at a dinner with Senate Republicans at Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Florida, Friday, Feb. 7, 2025.

Beltway Confidential

The inspectors general have a circle of unaccountability

Mark Moyar · March 19, 2025 8:00 am

Obama in coming days will travel to the west coast for a fundraising swing. The White House typically likes to squeeze in policy events around Obamaâs cash-raising efforts for Democrats.

‘No one should feel sorry for ActBlue’: Some Democrats push for party to diversify fundraising platforms

Mabinty Quarshie · March 19, 2025 7:00 am

Dockworkers return to work at PortMiami after the union representing 45,000 striking U.S. dockworkers reached a deal to suspend a three-day strike, Friday, Oct. 4, 2024, in Miami.

Trump plans tariffs on allies with value-added taxes: What to know

Zach Halaschak · March 19, 2025 7:00 am

Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) arrives as Republicans hold a closed-door meeting after blocking a bipartisan border package that had been tied to wartime aid for Ukraine, at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, Feb. 8, 2024.

Rand Paul walks Trump tightrope as conservative contrarian

Ramsey Touchberry · March 19, 2025 6:00 am

Equality, Not Elitism

America’s elites have forgotten what a working week is

Mark Judge · March 19, 2025 5:00 am

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY), center, is joined from left by fellow Democrats Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-OR), Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Sen. Patty Murray (D-WA), and Sen. Andy Kim (D-NJ), as they slam President Trump's decision to freeze federal grants, calling the move illegal and unconstitutional, during a news conference at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2025.

Democrats should govern more and fight less

Washington Examiner · March 19, 2025 12:01 am

Elon Musk ‘shocked’ by violence and threats against him and Tesla: ‘Mental illness’

Brady Knox · March 18, 2025 11:05 pm

The indictment claims from 2004 to 2012, Conn, Daugherty and Adkins submitted false medical documents to the SSA, requesting past, present and future Medicare and Medicaid payments for 2,000 individuals.

Social Security to impose identity checks and limit phone services in fraud crackdown

Samantha-Jo Roth · March 18, 2025 9:55 pm