Tag: Washington D.C.

US weather and climate agency NOAA fires hundreds of probationary workers

Samantha-Jo Roth · February 27, 2025 7:48 pm

John Phelan, President Donald Trump's nominee to be Secretary of the Navy, appears before a Senate Committee on Armed Services hearing for his pending confirmation on Capitol Hill, Thursday, Feb. 27, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Rod Lamkey, Jr.)

Trump’s pick to lead Navy stresses ‘urgency’ in fixing shipbuilding problems

Mike Brest · February 27, 2025 6:52 pm

Elon Musk speaks during a Cabinet meeting with President Donald Trump at the White House in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 26, 2025.

Musk issues warning after anti-DOGE eruptions at GOP town halls revealed to be backed by Soros

Emily Hallas · February 27, 2025 6:28 pm

Rep. Diana Harshbarger, R-Tenn, speaks outside the hush money criminal case of former president Donald Trump in New York on Thursday, May 16, 2024. (AP Photo/Ted Shaffrey)

A moment in MAGA time: Lawmakers dish on what could be buried in Capitol time capsule

Lauren Green · February 27, 2025 4:45 pm

Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker meets with Trump in Oval Office

Asher Notheis · February 27, 2025 4:40 pm

Jen Psaki takes part in a featured session during the South by Southwest Film Festival on Friday, March 10, 2023, in Austin, Texas.

White House communications director tells Jen Psaki to ‘clean up after yourself’

Jenny Goldsberry · February 27, 2025 4:40 pm

Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) listens to a question during a news conference, March 30, 2022, in Washington.

Tuberville calls for Pentagon to become the ‘Trigon’

Jenny Goldsberry · February 27, 2025 4:25 pm

U.S. President Donald Trump, center, and Vice President JD Vance, right, meet with British Prime Minister Keir Starmer in the Oval Office at the White House, Feb. 27, 2025, in Washington, D.C.

Vance and Starmer clash over UK free speech in Oval Office

Annabella Rosciglione · February 27, 2025 4:21 pm

Attorney General Pam Bondi speaks at a news conference regarding immigration enforcement at the Justice Department, Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)

Bondi accuses FBI of withholding ‘thousands of pages’ of Epstein files

Ashley Oliver · February 27, 2025 4:09 pm

U.S. President Donald Trump holds a bilateral meeting with British Prime Minister Keir Starmer in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, D.C., Feb. 27, 2025.

‘Did I say that?’: Trump questions whether he called Zelensky a ‘dictator’

Naomi Lim · February 27, 2025 3:17 pm

Trump administration launches ‘End DEI’ portal at Education Department

Haisten Willis · February 27, 2025 3:03 pm

Jonathan McKernan, nominee to be director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, listens to the opening statement of ranking member Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) during his Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee confirmation hearing, Thursday, Feb. 27, 2025.

Democrats grill consumer watchdog nominee as Trump vows to dismantle agency

Samantha-Jo Roth · February 27, 2025 2:57 pm