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The White House will send Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner to talks in Islamabad, Pakistan, as Tehran decides not to send its top negotiator.

The Justice Department also said it was reviving a lethal injection protocol used during President Donald Trumps first term.

After the Justice Department said a post-Watergate records law is unconstitutional, White House lawyers established a new policy that experts say weakens safeguards.

The bet on the seizing of the Venezuelan leader has drawn scrutiny to insider trading within the growing prediction market industry.

The Russian leader has not yet committed to attend the annual gathering of world leaders, which is scheduled for December at the presidents Doral golf resort.

The path of the USS George H.W. Bush to the Middle East has been closely watched as President Trump demands progress in peace negotiations with Tehran.

The drug company is the 17th to agree to lower its prices as part of the administrations Most Favored Nation initiative. It will make a new gene therapy available free.

The audit by the departments inspector general follows months of lawmaker complaints over the congressionally mandated release of investigative files.

A former reality TV contestant turned candidate in Virginia and two U.S. House hopefuls in Texas and Minnesota have been banned from the prediction market for five years.

Republicans devised a time-consuming, two-pronged approach to reopen the Department of Homeland Security and end the longest partial government shutdown in history.

At least five officials have left Trumps Cabinet and U.S. military leadership since the start of the war with Iran. Heres a look at who left and why.

A spate of recent ethics cases illustrates the limits of a process that is slow and prone to political calculation.

The billionaire was a significant contributor to President Donald Trumps campaign, but officials said he clashed repeatedly with Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth.

After a Virginia vote pushes seats toward Democrats, Republicans turn to Florida and the courts to claw back an edge.

The onetime lawmaker is leaving Trump Media & Technology, which operates the social media platform Truth Social.

The lawmaker, who had served in the chamber since 2003, was seeking a 13th term in his safely Democratic district.

The Pentagon assessment, shared in a classified briefing for lawmakers, suggests gasoline and oil prices could remain elevated through the midterm elections.

Follow President Trumps progress filling over 800 positions, among about 1,300 that require Senate confirmation, in this tracker from The Washington Post and the Partnership for Public Service.

Under an administration plan, marijuana would be moved to Schedule III, like some common prescription painkillers. It now has the same Schedule I classification as heroin.

The ruling will make it easier for troops hurt in combat zones to win damages as contractors become a larger part of military operations around the world.

As Trump pushes for a more Republican-friendly House map, more than half a dozen states are potential targets for mid-decade tweaks to congressional boundaries.

The measure puts Democrats ahead in the battle for the House, but attention now shifts to Florida, where Republicans could regain the gerrymandering advantage.

As U.S. envoys pursue peace talks, the president confronts persistent sticking points: sanctions relief, enrichment limits and the risk of empowering Tehran.

Some House races are newly competitive, and three Republican incumbents are now endangered.

The report, which had cleared the agencys scientific-review process, had been delayed. It now wont be published at all, people familiar with the decision told The Post.

The ruling sets up a likely Supreme Court battle over whether the Texas law violates the constitutional separation of church and state.

Survivors testified at the trial of a man charged in the 2021 suicide bombing at the Kabul airport that killed 13 U.S. troops and nearly 170 Afghans.

The nearly 50 percent jump in spending would fund many of President Donald Trumps new military projects, but the request has to get through a skeptical Congress.

The agreement governing hundreds of millions in private donations was kept secret until a watchdog group sued and a judge ordered it disclosed.

The capture of the tanker ship Tifani follows a Trump administration directive to interdict sanctioned vessels believed to be involved in smuggling Iranian oil.

Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick was indicted last year on charges that she stole and laundered federal disaster money and used it to support a congressional campaign.

In recent days, the Justice Department has summoned former intelligence officials under Barack Obama for interviews and made major shake-ups in its prosecutorial team.

The unusual secrecy surrounding the Waldorf Astoria meeting has frustrated some looking for funding clues as Trumps popularity has dropped to near historic lows.

The civil rights group is being investigated over how it has sought to infiltrate extremist groups, its CEO says, adding that it will not be intimidated.

Voters hit the polls Tuesday in Virginias redistricting referendum, which could determine control of the House of Representatives amid a national redistricting arms race.

After Eric Swalwells exit, a letter from 30 ex-staffers of former representative Katie Porter seeks to blunt attacks as Democrats fear getting locked out of the race.

The party is aiming for upsets in districts that the president safely won including some where the incumbents have been hit by scandals.

Federal prosecutors allege Mohammad Sharifullah helped orchestrate the 2021 bombing by scouting out a potential route for the suicide bomber on behalf of ISIS-K.

The president has made conflicting comments on questions both large and small related to the war.

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R) alleged in the lawsuit that ActBlue misled Congress and the public about its donor vetting process.

The rare move comes after recent scandals raised questions from lawmakers and others about how Congress handles investigations involving its members.

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Acting attorney general Todd Blanche has moved quickly to put his stamp on the department, but other Trump loyalists also appear to be vying for leading roles.

Bob Brooks, a firefighter who appeals to the White working class, engaged with right-wing content. His endorsers in the Pennsylvania House race stand by him.

The trend is fueled by their status as political celebrities in a deeply divided country.

Many GOP states are enacting soda and candy bans for food stamp purchases amid MAHAs healthy food efforts. Some retailers and SNAP users find the new rules complicated.

DOJ official Harmeet K. Dhillon wrote that she is seeking ballots to investigate election law compliance. Democratic state officials call the request baseless.

The president has publicly highlighted his ballroom project on roughly a third of the days this year.

In Luanda, Catholics expressed love and admiration for Pope Leo XIV, the first American pope, but not so much for President Trump because of the war in Iran.