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Margo Martin, a lesser-known member of the presidents staff, fuels social media with a blitz of Trump content.

The White House is seeking members likely to clear the way for President Donald Trumps controversial ballroom and other projects.

Trump is seeking to gain approvals for his ballroom in just over two months that have taken other large projects years to complete.

Chief Justice John Roberts said in his annual year-end report on the judiciary that the nations founding charters remain robust.

The Colorado Republican said she hopes Trumps action on a water infrastructure bill benefiting her district has nothing to do with political retaliation.

The project reflects Trumps expansive view of presidential authority even over the White House itself.

Renee Hardmans convincing special-election win is an optimistic signal for Democrats looking to 2026. She becomes the first Black woman elected to the state Senate.

The Coloradan was the only American Indian in the Senate during his tenure and helped lead the effort to build the National Museum of the American Indian in Washington.

Minnesota state senator Julia Coleman knew both Charlie Kirk and Minnesota House Speaker Melissa Hortman. She is fed up with the conspiracy theories around their deaths.

Customer service has deteriorated by key measures as the agency enacted sweeping cuts in Trumps second term, internal data and interviews show.

Armed with a quorum and GOP majority, Chair Andrea Lucas is pressing new priorities such as dismantling DEI that criticis say have turned the agencys mission on its head.

It isnt clear what specific claims could be brought against Powell or when.

Trump would not say if the military or the CIA conducted the strike in Venezuela amid escalating U.S. pressure on Nicols Maduro.

Netanyahu has hailed Trump as the greatest friend Israel has ever had in the White House. Now the two must navigate rifts over Middle East strategy.

As Trumps first year in office comes to a close, both he and his Trump world allies have learned hard lessons about Musks unusual influence.

By The Washington Posts latest tally, at least 18 former members 11 Democrats and seven Republicans are asking voters to send them back to D.C. next year.

Zelensky will visit Trump at Mar-a-Lago to discuss raising pressure on Russia, security guarantees and investment in postwar reconstruction.

The agency has moved away from focusing on arresting migrants at local jails to tracking them down in communities, a Washington Post analysis found.

Democrats have suggested the lack of testimony is yet another way the administration is snubbing the legislative branch.

Explicitly sectarian religious messages for Christmas on official government social media accounts drew complaints from advocates for church-state separation.

Courts have ruled against Trumps efforts to take security clearances away from opposing lawyers. The latest loss comes in a case involving lawyer Mark Zaid.

The Sunday meeting suggests that Washington and Kyiv are closing in on a joint position to end the war. Russia, however, will probably reject the plan.

Red-state farmers continue to struggle under damaging inflation and the fallout of President Donald Trumps tariff policies, especially with China.

Among the Epstein files are records on his death in New Yorks Metropolitan Correctional Center, but nothing so far challenges a ruling that he died by suicide.

The U.S. military said it attacked Islamic State militants with the approval of Nigerian authorities. The number of casualties is unknown.