Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. and Bernie Sanders clashed over health care this week, and Trumps HHS nominee tried to claim the moral high ground on the issue.

Experts said water released into Californias Central Valley would not reach Los Angeles.

The order would apply to more than 50 people from Illinois who were given pardons or commutations by President Donald Trump.

The picks to lead SBA, VA and be ambassador to China all failed to win Senate races in Georgia, handing Democrats control of the chamber and launching the Biden agenda.

President Trumps secretary of state arrives in Panama City on Saturday with a brazen mandate from his boss and a wary host.

The new leader for Democrats will be in charge of regrouping and unifying the party during a second Trump administration determined to reshape government.

An agreement with the government of Nicols Maduro will allow the deportation of hundreds of thousands back to the authoritarian socialist regime many have fled.

Nominees have for decades pledged to refuse illegal presidential orders, but many of Trumps nominees suddenly wont.

The Trump administrations offer raised alarm across the government but cut especially deep for federal firefighters battling deadly Southern California blazes.

The presidents baseless claim that diversity programs are to blame for a deadly plane crash follows conservatives growing criticism of such efforts.

The top two candidates in Saturdays election are Ken Martin, the head of Minnesota Democrats, and Ben Wikler, the chairman of Wisconsin Democrats.

The official count of Musks donations further cemented him as the countrys largest - and most prominent donor.

The lawyer and pro-Trump podcaster has fired Jan. 6 prosecutors, launched investigations of the Capitol riot investigation and threatened a Democrat with an inquiry.

Diversity has been deleted. Climate resilience is now a popular substitute for climate change. And pregnant people has been replaced by pregnant women.

Republicans will attempt a tax and spending bill that will not require substantial budget cuts, but there may be serious math problems ahead.

A New York doctor was indicted Friday with prescribing a Louisiana girl pills that caused an abortion seemingly the first time an abortion doctor has been criminally charged since Roe v. Wade was overturned

On this episode, The Washington Post's Libby Casey, Rhonda Colvin and James Hohmann break down President Trump's news conference after the Washington, D.C. plane crash and how Trump chose to blame his predecessors, minorities and people with health conditions rather than embracing the role of consoler-in-chief. Plus, three of Trump's most controversial cabinet nominees had Senate confirmation hearings on the same day: Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Kash Patel and Tulsi Gabbard. The crew breaks down thei

Trumps extraordinary news conference on the plane crash near Reagan National Airport, his administrations freeze and unfreeze of all federal funds, and the Senate hearings for three more of his controversial Cabinet picks.

Trumps extraordinary news conference on the plane crash near Reagan National Airport, his administrations freeze and unfreeze of all federal funds, and the Senate hearings for three more of his controversial Cabinet picks.

The meeting comes amid broad anxiety about the success of a Chinese artificial intelligence app called DeepSeek.

Get the latest news on President Donald Trumps return to the White House and the new Congress.

The presidents actions taking aim at federal workers are a punch to the gut, says one employee.

The ultimatum was unusual for the FBI and suggested that President Donald Trump is purging leadership at an agency he has harshly criticized.

At a news conference, Trump read a list of conditions he called disqualifying, but his administration started such hiring in 2019.

It was probably out in the middle of the river. I just saw a fireball, and then it was gone. Today on Post Reports, unpacking a deadly collision in the nations capital.

All three strained to distance themselves from their past, but Gabbard in particular appears to be in danger.

Most Democrats and even some Republicans seemed uneasy with Tulsi Gabbard and her answers to their questions during her confirmation hearing with the Senate Intelligence Committee.

Rescuers were still pulling bodies from the Potomac River as Trump cast blame on the FAA, the Army, diversity programs and his predecessors.

Get the latest news on President Donald Trumps return to the White House and the new Congress.

President Trumps pick for FBI director, Kash Patel, faces Senators questions in his confirmation hearing.

Conservative Republicans seem to be embracing health secretary nominee Robert F. Kennedy Jr. out of loyalty to President Donald Trump.

Washington Post staff tried to separate what is happening from what is not, and to explain what may happen in the future.

Democrats declared victory for blunting Trumps momentum while the White House insisted it isnt backing down.

President Donald Trump ordered construction of a deportee detention camp with room for 30,000 migrants on the U.S. naval base in Cuba.

The stock market plummeted this week after a Chinese company showed it could do more with less. Today, we talk about the new AI chatbot DeepSeek, and why people are freaking out about it from Silicon Valley to Wall Street to Washington.

Two recent polls show the party more unpopular than its been in nearly two decades.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was confronted with a number of his baseless claims and a vexing abortion issue. But Republican senators treaded lightly.

As cryptocurrency advocates cheer Ross Ulbrichts release, one mother asks, Wheres the justice?

The figure would rain 1.5 billion condoms on an area only double the size of the District of Columbia.

The Senate is holding hearings and voting on President Donald Trumps Cabinet picks. Heres which earned the most bipartisan support.

Judge Aileen M. Cannon ruled that special counsel Jack Smith was unlawfully appointed and had no authority to prosecute Donald Trump.

Follow President-elect 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.

The White House is exploiting, and sometimes outright ignoring, the arcane laws, rules and regulations that have long protected the civil service of 2.3 million from a political takeover.

The former U.S. ambasador the last surviving child of Jacqueline and John F. Kennedy urged lawmakers to reject RFK Jr.s nomination as health secretary.

Get the latest news on President Donald Trumps return to the White House and the new Congress.

See agency by agency, the more than one million federal workers who could be affected.

Edmundo Gonzlez, recognized by the United States as Venezuelas president-elect, urges the Trump administration not to deal with the Maduro regime on immigration.

The flash of glee highlighted Trumps buoyant mood on the first trip of his new presidency, which he fashioned into a victory lap to celebrate the dramatic actions he had taken in his first days in office.

Kennedy, who derided Trumps family-separation policy as forcing Sophies Choice on migrants, seeks to lead the agency that takes custody of migrant children.

The presidents efforts to remake the federal government extend even to the buildings that house it, as he pushes designs that he says command respect.