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Republicans unveil another extension to try to avert government shutdown

With less than a week to go before a March 14 shutdown deadline, it is not clear if Republicans have the votes to pass the continuing resolution unveiled Saturday.

9 Mar 2025 12:40 am
Some Republicans act as if Musk is the first to uncover waste. He isnt.

Outside groups from across the ideological spectrum have spent decades documenting questionable government spending.

8 Mar 2025 11:52 pm
Across Indian Country, mass firings at colleges open up age-old wounds

The losses at two Native American schools were part of the Trump administrations purge of federal workers. A partial reversal has done little to allay fears.

8 Mar 2025 10:57 pm
Trump blinks on ending daylight saving time

The president had vowed to eliminate the century-old practice of springing forward and falling back but is now acknowledging the complicated politics.

8 Mar 2025 8:24 pm
The 10 Republicans who could be Trumps heir apparent in 2028

Vice President JD Vance is the obvious and prohibitive frontrunner, but heres who else could be in the mix.

8 Mar 2025 5:30 pm
Tracking Trumps progress on his campaign promises

A rundown of Donald Trumps biggest campaign promises and where they stand.

8 Mar 2025 7:04 am
Adams case should be permanently dismissed, outside legal expert recommends

Paul Clement, a former solicitor general, was asked by U.S. Judge Dale Ho to weigh in on the Justice Dept.s controversial request to dismiss the Adams case.

8 Mar 2025 4:19 am
Trump says latest Russian attack on Ukraine what anybody else would do

Anybody would step up the attack, Trump said of Russias first major missile assault on Ukraine since the U.S. paused intelligence sharing with the embattled country.

8 Mar 2025 2:13 am
Trump seeks to negotiate nuclear deal with Iran, avert military clash

Trumps remarks represent a shift for the president, who in 2018 withdrew the United States from a nuclear deal with Iran.

8 Mar 2025 12:34 am
Live updates: Trump to address White House cryptocurrency summit, sign more executive orders

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

7 Mar 2025 7:13 pm
Stand Up for Science rally expected to draw thousands to D.C.

The Stand Up for Science rallies are a response to the Trump administrations actions, which have been seen as a threat to scientific progress.

7 Mar 2025 6:30 pm
Republicans quiet as DOGE slashes GOP-backed pro-democracy group

The International Republican Institutes furloughed staffers feel betrayed by former board member Marco Rubio.

7 Mar 2025 4:30 pm
Fed union lobbies Hill, fighting Trump and for dignity and respect

Members of the second largest federal union lobbied Congress this week, promoting civil service protections and fighting mass firings.

7 Mar 2025 4:30 pm
DOGE redefines fraud to defend cutting federal employees, programs

Outside watchdogs and analysts say Trump and Musk are using overly broad claims of fraud to build political support for their plans.

7 Mar 2025 4:30 pm
DOGE staff bring U.S. Marshals to small federal agency that denied them access

The show of force by Trump administration officials and federal law enforcement resulted in a frantic and traumatizing scene, several USADF officials said, and sparked a lawsuit from the aid organizations leader claiming DOGE employees are unauthorized to represent the agency.

7 Mar 2025 8:31 am
Trump tells Cabinet that they, not Musk, should go first in cutting workers

The meeting represented the outpouring of weeks of building tensions between the head of DOGE and President Donald Trumps top political officials.

7 Mar 2025 5:07 am
Justice Amy Coney Barrett ignites anger on the right after ruling against Trump

Conservative allies of President Donald Trump called Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett evil, a closet Democrat and a DEI hire.

7 Mar 2025 4:21 am
Trump signals pullbacks on two major fronts

Political gravity does apply to Trump after all, it seems.

7 Mar 2025 3:59 am
Trump targets another law firm. This one represented Hillary Clinton

Perkins Coie represented Hillary Clintons campaign and the Democratic National Committee during the 2016 presidential race.

7 Mar 2025 3:11 am
Inside U.S. spy agencies, workers fear a cataclysmic Trump cull

Firings and mass disruptions at the CIA could harm intelligence collection on foreign threats and future recruiting, current and former officials say.

7 Mar 2025 2:39 am
Wyoming GOP mandates ultrasounds for pill abortions, overriding veto

Republican Gov. Mark Gordon had vetoed the bill, saying it would be traumatizing for victims of rape and incest, but GOP state legislators voted to override him.

7 Mar 2025 2:20 am
Unusually, 10 Democrats join in censuring their own after Trump protest

Most of the Democrats who voted with House Republicans to rebuke Rep. Al Green for disrupting Trumps address to Congress won reelection by slim margins last year.

7 Mar 2025 1:44 am
Trump grants one-month tariff reprieve to some goods from Mexico, Canada

President Donald Trump signs an order postponing tariffs for one month on certain Mexican and Canadian goods that fall under an existing free-trade agreement.

7 Mar 2025 12:30 am
Trump officials, aid groups cant agree on timing to restart global aid

Global health groups accused the Trump administration of flouting a judges order to restart nearly $2 billion in payments for food, medicine and more.

7 Mar 2025 12:26 am
DOGE targets child support database full of income data

The U.S. DOGE Services attempt to access a federal database with sensitive information has provoked yet another internal disagreement.

6 Mar 2025 11:00 pm
GOP group lambasted for referring to Latino congressman as illegal immigrant

The National Republican Congressional Committee attacked Rep. Adriano Espaillat (D-New York), chair of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus, on its social media account.

6 Mar 2025 10:47 pm
The many unpopular things Trump is doing right now

His move to dismantle the Education Department is merely the latest example of initiatives that Americans seem to strongly oppose.

6 Mar 2025 10:21 pm
Tracking who Trump is appointing to fill key administration roles

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.

6 Mar 2025 9:33 pm
We texted 1,000 Americans about Trumps tariffs. This is how they responded.

A majority of Americans disapprove of Trump's tariffs on Canada, Mexico and China.

6 Mar 2025 9:30 pm
Live updates: House tees up vote on censuring Rep. Al Green for disrupting Trumps speech

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

6 Mar 2025 7:13 pm
We will not falter. Trump-era resignation letters take center stage.

A wave of federal government firings and resignations since President Donald Trump took office means colorful departure letters have burst into public view.

6 Mar 2025 4:30 pm
White House mum on price relief measures as inflation stings Trumps ratings

The president knows his plans, a White House official said, while Donald Trump presses ahead with tariffs that economists warn will push prices higher.

6 Mar 2025 4:30 pm
A far-right campaign seeks statehouse support to overturn gay marriage

The MassResistance effort has little chance of succeeding, but legal experts say it shows how conservatives are emboldened by the Trump administration.

6 Mar 2025 4:30 pm
Trumps FDA nominee, Marty Makary, faces his first test

Marty Makary, Trumps pick for FDA commissioner, faces his first test as he testifies before the Senate health committee.

6 Mar 2025 4:30 pm
Along the Texas border, elected officials ditch the Democrats to go red

The latest defection, of a prominent county judge to the Republican Party, signals how much the regions politics and Hispanic voters there are changing.

6 Mar 2025 4:30 pm
DOGE is driving Social Security cuts and will make mistakes, acting head says privately

The Social Security Administrations acting commissioner said members of Elon Musks cost-cutting team are outsiders who are unfamiliar with the nuances of the agencys programs.

6 Mar 2025 3:30 pm
Trumps false claim that Stacey Abrams headed a group that got $1.9 billion

In his speech to Congress, President Trump played up unproven claims of malfeasance in green-energy funding.

6 Mar 2025 3:30 pm
Trump administration plans 15 percent cut to VA workforce

The Department of Veterans Affairs announced plans to cut about 80,000 jobs on Wednesday, as President Donald Trump pushes to shrink the federal workforce.

6 Mar 2025 8:18 am
Small federal agency blocks DOGE employees from entering its building

The U.S. African Development Foundation denied several DOGE employees access to its offices Wednesday.

6 Mar 2025 7:57 am
Speech reactions highlight rift among Democrats on how to combat Trump

Many liberal members of Congress and activists believe they must loudly channel the growing outrage among Democrats over Trumps drastic actions.

6 Mar 2025 7:29 am
Mike Johnsons chief of staff charged with DUI shortly after Trump speech

Hayden Haynes allegedly backed into a parked car, and was cited for driving under the influence.

6 Mar 2025 4:16 am
States where abortion is legal, banned or under threat

More than a dozen states have laws that criminalize abortion when the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade. Heres a look at abortion laws by state.

6 Mar 2025 3:40 am
Trump administration moves to let Idaho enforce strict abortion ban

The Justice Department dropped a Biden-era lawsuit that sought to require hospitals receiving government funds to offer abortions to women in medical emergencies.

6 Mar 2025 3:08 am
Musk promises better communication between Republican lawmakers, DOGE

Trump adviser Elon Musk stepped up his congressional outreach Wednesday, taking questions from Republican lawmakers, some of whom are facing anger over DOGE.

6 Mar 2025 2:14 am
Supreme Court says judge can force Trump administration to pay foreign aid

The justices split 5-4 on whether to halt a judges order to restart nearly $2 billion in State Department and USAID payments for work that has been done.

6 Mar 2025 1:48 am
Americans dont love Trumps methods on Ukraine

They increasingly support a negotiated end to the war and even territorial concessions to Russia but not necessarily like this.

6 Mar 2025 12:45 am
A look inside Trumps speech, through two Congress members cameras

Two freshmen lawmakers capture a day in their lives and what President Donald Trumps speech was like from their perspectives.

6 Mar 2025 12:27 am
The stories behind the guests at Trumps speech

Payton McNabb, who has lobbied for a ban on transgender athletes in womens sports, and the family of Laken Riley, killed last year by an undocumented immigrant, were among those invited.

5 Mar 2025 9:37 pm
Live updates: Republicans applaud Trump address to Congress; Democrats blast it as divisive

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

5 Mar 2025 7:05 pm
Trump delivered a rally speech to Congress, but the reckoning is ahead

The presidents true test will come as he has to move past executive orders.

5 Mar 2025 4:30 pm