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Md. judge expands order barring Trump admin from firing federal workers

A judge extended a preliminary injunction in a lawsuit seeking to overturned DOGE firings. The suit was filed by the attorneys general of 19 states and D.C.

The Washington Post 3 Apr 2025 5:01 am

Trump embraces pageantryalong withpolicy at tariff announcement

The latest explosive White House announcement unveiled in Trumps theatrical, unpredictable style almost instantly created significant and disruptive impacts around the globe.

The Washington Post 3 Apr 2025 4:19 am

Ex-Doctors Without Borders head says NYU lecture canceled because of fear of Trump

Joanne Liu says her alma maters health system pulled her talk, which included discussions of funding cuts to humanitarian aid groups and the deaths of aid workers in Gaza.

The Washington Post 3 Apr 2025 3:55 am

Musk to keep spending on politics despite Wisconsin loss, GOP doubts

Musk and his PAC plan to remain highly involved in boosting GOP candidates, according to two people familiar with the plans.

The Washington Post 3 Apr 2025 3:40 am

The Elon Musk experiment looks like a political failure

The Wisconsin Supreme Court race just made it so Republicans could no longer ignore something right in front of their eyes.

The Washington Post 3 Apr 2025 1:29 am

Pardoned by Trump, Rod Blagojevich has new job: Lobbying for Bosnian Serbs

The former Democratic governor of Illinois was previously pardoned by Trump for corruption charges.

The Washington Post 3 Apr 2025 1:13 am

Federal judge dismisses corruption case against New York Mayor Adams

The judges decision, which ends the case as Adams seeks reelection, also discredited the rationale of a top Justice Department official for pursuing the dismissal.

The Washington Post 3 Apr 2025 12:09 am

Supreme Court upholds FDAs rejection of fruit-flavored vape liquids

Companies had sued the FDA, saying it unfairly shifted its standards for approving e-cigarette liquids popular with teens. The Supreme Court unanimously backed the agency.

The Washington Post 3 Apr 2025 12:06 am

Musk setback in Wisconsin raises questions about his future role

The billionaire Tesla owner jumped fully into a hard-fought state election and suffered a major political rebuke.

The Washington Post 2 Apr 2025 11:27 pm

Democratic wins in Congress and Wisconsin provide hope amid misery

The partys activist base was jolted by a senators marathon speech and electoral victories, but questions linger about broad appeal.

The Washington Post 2 Apr 2025 11:12 pm

Trump team has weighed deal to save TikTok that would leave algorithm in Chinese ownership

The White House has examined a menu of options to avert a TikTok ban deadline set for Saturday. One proposal letting TikToks Chinese owner lease the algorithm to a TikTok spinoff in the U.S. would probably face resistance from China hawks in Trumps party.

The Washington Post 2 Apr 2025 10:20 pm

Tracking key Supreme Court cases of the 2024-2025 term

Follow major cases facing the Supreme Court in 2025. The Supreme Court is set to weigh in on cases related to ghost guns, the death penalty, medical care for transgender minors, public funding for religious schools and more.

The Washington Post 2 Apr 2025 8:37 pm

CEOs are trying to deal with Trump without becoming targets

As the White House launches a tariff war, business leaders are mostly staying out of the fray.

The Washington Post 2 Apr 2025 7:37 pm

What do Trump's 'Liberation Day' tariffs mean for you?

On this episode, The Washington Post's Libby Casey, Rhonda Colvin and James Hohmann are joined by White House economic reporter Jeff Stein to discuss President Trump's proposed sweeping tariffs and the day he and his team have referred to as Liberation Day. What effect will those tariffs have, how will the costs be passed on to American citizens, and why is Trump so set on remaking the United States' relationship with the rest of the world? Plus, Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.) speaks for hours and hours in protest of Trump's early months in office.

The Washington Post 2 Apr 2025 6:29 pm

Live updates: Trump to tout major tariffs plan at Rose Garden event

The latest news on Trumps presidency and updates on the new tariffs he plans to announce Wednesday.

The Washington Post 2 Apr 2025 6:04 pm

Outside a Social Security office, fear, lines and misinformation

Retirees are flocking to the agencys office in Des Moines, mistakenly thinking they have to prove their identity anew or their checks will stop.

The Washington Post 2 Apr 2025 3:30 pm

Another buyout offer hits inboxes of some federal workers

The offer was sent in recent days to staff at the General Services Administration and the departments of Energy, Agriculture, Transportation and Defense.

The Washington Post 2 Apr 2025 3:30 pm

Trump says hes already scored more business deals than Biden. Thats false.

The White House is comparing apples and oranges.

The Washington Post 2 Apr 2025 3:30 pm

Supreme Court takes up Planned Parenthood funding and patient rights

South Carolina was sued after it disqualified Planned Parenthood South Atlantic from getting Medicaid funding even for health services unrelated to abortion.

The Washington Post 2 Apr 2025 3:30 pm

Why West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee's UK visit is important for positioning state as industrial, educational hub

During her UK sojourn, Banerjee mentioned the historical linkages between Bengal and the UK and also underscored cooperation between Bengal and the UK in recent years.

DNA India 2 Apr 2025 2:20 pm

White House studying cost of Greenland takeover, long in Trumps sights

Its the most concrete effort yet to turn President Donald Trumps desire to acquire the Danish territory into actionable policy, despite widespread international outrage.

The Washington Post 2 Apr 2025 6:03 am

Trump says Doug Emhoffs law firm latest to strike a deal with him

President Donald Trump has punished multiple law firms that have employed his perceived political opponents.

The Washington Post 2 Apr 2025 5:05 am

Tracking Trumps progress on his campaign promises

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

The Washington Post 2 Apr 2025 2:10 am

Fired health workers were told to contact an employee. Shes dead.

Some federal health employees who were laid off Tuesday were told to contact Anita Pinder, who died last year, with discrimination complaints.

The Washington Post 2 Apr 2025 1:55 am

Widespread layoffs, purge of leadership underway at U.S. health agencies

The move comes after Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.s announcement of a sweeping reduction of the Department of Health and Human Services.

The Washington Post 2 Apr 2025 1:32 am

Musk floats falsehoods about Social Security, immigrants as DOGE seeks changes

Elon Musk presented the fact that some noncitizens have Social Security numbers as shocking. But thats how its supposed to work. And it doesnt let them vote.

The Washington Post 2 Apr 2025 1:03 am

JD Vances strained claims about a wrongly deported man

Vance cast the man as being acceptable collateral damage, but his summary takes some real liberties.

The Washington Post 2 Apr 2025 12:43 am

DNA TV Show: Megaquake warning in this country, after massive earthquake hit Myanmar, Thailand

Within a few hours, an earthquake of 7.7 magnitude on the Richter scale shook Myanmar and Thailand to the core.

DNA India 1 Apr 2025 11:58 pm

Catch up on Trumps recent actions

Keep tabs on the Trump administrations daily actions and executive orders, and follow the stories that are most important to you.

The Washington Post 1 Apr 2025 7:10 pm

Live updates: Trump-backed candidates on the ballot today in Wisconsin, Florida

The latest news on Trumps presidency as he is expected to announce new tariffs at a White House event.

The Washington Post 1 Apr 2025 6:01 pm

Why did Cory Booker spend the night speaking on the Senate floor?

The New Jersey Democrat is speaking in protest of the Trump administrations policies. He is not delaying the Senate from a vote, so it is not a filibuster.

The Washington Post 1 Apr 2025 3:59 pm

Rollins misfires with claim Trump left Biden an agriculture trade surplus

Trumps tariffs in his first term led to the first agricultural trade deficits in decades.

The Washington Post 1 Apr 2025 3:30 pm

Wisconsin Supreme Court race is MAGA movements first test since Trump win

The most expensive judicial contest in U.S. history will determine whether conservatives can topple the 4-3 liberal majority that has controlled the court for the past two years.

The Washington Post 1 Apr 2025 3:30 pm

How long it may take to know election results in Florida, Wisconsin Supreme Court

Two key races in Florida and another in Wisconsin could provide an early indicator of President Donald Trumps popularity just weeks into his second term.

The Washington Post 1 Apr 2025 2:30 pm

When Love Hurts - Navigating the legal landscape in cases of matrimonial disputes

As per National Crime Record Bureau reports in 2005, for a total 58,319 cases reported under 498AIPC, a total of 1,27,560 people were arrested, and 6,141 cases were declared false on account of mistake of fact or law.

DNA India 1 Apr 2025 1:51 pm

Trump administration cuts some funds to Planned Parenthood

The nonprofit organization said on Monday it had received notice that the administration would withhold Title X funding from nine of its affiliates effective Tuesday.

The Washington Post 1 Apr 2025 8:20 am

Judge blocks Trump from ending deportation protection for Venezuelans

About 350,000 Venezuelans who sought refuge in the U.S. were set to lose their work permits and protection against deportation next week. A federal judge delayed that action.

The Washington Post 1 Apr 2025 7:26 am

GOP lawmakers take aim at anti-Trump rulings, nationwide injunctions

With courts temporarily blocking many of President Donald Trumps actions, his allies are seeking change in nationwide injunctions and the judicial system.

The Washington Post 1 Apr 2025 7:00 am

What if the Trump administration deports the wrong people?

The downside of ditching due process.

The Washington Post 1 Apr 2025 2:11 am

Supreme Court appears to back tax exemption for Catholic Charities

The Wisconsin Catholic Charities case has implications for other religiously connected nonprofits, including hospitals, and for state unemployment systems.

The Washington Post 1 Apr 2025 1:57 am

DNA TV Show: Demographic 'change' in the hill town of Uttarakhand

In Uttarakhand, the limit for outsiders to buy land is 250 square meters. After buying 250 square meters of land, one cannot buy land in someone else's name.

DNA India 31 Mar 2025 11:48 pm

Trump allies said for years that talk of a third term was a joke. Now it isnt.

Trump allies often wrongly downplay his intentions. Heres what many of them have said about his frequent musings on serving a third term.

The Washington Post 31 Mar 2025 11:06 pm

Can Trump run for a third term? The 22nd Amendment flatly prevents it.

Trump suggested he has methods for seeking a third presidential term. Constitutional law scholars are skeptical.

The Washington Post 31 Mar 2025 7:49 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.

The Washington Post 31 Mar 2025 7:11 pm

Live updates: Trump readies sweeping tariffs in major escalation of global trade war

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

The Washington Post 31 Mar 2025 6:12 pm

What to know about the Wisconsin Supreme Court race and Musks involvement

Elon Musk has given out $1 million prizes ahead of Tuesdays vote, as the most expensive judicial race in U.S. history becomes a proxy war over President Donald Trumps agenda.

The Washington Post 31 Mar 2025 5:53 pm

Trump says hes angry at Putins remark questioning Zelenskys legitimacy

President Donald Trump said in an interview with NBC on Sunday that he would mull secondary tariffs on Russian oil if Putin stalls the peace process with Ukraine.

The Washington Post 31 Mar 2025 1:28 am

Wisconsin AG appeals to states high court to stop Musk from paying voters

Elon Musk is set to visit Wisconsin on Sunday evening to give away two $1 million prizes ahead of a high-stakes election for a seat on the state Supreme Court.

The Washington Post 31 Mar 2025 1:24 am

Trump suggestsmethods exist for bid for unconstitutional third term

President Donald Trump again raised the idea of running for a third term in office, an unconstitutional idea that would run afoul of the 22nd Amendment.

The Washington Post 31 Mar 2025 1:20 am

Trump seeks takeover of elections in a bid for more presidential power

Rooted in the presidents false claims of election fraud, Trumps executive order is illustrative of governing through dictates rather than legislation.

The Washington Post 30 Mar 2025 2:30 pm

Trump says he couldnt care less if auto prices rise because of his tariffs

President Donald Trump expressed confidence that his tariff policy would prompt more Americans to buy cars made in the U.S.

The Washington Post 30 Mar 2025 7:15 am

DOGE fires nearly all staff at U.S. Institute of Peace headquarters

D.C. employees of the institute, founded and funded by Congress, received late-night termination notices, though most of its overseas staff were left in place.

The Washington Post 30 Mar 2025 2:08 am

Bid to help new parents in Congress turns into proxy for pandemic wars

Five years after the pandemic created pitched, partisan fights over congressional duties, a bipartisan duo of new mothers have run into a buzzsaw fallout from the covid era.

The Washington Post 29 Mar 2025 10:32 pm

Justice Sonia Sotomayor calls for fearlessly independent judges

Justice Sonia Sotomayors remarks appeared to be a rebuke of recent attacks on the judiciary by President Donald Trump and his allies.

The Washington Post 29 Mar 2025 6:58 pm

How the Trump administration has downplayed the Signal chat scandal

Mistake. Glitch. Entirely permissible. Hoax. See the varied and shifting responses President Donald Trump and his allies have put forth.

The Washington Post 29 Mar 2025 2:30 pm

Federal judge in New York says VOA journalists get jobs back for now

Fridays order pauses efforts to dismiss staff at Voice of America while litigation continues, restoring the jobs of more than 1,200 journalists and other employees.

The Washington Post 29 Mar 2025 6:50 am

RFK Jr. forces out Peter Marks, FDAs top vaccine scientist

In his resignation letter, Marks rebuked Kennedy for seeking subservient confirmation of his misinformation and lies about vaccines.

The Washington Post 29 Mar 2025 6:38 am

Vance uses Greenland visit to slam Denmark, as Trump escalates rhetoric

The trip came as Trump also significantly escalated his rhetoric about his desire to control the sparsely populated, semiautonomous Danish territory.

The Washington Post 29 Mar 2025 3:56 am

So are we actually taking Greenland? Vance doesnt seem too sure.

Vance on Friday spoke of this idea more as a security alliance than an annexation. That doesnt align with Trump.

The Washington Post 29 Mar 2025 3:26 am

Wisconsin attorney general sues Elon Musk over payments to voters

The lawsuit comes amid the most expensive judicial race in U.S. history as liberals and conservatives fight for control of Wisconsins Supreme Court.

The Washington Post 29 Mar 2025 2:07 am

New U.S mineral deal imposes onerous conditions, Ukrainian officials say

Ukraine says the minerals deal presented by the United States differs substantially from an earlier framework that had been agreed upon.

The Washington Post 29 Mar 2025 1:35 am

Trump pardons electric-truck company founder convicted of fraud

A federal judge in 2023 sentenced former Nikola CEO Trevor Milton to four years in prison for lying to investors. The president pardoned him Thursday.

The Washington Post 29 Mar 2025 1:35 am

Trump administration moves to formally abolish USAID

Secretary of State Marco Rubio said that the era of USAID is ow over, but did not say whether he would seek congressional approval for effectively dissolving an agency created by Congress.

The Washington Post 29 Mar 2025 12:34 am

Trump lawyers ask Supreme Court to allow Alien Enemies Act deportations

It was the third time this week the administration asked the Supreme Court to intervene after one of its initiatives was blocked in court.

The Washington Post 28 Mar 2025 9:38 pm

A telling poll on GOP tolerance for Trumps authoritarian actions

The vast majority of Republicans say a president should obey court orders. It comes with a but.

The Washington Post 28 Mar 2025 9:10 pm

Live updates: Vance visiting Greenland as Trump eyes U.S. territorial expansion

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

The Washington Post 28 Mar 2025 6:13 pm

Former Voice of America director blasts Kari Lakes untruths

Amanda Bennett, who led VOA and its parent agency, says Lake was provably wrong in claims that $250 million in public funding were wasted late last year.

The Washington Post 28 Mar 2025 3:24 pm

Trump wants to reshape the Smithsonian. Who funds the vast institution?

The Smithsonian, tasked with telling the story of America, could see changes under Trumps unprecedented executive order. What to know about how it operates.

The Washington Post 28 Mar 2025 2:49 pm

Trump promised scientific breakthroughs. Researchers say hes breaking science.

NIH funding for biomedical research has abruptly fallen by billions of dollars, with many grant decisions on hold. Trump officials say theyre reviewing the agency.

The Washington Post 28 Mar 2025 2:30 pm

Whats up with Trumps talk of expanding the U.S.?

He just wants the territories, one expert said.

The Washington Post 28 Mar 2025 1:30 pm

Trump executive order targets WilmerHale, citing Robert Mueller ties

WilmerHale on Thursday said it would pursue all appropriate remedies to what it called an unlawful order.

The Washington Post 28 Mar 2025 6:48 am

How Kristi Noems $50,000 Rolex in a Salvadoran prison became a political flashpoint

The homeland security secretarys choice of a gold Rolex watch has been criticized as insensitive to the harsh reality of mass imprisonment and deportation.

The Washington Post 28 Mar 2025 6:27 am

Trump urges support for Wisconsin Supreme Court candidate in unusual intervention

The race has become a proxy war over Trumps agenda and has attracted record spending by Elon Musk and others.

The Washington Post 28 Mar 2025 5:49 am

N.Y. refuses to enforce Texas order against doctor over abortion pills

A county clerk cited the states shield law for declining to enforce a $100,000 judgment imposed in Texas against a New York health-care provider, setting up a likely showdown at the Supreme Court.

The Washington Post 28 Mar 2025 3:13 am