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Trump seeks funding to clean up D.C. in latest effort to control city

The longtime real estate developer has falsely claimed he has solved the citys crime problems. Now he seeks to transform Washington into a place reminiscent of his private golf clubs. It is unclear how likely Congress is to grant the funds or whether city leaders will support the effort.

22 Aug 2025 11:56 pm
IRS plans to bring back workers it pushed out but now needs

Thousands of staffers left the tax agency, and now managers have found vacancies in critical areas.

22 Aug 2025 11:44 pm
Republican National Committee elects Trump-backed Joe Gruters as chair

The vote ensures that a staunch Trump ally remains at the helm of the national party ahead of the midterms.

22 Aug 2025 10:02 pm
With grieving parents watching, Texas lawmakers pass camp safety bill

The measure was the first to clear the legislature as it responds to the catastrophic flooding that killed 25 young campers and 112 others last month.

22 Aug 2025 4:30 pm
Democrats are pushing back against crackdown on sanctuary cities

Some responded with strongly worded letters. Others spoke out in a public show of resistance, accusing Attorney General Pam Bondi of trying to unlawfully bully governors and mayors.

22 Aug 2025 3:30 pm
Texas state Senate closes in on passing Trump-backed election map

The GOP-controlled chamber will be back in session Friday, looking to create five new U.S. House districts in Texas that favor Republicans. The plan has sparked a broader partisan battle over redistricting.

22 Aug 2025 3:30 pm
House expected to get first batch of Epstein files from Justice Department

The House Oversight Committee issued a subpoena this month for information from the Justice Departments investigation into the sex offender and said it planned to publicly release redacted files.

22 Aug 2025 2:30 pm
Newsom is trying to make California map campaign all about Trump. Will it work?

The Democratic governor has fashioned himself as the face of the fight with Trump in the battle over congressional maps. But he faces political risks in November.

22 Aug 2025 2:30 pm
Supreme Court clears way for nearly $800 million in cuts to NIH grants

The Trump administration said the research was unscientific and went against efforts to end initiatives related to diversity, equity and inclusion.

22 Aug 2025 5:03 am
Whats at stake as Trumps redistricting push sparks a national map fight

New congressional maps could determine which party wins control of the House in next years elections but election experts say they could also shape power in D.C. long after that.

22 Aug 2025 1:53 am
Trump says he will join police, military on D.C. streets Thursday

The move continues his administrations efforts to exert control over the capital city.

22 Aug 2025 12:18 am
Harris to embark on tour to promote memoir about presidential campaign

The 15-city book tour will be Harriss first series of planned public appearances around the country since she lost the election in November.

21 Aug 2025 10:49 pm
Eric Adams adviser suspended after giving reporter cash in potato chip bag

Katie Honan, a reporter for the City, said that Winnie Greco, a volunteer for Adamss reelection campaign, apologized and told her the gesture was cultural.

21 Aug 2025 10:16 pm
Do Democrats have a version of Project 2025? Karen Tumulty took your questions.

Our chief political correspondent chats with readers every other Thursday at 12 p.m. Eastern time.

21 Aug 2025 9:30 pm
James Dobson, influential voice of the religious right, dies at 89

He became an evangelical broadcaster in the late 1970s, denouncing abortion and same-sex marriage through his radio show and nonprofit, Focus on the Family.

21 Aug 2025 9:25 pm
GOP Rep. Chip Roy, at times a party thorn, to run for Texas attorney general

A member of the ultraconservative Freedom Caucus, Roy joins a crowded field vying to replace Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton.

21 Aug 2025 8:30 pm
Trump demands release of Colorado official sentenced in election data scheme

Former Mesa County clerk Tina Peters is serving a nine-year prison sentence on charges that include conspiracy to commit criminal impersonation.

21 Aug 2025 7:10 pm
John Boehners road to Alaska: Bourbon shortages in Canada, but optimism reigns

Almost a decade after resigning as House speaker, the 75-year-old Boehner drove from Cincinnati to Anchorage in search of good fishing and the American spirit.

21 Aug 2025 3:30 pm
California races to counter Texas in nationwide fight over election maps

California races toward redrawing congressional maps as Texas moves toward final approval of its plans.

21 Aug 2025 2:30 pm
Trump, GOP portray cities as chaotic dystopias in need of occupation

The president describes cities as blood-soaked and cesspools. His military incursions into D.C. and L.A. culminate growing anti-urban sentiment on the right.

21 Aug 2025 2:30 pm
State Dept. fires official after internal debates over Israel

Shahed Ghoreishi recommended expressing condolences for slain journalists in Gaza and opposing the forced displacement of Palestinians. He was fired days later.

21 Aug 2025 7:05 am
White House tours canceled indefinitely because of Trumps ballroom

The White House has canceled tours for September, and its unclear when the long-standing tradition will resume.

21 Aug 2025 4:43 am
Limits of Trumps diplomacy clear as Moscow balks at Ukraine plan

Moscow has resisted a Putin-Zelensky summit and security guarantees for Ukraine. Trumps claims that the Kremlins position has changed has left analysts puzzled.

21 Aug 2025 4:32 am
Obama supports California redistricting, says GOP cant rig the game

The former president said that what Texas Republicans are doing requires an equally aggressive response from Democrats.

21 Aug 2025 2:29 am
Trump calls for resignation of Federal Reserve governor Lisa Cook

The presidents call appears to be his latest effort to influence the central bank board as he demands lower interest rates.

21 Aug 2025 1:49 am
Vance says D.C. police takeover an example for other cities

White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller also claimed that bringing in federal law enforcement is meant to protect Washingtons Black residents, as Trump administration officials greeted troops at Union Station.

21 Aug 2025 1:24 am
With police trailing him, Texas lawmaker spends a long day into night

Rep. Suleman Lalani, among the Democrats who fled the state to delay GOP redistricting efforts, had a constant law enforcement shadow to ensure his whereabouts.

20 Aug 2025 9:14 pm
Democrats in California sprint toward passage of redistricting legislation

The action in California comes in response to a Republican-led move in Texas to draw a congressional map more favorable to the GOP.

20 Aug 2025 5:55 pm
These states could redistrict before the 2026 midterms

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.

20 Aug 2025 2:30 pm
Texas state House on cusp of passing election map favored by Trump

The Republican-controlled chamber will gavel back into session Wednesday with an intent to vote on a plan to help the GOP in the midterms.

20 Aug 2025 2:30 pm
Hegseths expansive security requirements tax Army protective unit

The agency tasked with protecting Defense Department leaders is under significant strain, and the secretarys atypical needs are becoming untenable, officials say.

20 Aug 2025 2:30 pm
White House creates account on TikTok, the app Trump once tried to ban

The White House launched an account on popular video app TikTok despite the U.S.s rocky history with the Chinese-owned company. Trump once called it a national security threat.

20 Aug 2025 1:01 pm
Texas Capitol evacuated after shooting threat citing political situation

Protestors had gathered at the Capitol building to support state Rep. Nicole Collier (D), who slept on the House floor rather than agreeing to a police escort.

20 Aug 2025 12:29 pm
Fear, confusion, resistance: One night under Trump's D.C. crackdown

Washington Post journalists head out for a tense night on one of D.C.s busiest corridors, from dusk to dawn, during the first weekend of President Donald Trumps announcement of a federal takeover of D.C.s law enforcement.

20 Aug 2025 4:46 am
Trump administration cancels annual employee survey amid civil service tumult

The Federal Employee Viewpoint Survey has been sent to millions of federal workers over the years.

20 Aug 2025 12:42 am
Sherrod Brown raises $3.6 million in 24 hours for Senate campaign

The total includes $3 million raised by Browns campaign, and about $600,000 raised by the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee and the Ohio Democratic Party.

19 Aug 2025 11:55 pm
Trump offers assurance U.S. wont send ground troops to Ukraine

In a TV interview, the president suggested European nations would have troops on the ground in Ukraine, while the United States would support them in other ways.

19 Aug 2025 11:27 pm
Why this Texas lawmaker slept at the Capitol and is taking legal action

This is just my way of resisting, said Texas state Rep. Nicole Collier after Republicans ordered Democrats to be monitored by police if they left the statehouse again.

19 Aug 2025 10:15 pm
Key moments from Trump and Zelenskys second White House meeting

Donald Trumps meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky involved European leaders, talks on a ceasefire, and a letter to Melania Trump. Heres what to know.

19 Aug 2025 6:24 pm
Republicans in Congress take a harder line on negotiations with Putin

Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-South Dakota) emphasized that the Senate was prepared to impose sanctions on Russia to keep it at the negotiating table in its war with Ukraine.

19 Aug 2025 3:30 pm
In hurried D.C. summit, Europeans try to bend Trump away from Kremlin

European leaders rushed to Washington meet with President Trump and back up Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, but hours of talks did not yield a clear deal to end the war.

19 Aug 2025 6:46 am
Top Air Force general to exit in Hegseths latest shake-up of Pentagon

Gen. David Allvin will retire halfway through his four-year term, becoming the most recent senior military official to be forced out by the Trump administration.

19 Aug 2025 5:41 am
Saying thank you to Trump is high on Zelensky, other leaders agendas

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky joined European and NATO leaders to thank Trump a lot six months after the White House accused him of being ungrateful.

19 Aug 2025 5:40 am
Zelensky dresses up for Trump, five months after disastrous February encounter

President Donald Trump and others mocked Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in March when he showed up at the White House in his customary military-style fatigues. Zelensky apparently got the message.

19 Aug 2025 1:15 am
Trump says he will lead a movement to eliminate mail-in voting

The Constitution gives states the authority to regulate how elections are run, making it unlikely Trump can change voting rules unilaterally.

19 Aug 2025 12:31 am
Democrats return to Texas, clearing way for GOP to draw new map

Texas Democratic lawmakers left two weeks ago to block a GOP plan to redraw the states congressional districts. They said they were returning now that California Democrats are adopting a counterproposal.

18 Aug 2025 11:14 pm
Jules Witcover, political columnist who relished the horse race, dies at 98

He was one of the best-sourced political reporters of his generation, known for a long-running column he wrote with Baltimore Sun colleague Jack Germond.

18 Aug 2025 10:10 pm
California kicks off sprint to redraw House districts for Democrats

As Texas Republicans try to give themselves more congressional seats, California Democrats are responding with a plan to shift districts to the left in their state.

18 Aug 2025 8:08 pm
Russia pounds Ukraine as Zelensky, Europe backers prepare to meet with Trump

Zelensky described the strikes as cynical attacks ahead of the key White House meeting that could decide the future of Ukraine.

18 Aug 2025 6:12 pm
Live updates: Trump to host Zelensky, European leaders at White House for talks on Russia-Ukraine war

Get the latest news on President Donald Trumps meetings with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and European leaders at the White House.

18 Aug 2025 6:10 pm