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Apr 25, 2026
Iran's foreign minister arrived in Islamabad for talks with Pakistani officials. The White House said Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner would leave for Islamabad on Saturday.
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Apr 25, 2026
The president said this week that bailing out the airline would save jobs, but his administration is divided.
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Apr 25, 2026
The president said this week that buying the bankrupt airline would save jobs but his administration is divided.
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Apr 25, 2026
The map still favors Republicans, but Trump's declining popularity --- particularly on the economy --- makes Democrats' once long-shot bid to retake the Senate more feasible than ever before.
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Apr 25, 2026
Top holders of Donald Trump's meme coin will get a conference at Mar-a-Lago, featuring Trump-branded swag and potential facetime, even as the coin has lost value.
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Apr 25, 2026
The president's black granite path is the newest change to the West Wing, following gold lettering, Oval Office gilding and a "Presidential Walk of Fame."
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Apr 25, 2026
New polls showed voters prefer Democrats on the economy for the first time since 2010 and Republicans disapprove of Trump's handling of inflation.
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Apr 25, 2026
Since Trump's return to the White House last year, the Justice Department has paid more than $8.5 million to resolve legal claims brought by allies and supporters.
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Apr 25, 2026
Since Trump's return to the White House last year, the Justice Department has paid more than $8.5 million to resolve legal claims brought by allies and supporters.
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Apr 24, 2026
The Justice Department also said it was reviving a lethal injection protocol used during President Donald Trump's first term.
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Apr 24, 2026
The White House will send Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner to talks in Islamabad, Pakistan, as Tehran decides not to send its top negotiator.
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Apr 24, 2026
After the Justice Department said a post-Watergate records law is unconstitutional, White House lawyers established a new policy that experts say weakens safeguards.
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Apr 24, 2026
After the Justice Department said a post-Watergate records law is unconstitutional, White House lawyers established a new policy that experts say weakens safeguards.
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Apr 23, 2026
The bet on the seizing of the Venezuelan leader has drawn scrutiny to insider trading within the growing prediction market industry.
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Apr 23, 2026
The bet on the seizing of the Venezuelan leader has drawn scrutiny to insider trading within the growing prediction market industry.
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Apr 23, 2026
The Russian leader has not yet committed to attend the annual gathering of world leaders, which is scheduled for December at the president's Doral golf resort.
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Apr 23, 2026
The path of the USS George H.W. Bush to the Middle East has been closely watched as President Trump demands progress in peace negotiations with Tehran.
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Apr 23, 2026
The drug company is the 17th to agree to lower its prices as part of the administration's Most Favored Nation initiative. It will make a new gene therapy available free.
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Apr 23, 2026
The audit by the department's inspector general follows months of lawmaker complaints over the congressionally mandated release of investigative files.
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Apr 23, 2026
Regeneron would be the 17th drug company to agree to lower its prices as part of the administration's Most Favored Nation initiative.
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Apr 23, 2026
A former reality TV contestant turned candidate in Virginia and two U.S. House hopefuls in Texas and Minnesota have been banned from the prediction market for five years.
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Apr 23, 2026
The Justice Department said the drug will now be listed on Schedule III, similar to some common prescription painkillers. The order does not decriminalize marijuana for recreational use.
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Apr 23, 2026
Republicans took a step toward reopening the Department of Homeland Security and ending the partial government shutdown without the help of Democrats.
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Apr 23, 2026
Republicans devised a time-consuming, two-pronged approach to reopen the Department of Homeland Security and end the longest partial government shutdown in history.
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Apr 23, 2026
At least five officials have left Trump's Cabinet and U.S. military leadership since the start of the war with Iran. Here's a look at who left and why.
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Apr 23, 2026
A spate of recent ethics cases illustrates the limits of a process that is slow and prone to political calculation.
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Apr 22, 2026
The billionaire was a significant contributor to President Donald Trump's campaign, but officials said he clashed repeatedly with Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth.
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Apr 22, 2026
The billionaire was a significant contributor to President Donald Trump's campaign, but officials said he clashed repeatedly with Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth.
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Apr 22, 2026
After a Virginia vote pushes seats toward Democrats, Republicans turn to Florida and the courts to claw back an edge.
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Apr 22, 2026
The onetime lawmaker is leaving Trump Media & Technology, which operates the social media platform Truth Social.
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Apr 22, 2026
The lawmaker, who had served in the chamber since 2003, was seeking a 13th term in his safely Democratic district.
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Apr 22, 2026
Follow President Trump's 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.
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Apr 22, 2026
Under an administration plan, marijuana would be moved to Schedule III, like some common prescription painkillers. It now has the same Schedule I classification as heroin.
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Apr 22, 2026
The Pentagon assessment, shared in a classified briefing for lawmakers, suggests gasoline and oil prices could remain elevated through the midterm elections.
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Apr 22, 2026
The ruling will make it easier for troops hurt in combat zones to win damages as contractors become a larger part of military operations around the world.
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Apr 22, 2026
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.
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Apr 22, 2026
The measure puts Democrats ahead in the battle for the House, but attention now shifts to Florida, where Republicans could regain the gerrymandering advantage.
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Apr 22, 2026
The measure puts Democrats ahead in the battle for the House, but attention now shifts to Florida, where Republicans could regain the gerrymandering advantage.
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Apr 22, 2026
As U.S. envoys pursue peace talks, the president confronts persistent sticking points: sanctions relief, enrichment limits and the risk of empowering Tehran.
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Apr 22, 2026
As U.S. envoys pursue peace talks, the president confronts persistent sticking points: sanctions relief, enrichment limits and the risk of empowering Tehran.
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Apr 22, 2026
As U.S. envoys pursue peace talks, the president confronts persistent sticking points: sanctions relief, enrichment limits and the risk of empowering Tehran.
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Apr 22, 2026
Some House races are newly competitive, and three Republican incumbents are now endangered.
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Apr 22, 2026
The report, which had cleared the agency's scientific-review process, had been delayed. It now won't be published at all, people familiar with the decision told The Post.
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Apr 21, 2026
The referendum creates as many as four Democratic-leaning districts in Virginia ahead of the midterm elections.
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Apr 21, 2026
The ruling sets up a likely Supreme Court battle over whether the Texas law violates the constitutional separation of church and state.
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Apr 21, 2026
He helped guide Pulitzer Prize-winning projects, including coverage of Russian election interference in 2016 and the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection at the U.S. Capitol.
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Apr 21, 2026
Survivors testified at the trial of a man charged in the 2021 suicide bombing at the Kabul airport that killed 13 U.S. troops and nearly 170 Afghans.
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Apr 21, 2026
The nearly 50 percent jump in spending would fund many of President Donald Trump's new military projects, but the request has to get through a skeptical Congress.
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Apr 21, 2026
The civil rights group is being investigated over how it has sought to infiltrate extremist groups, its CEO says, adding that it "will not be intimidated."
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Apr 21, 2026
The agreement governing hundreds of millions in private donations was kept secret until a watchdog group sued and a judge ordered it disclosed.
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Apr 21, 2026
The capture of the tanker ship Tifani follows a Trump administration directive to interdict sanctioned vessels believed to be involved in smuggling Iranian oil.
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Apr 21, 2026
In recent days, the Justice Department has summoned former intelligence officials under Barack Obama for interviews and made major shake-ups in its prosecutorial team.
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Apr 21, 2026
Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick was indicted last year on charges that she stole and laundered federal disaster money and used it to support a congressional campaign.
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Apr 21, 2026
The unusual secrecy surrounding the Waldorf Astoria meeting has frustrated some looking for funding clues as Trump's popularity has dropped to near historic lows.
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Apr 21, 2026
The civil rights group is being investigated over how it has sought to infiltrate extremist groups, its CEO says, adding that it "will not be intimidated."
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Apr 21, 2026
Voters hit the polls Tuesday in Virginia's redistricting referendum, which could determine control of the House of Representatives amid a national redistricting arms race.
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Apr 21, 2026
After Eric Swalwell's exit, a letter from 30 ex-staffers of former representative Katie Porter seeks to blunt attacks as Democrats fear getting locked out of the race.
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Apr 21, 2026
The party is aiming for upsets in districts that the president safely won — including some where the incumbents have been hit by scandals.
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Apr 21, 2026
Strategists in both parties say the president's unpopularity is dragging down incumbents not used to running hard campaigns, and some have been hit by scandals.
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Apr 20, 2026
Federal prosecutors allege Mohammad Sharifullah helped orchestrate the 2021 bombing by scouting out a potential route for the suicide bomber on behalf of ISIS-K.
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Apr 20, 2026
The president has made conflicting comments on questions both large and small related to the war.
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Apr 20, 2026
The rare move comes after recent scandals raised questions from lawmakers and others about how Congress handles investigations involving its members.
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Apr 20, 2026
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R) alleged in the lawsuit that ActBlue misled Congress and the public about its donor vetting process.
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Apr 20, 2026
The rare move comes after recent scandals raised questions from lawmakers and others about how Congress handles investigations involving its members.
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Apr 20, 2026
The rare move comes after recent scandals raised questions from lawmakers and others about how Congress handles investigations involving its members.
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Apr 20, 2026
The Colorado schools say they're being excluded from funding because of their denial of enrollment to children of LGBTQ parents, which the state deems discriminatory.
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Apr 20, 2026
The Washington Post's essential guide to power and influence in D.C.
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Apr 20, 2026
Acting attorney general Todd Blanche has moved quickly to put his stamp on the department, but other Trump loyalists also appear to be vying for leading roles.
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Apr 20, 2026
Bob Brooks, a firefighter who appeals to the White working class, engaged with right-wing content. His endorsers in the Pennsylvania House race stand by him.
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Apr 20, 2026
The trend is fueled by their status as political celebrities in a deeply divided country.
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Apr 20, 2026
The trend is fueled by their status as political celebrities in a deeply divided country.
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Apr 20, 2026
Many GOP states are enacting soda and candy bans for food stamp purchases amid MAHA's healthy food efforts. Some retailers and SNAP users find the new rules complicated.
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Apr 20, 2026
Many GOP states are enacting soda and candy bans for food stamp purchases amid MAHA's healthy food efforts. Some retailers and SNAP users find the new rules complicated.
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Apr 19, 2026
DOJ official Harmeet K. Dhillon wrote that she is seeking ballots to investigate election law compliance. Democratic state officials call the request baseless.
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Apr 19, 2026
The president has publicly highlighted his ballroom project on roughly a third of the days this year.
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Apr 19, 2026
The president has publicly highlighted his White House ballroom project on roughly a third of the days this year, a Washington Post analysis found.
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Apr 19, 2026
In Luanda, Catholics expressed love and admiration for Pope Leo XIV, the first American pope, but not so much for President Trump because of the war in Iran.
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Apr 18, 2026
"I think we're going to see Theodore Roosevelt inducted," Interior Secretary Doug Burgum said at an event on Thursday.
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Apr 18, 2026
The president is directing federal agencies to boost research into the drugs and support clinical trials, moves championed by Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
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Apr 18, 2026
The president is directing federal agencies to boost research into the drugs and support clinical trials, moves championed by Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
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Apr 18, 2026
As Trump pursued an unpopular war, Beijing positioned itself as a peacemaker, with little incentive to pressure Iran or annoy the U.S.
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Apr 18, 2026
As Trump pursued an unpopular war, Beijing positioned itself as a peacemaker, with little incentive to pressure Iran or annoy the U.S.
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Apr 18, 2026
The resignations of two lawmakers facing ethics investigations have drawn comparisons to the #MeToo movement. Some House members say it's time to revisit their rules and culture.
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Apr 18, 2026
The resignations of two lawmakers facing ethics investigations have drawn comparisons to the #MeToo movement. Some House members say it's time to revisit their rules and culture.
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Apr 18, 2026
Tehran put limits on the Strait of Hormuz's opening, as the United States issued a new sanctions exemption on the sale of Russian oil.
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Apr 17, 2026
Officials in Tehran said the Strait of Hormuz would reopen to commercial shipping, but they dismissed the president's claims of a wider agreement with the U.S.
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Apr 17, 2026
Despite some empty seats, Trump projected confidence in his party's ability to win the midterm elections. Some in the crowd focused on GOP divisions.
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Apr 17, 2026
The president will direct federal agencies to boost research into the drugs and support clinical trials, moves championed by Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
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Apr 17, 2026
President Trump and his family are suing federal agencies over leaks of their tax information. Court filings say they're in talks to find a solution instead of heading to trial.
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Apr 17, 2026
Officials in Tehran said the Strait of Hormuz would reopen to commercial shipping, but they dismissed the president's claims of a wider agreement with the U.S.
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Apr 17, 2026
Democrats want to grill the top immigration officials in a hearing before the House Homeland Security Committee. But the White House did not say if they'll participate.
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Apr 17, 2026
The decision puts into question a $745 million judgment against Chevron to help restore coastal wetlands in Louisiana that were damaged as long ago as World War II.
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Apr 17, 2026
Trump officials say the program is vital to national security, but skeptics — including some Republicans — have stonewalled its reauthorization without changes to protect civil liberties.
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Apr 17, 2026
Trump officials say the program is vital to national security, but skeptics — including some Republicans — have stonewalled its reauthorization without changes to protect civil liberties.
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Apr 17, 2026
In his second term, the president has doubled down on efforts to reframe public perception of the 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol, in court and beyond.
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Apr 17, 2026
In his second term, the president has doubled down on efforts to reframe public perception of the 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol, in court and beyond.
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Apr 16, 2026
Cameron Hamilton had publicly disagreed with previous efforts to dismantle FEMA. While those plans have shifted, the agency's future is still unclear.
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Apr 16, 2026
Trump touts "no tax on tips" in Las Vegas as voters grapple with high prices and economic unease.
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Apr 16, 2026
Cameron Hamilton had publicly disagreed with previous efforts to dismantle FEMA. While those plans have shifted, the agency's future is still unclear.
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Apr 16, 2026
President Donald Trump announced the agreement, which went into force Thursday evening, as Pakistani mediators worked to extend a U.S.-Iran ceasefire and arrange new talks.
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