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Washington Post Politics
May 18, 2025

‘I own the store': Trump seeks a direct role in the economy
From prices to tariffs to dealmaking, Trump's involvement in economic issues prompts both frustration and applause.

Washington Post Politics
May 18, 2025

Meet the small-business owner suing Trump over tariffs
"One minute I was talking about how to make an easy pot roast, and the next minute we're talking about an international trade war," Emily Ley said.

Washington Post Politics
May 18, 2025

For Democrats, there's no escaping (for now) the Biden hangover from 2024
At a time when they need to be looking forward, Democrats are having to revisit the question of why they didn't call on the then-president not to seek a second term.

Washington Post Politics
May 17, 2025

RFK Jr. to Congress: ‘I don't think people should be taking medical advice from me'
The nation's top health official, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., faces questions from lawmakers on his response to the measles outbreak and plans for budget cuts.

Washington Post Politics
May 17, 2025

Trump peddles false conspiracy theories tying Clintons to several deaths
Donald Trump has made thousands of false claims about his political opponents across his two terms in office while threatening his critics.

Washington Post Politics
May 17, 2025

Trump calls on Walmart to absorb tariffs rather than raise prices
President Donald Trump on Saturday scolded Walmart for saying that his tariffs would force the retail company to up its prices.

Washington Post Politics
May 17, 2025

Trump says he will speak to Putin, Zelensky about Ukraine war on Monday
Russia and Ukraine held direct talks -- their first since the early weeks of the war -- in Turkey this week.

Washington Post Politics
May 17, 2025

Republicans set make-believe deadline, turning agenda into process story
By setting and missing fake timelines, congressional majorities always shift the focus away from policy and toward how policy "sausage" is made.

Washington Post Politics
May 17, 2025

With Comey questioning, the Trump administration again targets speech
Since retaking the White House, the Trump administration has targeted students, law firms and even elected officials for speech and other activity traditionally protected by the First Amendment.

Washington Post Politics
May 17, 2025

Trump's actions are pushing thousands of experts to flee government
The U.S. DOGE Service's push for early retirement and deferred resignation is leading to a federal brain drain, longtime staffers fear.

Washington Post Politics
May 17, 2025

Thousands of experts and leaders are fleeing Trump's government
The U.S. DOGE Service's push for early retirement and deferred resignation is leading to a federal brain drain, longtime staffers fear.

Washington Post Politics
May 17, 2025

How to produce a statistic for a White House news release
Crafting the headline figure for an American deal with Qatar requires ingenuity and optimism.

Washington Post Politics
May 17, 2025

Court lifts block on Trump order to strip federal workers of union rights
The injunction had frozen the president's order seeking to remove collective bargaining rights from workers at dozens of government agencies and offices.

Washington Post Politics
May 16, 2025

Audio of 2023 Biden interview with Hur reveals pauses, halting replies
Although a transcript of the interview had already been released, the recording is striking and fleshes out the picture of the high-stakes session.

Washington Post Politics
May 16, 2025

Trump returns to D.C. facing Supreme Court ruling against some deportations, GOP blowback on bill
President Donald Trump's first major international trip of his second term wound down with events in the United Arab Emirates.

Washington Post Politics
May 16, 2025

Trump says ‘rich' Middle Eastern countries he visited would be involved in Gaza solution


Washington Post Politics
May 16, 2025

Trump on Ukraine war: ‘Putin is tired of this whole thing, and he's not looking good'


Washington Post Politics
May 16, 2025

President Donald Trump said he "would not have wanted to disappoint" the United Arab Emirates (UAE)...


Washington Post Politics
May 16, 2025

James Comey, and a sudden shift in what ‘86' supposedly means
Trump and top officials in his administration are suggesting Comey should be imprisoned for a phrase that has frequently been used innocuously in politics in recent years.

Washington Post Politics
May 16, 2025

Trump says Supreme Court is ‘not allowing me to do what I was elected to do' on deportations


Washington Post Politics
May 16, 2025

Cassie Ventura finishes emotional testimony in Sean ‘Diddy' Combs's trial
The first week of Diddy trial testimony ended with Cassie Ventura's final remarks, explosive testimony from Dawn Richard — and a question mark.

Washington Post Politics
May 16, 2025

How DOGE's grand plan to remake Social Security is backfiring
The agency is abandoning an initiative aimed at preventing fraud, the latest example of a failed effort by Elon Musk's disruptive cost-cutting team.

Washington Post Politics
May 16, 2025

Comey under investigation for ‘threat' to Trump on social media, officials say
The Trump administration accused the former FBI director of insinuating a call to violence in an Instagram post, which he denied.

Washington Post Politics
May 16, 2025

Former FBI director James B. Comey was scheduled to visit the Secret Service's Washington Field Office...


Washington Post Politics
May 16, 2025

Podcast on the Diddy trial: Cassie's "freak-offs" testimony


Washington Post Politics
May 16, 2025

Sean ‘Diddy' Combs's trial recap: Cassie Ventura finishes emotional testimony
Sean "Diddy" Combs's federal sex-trafficking trial continued on Day 5, Cassie Ventura, Dawn Richard and special agent Yasin Binda testified.

Washington Post Politics
May 16, 2025

Moody's downgrades U.S. credit as Congress considers bill that could add to deficits


Washington Post Politics
May 16, 2025

Trial week ends with explosive testimony, and a question mark


Washington Post Politics
May 16, 2025

President Donald Trump appeared to respond on his social network to the Supreme Court's order continuing...


Washington Post Politics
May 16, 2025

The judge has dismissed the jury for the day following Dawn Richard's description of Sean Combs's...


Washington Post Politics
May 16, 2025

Sean Combs continued to beat Cassie Ventura as she was on the floor, Dawn Richard testified,...


Washington Post Politics
May 16, 2025

Live updates: Cassie Ventura's testimony ends in Sean ‘Diddy' Comb's trial, Dawn Richard testifies
Sean "Diddy" Combs's federal sex-trafficking trial continues on Day 5, Cassie Ventura, Dawn Richard and special agent Yasin Binda testified.

Washington Post Politics
May 16, 2025

Dawn Richard testified that she was visiting Sean Combs's Los Angeles home to record music, and...


Washington Post Politics
May 16, 2025

Dawn Richard, who performed in two bands managed by Sean Combs, testified that she saw him...


Washington Post Politics
May 16, 2025

With less than half an hour until the trial is supposed to break for the week,...


Washington Post Politics
May 16, 2025

Live updates: Trump returns to D.C. facing Supreme Court ruling against some deportations, GOP blowback on bill
President Donald Trump's first major international trip of his second term wound down with events in the United Arab Emirates.

Washington Post Politics
May 16, 2025

Supreme Court maintains block on some Trump deportations of migrants


Washington Post Politics
May 16, 2025

More photographs from the hotel raid. Special agent Yasin Binda described finding a black fanny pack...


Washington Post Politics
May 16, 2025

Special agent Yasin Binda is describing Sean Combs's multi-room hotel suite at the time she helped...


Washington Post Politics
May 16, 2025

Homeland Security agent Yasin Binda is describing photographs of large zip lock bags filled with Johnson's...


Washington Post Politics
May 16, 2025

Yasin Binda, a special agent with Homeland Security, testified that she participated in a raid on...


Washington Post Politics
May 16, 2025

The prosecution has called their next witness after Cassie Ventura — special agent Yasin Binda, an...


Washington Post Politics
May 16, 2025

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt doubled down on President Donald Trump's pressure campaign urging Republican...


Washington Post Politics
May 16, 2025

Cassie Ventura has finally completed her testimony and left the witness stand, after spending four consecutive...


Washington Post Politics
May 16, 2025

Witness Dawn Richard arrives at ‘Diddy' trial


Washington Post Politics
May 16, 2025

The InterContinental Hotels Group — whose Los Angeles location was the site of Cassie Ventura's beating...


Washington Post Politics
May 16, 2025

The government's brief redirect of Cassie Ventura is over, and now the defense team gets another...


Washington Post Politics
May 16, 2025

Trump lawyers ask Supreme Court to allow plans for mass layoffs


Washington Post Politics
May 16, 2025

Cassie Ventura sobbed during her last exchange with prosecutor Emily Johnson, repeating that the freak-offs and...


Washington Post Politics
May 16, 2025

Prosecutors' final questioning of Cassie Ventura ended with a rapid-fire set of queries, during which Ventura...


Washington Post Politics
May 16, 2025

Cassie Ventura confirmed that she had consensual sex with Combs after the alleged rape in 2018...


Washington Post Politics
May 16, 2025

Prosecutors directed Cassie Ventura's attention to text messages sent shortly after a 2018 incident in which...


Washington Post Politics
May 16, 2025

Kaja Sokola, a former model testifying in Harvey Weinstein's retrial in New York, was seen arriving...


Washington Post Politics
May 16, 2025

Live updates: Cassie Ventura cross-examined over drugs, texts in Sean ‘Diddy' Comb's trial
Sean "Diddy" Combs's federal sex-trafficking trial continues on Day 5, Cassie Ventura and former Danity Kane singer Dawn Richard are expected to testify.

Washington Post Politics
May 16, 2025

Fed to trim workforce by about 10 percent in coming years


Washington Post Politics
May 16, 2025

Prosecutor Emily Johnson asked Cassie Ventura whether she had a "clear memory" of events in August...


Washington Post Politics
May 16, 2025

Trump and FIFA's Infantino bond in Mideast ahead of 2026 World Cup
Both men have much at stake as the World Cup heads to North America next year, with the potential for President Donald Trump's immigration policies to chill international attendance.

Washington Post Politics
May 16, 2025

Trump and FIFA's Infantino bond in the Mideast ahead of next year's World Cup
Both men have much at stake as the World Cup heads to North America next year, with the potential for President Donald Trump's immigration policies to chill international attendance.

Washington Post Politics
May 16, 2025

Assistant U.S. attorney Emily Johnson is going over many of the same text conversations and events...


Washington Post Politics
May 16, 2025

Prosecutor Emily Johnson started her redirect by asking Cassie Ventura about the volume of text messages...


Washington Post Politics
May 16, 2025

Cassie Ventura has finally finished her cross-examination testimony and is now giving her redirect testimony, where...


Washington Post Politics
May 16, 2025

The defense ended its cross-examination of Cassie Ventura by raising a text exchange from 2012, in...


Washington Post Politics
May 16, 2025

Wrapping up its nearly two-day-long cross-examination of Cassie Ventura, the defense asked about her reaction last...


Washington Post Politics
May 16, 2025

The defense had a brief exchange with Cassie Ventura, an R&B artist, about a tour she...


Washington Post Politics
May 16, 2025

Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost (R) suspended his campaign for governor Friday, another sign of the...


Washington Post Politics
May 16, 2025

Cassie Ventura asked about love bomb texts from Sean Combs


Washington Post Politics
May 16, 2025

The defense had a brief exchange with Cassie Ventura about a tour she cancelled recently. Sean...


Washington Post Politics
May 16, 2025

Cassie Ventura said that she never met up with Sean Combs after seeing him at his...


Washington Post Politics
May 16, 2025

DHS considering reality show in which immigrants compete for citizenship


Washington Post Politics
May 16, 2025

The jury is back in the room, and Cassie Ventura is back on the witness stand.


Washington Post Politics
May 16, 2025

Court is back in session. Before Cassie Ventura and the jury came back from lunch, the...


Washington Post Politics
May 16, 2025

Much of the defense's cross-examination of Cassie Ventura the past two days has used text messages...


Washington Post Politics
May 16, 2025

Sean Combs's three sons returned to court on Friday as the first week of testimony in...


Washington Post Politics
May 16, 2025

Sean Combs's trial will not be broadcast, and sketches are the only visuals the public will...


Washington Post Politics
May 16, 2025

Suspect in Noem's purse theft had partner in similar robbery, indictment says


Washington Post Politics
May 16, 2025

Sean ‘Diddy' Combs trial live updates: Cassie Ventura's text messages cross-examined by defense
Sean "Diddy" Combs's federal sex-trafficking trial continues on Day 5, Cassie Ventura and former Danity Kane singer Dawn Richard are expected to testify.

Washington Post Politics
May 16, 2025

Court is recessed for lunch. Attorneys said they will work through the break to introduce any...


Washington Post Politics
May 16, 2025

A long morning of questions seems to have had an effect on Cassie Ventura. She is...


Washington Post Politics
May 16, 2025

The defense is probing the events of Sept. 27, 2018, when Cassie Ventura and Sean Combs...


Washington Post Politics
May 16, 2025

GOP hard-liners stall Trump's legislative package on taxes and immigration


Washington Post Politics
May 16, 2025

GOP hard-liners stall Trump's legislative package on taxes, immigration


Washington Post Politics
May 16, 2025

The defense is zeroing in on a series of text messages from September 2018 between Cassie...


Washington Post Politics
May 16, 2025

The defense is asking Cassie Ventura about a weedy series of dates, texts and meetings with...


Washington Post Politics
May 16, 2025

President Donald Trump announced Friday his endorsement of Sen. Shelley Moore Capito (R-West Virginia) for reelection.


Washington Post Politics
May 16, 2025

We have returned to court and are picking up with an exchange of text messages between...


Washington Post Politics
May 16, 2025

Video: 3 takeaways from Ventura's testimony so far


Washington Post Politics
May 16, 2025

The court is taking a brief break, but the judge has asked both legal teams to...


Washington Post Politics
May 16, 2025

Cassie Ventura's voice is markedly lower as the defense asks about her rehab experience, including "neurofeedback"...


Washington Post Politics
May 16, 2025

Trump urges Republican lawmakers to unite on bill advancing his agenda


Washington Post Politics
May 16, 2025

Consumer sentiment sinks near record low amid tariffs, inflation fears


Washington Post Politics
May 16, 2025

Cassie Ventura is normally unflappable on the stand, but you can hear her voice shrink as...


Washington Post Politics
May 16, 2025

Cassie and Diddy's relationship reexamined in courtroom testimony


Washington Post Politics
May 16, 2025

Trump speaks with Zelensky after Ukraine-Russia peace talks


Washington Post Politics
May 16, 2025

Trump blasts Springsteen as ‘not a talented guy' after rocker criticizes administration


Washington Post Politics
May 16, 2025

Sean Combs was upset after sex videos of Cassie Ventura leaked, she testified. "Mr. Combs would...


Washington Post Politics
May 16, 2025

The defense is playing audio from 2014, in which Cassie Ventura threatens to kill a man...


Washington Post Politics
May 16, 2025

Tracking who Trump is appointing to fill key administration roles
Follow President-elect 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.

Washington Post Politics
May 16, 2025

Trump is taking credit for Middle East deals that predate his presidency
Trump has been escalating pressure on leaders in the Middle East to up their investment in the United States.

Washington Post Politics
May 16, 2025

The defense is questioning Cassie Ventura about a 2013 birthday party for her brother, where she...


Washington Post Politics
May 16, 2025

First lady Melania Trump plans to join President Donald Trump at a signing ceremony Monday for...


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