A new round of finger-pointing among Democrats about the 2024 presidential election raises more questions than it answers, chief among them why the party wasn’t better prepared for the possibility that former President Joe Biden might not be up for a reelection bid. Biden turned 82 shortly after Election Day. He was already the oldest […]
A U.S. passenger flight preparing to leave the nation’s capital and an incoming military jet received instructions to divert and prevent a possible collision, officials said. Delta Air Lines Flight 2983 was cleared for takeoff at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport on Friday around 3:15 p.m., the same time four U.S. Air Force T-38 Talon […]
President Donald Trump has worked to advance his agenda at lightning speed, but courts have halted those efforts after an avalanche of challenges to his actions. North Carolina Republicans are eyeing a way to stop Democrats from adding to the onslaught. Democratic attorneys general have been one of the few forms of resistance to Trump’s […]
Progressive lawmakers are stepping into the political vacuum left by former President Joe Biden as Democrats search for leaders who will challenge Republicans’ newfound control of Washington. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT), once marginalized by his own party establishment, is now embraced as a conduit for the grassroots anger directed at President Donald Trump. Sanders has […]
Steve Bannon, host of the popular conservative War Room podcast, has repeatedly pushed for President Donald Trump to run for a third presidential term. However, the Constitution bars presidents from serving more than two terms, making the possibility of Trump mounting a bid for another term unlikely. Still, Bannon is in a unique position to […]
The end of March marks the peak bloom of cherry blossom trees in Washington, D.C., and the LEGO Discovery Center is celebrating the occasion by adding its own decorations to its miniature replica of the nation’s capital. The LEGO cherry blossom trees returned to the center’s Washington, D.C., display from last year, with an extra […]
A pair of federal judges have paused portions of President Donald Trump’s executive order targeting Jenner & Block and WilmerHale in their respective cases against the Trump administration. Jenner & Block and WilmerHale had employees linked to the Mueller investigation, which provoked Trump in part to punish them. Judge John Bates is halting portions of […]
MADISON, Wisconsin — Wisconsin’s Democratic attorney general sued Elon Musk on Friday, asking the court to stop the billionaire from promoting a $1 million giveaway to two residents who had already cast their ballots in the state’s Supreme Court race. “The Wisconsin Department of Justice is committed to ensuring that elections in Wisconsin are safe, secure, […]
The Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom law firm will provide $100 million in pro bono work to the Trump administration to avoid an executive order punishing it for allegedly weaponizing the legal system against conservatives. President Donald Trump has targeted several of Skadden’s competitors with executive orders in the last two months, but the […]
A federal appeals court in Washington, D.C., ruled 2-1 Friday that President Donald Trump can remove commissioners from the National Labor Relations Board and the Merit Systems Protection Board. The two commissioners the Trump administration seeks to oust — Gwynne Wilcox of the NLRB and Cathy Harris of the MSPB — were appointed by former […]
