WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s plans to build a skyline-altering arch in the nation’s capital won initial approval Thursday from a key federal commission. The National Capital Planning Commission voted to approve preliminary site and building plans for the 250-foot (76-meter) arch the Republican president wants to build on a traffic circle at the Virginia end of Memorial […]

A letter allegedly written by Tyler Robinson appearing to show a confession to murdering conservative activist Charlie Kirk was briefly shown to the public Thursday during a court hearing, despite a judge’s prior order barring the document from being displayed before jury selection. The disclosure occurred during a weeklong evidentiary hearing for Robinson, 23, who […]

Senate Republicans are treating Graham Platner’s exit from the Maine Senate race with a sense of urgency and want to avoid being caught flat-footed as Democrats prepare to field a new candidate. National and state Republicans have begun pulling together all of the opposition research done earlier in the cycle, according to a source familiar […]

Construction workers started hanging large custom-designed tarps over the North Portico’s white columns at the White House on Thursday, showing the public what President Donald Trump wants the renovated front entrance to look like. The tarps were printed with the redesigned columns as the coverings were placed over the actual columns, as seen in photos. […]