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Washington Post Politics
Dec 17, 2025

Live updates: Trump addresses nation amid economic pressure, tension with Venezuela
The president is expected to tout his economic accomplishments during his first year back in office.

Washington Post Politics
Dec 17, 2025

Networks giving prime time to Trump resisted doing so for other presidents


Washington Post Politics
Dec 17, 2025

Inflation pushing more holiday shoppers toward practical gifts


Washington Post Politics
Dec 17, 2025

Polls show economy has gone from a Trump strength to a Trump weakness


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Dec 17, 2025

Inflation in 2025 has remained stubborn


Washington Post Politics
Dec 17, 2025

Shoppers shy away from new cars as prices rise


Washington Post Politics
Dec 17, 2025

Jack Smith defends his cases against Trump during hours-long deposition
Former special counsel Jack Smith was giving a closed-door deposition to the House Judiciary Committee. He had asked to testify in public.

Washington Post Politics
Dec 17, 2025

Michael Flynn, once probed over foreign payments, lobbied for Bosnian Serbs
Flynn is the second person pardoned by President Trump to work on behalf of the Bosnian Serb republic.

Washington Post Politics
Dec 17, 2025

Dan Bongino announces he is leaving FBI deputy director job in January
President Donald Trump commended Bongino on his tenure and suggested that he would be returning to his job as a conservative podcaster.

Washington Post Politics
Dec 17, 2025

Trump attempts domestic reset with White House address Wednesday evening
The president's approval ratings reached their lowest numbers in late November. Even some supporters say he has done too little to improve their lives.

Washington Post Politics
Dec 17, 2025

Bongino announces he is leaving FBI deputy director job in January
President Donald Trump commended Bongino on his tenure and suggested that he would be returning to his job as a conservative podcaster.

Washington Post Politics
Dec 17, 2025

Is this the American oligarchy?
An exclusive investigation from The Washington Post has found that America's wealthiest people are spending unprecedented amounts of money on U.S. politics. How is that reshaping American democracy?

Washington Post Politics
Dec 17, 2025

Trump commends Bongino as FBI's deputy director makes plans to leave post
Dan Bongino has told colleagues that his last official day at the bureau will be in January, according to two people familiar with the matter.

Washington Post Politics
Dec 17, 2025

House Democrats roll out stock trading ban that includes Trump
The move could doom bipartisan efforts to ban stock trading, as Republicans may not back a measure that extends to the executive branch.

Washington Post Politics
Dec 17, 2025

Trump trolls Biden, Obama in new plaques on ‘Presidential Walk of Fame'
The fresh adornments to a "Presidential Walk of Fame" that Trump installed in September take a display already intended as a bit of a troll to new heights.

Washington Post Politics
Dec 17, 2025

To make newborn investment accounts a reality, Trump goes looking for donations


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Dec 17, 2025

Shoppers shy away from new cars as prices rise and tariffs cut into budgets


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Dec 17, 2025

Labor market flashing warning signs


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Dec 17, 2025

Trump taps Yale doctor who pushed unproven covid treatment to lead U.S. cancer effort
Harvey Risch, an epidemiologist respected for his cancer research, promoted the use of hydroxychloroquine during the pandemic, despite a lack of evidence it worked against covid.

Washington Post Politics
Dec 17, 2025

Senators freeze Coast Guard admiral's promotion over swastika, noose policy
Adm. Kevin Lunday had condemned both symbols and directed they be prohibited, but a new workplace harassment policy downgrading them to "potentially divisive" was allowed to take effect.

Washington Post Politics
Dec 17, 2025

Senate passes Pentagon bill pressing Hegseth to disclose boat strike evidence
The sprawling legislation includes a provision seeking video and other materials detailing the Trump administration's military activities in Latin America.

Washington Post Politics
Dec 17, 2025

Senate passes Pentagon bill urging Hegseth to disclose boat strike evidence
The sprawling legislation includes a provision seeking video and other materials detailing the Trump administration's military activities in Latin America.

Washington Post Politics
Dec 17, 2025

Trump administration admits to targeting blue states for energy grant cuts
Justice Department lawyers argue in court documents that it is legal for the administration to withhold funding based on partisan politics.

Washington Post Politics
Dec 17, 2025

Jack Smith defends his cases against Trump on Capitol Hill
Former special counsel Jack Smith was giving a closed-door deposition to the House Judiciary Committee. He had asked to testify in public.

Washington Post Politics
Dec 17, 2025

Moderate House Republicans join Democrats to force vote on ACA subsidies
The Senate has already rejected the plan, so the subsidies are still virtually certain to expire at the end of this year.

Washington Post Politics
Dec 17, 2025

DHS fast-tracked $1 billion contract to pro-Trump donor's company
A DHS official leading the process previously worked at the America First Policy Institute, a pro-Trump nonprofit where the contractor's CEO was a donor.

Washington Post Politics
Dec 17, 2025

Marjorie Taylor Greene says ‘dam is breaking' within GOP against Trump
In a CNN interview, the Georgia congresswoman said Trump's reaction to the death of Rob Reiner was "classless" and she didn't see the GOP winning in the midterms.

Washington Post Politics
Dec 16, 2025

Federal judge suggests White House ballroom construction may continue
Judge Richard J. Leon said Trump officials had two weeks to submit plans for their controversial addition. Historic preservationists are demanding an immediate halt.

Washington Post Politics
Dec 16, 2025

White House rallies around Susie Wiles after candid interviews
Chief of staff candidly assesses the president and his team to Vanity Fair, saying Trump has "an alcoholic's personality," Bondi "whiffed" on the Epstein files and Vance's pro-Trump makeover was "political."

Washington Post Politics
Dec 16, 2025

White House rallies around Susie Wiles after unguarded interviews
Chief of staff candidly assesses the president and his team to Vanity Fair, saying Trump has "an alcoholic's personality," Bondi "whiffed" on the Epstein files and Vance's pro-Trump makeover was "political."

Washington Post Politics
Dec 16, 2025

Where things stand with the White House ballroom
Details of the White House's ballroom project were made public when Justice Department lawyers filed arguments against a lawsuit seeking to block construction.

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Dec 16, 2025

Trump expands travel ban to 39 countries after shooting of Guard members
The administration added 20 countries to the 19 whose citizens already faced full or partial restrictions on entering the United States.

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Dec 16, 2025

Heritage Foundation loses two more trustees in antisemitism controversy
Some staff at the Heritage Foundation revolted over the defense its president, Kevin Roberts, gave of Tucker Carlson's interview with antisemite Nick Fuentes.

Washington Post Politics
Dec 16, 2025

What the end of Trump's first year looks like
Prices and deportations are going up, while polls regularly show a majority disapproves of his presidency and that most of his major policies are unpopular.

Washington Post Politics
Dec 16, 2025

Coast Guard enacts policy calling swastikas, nooses ‘potentially divisive'
The Coast Guard's workplace harassment manual that downgrades the definition of swastikas and nooses quietly went into effect this week.

Washington Post Politics
Dec 16, 2025

Internal Forest Service report finds ‘unpassable trails, unsafe bridges'
A report obtained by The Post says the U.S. Forest Service's trails are deteriorating rapidly due to staff cuts under the Trump administration, posing risks to visitors.

Washington Post Politics
Dec 16, 2025

Trump officials restrict top ratings for staff across federal agencies
The move could make it easier to lay off federal employees and is likely illegal, experts say.

Washington Post Politics
Dec 16, 2025

White House ballroom work must continue for national security, DOJ says
Trump officials maintain the president can unilaterally remake the White House. Historic preservationists are suing to immediately halt the project.

Washington Post Politics
Dec 16, 2025

Trump has signed more executive orders in 2025 than in his entire first term
One third of Trump's executive orders have been explicitly challenged in court, a Post analysis of data from nonprofits CourtListener and JustSecurity found.

Washington Post Politics
Dec 15, 2025

Hegseth's office ‘escalating' probe of Sen. Mark Kelly, Pentagon says
A lawyer for the Arizona Democrat warned the Defense Department that any legal action it may take "would be unconstitutional and an extraordinary abuse of power."

Washington Post Politics
Dec 15, 2025

Some Republican lawmakers call for mass expulsion of American Muslims
Comments from Rep. Randy Fine (R-Florida) and Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Alabama) reflect a brazen Islamophobic sentiment being voiced by some in the party.

Washington Post Politics
Dec 15, 2025

Trump attack on Rob Reiner tests the limits, even for his MAGA base
The president accused the Hollywood director, who was stabbed to death along with his wife, of having "Trump derangement syndrome."

Washington Post Politics
Dec 15, 2025

Pentagon plan calls for major power shifts within U.S. military
If adopted, the changes would fulfill Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's pledge to disrupt the status quo and slash the number of four-star generals.

Washington Post Politics
Dec 15, 2025

U.S. offers Ukraine security guarantee in bid to strike peace deal
Ukrainian leaders said Monday they appreciated White House efforts to reach a deal even as significant gaps appeared to remain between the sides.

Washington Post Politics
Dec 15, 2025

Justice officials say they stopped a terror plot targeting companies in L.A. area
Justice Department officials say they stopped a terrorism plot in the Los Angeles and Orange County area of California.

Washington Post Politics
Dec 15, 2025

Justice officials say they stopped a terror plot targeting companies in LA-area
Justice Department officials say they stopped a terrorism plot in the Los Angeles and Orange County area of California.

Washington Post Politics
Dec 15, 2025

Prosecutor says judge knew she would get ‘heat' for aiding immigrant
The Wisconsin judge charged with obstructing an immigration arrest operation goes to trial, testing the administration's escalating actions against perceived foes of its agenda.

Washington Post Politics
Dec 15, 2025

Trump bashes late director Rob Reiner, drawing immediate backlash
Prominent right-wing figures are among those who pushed back on the president's suggestion that the death of Reiner and his wife were connected to Reiner's previous criticism of Trump.

Washington Post Politics
Dec 15, 2025

Supreme Court to review Mississippi case on alleged omission of Black jurors
The Supreme Court agreed to review the conviction of a death-row inmate who says prosecutors discriminated by excluding Black jurors during his 2006 trial.

Washington Post Politics
Dec 15, 2025

Instacart director says she was fired for Democratic congressional campaign
Lisa Vedernikova Khanna, a candidate in Virginia, says in a lawsuit that the mobile shopping giant cited concerns her bid could hurt the company with President Donald Trump.

Washington Post Politics
Dec 15, 2025

Justice officials say they stopped a terror plot in Southern California
Department of Justice officials say they stopped a terrorism plot in the Los Angeles and Orange County area of California.

Washington Post Politics
Dec 15, 2025

The Democrat testing the appetite for a leader from the ‘one percent'
Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker has tapped his wealth to climb the political ladder, moving toward a White House run while presenting himself as a champion for everyday people.

Washington Post Politics
Dec 15, 2025

Do Democrats need their own billionaire? JB Pritzker is betting on it.
The Illinois governor has tapped his wealth to climb the political ladder, moving toward a White House run while presenting himself as a champion for everyday people.

Washington Post Politics
Dec 15, 2025

MAGA leaders warn Trump the base is checking out. Will he listen?
President Donald Trump is taking criticism from supporters for not addressing cost-of-living issues while focusing too much on foreign policy and billionaires.

Washington Post Politics
Dec 14, 2025

Rank-and-file Republicans feel heat from constituents on health care
As efforts to address expiring Obamacare subsidies stall in Congress, members of Trump's party say it's time to find a way to help millions afford health insurance.

Washington Post Politics
Dec 14, 2025

How Trump's tech advisers overcame a MAGA rebellion over AI
President Trump's executive order limiting states' power to regulate AI split his supporters and highlighted Silicon Valley's growing influence over his agenda.

Washington Post Politics
Dec 14, 2025

Trump's library plan: An ‘iconic building' in Miami and a ‘fake news wing'
Trump might follow the example of Obama, who created a private foundation to build his Chicago center where museum exhibits are not subject to government review.

Washington Post Politics
Dec 13, 2025

More money, more corruption require more attention, nonprofit says
OpenSecrets, which started four decades ago, is renewing its drive to help voters follow the money between special interests and government officials.

Washington Post Politics
Dec 13, 2025

Trump leans into isolation as challenges mount at home
As the administration enters choppy political waters, it has redoubled its pushback against foreign people, products and cultures.

Washington Post Politics
Dec 13, 2025

Trump takes first step in possible bid to control D.C.'s public golf courses
The administration puts National Links Trust on the clock with notice that jeopardizes the lease.

Washington Post Politics
Dec 13, 2025

Trump moves on D.C. golf courses with notice to nonprofit
The administration puts the National Links Trust on the clock in a bid to take control of the city's three public golf courses.

Washington Post Politics
Dec 13, 2025

Donald Trump is known for firing people. But not this year.
Some Republicans watching Trump's second term say there's a different dynamic this term: The president is surrounded by people who don't challenge him.

Washington Post Politics
Dec 13, 2025

Trump called her ‘garbage.' Rep. Ilhan Omar says she remains unfazed.
"There's this creepy obsession that he seems to have on me that just feels pretty obnoxious," the Minnesota Democrat said of the president.

Washington Post Politics
Dec 13, 2025

VA plans to abruptly eliminate tens of thousands of health care jobs
Strains on the system could grow with the elimination of as many as 35,000 mostly unfilled health care positions, including doctors, nurses and support staff.

Washington Post Politics
Dec 12, 2025

Judge orders return of evidence against Comey, citing constitutional concerns
U.S. District Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly ordered the FBI to return emails and other electronic communications it seized from Comey confidant Daniel Richman.

Washington Post Politics
Dec 12, 2025

Judge's ruling could doom Trump's bid to prosecute Comey
U.S. District Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly ordered the FBI to return emails and other electronic communications it seized from Comey confidant Daniel Richman.

Washington Post Politics
Dec 12, 2025

House Republicans unveil health care plan, set up vote for next week
House Republicans unveiled a plan to address rising health insurance costs and extend Affordable Care Act subsidies.

Washington Post Politics
Dec 12, 2025

House Republicans unveil healthcare plan, set up vote for next week
House Republicans unveil a new healthcare proposal to address rising health insurance costs and extend ACA subsidies

Washington Post Politics
Dec 12, 2025

Republican lawmakers tell Trump something he's not used to hearing: No
In a pair of nearly simultaneous votes this week in the Indiana legislature and in Congress, GOP lawmakers issued unusual displays of defiance.

Washington Post Politics
Dec 12, 2025

DOJ sues Georgia county as Trump pushes debunked 2020 election fraud claims
President Donald Trump has increasingly pressured his administration to find widespread voter fraud in the 2020 election, despite those claims having been debunked and dismissed in dozens of cases by the courts.

Washington Post Politics
Dec 12, 2025

Admiral's top military lawyer to be summoned in House boat strike inquiry
Adm. Frank Bradley's legal adviser has emerged as a key figure as members of Congress assess whether the killing of two men violated the law of armed conflict.

Washington Post Politics
Dec 12, 2025

Top military lawyer to be summoned in House boat strike inquiry
Adm. Frank Bradley's legal adviser has emerged as a key figure as members of Congress assess whether the killing of two men violated the law of armed conflict.

Washington Post Politics
Dec 12, 2025

House Democrats release photos from Epstein estate of Trump, other public figures
Democrats on the House Oversight Committee released 19 images, many of them previously published, including some of Bill Clinton, Woody Allen, Steve Bannon and others.

Washington Post Politics
Dec 12, 2025

House Democrats release photos of Epstein with Trump, other public figures
Democrats on the House Oversight Committee released more than a dozen photos showing the convicted sex offender with Bill Clinton, Woody Allen, Steve Bannon and others.

Washington Post Politics
Dec 12, 2025

Army charges gynecologist with secretly recording dozens of patients
The Army is investigating Maj. Blaine McGraw's gynecological work at two major military hospitals in Texas and Hawaii.

Washington Post Politics
Dec 12, 2025

Delaware's acting U.S. attorney resigns amid fight over Trump's appointees
Julianne Murray, an ex-chair of the Delaware Republican Party who the Justice Department appointed as interim U.S. attorney in the state, announced her departure.

Washington Post Politics
Dec 12, 2025

National Trust sues to stop Trump's ballroom construction
The organization, which is charged by Congress with historic preservation, is seeking to halt construction on one of the president's priorities.

Washington Post Politics
Dec 12, 2025

Secret meetings between FBI and Ukraine negotiator spark concern
FBI Director Kash Patel and his deputy, Dan Bongino, have met with Ukraine's top delegate amid a U.S. pressure campaign on Kyiv to trade land for peace.

Washington Post Politics
Dec 12, 2025

The minority voters who powered Trump to a second term are drifting away
Extended conversations with Black, Latino and Asian American voters who cast ballots for Trump in 2024 showed mixed feelings about the president and their votes.

Washington Post Politics
Dec 12, 2025

Why Mormonism may have an answer for our toxic politics
Utah Gov. Spencer Cox draws on teachings from his Mormon faith to ‘disagree better.' Studies show his approach could change public attitudes.

Washington Post Politics
Dec 11, 2025

Trump asserts he has pardoned county clerk convicted in Colorado case
Trump says he has pardoned Tina Peters, a major cause for MAGA supporters. She was convicted in state court, and it's unclear if his act has any impact.

Washington Post Politics
Dec 11, 2025

Oklahoma Black Lives Matter leader indicted on alleged misuse of donations
Tashella Sheri Amore Dickerson deposited at least several million dollars into personal accounts instead of the organization's accounts, authorities said.

Washington Post Politics
Dec 11, 2025

Kilmar Abrego García released from ICE custody
U.S. District Judge Paula Xinis said the government could not indefinitely detain Kilmar Abrego García, a 30-year-old immigrant from El Salvador who is fighting his deportation.

Washington Post Politics
Dec 11, 2025

White House signals campaign to seize more oil tankers near Venezuela
The effort appears to be a new phase in the Trump administration's push to oust President Nicolás Maduro.

Washington Post Politics
Dec 11, 2025

Administration fails again to indict N.Y. Attorney General Letitia James
A grand jury has refused to indict New York attorney general Letitia James, the second panel to refuse to do so, dealing a major setback to President Trump.

Washington Post Politics
Dec 11, 2025

Trump's redistricting effort fails in Indiana as GOP lawmakers deliver rare rebuke
Republicans hold a 40-10 advantage in the state senate but still rejected Trump's pressure. ‘Hoosiers are very independent.'

Washington Post Politics
Dec 11, 2025

MyPillow founder and conspiracist Mike Lindell announces Minnesota gubernatorial bid
Mike Lindell, the CEO of MyPillow and a 2020 election denier, joins a crowded race in his unlikely Republican bid against two-term incumbent Gov. Tim Walz (D).

Washington Post Politics
Dec 11, 2025

Senate blocks Democrats' bill to extend expiring Obamacare subsidies
The chamber also blocked a Republican bill to give Americans up to $1,500 to spend on health care instead of extending the subsidies.

Washington Post Politics
Dec 11, 2025

Democrats share questions they would have asked Noem had she not left early


Washington Post Politics
Dec 11, 2025

Highlights: Kristi Noem defends Trump's immigration policies before departing early from hearing
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi L. Noem testified before a House panel in a hearing focusing largely on the Trump administration's immigration policies.

Washington Post Politics
Dec 11, 2025

Louisiana Democrat asks counterterrorism official: ‘What does a migrant look like?'


Washington Post Politics
Dec 11, 2025

Rep. Matt Van Epps (R-Tennessee) acknowledged that Thursday's Homeland Security committee hearing was his first since...


Washington Post Politics
Dec 11, 2025

Rep. James Walkinshaw (D-Virginia) asked FBI official Michael Glasheen whether the agency still designates the Proud...


Washington Post Politics
Dec 11, 2025

Live updates: Kristi Noem defends Trump's immigration policies before departing early from hearing
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi L. Noem testified before a House panel in a hearing focusing largely on the Trump administration's immigration policies.

Washington Post Politics
Dec 11, 2025

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt criticized Rep. Bennie G. Thompson (D-Mississippi) for referring to a...


Washington Post Politics
Dec 11, 2025

New York Democrat has heated exchange with Noem


Washington Post Politics
Dec 11, 2025

‘Resign!' vs. ‘Thank you!': Noem hearing defined by stark partisan divide


Washington Post Politics
Dec 11, 2025

DHS Secretary Kristi L. Noem said that she had to leave the hearing early because the...


Washington Post Politics
Dec 11, 2025

Rep. LaMonica McIver (D-New Jersey) — who was charged with three counts of assaulting, resisting, impeding...


Washington Post Politics
Dec 11, 2025

Noem praises Coast Guard operation to seize oil tanker near Venezuela


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