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Washington Post Nation
Jan 25, 2025

Suspects in fatal Border Patrol stop had been under surveillance, authorities say
An American woman and a German man were under periodic surveillance before a shooting near the Canadian border left one suspect and one Border Patrol agent dead.

Washington Post Nation
Jan 25, 2025

Loretta Ford, co-founder of nurse practitioners, dies at 104
Amid resistance within the medical community, she helped transform the way millions of Americans receive their health care.

Washington Post Nation
Jan 24, 2025

What is FEMA, the agency Trump has threatened to get rid of?
Ahead of a tour of two states struck by natural disasters, President Donald Trump criticized the disaster response agency as "very bureaucratic" and "very slow."

Washington Post Nation
Jan 24, 2025

A Chicago school said ICE agents visited. It was the Secret Service.
School officials said ICE agents tried to enter Hamline Elementary Friday morning, spurring panic. The Secret Service later claimed responsibility.

Washington Post Nation
Jan 24, 2025

A Chicago school says immigration agents visited campus. Panic ensued.
School officials said they did not allow ICE agents to enter the elementary school Friday morning.

Washington Post Nation
Jan 24, 2025

Biden embraced diversity efforts. Trump has moved to demolish them.
Trump and Biden have long been on opposite sides of America's issues with racism, the fight against discrimination and for diversity, equity and inclusion.

Washington Post Nation
Jan 24, 2025

An airport piano was filthy and out of tune. He fixed it during a layover.
"It was in very rough shape - dust was everywhere, and there was a gluey substance under the keys that prevented them from working," said passenger Josiah Jackson.

Washington Post Nation
Jan 23, 2025

Crime lab analyst altered DNA evidence in hundreds of cases, prosecutors say
Yvonne Woods, a former lab scientist at the Colorado Bureau of Investigation, altered DNA test results and compromised hundreds of cases, prosecutors say.

Washington Post Nation
Jan 23, 2025

Some Reddit communities ban links to X over Musk's inauguration gesture
Reddit communities from r/NBA to r/Christianity say they won't allow links to the platform after Elon Musk's gesture, which some interpreted as a Nazi-style salute.

Washington Post Nation
Jan 23, 2025

Officers found a man shot in the head and left him to die, body-cam shows
Two St. Louis officers have been barred from Missouri law enforcement after allegedly abandoning a gunshot victim because they didn't want to bother helping him.

Washington Post Nation
Jan 23, 2025

In first days, Trump deals ‘death blow' to DEI and affirmative action
The president moved to end diversity, equity and inclusion programs throughout the federal government with a flurry of executive orders, upending decades of policy.

Washington Post Nation
Jan 23, 2025

Los Angeles begins long recovery from fires — and braces for new disasters
Officials released details about the recovery effort from the initial Los Angeles fires — expected to last up to 18 months as authorities clear the wreckage.

Washington Post Nation
Jan 22, 2025

Man pardoned on Jan. 6 charges arrested for possessing gun
Daniel Ball, whose Jan. 6 charges were dismissed this week, remains in custody after he was arrested Wednesday for a federal gun charge.

Washington Post Nation
Jan 22, 2025

Ex-‘MAGA Granny' is turning down Trump's pardon of her Jan. 6 conviction
She was at the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. She pleaded guilty. Now, she doesn't want President Donald Trump's pardon because she wants to own what she did.

Washington Post Nation
Jan 22, 2025

Layoffs loom as Trump administration orders leave for federal DEI workers
Employees of diversity, equity and inclusion programs are to be placed on administrative leave by 5 p.m. Wednesday. Agencies were told to make plans for layoffs.

Washington Post Nation
Jan 22, 2025

What is birthright citizenship, and which countries have it?
President Donald Trump has falsely claimed the U.S. is alone in offering citizenship as a birthright. More than 30 countries do — but some have rolled it back.

Washington Post Nation
Jan 22, 2025

A 1,000-pound moose fell into an icy lake. Rescuers had to get creative.
"There's no training manual for getting a moose out of the ice," said Lt. Robert Higgins, a conservation police officer for the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation

Washington Post Nation
Jan 22, 2025

Ku Klux Klan fliers in Kentucky order immigrants to ‘leave now,' police say
Ku Klux Klan fliers that told immigrants to "leave now" and "avoid deportation" were found in three Kentucky cities on Inauguration Day, authorities said.

Washington Post Nation
Jan 22, 2025

Layoffs loom as Trump administration orders federal DEI workers on leave
Employees of diversity, equity and inclusion programs are to be placed on administrative leave by 5 p.m. Wednesday. Agencies were told to make plans for layoffs.

Washington Post Nation
Jan 21, 2025

Trump pardons Ross Ulbricht, founder of online drug market Silk Road
Ulbricht was sentenced to life in prison in 2015 on charges related to his website, where users could buy and sell drugs and other illegal goods with bitcoin.

Washington Post Nation
Jan 21, 2025

Woman who prosecutors called ‘slut puppy' can challenge death sentence
Brenda Andrew was convicted of murder in a 2004 trial where prosecutors presented evidence about her sex life.

Washington Post Nation
Jan 21, 2025

Woman whom prosecutors called ‘slut puppy' can challenge death sentence
Brenda Andrew was convicted of murder in a 2004 trial where prosecutors presented evidence about her sex life.

Washington Post Nation
Jan 21, 2025

This America makes room for MAGA hats, Proud Boys and Elon Musk's salute
The red MAGA hat has transformed into a symbol of the country's willingness to absorb almost anything — any lie, any grievance — into a new, sour normal.

Washington Post Nation
Jan 21, 2025

Files detail bid to contain fallout from Tulsi Gabbard meetings with Assad
Gabbard's 2017 trip to Syria, where she met with authoritarian leader Bashar al-Assad, is expected to be a focus of questions from senators weighing her nomination to be director of national intelligence.

Washington Post Nation
Jan 21, 2025

To get rid of ‘drug-addicted' rats, Houston police clean up evidence room
The Texas city's mayor said he will work with the county district attorney to discard drug evidence obtained before 2015 that no longer has any value.

Washington Post Nation
Jan 21, 2025

Haitians in Springfield try to keep fears in check as Trump takes office
Just hours after the president's inauguration, the immediate future suddenly looked far less secure for Haitian immigrants in the southwestern Ohio city.

Washington Post Nation
Jan 20, 2025

Trump just declared an ‘energy emergency.' Here's what it means.
In a Day 1 executive order, President Donald Trump withdrew from the landmark climate accord. Additional orders on energy are expected.

Washington Post Nation
Jan 20, 2025

Martin Luther King Jr., Michelle Obama and Trump's exhausting return
For some Black women, the high road led to the nation's memorial to the civil rights leader.

Washington Post Nation
Jan 20, 2025

Trump moves to exit Paris agreement and undo Biden's climate policies
In a Day 1 executive order, President Donald Trump withdrew from the landmark climate accord. Additional orders on energy are expected.

Washington Post Nation
Jan 20, 2025

Former Planned Parenthood president Cecile Richards dies at 67
Cecile Richards, a longtime advocate for women's rights and Planned Parenthood leader, died of brain cancer at age 67, her family said.

Washington Post Nation
Jan 19, 2025

‘To anyone who lost their home in the #lafire I will paint it for free'
Artist Jordan Heber has painted in watercolor several homes that were destroyed and is working on 25 more.

Washington Post Nation
Jan 19, 2025

Gov. Gavin Newsom faces complex politics, GOP criticism over L.A. fires
The California Democrat has pressed moderate measures to aid victims and been a constant TV presence as he and the state battle online falsehoods.

Washington Post Nation
Jan 19, 2025

Land grab or land rights? Utah eyes millions of acres of public terrain.
At stake is control of public lands in Western states, and conservationists fear increased efforts to roll back protections under the next Trump administration.

Washington Post Nation
Jan 19, 2025

They lost ‘72 years of life stuff.' How will they start over?
The Los Angeles fires roared through local landmarks and famous works of art. They also stole the mundane stuff, what made people's houses into homes.

Washington Post Nation
Jan 19, 2025

In Florida, a rebellion against fluoride is winning
As the incoming Trump administration pushes back against water fluoridation, several Florida communities are already abandoning the long public health practice.

Washington Post Nation
Jan 18, 2025

Stores clear shelves in January. Dumpster divers have never been happier.
"I go home with armloads almost every day," Melanie Diaz said of the new merchandise she finds in dumpsters behind big box stores.

Washington Post Nation
Jan 18, 2025

For Trump's national security adviser, Afghanistan still looms large
Rep. Michael Waltz, an Afghan war vet, opposed Trump's 2020 deal with the Taliban as well as Biden's 2021 pullout. He has warned of the risk of another 9/11.

Washington Post Nation
Jan 18, 2025

See inside Kamala Harris's V.P. house as JD Vance prepares to move in
As vice president Kamala Harris's tenure ends, the public finally gets a look at the residence, as decorated by top designer Sheila Bridges in an ode to American artisans.

Washington Post Nation
Jan 18, 2025

One construction crew's desperate fight to save the Palisades
Chuck Hart and his crew were painters, welders and builders. Then, amid ravaging flames, they became firefighters.

Washington Post Nation
Jan 18, 2025

Fearing Trump's deportation plans, immigrants turn to churches, lawyers
As Donald Trump vows to launch a mass deportation, Catholic churches and legal aid groups are gearing up to defend the nation's undocumented.

Washington Post Nation
Jan 17, 2025

How moving Trump's inauguration inside spurred an all-out scramble
The sudden weather-induced change forced a scramble for hundreds of thousands of people who had spent months planning for the swearing-in of the nation's 47th president.

Washington Post Nation
Jan 17, 2025

Cannon seems skeptical of giving Trump documents report to Congress
Attorney General Merrick Garland wants to send special counsel Jack Smith's report on Donald Trump's classified documents case to select members of Congress.

Washington Post Nation
Jan 17, 2025

Cannon holds hearing on Trump documents report as Democrats urge its release
The hearing centers on whether Attorney General Merrick Garland can send special counsel Jack Smith's classified documents findings to select members of Congress.

Washington Post Nation
Jan 17, 2025

Mapping the L.A. wildfires from Palisades to Eaton and Hurst
We're tracking the fires in Los Angeles, California. See maps of recently burned areas and key locations in the vicinity of the fire.

Washington Post Nation
Jan 17, 2025

The gripping story of how Oreo the dog was rescued from the L.A. fires
A Pomeranian who would only return for one man spent five days missing in Pacific Palisades, until a community of strangers rallied to bring him home.

Washington Post Nation
Jan 17, 2025

For L.A.'s homeless population, the fires upend hard-earned stability
Los Angeles County had started to curb homelessness. Will the fires undo it?

Washington Post Nation
Jan 17, 2025

As L.A. burned, some venues tried to provide laughter, drinks and normalcy
Some businesses and events have continued as planned — and donated proceeds to victims — amid fires in other parts of the Los Angeles area.

Washington Post Nation
Jan 17, 2025

DHS Secretary Mayorkas leaves with ‘remarkable' employee morale improvement
Department of Homeland Security employee morale is significantly better as Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas leaves office. Will that continue under Donald Trump?

Washington Post Nation
Jan 17, 2025

Antiabortion advocates look for men to report their partners' abortions
Male partners can have uniquely personal and specific information that help surface new lawsuits in states with abortion bans.

Washington Post Nation
Jan 16, 2025

Should doctors help people die? Global debate hits home in the U.S.
As terminally ill people in more states call to legalize physician-assisted suicide, American lawmakers and the public are wrestling with end-of-life questions.

Washington Post Nation
Jan 16, 2025

A storied Black community fears wildfires will claim its history
Altadena, the Los Angeles suburb leveled by the Eaton Fire, has a thriving Black community that bought homes in the civil rights era. Some fear the history will be lost.

Washington Post Nation
Jan 15, 2025

Trump's pick for energy secretary rejects linking climate change and wildfires
Chris Wright's arguments are set to draw scrutiny from Senate Democrats during his confirmation hearing for the Energy Department post.

Washington Post Nation
Jan 15, 2025

For service workers, Los Angeles fires consumed jobs, homes and dreams
The workers who make the region run are struggling to recover from the devastating fires and worrying about a cascade of losses if they can't pay rent.

Washington Post Nation
Jan 15, 2025

Watch man rescue woman and 4 dogs from Palisades Fire: ‘Just miraculous'
"It was like driving through a fire tornado," said Caleb Serban-Lawler.

Washington Post Nation
Jan 15, 2025

Trump's Energy pick rejects link between climate change and wildfires
Chris Wright's arguments are set to draw scrutiny from Senate Democrats during his confirmation hearing for the Energy Department post.

Washington Post Nation
Jan 15, 2025

As L.A. considers rebuilding, here's what people say they're willing to change
For those who plan to rebuild, a natural question has emerged: What can be done differently to prevent the sort of destruction that has killed at least 24 people, leveled thousands of structures and inflicted untold billions in damage?

Washington Post Nation
Jan 15, 2025

How will Los Angeles rebuild when fire is ‘part of the landscape'?
For those who plan to rebuild, a natural question has emerged: What can be done differently to prevent the sort of destruction that has killed at least 24 people, leveled thousands of structures and inflicted untold billions in damage?

Washington Post Nation
Jan 14, 2025

Biden designates two national monuments, touts climate legacy
The move bans oil and gas drilling, mining and other industrial activities on vast swaths of public land

Washington Post Nation
Jan 14, 2025

What we learned about Pete Hegseth in nearly five hours of questions
Trump's defense secretary choice hates DEI, is redeemed by his Savior and can do five sets of 47 push-ups.

Washington Post Nation
Jan 14, 2025

Classified information is out in the open. There's no need to panic.
The discovery of apparently classified records can set off alarm bells. But often, the federal government rules that the records can remain public.

Washington Post Nation
Jan 14, 2025

Kristi Noem, a homeland security chief hopeful, banned in parts of her state
South Dakota's tribes barred the governor from setting foot on their land after she said drug cartels operate there — an allegation the nations' leaders deny.

Washington Post Nation
Jan 13, 2025

Grief (and love) in L.A.
Today, when disaster hits home. Weather editor Paulina Firozi and Brianna Sacks, an extreme weather and disaster reporter, are Post colleagues. We'll hear how they and others are grappling with the devastation in L.A.

Washington Post Nation
Jan 13, 2025

How New Orleans failed to protect Bourbon Street from attack, block by block
An examination of visuals, witness accounts and city planning documents reveals that security lapses in New Orleans left crucial gaps on Bourbon Street on New Year's Day.

Washington Post Nation
Jan 12, 2025

L.A.'s wildfires have leaders fighting on two fronts: nature and politics
As weather forecasts predict the resumption of dangerous winds this week, the governor, L.A. mayor and others find California under attack from Trump, conservatives and advisers.

Washington Post Nation
Jan 12, 2025

A rare look at NASA's next sharp-eyed space telescope
NASA's Roman Space Telescope is preparing for launch in 2027, with a mission to study distant galaxies and explore dark energy.

Washington Post Nation
Jan 12, 2025

What caused the Palisades blaze? Visual evidence points to a recent fire nearby
The Post's analysis offers evidence that the Palisades Fire started in the area where firefighters had spent hours using helicopters to knock down a blaze six days earlier.

Washington Post Nation
Jan 12, 2025

What caused the Palisades blaze? Visual evidence points to a recent fire nearby.
The Post's analysis offers evidence that the Palisades Fire started in the area where firefighters had spent hours using helicopters to knock down a blaze six days earlier.

Washington Post Nation
Jan 12, 2025

Dog was attacked, left with crooked face. Now he's a social media star.
"Dogs that aren't perfect also need homes," said photographer Amanda Richter, who adopted Brodie.

Washington Post Nation
Jan 12, 2025

Trump's expansionist designs prompt worried responses from foreign leaders
Donald Trump's fixation on expanding the nation's territory has foreign leaders weighing a familiar question: Should they take him seriously? Many are trying.

Washington Post Nation
Jan 11, 2025

Mexico, Canada send firefighters to help battle Los Angeles blazes
The deployments come days before the inauguration of President-elect Donald Trump, who has threatened the United States' largest trade partners with tariffs.

Washington Post Nation
Jan 11, 2025

He picks up trash in parks using a samurai sword. What could go wrong?
"I decided to pick up trash and treat it like a fun scavenger hunt," said Andrey Kagan, who now has an online following for his weekly outings.

Washington Post Nation
Jan 11, 2025

Among the wildfires' victims: A great-grandmother, surfer, father and son
Eleven people are confirmed dead from the two biggest wildfires devastating the Los Angeles area, and officials expect to find more victims in the days ahead.

Washington Post Nation
Jan 10, 2025

House Republicans introduce bill to authorize Panama Canal reacquisition negotiations


Washington Post Nation
Jan 10, 2025

Trump, after sentencing, maintains case should never have been brought
Donald Trump was sentenced Friday to unconditional discharge on 34 counts of falsifying business records related to a hush money payment to an adult-film actress shortly before the 2016 election.

Washington Post Nation
Jan 10, 2025

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg said in a podcast interview with Joe Rogan posted Friday that he's...


Washington Post Nation
Jan 10, 2025

Biden calls Meta's decision to stop fact-checking program ‘shameful'


Washington Post Nation
Jan 10, 2025

Biden: ‘The economy I'm leaving is the best in the world'


Washington Post Nation
Jan 10, 2025

Analysis: An appropriate anti-climax for the rule of law and Trump


Washington Post Nation
Jan 10, 2025

L.A. Mayor Karen Bass faces political crisis over trip, budgets amid fires
In a state already souring somewhat on Democrats, the mayor faces blunt and unrelenting criticism as her reelection effort nears.

Washington Post Nation
Jan 10, 2025

Biden says new Russian sanctions may increase gas prices, believes Ukraine could win war


Washington Post Nation
Jan 10, 2025

Actually, Sarah McBride does have an agenda


Washington Post Nation
Jan 10, 2025

Walz endorses David Hogg in his bid for DNC vice chair


Washington Post Nation
Jan 10, 2025

What Trump's unconditional discharge sentence means in the hush money case


Washington Post Nation
Jan 10, 2025

President Joe Biden will deliver a farewell address to the nation from the Oval Office on...


Washington Post Nation
Jan 10, 2025

As Los Angeles burns, Elon Musk stokes partisan outrage


Washington Post Nation
Jan 10, 2025

DNC leadership candidates to participate in forum next week


Washington Post Nation
Jan 10, 2025

Trump ‘sympathetic' to reversing Biden on Alaskan drilling, senator says


Washington Post Nation
Jan 10, 2025

White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre told reporters Friday that she has not talked to incoming...


Washington Post Nation
Jan 10, 2025

During a White House news briefing, FEMA administrator Deanne Criswell said the agency will have funding...


Washington Post Nation
Jan 10, 2025

Column: The political utility of the hoary ‘diseased immigrant' trope


Washington Post Nation
Jan 10, 2025

Why a 24-year-old gun-control activist is running to help lead the DNC


Washington Post Nation
Jan 10, 2025

Immigration protections for Salvadorans extended by Biden administration


Washington Post Nation
Jan 10, 2025

Trump Organization releases ethics guidelines before president-elect's White House return


Washington Post Nation
Jan 10, 2025

The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee will hold a confirmation hearing next week for former...


Washington Post Nation
Jan 10, 2025

GOP governors says DOGE cuts must be a ‘first step' to a balanced budget


Washington Post Nation
Jan 10, 2025

Live updates: Trump, after sentencing, maintains case should never have been brought
Donald Trump was sentenced Friday to unconditional discharge on 34 counts of falsifying business records related to a hush money payment to an adult-film actress shortly before the 2016 election.

Washington Post Nation
Jan 10, 2025

Johnson says he supports Trump's appeal effort after New York sentencing


Washington Post Nation
Jan 10, 2025

Biden administration declines to weigh in on extending sale deadline


Washington Post Nation
Jan 10, 2025

Sentencing caps stretch of criminal jeopardy for Trump


Washington Post Nation
Jan 10, 2025

Column: Trump's most fervent Supreme Court allies are ones he didn't nominate


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