By David J. Lynch, Jeff Stein · The Washington Post (c) 2025 With 14 months remaining before the United States’ 250th birthday on July 4, 2026, Stacy Blake should be placing big orders with […]

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Trump officials deny U.S. citizen children were ‘deported’ to Honduras
By Mariana Alfaro · The Washington Post (c) 2025 Tom Homan, President Donald Trump’s border czar, insisted Sunday that the Trump administration did not “deport” American children to Honduras – arguing that the […]
Even a sizable chunk of Republicans say Trump is going too far
By Aaron Blake · The Washington Post (c) 2025 For all the talk about President Donald Trump’s rapid decline in polls as he nears his 100th day in office, Trump remains in good […]
Elon Musk had the government in his grasp. Then it unraveled.
By Dan Diamond, Faiz Siddiqui, Trisha Thadani, Jeff Stein · The Washington Post (c) 2025 Elon Musk had tried to go over the head of a Cabinet secretary – again. […]
Many Jews say Trump is politicizing the fight against antisemitism
By Naftali Bendavid · The Washington Post (c) 2025 The Trump administration declared last week that “harassment of Jewish students is intolerable” as it suspended $2.2 billion in grants to Harvard University. The […]
AmeriCorps shaped these lawmakers’ careers. They’re fighting to save it.
By Mariana Alfaro, Tobi Raji, The Washington Post (c) 2025 Before Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pennsylvania) became a politician, he was an AmeriCorps member. Thirty years ago, fresh out of college, […]
Trump aides look at shrinking at least 6 national monuments for mining, oil
By Jake Spring, Dino Grandoni · The Washington Post (c) 2025 Trump officials are analyzing whether to remove federal protections for national monuments spanning millions of acres in the West, according to two people […]
Hegseth defended his Signal leak. Others lost clearances for similar lapses.
By Evan Hill · The Washington Post (c) 2025 One U.S. defense contractor set up a way to remotely access an office computer. Another forwarded 37 sensitive but unclassified work emails to a […]
Trump’s economic numbers turn dismal
By Aaron Blake · The Washington Post (c) 2025 The Trump administration on Tuesday offered its latest tone shift on President Donald Trump’s tariffs, in an apparent attempt to steady an increasingly rocky […]
Senate Democrats seek answers from inspector general on Social Security cuts
By Meryl Kornfield · The Washington Post (c) 2025 Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer (New York) and four other Senate Democrats are urging the Social Security Administration’s inspector general’s office to […]