by Marianna Sotomayor, Mariana Alfaro (c) 2025 , The Washington Post House Republicans are rethinking how best to reach constituents after a series of combative town halls where protesters vented about President Donald Trump and Elon Musk’s policies. GOP leaders tasked with helping keep their majority in the 2026 midterms told lawmakers Tuesday morning to […]
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After explosive town halls, Republicans rethink how to reach voters
by Marianna Sotomayor, Mariana Alfaro (c) 2025 , The Washington Post House Republicans are rethinking how best to reach constituents after a series of combative town halls where protesters vented about President Donald Trump and Elon Musk’s policies. GOP leaders tasked with helping keep their majority in the 2026 midterms told lawmakers Tuesday morning to […]
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Supreme Court strikes down EPA rules on discharge of water pollution
by Justin Jouvenal, Maxine Joselow (c) 2025 , The Washington Post The Supreme Court on Tuesday struck down rules regulating the discharge of water pollution, narrowing the landmark Clean Water Act in an unusual case that pitted one of the nation’s greenest cities – San Francisco – against the Environmental Protection Agency. In a 5-4 […]
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Supreme Court strikes down EPA rules on discharge of water pollution
by Justin Jouvenal, Maxine Joselow (c) 2025 , The Washington Post The Supreme Court on Tuesday struck down rules regulating the discharge of water pollution, narrowing the landmark Clean Water Act in an unusual case that pitted one of the nation’s greenest cities – San Francisco – against the Environmental Protection Agency. In a 5-4 […]
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Government shutdown looms as Trump tries to assert new spending powers
by Jacob Bogage (c) 2025 , The Washington Post Congress has less than two weeks to extend federal spending laws and keep the government open, but now a clash over President Donald Trump’s attempt to seize powers the Constitution delegates to lawmakers threatens to stall talks and force a shutdown. Republican negotiators walked away from […]
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Government shutdown looms as Trump tries to assert new spending powers
by Jacob Bogage (c) 2025 , The Washington Post Congress has less than two weeks to extend federal spending laws and keep the government open, but now a clash over President Donald Trump’s attempt to seize powers the Constitution delegates to lawmakers threatens to stall talks and force a shutdown. Republican negotiators walked away from […]
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Can Elon Musk find any fraud before Trump’s base notices the con?
by Philip Bump (c) 2025 , The Washington Post Last week, a number of prominent posters from right-wing social media were invited to the White House for the release of files from the investigation into the crimes of financier Jeffrey Epstein. They were given binders of material, lists of names with blacked-out contact information. They […]
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Can Elon Musk find any fraud before Trump’s base notices the con?
by Philip Bump (c) 2025 , The Washington Post Last week, a number of prominent posters from right-wing social media were invited to the White House for the release of files from the investigation into the crimes of financier Jeffrey Epstein. They were given binders of material, lists of names with blacked-out contact information. They […]
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Tariffs for Mexico and Canada begin Tuesday, Trump confirms
by David J. Lynch (c) 2025 , The Washington Post President Donald Trump said Monday that tariffs on goods from Mexico and Canada would go into effect tomorrow, ending a month-long delay that saw both U.S. neighbors scramble unsuccessfully to head off the punishing trade action and sending stock prices into a swift decline. On […]
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Tariffs for Mexico and Canada begin Tuesday, Trump confirms
by David J. Lynch (c) 2025 , The Washington Post President Donald Trump said Monday that tariffs on goods from Mexico and Canada would go into effect tomorrow, ending a month-long delay that saw both U.S. neighbors scramble unsuccessfully to head off the punishing trade action and sending stock prices into a swift decline. On […]