National

By Cleve R. Wootson Jr. · The Washington Post (c) 2025 President Donald Trump said Thursday that he’s “100 percent” sure the United States will make a trade deal with the European Union, offering hope that he would ease new tariffs he imposed earlier this month. Trump made the remarks near the beginning of a bilateral meeting with […]

By Steve Thompson · The Washington Post (c) 2025 The Trump administration is appealing a federal judge’s order to facilitate the return of a Maryland man illegally deported to a notorious megaprison in El Salvador, a move that could send the case back to the Supreme Court for a second time. In a request to pause directives from […]

By Steve Thompson · The Washington Post (c) 2025 The Trump administration is appealing a federal judge’s order to facilitate the return of a Maryland man illegally deported to a notorious megaprison in El Salvador, a move that could send the case back to the Supreme Court for a second time. In a request to pause directives from […]

By Will Oremus, Andrea Jiménez · The Washington Post (c) 2025 In early February, as Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency was slashing its way through federal agencies, Seattle-based organizer Evan Sutton and a friend had an idea to organize a protest at a local Tesla dealership. “We were just looking to make some trouble and thought maybe […]

By Will Oremus, Andrea Jiménez · The Washington Post (c) 2025 In early February, as Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency was slashing its way through federal agencies, Seattle-based organizer Evan Sutton and a friend had an idea to organize a protest at a local Tesla dealership. “We were just looking to make some trouble and thought maybe […]

By Perry Stein · The Washington Post (c) 2025 U.S. DOGE Service representatives told leaders of a nonprofit group Tuesday that it wants to assign members of its team to work at all institutes or agencies that receive federal funds, highlighting its aggressiveness as it attempts to reshape the federal government, according to several people familiar with the […]

By Dino Grandoni · The Washington Post (c) 2025 In what could be one of the most significant actions the Trump administration has taken on the environment, officials have proposed redefining what it means to “harm” a plant or animal under the Endangered Species Act, excluding habitat destruction from activities deemed a threat to protected species. Officials […]

By Maxine Joselow · The Washington Post (c) 2025 A federal judgehas temporarily blocked President Donald Trump’s Environmental Protection Agency from terminating at least $14 billion in climate grants approved under President Joe Biden. U.S. District Judge Tanya S. Chutkan of Washington, D.C., issued a preliminary injunction late Tuesday that prohibits the EPA from “unlawfully […]

By Perry Stein · The Washington Post (c) 2025 U.S. DOGE Service representatives told leaders of a nonprofit group Tuesday that it wants to assign members of its team to work at all institutes or agencies that receive federal funds, highlighting its aggressiveness as it attempts to reshape the federal government, according to several people familiar with the […]

By Perry Stein · The Washington Post (c) 2025 U.S. DOGE Service representatives told leaders of a nonprofit group Tuesday that it wants to assign members of its team to work at all institutes or agencies that receive federal funds, highlighting its aggressiveness as it attempts to reshape the federal government, according to several people familiar with the […]