By Cat Zakrzewski, Matt Viser, Emily Davies, Elizabeth Dwoskin · The Washington Post (c) 2025 Elon Musk arrived at the White House prepared to take a chain saw to the federal government, promising to slash $2 trillion in spending. A little more than 100 days later, the world’s richest man is retreating from Washington far short of that goal after an […]
By Dan Merica, Matthew Choi · The Washington Post (c) 2025 President Donald Trump’s administration wants to encourage more births. His tariffs could be an obstacle. Car seats, strollers and other essential items for new families are among the items impacted by Trump’s trade war with China. The disquiet in the industry has led expecting families to stock up […]
By Lauren Weber, Rachel Roubein, Lena H. Sun, Carolyn Y. Johnson · The Washington Post (c) 2025 Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. intends to shift the way vaccines are tested, a move that the agency said will increase transparency but that medical experts fear could limit access to vaccines and undermine the public’s trust in immunization depending […]
By Justin Jouvenal, Ann E. Marimow, Laura Meckler · The Washington Post (c) 2025 A divided Supreme Court on Wednesday appeared open to allowing the creation of the nation’s first public religious charter school in Oklahoma, a blockbuster move that could reshape American education and redraw the boundary between church and state. A ruling for St. Isidore of Seville Catholic […]
By CHRISTINA LARSON Associated Press Science Writer For the first time, a federally recognized Indigenous tribe in the U.S. has led research using DNA to show their ancestral history. The Picuris Pueblo, a sovereign nation in New Mexico, has oral histories and cultural traditions that link the tribe to the region of Chaco Canyon, one […]
By Maeve Reston · The Washington Post (c) 2025 LOS ANGELES – Kamala Harris will reemerge in California on Wednesday night for her first major speech since her departure from the White House, and she is expected to condemn President Donald Trump’s effort to upend democratic institutions, deny facts and create a culture of fear for many in […]
By Ann E. Marimow · The Washington Post (c) 2025 In the predawn hours, a team of masked FBI agents armed with rifles battered down the door of an Atlanta home, detonated a stun grenade and rushed inside in search of a gang member. Agents handcuffed Hilliard Toi Cliatt and pointed a gun at both Cliatt and his […]
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Betsy Arakawa, the concert pianist who was married to actor Gene Hackman, died from hantavirus pulmonary syndrome, according to an autopsy report released Tuesday that said that her lungs were heavy and congested. Arakawa, 65, had fluid accumulation in her chest and mild hardening of the vessels that supplied blood to the heart and […]
The Maria Sacchetti, Jeremy Roebuck, Dan Lamothe · The Washington Post (c) 2025 The Justice Department has begun the first criminal prosecutions of migrants who breach a newly expanded military zone at the southern border that is patrolled by U.S. troops, threatening people with additional penalties for crossing the U.S.-Mexico border illegally. At least 28 migrants were charged Monday with […]
By Paul Kane, Theodoric Meyer · The Washington Post (c) 2025 Sen. Brian Schatz (Hawaii) has formally launched his campaign to take over as the No. 2 Senate Democrat, vowing to guide an “emerging generation” of the party’s leadership. Schatz, 52, is pitching himself for Democratic whip as someone focused on the tedious work on the Senate floor jousting […]
