The Latest Breaking News from Washington D.C.

You are standing in the checkout line, gripping a handful of gift cards for teachers, nieces, and the mail carrier. You feel accomplished, thinking you have knocked out half your holiday shopping list. But there is a silent grinch lurking on that rack, and you might not realize you have…

From immigration crackdowns to trade policy, the Trump administration is increasingly centralizing power in Washington, D.C.

A tech war is brewing between the US and EU as Washington threatens retaliation against Europe after heavy fines on Google, Apple and Meta, with Spotify now in the firing line.

When leaders of “the Quad” last met in September 2024, host and then-President Joe Biden declared the partnership between the United States, India, Australia and Japan to be “more strategically aligned than ever before.”

Proponents argue the agreement would provide an alternative to Beijing's export controls and Washington's tariff policies. Critics warn it would weaken environmental regulations and damage the EU's agricultural sector.

Continuing the debate over liquidation from Bruen to Slaughter.

Avian influenza mainly affects birds, but in November, an older adult in Washington with backyard poultry became the first confirmed human case of the H5N5 strain

The Senate has moved quickly to close a loophole that could allow military aircraft to fly without broadcasting their locations, just like an Army helicopter was doing last January before it collided with an airliner over Washington, D.C., killing 67 people

Veteran police officer Jeffery Carroll is taking over as interim chief of Washington's police force

The US government halted all applications for green cards, citizenship and asylum from 19 mostly African and Middle Eastern countries on December 2. This move came a week after President Donald Trump announced he would “permanently pause migration” from all “third-world countries” after two national guard members in Washington were…

A U.S. appeals court has ruled that the National Guard deployment in Washington, D.C. can continue for now