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WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court temporarily paused through at least Wednesday a court order that would have restricted a commonly used abortion drug nationwide in a brief order issued Friday afternoon.

Leaders in Washington need to face an uncomfortable truth: A self-reliant EU is a better partner than a dependent one.

WASHINGTON — Advocacy groups have urged the Senate Judiciary Committee to call Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas to testify about his relationship with a billionaire GOP donor, a move experts say would escalate conflict between two branches of government and could lead to a separation-of-powers showdown.

WASHINGTON — Unlike the annual tax-filing deadline at roughly the same time, Congress’ April 15 target date for agreeing on a joint budget resolution is set to come and go with no practical effect on the everyday lives of Americans.

WASHINGTON — The Justice Department and a pharmaceutical company on Friday asked the Supreme Court to intervene in the court fight over a commonly used abortion drug in order to keep a court ruling restricting availability of the drug from taking effect this weekend.

Ukraine's prime minister Denys Shmyhal made an address in Washington DC today (14 April), ahead of the country's risky decision to launch a counteroffensive in the ongoing war with Russia.

Budapest withdraws from a Russian-controlled bank after it was sanctioned, but ties with Western powers remain shaky.

Despite Congress still in recess, CQ Roll Call photojournalist Tom Williams was on hand to capture the activity in the Washington area.

In August 2021, when the US hurriedly pulled out of Afghanistan, it organised an airlift to evacuate those who had worked with NATO forces and found themselves threatened by the Taliban. These evacuations became chaotic and not everyone made it out. Meanwhile, Washington insisted on security checks for the Afghans…