The Latest Breaking News from Washington D.C.

Pulitzer Prize winning columnist Eugene Robinson says he is leaving the Washington Post

Sen. Cory Booker’s record-setting filibuster, a fight in the House over proxy voting and tariffs highlight a whirlwind week in Washington.

The heavy new tariffs announced by President Donald Trump are shaking up trade ties between the United States and several African nations – many of whom have had preferential agreements with Washington for decades.

In a rare move, the Trump administration expelled Ebrahim Rasool, South Africa’s ambassador to Washington, in mid-March 2025. In a post on X, US secretary of state Marco Rubio accused Rasool of hating the US and President Donald Trump, and said the ambassador was “no longer welcome in our great…

Lawmakers in Oregon and Washington are considering whether striking workers should receive unemployment benefits

With populist leaders on the back foot and EU support at its highest in years, the US trade war could be an opportunity the union, says Guardian Europe columnist Nathalie Tocci

The AGOA framework that saw African countries export duty free to the US is as good as dead, experts say.

Jeff Bezos and Peter Thiel, among other tech executives, also own homes in Washington, DC

Federal immigration officials arrested 37 workers during a raid at Mt. Baker Roofing in Bellingham, Washington