Renee Hardman’s convincing special-election win offers a hopeful signal for Democrats looking to 2026. She becomes the first Black woman elected to the Iowa Senate.

The project reflects Trump’s expansive view of presidential authority — even over the White House itself.

Renee Hardman’s convincing special-election win is an optimistic signal for Democrats looking to 2026. She becomes the first Black woman elected to the state Senate.

The Coloradan was the only American Indian in the Senate during his tenure and helped lead the effort to build the National Museum of the American Indian in Washington.

Minnesota state senator Julia Coleman knew both Charlie Kirk and Minnesota House Speaker Melissa Hortman. She is fed up with the conspiracy theories around their deaths.

Customer service has deteriorated by key measures as the agency enacted sweeping cuts in Trump’s second term, internal data and interviews show.

Armed with a quorum and GOP majority, Chair Andrea Lucas is pressing new priorities — such as dismantling DEI — that criticis say have turned the agency’s mission “on its head.”

Trump would not say whether the military or the CIA conducted the strike in Venezuela amid escalating U.S. pressure on Nicolás Maduro.

It isn’t clear what specific claims could be brought against Powell or when.

Netanyahu has hailed Trump as the “greatest friend Israel has ever had in the White House.” Now the two must navigate rifts over Middle East strategy.

By The Washington Post’s latest tally, at least 18 former members — 11 Democrats and seven Republicans — are asking voters to send them back to D.C. next year.

As Trump’s first year in office comes to a close, both he and his Trump world allies have learned hard lessons about Musk’s unusual influence.

The United States will help facilitate Russia-Ukraine talks in January, as Trump called the peace process “very complicated stuff.”

The president sounded optimistic about a deal to end Russia’s almost four-year-old invasion while sharing no new specifics.

Zelensky will visit Trump at Mar-a-Lago to discuss raising pressure on Russia, security guarantees and investment in postwar reconstruction.

Zelensky will visit Trump at Mar-a-Lago to discuss raising pressure on Russia, security guarantees and investment in postwar reconstruction.

The agency has moved away from focusing on arresting migrants at local jails to tracking them down in communities, a Washington Post analysis found.

Democrats have suggested the lack of testimony is yet another way the administration is snubbing the legislative branch.

Courts have ruled against Trump’s efforts to take security clearances away from opposing lawyers. The latest loss comes in a case involving lawyer Mark Zaid.

Explicitly sectarian religious messages for Christmas on official government social media accounts drew complaints from advocates for church-state separation.

The Sunday meeting suggests that Washington and Kyiv are closing in on a joint position to end the war. Russia, however, will probably reject the plan.

Among the Epstein files are records on his death in New York’s Metropolitan Correctional Center, but nothing so far challenges a ruling that he died by suicide.

Red-state farmers continue to struggle under damaging inflation and the fallout of President Donald Trump’s tariff policies, especially with China.

The U.S. military said it attacked ISIS militants at the request of Nigerian authorities. The number of casualties is unknown

Donations are down by more than 40 percent after a year when federal workers faced major agency downsizing and a lengthy government shutdown.

The National Capital Planning Commission is preparing to host a presentation on the White House ballroom building next month.

Sens. Susan Collins (R-Maine) and Jon Ossoff (D-Georgia) are two of the chamber’s staunchest believers in the value of constituency services.

The massive size of the Epstein files — perhaps more than a million pages — has created problems for the Justice Department.

The tranche revealed wide-ranging references to President Donald Trump and detailed efforts to interview Prince Andrew in two investigations.

The massive size of the Epstein files — perhaps more than a million pages — has created problems for the Justice Department.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio said that the State Department would bar several Europeans for their actions in monitoring the internet, which he characterized as censorship.

Republican lawmakers reflect on a year without much productivity and greater ceding of powers to the White House.

The Trump administration is spending tens of thousands of dollars on paywalled news sites, including Politico and Bloomberg, despite earlier criticism of media outlets.

One reporter’s effort to show how Trump was transforming government brought her 1,168 new sources — and nearly broke her.

The Supreme Court held that the president’s authority to deploy the National Guard for law enforcement purposes likely only applies in “exceptional” circumstances.