The House budget chair and lead sponsor of the GOP tax and spending bill recounts the months of negotiations needed to unite ...

I can’t think of anybody else I’d rather have doing this case,” another longtime county prosecutor and friend to Bill ...

Ascension Saint Thomas President Fahad Tahir worries that Medicaid cuts enacted by President Donal will harm health care.

In a divided vote, the council’s housing committee approved a version of Mayor Muriel E. Bowser’s Rental Act with significant ...

Could Elon Musk succeed where Ross Perot failed? With deep pockets and disaffected voters, a third party bid may be more plausible.

Republicans in Congress have introduced legislation to carve Trump’s face into Mt. Rushmore and rename the D.C. Metro the ...

President Donald Trump falsely claims the ‘biggest tax cuts ever’ while Democrats add in the impact of a Biden-era policy.

The village egg toss on the Fourth of July sings of democracy to me. An exuberant gaggle of 100-plus people lined up for the ...

Golden Rule Vigil questions motives behind the legislation, urging ‘people, not quotas’ in immigrant detention ...

In Washington, nearly one million people rely on SNAP benefits each month. With the new law in place, those benefits are expected to shrink, and eligibility requirements will become stricter. Adults ...

Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill,” signed July 4, includes a one-year moratorium on Medicaid funding for Planned Parenthood that ...

With the One Big Beautiful Bill, nearly 800,000 Washington residents face a shift in student loan repayment, allowing for ...