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.

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

On December 4, 2025, the Trump administration released its new National Security Strategy. Far from being a dry technocratic document, it reads like a blistering broadside against Europe, a reaffirmation of American exceptionalism, and a self-portrait of the president as a heroic defender of Western civilization against mortal threats. It is…

Record rains have forced hundreds of rescues, swamped communities and left rivers high, with more storms forecast