Get all your news in one place.

100’s of premium titles.
One app.

Get all your news in one place.

100’s of premium titles. One news app.

The Latest Breaking News from Washington D.C.

North Korea Slams US over Decision to Send Tanks to Ukraine

North Korea condemned on Friday the decision by the United States to supply Ukraine with advanced battle tanks to help fight off Russia's invasion, saying Washington is escalating a sinister “proxy war” aimed at destroying Moscow. The comments by the influential sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un underscored…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Drug company middlemen likely to be a focus in 118th Congress

WASHINGTON — Factions of the health care system and members of Congress are turning their fire on an oft-maligned part of the drug pricing system — the middlemen who negotiate discounts with drug companies on behalf of health plans.

Tribune News Service

North Korea slams US over decision to send tanks to Ukraine

North Korea has condemned the United States over its decision to supply Ukraine with advanced battle tanks to help fight off Russia's invasion, saying that Washington is escalating a sinister “proxy war” aimed at destroying Moscow

The Independent UK

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

China, U.S. spar at WTO meeting over disputes

China and the United States exchanged sharp criticism at a World Trade Organization meeting on Friday, with Beijing calling Washington a "unilateral bully" and the U.S. accusing its rival of illegal retaliatory measures.

Reuters

Hong Kong protests Biden extension of deportation protection

Hong Kong has protested President Joe Biden's two-year extension of a program that protects residents of the semi-autonomous Chinese city living in the U_S_ from deportation, accusing Washington of “demonstrating sinister intentions and hegemonic bullying."

The Independent UK

Prigozhin, Kremlin Dismiss US Sanctions on Russia’s Wagner Group

Russian businessman Yevgeny Prigozhin reacted sarcastically on Friday to new US sanctions against his Wagner private military group, and the Kremlin said Washington had been smearing Wagner without reason for years. The United States on Thursday designated Wagner, which is fighting on the Russian side in some of the most…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Prigozhin, Kremlin dismiss U.S. sanctions on Russia's Wagner group

Russian businessman Yevgeny Prigozhin reacted sarcastically on Friday to new U.S. sanctions against his Wagner private military group, and the Kremlin said Washington had been smearing Wagner without reason for years.

Reuters

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Ballet dancers from across Ukraine bring 'Giselle' to the Kennedy Center

The United Ukrainian Ballet Company is made up of dancers taking refuge in the Netherlands. The company travels to Washington, D.C., to perform Giselle, choreographed by Alexei Ratmansky.

WEKU

Kremlin Says Biden Has Key to End Ukraine Conflict but Doesn’t Use it

The Kremlin said on Friday that US President Joe Biden had the key to end the conflict in Ukraine by directing Kyiv, but that Washington had so far not been willing to use it. "The key to the Kyiv regime is largely in the hands of Washington," Kremlin spokesman Dmitry…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Brickbat: Don't Ever Take Sides Against the Family

Poulsbo, Washington, city prosecutor Alexis Foster resigned following a no confidence vote from the union representing the city's police officers as well as criticism from the city's police chief and mayor. Foster's sin? She informed a court that a protection order request to seize a gun from a woman that…

Reason

Editorial: If Kevin McCarthy is serious about protecting the economy, he’d raise the debt ceiling

After he was elected speaker on the 15th ballot, Kevin McCarthy promised that the U.S. House under Republican leadership would protect the national economy, saying that the party was committed to “stop wasteful Washington spending, to lower the price of groceries, gas, cars, housing, and stop the rising national debt.”

Los Angeles Times

Washington-built Nissan Qashqai is the most reliable car you can buy

Accolade comes just days after family SUV model is declared the first UK-made best-selling car since 1998

Chronicle Live

Kennan's Warning on Ukraine

Ambition, insecurity, and the perils of independence

Foreign Affairs

US Says it Supports Morocco’s Autonomy Plan in Sahara

The US Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs, Michele Sison, reiterated on Wednesday Washington’s support to the Moroccan autonomy plan as a serious, credible and realistic solution to the dispute over the Sahara. “The United States continues to consider the autonomy plan presented by Morocco as serious, credible…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Get all your
news in one place.

100’s of premium titles.
One news app.

Tribune News Service

Penguins put forth another incomplete effort in 3-2 shootout loss

WASHINGTON – The Penguins, consistently inconsistent, put forth another incomplete effort Thursday. But as has often been the case over the last couple of weeks, they managed to skate away with something in the standings.

Tribune News Service

Senators fight partisan headwinds in pursuit of immigration deal

WASHINGTON — When Sen. Thom Tillis returned to Washington this month from a visit to the U.S.-Mexico border with a bipartisan group of eight senators, the North Carolina Republican was quickly reminded of just how difficult it would be to craft a broad immigration agreement.

Los Angeles Times

Meet the Justice Department attorney who'll square off in House GOP investigations

WASHINGTON — Assistant Attorney General Carlos Uriarte has spent months preparing to face off against House Republicans as they unleash a gantlet of congressional investigations into the Justice Department.

Tribune News Service

House GOP leaders consider extending debt limit to Sept. 30

WASHINGTON — House Republican leaders are considering proposing a short-term extension of the federal debt ceiling to delay the risk of a default until Sept. 30, according a person familiar with their deliberations.

Get all your
news in one place.

100’s of premium titles.
One news app.

Tribune News Service

Sen. Chuck Schumer demands FTC crackdown on assault weapons marketed to kids

WASHINGTON — Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and fellow Democrats are demanding that the Federal Trade Commission clamp down on a gun manufacturer for marketing a mini assault-style rifle to children.

Tribune News Service

White House under pressure to develop a backup plan on student debt relief

WASHINGTON — The Biden administration is under pressure from Capitol Hill lawmakers and student debt advocates to develop contingency plans to cancel billions of dollars in student debt and to move forward quickly if the Supreme Court strikes down the administration’s initial executive action.

Al Jazeera

Fresh US sanctions target Russia’s Wagner mercenary group

Washington says Moscow is relying on Wagner Group in Ukraine war amid biting Western sanctions and battlefield setbacks.

Foreign Affairs

America’s China Policy Is Not Working

The dangers of a broad decoupling.

Al Jazeera

Blinken to head to Middle East amid Israeli-Palestinian tensions

Washington says US secretary of state will stress ‘upholding the historic status quo’ of the holy sites in Jerusalem.

Chicago Sun-Times

White Sox’ Yoán Moncada, Luis Robert among MLB players selected for Cuban national team

To arrange participation of the MLB players, Cuba had to get special permission from the United States because Washington maintains sanctions on Cuba.

McClatchy Washington Bureau

Katie Porter wants Dianne Feinstein’s Senate seat. What are her chances?

WASHINGTON — U.S. Rep. Katie Porter, the feisty congresswoman from Orange County, California, is running for Senate. But does anyone north of the Los Angeles area know who she is? Does she have a chance?

1 … 391 392 393 394

People

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Organisations

Department of Justice

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Topics

Places

Fourteen days free

Download the app

One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.