The Latest Breaking News from Washington D.C.

2024 NFL Draft: 8 prospects to watch in Week 5

While watching college football on Saturday, keep your eye on these prospects

USA Today Sports Media Group · Sep 29, 2023

US quietly acknowledges Iran satellite successfully reached orbit as tensions remain high

The United States has quietly acknowledged that Iran’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard successfully put an imaging satellite into orbit this week in a launch that resembled others previously criticized by Washington as helping Tehran’s ballistic missile program

The Independent UK · Sep 29, 2023

Jaishankar meets Blinken, Sullivan in Washington

EAM Jaishankar met with US NSA Sullivan & Sec. Blinken in Washington DC to discuss progress in India-US relations & India's growing role in global transformations. Discussed taking bilateral relationship forward & interacted with think tanks. Closed to press.

The Hindu · Sep 28, 2023

Why India's warnings about Sikh separatism don't get much traction in the West

The current India-Canada crisis has exposed a sharp disconnect between India and the West on the issue of Sikh separatism. Michael Kugelman of the Wilson Center's South Asia Institute explains why.

WEKU · Sep 28, 2023

Analysis: By North Korean standards, Pvt. Travis King's release from detention was quick

Just over two months after he sprinted into North Korea across the inter-Korean border, Pvt. Travis King is being flown back to America after the North Koreans expelled him

The Independent UK · Sep 28, 2023

Thursday briefing: Why Suella Braverman attacked refugee rights in Washington

In today’s newsletter: The British home secretary called the UN’s 1951 refugee convention ‘outdated’ and criticised multiculturalism (again). Why has she made this speech now?

The Guardian - UK · Sep 28, 2023

EAM Jaishankar to meet U.S. Secretary Blinken amid India-Canada diplomatic row

The two leaders - S. Jaishankar and Antony Blinken - are expected to pose for pictures ahead of the meeting and are not expected to take any questions from the media.

The Hindu · Sep 28, 2023

After sending busloads of migrants to NYC, Texas governor visits city to fault Biden for crisis

For more than a year, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has been busing migrants from the southern U.S. border to places like New York, Washington and Chicago

The Independent UK · Sep 27, 2023

Judge Chutkan denies Trump’s request to recuse herself in federal election subversion case

U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan says she won’t recuse herself from Donald Trump’s 2020 election interference case in Washington

The Independent UK · Sep 27, 2023

What would a government shutdown mean for me? SNAP, student loans and travel impacts, explained

With gridlock persisting in Washington, a government shutdown is looking more and more likely days ahead of this weekend's deadline

The Independent UK · Sep 27, 2023