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04/25/2026   Washington Post Politics
Iran’s foreign minister arrived in Islamabad for talks with Pakistani officials. The White House said Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner would leave for Islamabad on Saturday.
04/25/2026   Washington Post Politics
The president said this week that bailing out the airline would save jobs, but his administration is divided.
04/25/2026   Washington Post Politics
The map still favors Republicans, but Trump’s declining popularity --- particularly on the economy --- makes Democrats’ once long-shot bid to retake the Senate more feasible than ever before.
04/25/2026   Washington Post Politics
Top holders of Donald Trump’s meme coin will get a conference at Mar-a-Lago, featuring Trump-branded swag and potential facetime, even as the coin has lost value.
04/25/2026   Washington Post Politics
The president’s black granite path is the newest change to the West Wing, following gold lettering, Oval Office gilding and a “Presidential Walk of Fame.”
04/25/2026   Washington Post Politics
New polls showed voters prefer Democrats on the economy for the first time since 2010 and Republicans disapprove of Trump’s handling of inflation.
04/25/2026   Washington Post Politics
Since Trump’s return to the White House last year, the Justice Department has paid more than $8.5 million to resolve legal claims brought by allies and supporters.
04/24/2026   Washington Post Politics
The Justice Department also said it was reviving a lethal injection protocol used during President Donald Trump’s first term.
04/24/2026   Washington Post Politics
The president is directing federal agencies to boost research into the drugs and support clinical trials, moves championed by Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
04/24/2026   Washington Post Politics
After the Justice Department said a post-Watergate records law is unconstitutional, White House lawyers established a new policy that experts say weakens safeguards.
04/23/2026   Washington Post Politics
The path of the USS George H.W. Bush to the Middle East has been closely watched as President Trump demands progress in peace negotiations with Tehran.
04/23/2026   Washington Post Politics
The audit by the department’s inspector general follows months of lawmaker complaints over the congressionally mandated release of investigative files.
04/23/2026   Washington Post Politics
Republicans took a step without the help of Democrats toward fully reopening the Department of Homeland Security and ending the partial government shutdown.
04/23/2026   Washington Post Politics
The drug company is the 17th to agree to lower its prices as part of the administration’s Most Favored Nation initiative. It will make a new gene therapy available free.
04/23/2026   Washington Post Politics
Some House races are newly competitive, and four Republican incumbents are now endangered.
04/23/2026   Washington Post Politics
The Justice Department said the drug will now be listed on Schedule III, similar to some common prescription painkillers. The order does not decriminalize marijuana for recreational use.
04/23/2026   Washington Post Politics
A former reality TV contestant turned candidate in Virginia and two U.S. House hopefuls in Texas and Minnesota have been banned from the prediction market for five years.
04/23/2026   Washington Post Politics
The billionaire was a significant contributor to President Donald Trump’s campaign, but officials said he clashed repeatedly with Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth.