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12/05/2025   Washington Post Politics
Republican leaders have neither ruled out nor committed to launching a fuller investigation after revelations that U.S. forces killed two survivors of the attack.
12/05/2025   Washington Post Politics
The president talks frequently of his desire for more peace. He also likes talking like a warmonger.
12/05/2025   Washington Post Politics
Judge James E. Boasberg of the District of Columbia is looking into whether a criminal contempt referral is warranted after the Trump administration in March continued to fly two planeloads of mostly Venezuelan migrants to El Salvador.
12/05/2025   Washington Post Politics
The Trump administration asked the justices to take up the case on an expedited basis in September after lower courts found the policy unconstitutional and blocked it.
12/05/2025   Washington Post Politics
Judge Rodney Smith said legislation calling on officials to release unclassified investigatory materials enables him to unseal the transcripts.
12/05/2025   Washington Post Politics
Republicans in Indiana’s state House approved a new map that would give the GOP up to two more congressional seats. But the state Senate might not sign off on it.
12/05/2025   Washington Post Politics
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has distanced himself from the fallout from the strike, which killed 11, as Bradley has come under scrutiny.
12/05/2025   Washington Post Politics
How one of the richest people on the planet presses his pet issue: school choice
12/05/2025   Washington Post Politics
As she fights to keep her seat on the Federal Trade Commission, Rebecca Slaughter has emerged as one of the primary opponents of Trump’s war on the federal workforce.
12/05/2025   Washington Post Politics
A year after UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson was shot in New York, court hearings provide details of the arrest of Luigi Mangione, accused of killing him.
12/04/2025   Washington Post Politics
The footage was shown on Capitol Hill, where Adm. Frank M. Bradley, who oversaw a deadly attack on alleged drug smugglers, faced a day of difficult questions about the operation.
12/04/2025   Washington Post Politics
As Trump pushes for a more Republican-friendly House map, more than half a dozen states are potential targets for mid-decade tweaks to congressional boundaries.
12/04/2025   Washington Post Politics
Before a Virginia grand jury’s ruling Thursday, a judge had dismissed an earlier indictment after finding that the prosecutor had been unlawfully appointed.
12/04/2025   Washington Post Politics
The decision marks the latest development in a battle between Republican and Democratic states that seek partisan advantage ahead of the 2026 midterms.
12/04/2025   Washington Post Politics
The measure would keep Affordable Care Act subsidies in place for three years. But it’s not expected to get enough Republican support to pass.
12/04/2025   Washington Post Politics
The defense secretary’s actions “created a risk to operational security,” according to an independent assessment by the Pentagon’s inspector general.
12/04/2025   Washington Post Politics
Although the president and the original architect had clashed over the size of the project, the decisive factor was the small firm’s limited capacity to handle such an enormous project.
12/04/2025   Washington Post Politics
Trump joined leaders from Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo to sign an accord — and to marvel at the new name his administration gave the building.
12/04/2025   Washington Post Politics
The Truman aircraft carrier group conducted airstrikes for 52 days straight. Investigators found that not all of its ships or crews were ready for such intensity.
12/04/2025   Washington Post Politics
Follow President Trump’s progress filling over 800 positions, among about 1,300 that require Senate confirmation, in this tracker from The Washington Post and the Partnership for Public Service.