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03/05/2026   Washington Post Politics
On Thursday, GOP leaders in the House had taken the unusual step of calling on the embattled Texas Republican to step aside over the scandal.
03/05/2026   Washington Post Politics
The celebration of Inter Miami’s championship and Lionel Messi’s arrival at the White House became a slalom between major geopolitical events and Trump’s fandom.
03/05/2026   Washington Post Politics
The National Capital Planning Commission’s chair cited the amount of public comment as the reason for the delay.
03/05/2026   Washington Post Politics
The Justice Department has proposed new regulations that would allow it to intervene in state bar disciplinary actions, which it said have become “weaponized.”
03/05/2026   Washington Post Politics
President Donald Trump announced the decision on social media and said Noem would be replaced with Sen. Markwayne Mullin (R-Okla.).
03/05/2026   Washington Post Politics
Democrats cheered Noem’s departure, but said it wasn’t enough to end the DHS shutdown that will soon enter its fourth week.
03/05/2026   Washington Post Politics
Two groups — one with the imprimatur of Congress, the other with President Trump’s blessing — are jockeying to host celebrations for America’s 250th anniversary.
03/05/2026   Washington Post Politics
The union for federal workers has argued the proposed changes would remove protections that are in place to prevent “politically motivated layoffs.”
03/05/2026   Washington Post Politics
In a lawsuit, Democratic officials from more than 20 states say that Trump’s new tariffs are illegal and that he is trying to “sidestep” a Supreme Court ruling.
03/05/2026   Washington Post Politics
Another Republican received President Donald Trump’s endorsement shortly after Daines’s announcement.
03/05/2026   Washington Post Politics
A Post analysis of submitted comments found more than 97 percent were critical of the planned 90,000-square-foot addition. The White House has defended it as necessary.
03/05/2026   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.
03/05/2026   Washington Post Politics
GOP leaders have tried to focus debate on cost-of-living issues at the top of voters’ minds, as war rages throughout Middle East.
03/04/2026   Washington Post Politics
Bondi has faced criticism from Democrats, and some Republicans, over the Justice Department’s handling of the Epstein files.
03/04/2026   Washington Post Politics
“I made a mistake,” said the Texas Republican, hours after the House Ethics Committee announced it would investigate allegations that he “engaged in sexual misconduct.”
03/04/2026   Washington Post Politics
Top AI executives, in response to a backlash against high utility bills, pledged to cover the energy costs created by data centers at an event with the president.
03/04/2026   Washington Post Politics
For Democrats, age may become a liability this cycle; for Republicans, trouble may arise without a Trump endorsement.
03/04/2026   Washington Post Politics
The Justice Department said it plans to appeal a judge’s decision that blocked the government from searching Post reporter Hannah Natanson’s electronic devices.
03/04/2026   Washington Post Politics
Congress has voted on seven other war powers resolutions since June, all of which failed.
03/04/2026   Washington Post Politics
By criticizing the U.S.-led attack and refusing to bow to Trump’s threat of trade retaliation, Pedro Sánchez set himself apart from other European leaders.