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02/11/2026   Washington Post Politics
J.P. Cooney served as a top deputy to special counsel Jack Smith in two criminal prosecutions of Trump.
02/11/2026   Washington Post Politics
The deployments encountered repeated legal setbacks that stymied President Donald Trump’s show of force in Los Angeles, Chicago and Portland, Oregon.
02/11/2026   Washington Post Politics
The vice president’s historic trip illustrates Trump’s transactional diplomacy and willingness to use economic muscle to elbow out rivals such as Russia and Iran.
02/11/2026   Washington Post Politics
Three Republicans joined Democrats in rejecting an attempt to block votes that would end the national emergency underpinning the president’s tariffs.
02/10/2026   Washington Post Politics
Federal prosecutors launched an investigation into the lawmakers after they released a short video advising current military members to reject “illegal orders.”
02/10/2026   Washington Post Politics
The president left some governors, including Maryland’s Wes Moore, off the guest list for an event that has traditionally been bipartisan.
02/10/2026   Washington Post Politics
The FBI told a federal judge that it is investigating whether any “deficiencies” in Georgia officials’ handling of the 2020 presidential election were intentional.
02/10/2026   Washington Post Politics
At least some in the GOP want ICE to tone it down.
02/10/2026   Washington Post Politics
Democrats in the Virginia General Assembly approved proposed congressional maps that favor their party, setting the stage to send sending the matter to Gov. Abigail Spanberger (D).
02/10/2026   Washington Post Politics
Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick told Congress that he recalls meeting with disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein three times over the course of 14 years.
02/10/2026   Washington Post Politics
As the Gordie Howe bridge nears completion, Trump, in his latest salvo against Canada, suggested he would “not allow” it to open, saying Canada had treated the U.S. “very unfairly.”
02/10/2026   Washington Post Politics
Explaining the SAVE Act, which Republicans in Congress are voting on this week.
02/09/2026   Washington Post Politics
A lawyer for about Jeffrey Epstein’s associate Ghislaine Maxwell said she is prepared to testify before lawmakers if first granted clemency.
02/09/2026   Washington Post Politics
Jeanine Pirro, the U.S. attorney for D.C., said a judge should dismiss Stephen K. Bannon indictment over defying a Jan. 6 subpoena “in the interests of justice.”
02/09/2026   Washington Post Politics
A federal judge weighing whether the project may proceed has focused on whether the administration can use private donations to bypass congressional approval.
02/09/2026   Washington Post Politics
The president is said to be eager to increase his involvement but has yet to approve a spending plan for his $300 million-plus war chest.