New York hosted the nation’s first Labor Day parade when 10,000 workers marched from City Hall to Union Square. As the movement grew, so did the parades and celebrations.
The far-right Alternative for Germany party surged to a resounding victory in a regional election Sunday, but fell a little short of winning a majority in its quest to form the country's first far-right state government since World War II.
An armed assailant lunged at the Democratic candidate for Ohio governor, Amy Acton, on Sunday during a campaign stop at the Canfield Fair, injuring several people, campaign officials said.
A closed-door meeting between members of a House subcommittee and officials from the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) was cut short on Tuesday after the top two lawmakers on the panel clashed over the terms of the gathering. The disagreement was confirmed to The Hill by the two lawmakers involved, Reps. Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) and...
Leland Dudek, acting commissioner for the Social Security Administration (SSA), said as of Monday the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) no longer has access to the agency’s systems in an effort to comply with court orders. Dudek submitted a declaration confirming that DOGE employees' access to systems containing personally identifiable information (PII) or systems of...
Presented by National Council on Aging — Plus: Putin gifts Trump portrait {beacon} White House digs in as furor grows over breach PRESIDENT TRUMP IS SIGNALING the White House will stand by its national security team as the furor grows in Washington over a journalist being added to a group chat discussion about a Yemen...
Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.) urged lawmakers to stop making fun of President Trump's decision to rename the Gulf of America, suggesting the nation’s capital could undergo the same change. “I would caution my colleagues on the other side of the aisle to refrain from making jokes about the Gulf of America because next up may be the District...
A person with measles traveled through the District of Columbia while contagious, city health officials said Tuesday, marking the city’s first recorded infection this year. The individual traveled on Amtrak’s Northeast Regional route heading southbound on March 19 and walked through the concourse at Union Station between 11:00 p.m. and 1:30 a.m. The person sought...
Mehmet Oz is a step closer to being confirmed as the next head of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, after the Senate Finance Committee on Tuesday advanced his nomination. The vote was 14-13 along party lines. Democrats slammed Oz for not committing to stop potential GOP cuts to Medicaid, as well as his...
A federal judge on Monday temporarily blocked Kari Lake and the Trump administration from moving to defund Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL). U.S. District Judge Royce Lamberth found that the administration and Lake, who oversees U.S. Agency for Global Media (USAGM), which funds the radio station and Voice of America (VOA), likely violated the law...
President Trump on Tuesday acknowledged a mistake occurred when a journalist was swept up in a text message chain with top administration officials on plans for an attack on Houthi rebels, saying issues can happen with modern technology. The president was asked if anyone could be fired after Jeffrey Goldberg, editor in chief of The Atlantic,...
Trump is undermining vital federal programs, such as the U.S. Department of Education and Social Security, by making it harder for people to access benefits, which could lead to a catastrophic impact on millions.
Two GOP lawmakers filed articles of impeachment on Monday against two judges who issued rulings that effectively blocked President Trump from advancing parts of his agenda. Rep. Andrew Clyde (R-Ga.) said he introduced articles of impeachment against Rhode Island-based U.S. District Chief Judge John McConnell, who earlier this month issued an injunction blocking the Trump...
The alleged CEO shooter Luigi Mangione has asked for a laptop in jail to view the documents against him in the UnitedHealthcare CEO case. In a court filing Monday, Mangione’s lawyers asked if he could be provided a laptop solely to view the documents, video and other material related to the case, and not for...
Russia said Monday that it expects the U.S. to ease certain sanctions as part of an agreement for a limited ceasefire with Ukraine, lifting restrictions on certain banking sectors which are a major piece of international penalties on Moscow over its full-scale invasion launched in Feb. 2022. The sanctions lifting is part of an agreement...
Multiple academic groups filed suit against the Trump administration Tuesday over its actions to deport foreign students and faculty who participated in pro-Palestinian protests on campuses. The American Association of University Professors, the Middle East Studies Association and Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia University argue the administration has created an environment “terrorizing students...
Top Democrats are demanding President Trump immediately reinstate two commissioners who were fired from the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) just days after he took office. In a letter to Trump, Democratic Reps. Robert C. “Bobby” Scott (Va.), ranking member on the House Committee on Education and Workforce, Jamie Raskin (Md.), ranking member on...
