Politics

Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The White House is charging ahead with President Joe Biden’s schedule despite an uptick of COVID-19 cases among Washington politicians and staff members, including some in the president’s inner circle and others who have come near him at White House events. White House officials have repeatedly said they follow advice from […]

Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The two men accused of impersonating federal law enforcement agents are a risk to national security, government prosecutors said in a court document, pushing to keep the men in custody Friday. “In compromising at least four members of the USSS, they caused a risk to national security and the […]

Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The New York Attorney General’s Office asked a judge Friday to force Cushman & Wakefield to comply with subpoenas issued in connection with the civil investigation of former President Donald Trump. The motion to compel followed two subpoenas, one issued this past February and another in September of last […]

ilbusca/Getty Images (MONTGOMERY, Ala.) — In the latest salvo of legislation targeting LGBTQ youth, Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey has signed into law two bills banning transgender health care for minors and teaching about gender identity and sexual orientation in kindergarten through fifth grade. The Alabama legislature passed the two bills focusing on transgender youth a day […]

Oliver Contreras/for The Washington Post via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden celebrated Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson’s confirmation to the Supreme Court at a large-scale event at the White House on Friday amid new concerns about COVID spreading among Washington’s power players. As the event kicked off Friday afternoon, scores of guests gathered on […]

Julie Bennett/Getty Images, FILE (BIRMINGHAM, Ala.) — The Alabama legislature has passed two bills focusing on transgender youth: SB 184, which would ban gender-affirming care, and HB 322, which would ban trans students from using bathrooms and locker rooms that align with their gender identity. HB 322 also limits LGBTQ content in classrooms due to […]

Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Supreme Court confirmation battles are typically remembered for a few searing or pithy exchanges — or, just as likely, not at all. The memories of and lessons drawn from Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson’s successful nomination, though, are likely to be as divided as the political climate that produced them. That […]

Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — With masks no longer required and mitigation measures seen by some as a thing of the past, a coronavirus resurgence is spreading among the tight circles of the Washington elite. On Thursday, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi became the latest high-profile Washington dignitary to test positive for COVID-19. Pelosi, […]

Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has tested positive for COVID-19, her deputy chief of staff Drew Hammill tweeted Thursday. This positive test comes after testing negative earlier in the week, Hammill said. Pelosi on Wednesday tweeted a photo of her next to President Joe Biden. Pelosi, 82, is vaccinated and boosted […]

Douglas Sacha/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Ohio Republicans introduced a House bill on Monday prohibiting “divisive or inherently racist” curriculum and banning instruction that includes sexual orientation and gender identity. The proposal is now facing backlash from local LGBTQ advocates. The bill combines language from Florida’s controversial Parental Rights in Education law, dubbed by critics as […]