At an Urban Outreach drive in southeast Washington DC, staff partnered with Capital Area Food Bank distributed food assistance to federal employees who have gone three and a half weeks without pay, requiring worker IDs at the door. Volunteer coordinator Quinnae Higginbotham, who says she lost her own job at...
The White House has been remade repeatedly—and disputed each time—from Jefferson’s colonnades to Truman’s gut renovation after a grand piano leg punched through the floor. Later updates ranged from Jackie Kennedy’s Rose Garden to Nixon’s press room. Now, President Donald Trump’s 90,000-square-foot ballroom, funded by $300 million in private donations,...
California’s Proposition 50 has ignited a high-stakes, big-money brawl over mid-decade redistricting, saturating screens with ads before the Nov. 4 special election. Gov. Gavin Newsom’s committee reports raising more than $116 million, fueled by labor unions and national Democrats — including $15 million from House Majority PAC — with major...
China announced a new holiday, the Commemoration Day of Taiwan’s Restoration, to be observed on Oct. 25, marking the 1945 handover of Taiwan, then a Japanese colony, to an official of the then–Republic of China. The National People’s Congress Standing Committee said the observance supports China’s claims; Shen Chunyao told...
The Gaza cease-fire hinged on an exchange: Hamas freed all living hostages in Gaza and agreed to return remains of former captives, while Israel released 1,968 Palestinians. Of those, 250 were convicted in violent attacks; most—1,718 Gazans—were detained during war, many without charges and labeled 'unlawful combatants.' Rights groups and...
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Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche warned California officials he would prosecute them if they try to arrest federal immigration agents. His letter followed statements by Rep. Nancy Pelosi and San Francisco District Attorney Brooke Jenkins, who said they may seek warrants against agents using excessive force. Citing the Constitution’s supremacy...
The Trump administration says boats destroyed in the Caribbean and Pacific were ferrying drugs, citing “incredible” intelligence, but has offered no specifics on the evidence or the nearly 40 people killed. Officials and briefings point to intercepted communications as the strongest basis, supplemented by imagery, yet experts warn such signals...
In Prince George's County, federal employees queued for food as a shutdown withheld pay from 1.4 million civilian workers—half furloughed, half still on the job. The Capital Area Food Bank’s initial 300 boxes ran out before reinforcements arrived, underscoring rising need and frayed mental health. With Friday paychecks halted, workers...
President Donald Trump resisted declaring war against Venezuelan drug cartels targeted by U.S. strikes, telling reporters Thursday, “we’re gonna kill them,” as questions mount over the legality of operations not approved by Congress. He said Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth will go to Congress to discuss actions against alleged smugglers, asserting...
