Jan. 6 memorial plaque placed at Capitol, three years after intended
4:12pm By Mary McCue BellA plaque recognizing the service of law enforcement officers during the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol was inconspicuously installed in Congress early Saturday, four years after lawmakers voted to furnish Capitol Hill with a memorial.Trump honors 6 soldiers killed in Iranian drone strike
3:38pm By Mary McCue BellPresident Trump traveled to Dover Air Force Base in Delaware on Saturday to mark the final return home of the six U.S. Army troops killed during an Iranian drone strike at a U.S. command center in Kuwait.Jan. 6 plaque honoring police officers is installed at the Capitol after a 3-year delay
2:52pm By Mary Clare Jalonick and Lisa MascaroVisitors to the Capitol will now have a visible reminder of the violent attack against the building on Jan. 6, 2021, and the officers who fought and were injured that day.Iranian Americans send message to White House: 'Regime change in Iran by the people of Iran'
2:05pm By Mary McCue BellIranian Americans gathered on Capitol Hill to chant "regime change in Iran by the people of Iran" -- a chorus echoing blocks away, accompanied by dozens of drums -- on Saturday, marking the first week of the U.S. military operation in Iran.Oil crisis, torpedo strike off Sri Lanka raise questions about India-U.S. alliance
1:52pm By Jacob WirtschafterThe conflict that Washington described as a targeted campaign against Iran's leadership has reached the Indian Ocean, the waterway India has spent three decades building a navy to command.Iran war exposes fractures in Trump's MAGA base
12:25pm By The Washington Times AI News DeskThe joint U.S.-Israel military campaign against Iran has done something few political events in recent memory have managed: it has turned some of President Trump's most prominent and loyal supporters against him.After a president-filled celebration, Rev. Jesse Jackson's family gathers for an intimate homegoing
11:35am By Matt BrownA day after former presidents, sitting governors and local Chicago residents alike attended a vibrant, televised celebration for the late Rev. Jesse Jackson Sr., the family and friends who knew him best hosted a more intimate gathering Saturday to grieve the…Noncitizen charged with voting in Alabama: 'Simply showed them his ... driver's license'
10:15am By Stephen DinanA Mexican citizen managed to vote in federal elections in Alabama in 2022 and 2024 just by showing his driver's license and without ever being asked to prove he was an American citizen, federal authorities charged in a new criminal case.ICE down to just 47 extra deportation officers in Minnesota
10:04am By Stephen DinanU.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has cut its deployment in Minnesota down to just 47 deportation officers and they are focused on picking up deportation targets from prisons and jails, the agency told a federal judge Friday.Democrats at odds with Trump administration over risk to U.S. weapons stockpiles from Iran war
8:08am By Ben FinleyThe U.S. and Israeli strikes on Iran have raised concerns among Democrats and others about diminishing American stockpiles of certain weapons, illustrating a long-standing production problem that some experts say could present challenges if another conflict…Faith leaders push for access to ICE detention centers during Lent and Ramadan
7:57am By Giovanna Dell'OrtoThe long-held practice of faith leaders ministering to detained migrants has become far more contentious - and consequential - as detention numbers soar across the United States during the federal government's immigration crackdown.Trump will join grieving families for the return of soldiers killed in war in the Middle East
7:50am By Seung Min KimPresident Trump plans to join grieving families at Dover Air Force Base on Saturday at the dignified transfer for the six U.S. soldiers killed in the war in the Middle East.Shield of the Americas: Trump turns attention to the Western Hemisphere at regional summit
6:57am By Aamer Madhani and Joshua GoodmanPresident Trump is set to gather with Latin American leaders on Saturday at his Miami-area golf club as his administration looks to demonstrate it's still committed to sharpening U.S. foreign policy focus on the Western Hemisphere even as it deals with…Trump calls on Congress to pass bill aimed at bolstering college sports
Fri 5:34pm By Jeff MordockPresident Trump on Friday called on Congress to establish a national framework to stabilize college sports amid court rulings, image and likeness deals and recruiting changes have put the multibillion-dollar collegiate NCAA system under siege.Trump faces an awkward COVID reckoning of his own six years later
Fri 5:08pm By The Washington Times AI News DeskWhen a coalition of civil rights groups launched the COVID Justice Resolution this week, a formal call for Congress to repudiate pandemic-era government overreach, they were asking, in part, for accountability from the man who started it all.Lev Parnas, ex-Giuliani ally, launches House bid in Florida as a Democrat
Fri 4:57pm By Mallory WilsonFormer Rudy Giuliani associate Lev Parnas has jumped into a House race in Florida as a Democrat.Congress has chance to update kids' digital privacy law, while other online safety bills stall
Fri 4:47pm By Lindsey McPhersonCongress is struggling for consensus on legislation to protect kids in the digital age after years of legislative work, but at least one bill stands a shot of becoming law this year.Six years on, country still waiting for a COVID reckoning
Fri 4:03pm By Stephen DinanSix years after the coronavirus pandemic began to rip through the U.S., spreading death and sparking draconian shutdowns, the country still has not had a full accounting of the dystopian restrictions the government imposed to try to control the virus -- and…Trump's military actions reassert America's role as global policeman
Fri 3:54pm By Jeff MordockPresident Trump campaigned on an "America First" foreign policy, vowing that the U.S. would no longer serve as the world's policeman, entangled in unaffordable forever wars. Yet he has unleashed America's military might time and again.New York AG Letitia James says Border Patrol account of migrant death in Buffalo 'unreliable'
Fri 3:22pm By Stephen DinanNew York Attorney General Letitia James questioned the Border Patrol's version of events that led up to the death of a migrant in the state late last month, calling it "unreliable" and saying there are too many unanswered questions.
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