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Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent acknowledged Sunday that Walmart, the largest U.S. retailer, may pass along some of the costs from President Donald Trump's tariffs to its shoppers through higher prices.

Sen. Chris Murphy of Connecticut said the loyalty Democrats showed President Joseph R. Biden haunted the party in the 2024 election.

House Speaker Mike Johnson said Sunday he is confident Republicans will meet their self-imposed Memorial Day deadline for passing President Trump's "big beautiful" bill through the lower chamber.

The Trump administration is not alarmed by the recent downgrading of the nation's credit.

Voters in Portugal returned to the polls on Sunday for a third general election in three years, as the country's increasingly fragmented political landscape defies efforts to unite behind policies on pressing national issues such as immigration, housing and…

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent downplayed Sunday the criticism President Trump has received over his plan to accept a $400 million luxury jet from the Qatari royal family.

A look at some of what's missing from the Trump White House's website:

Tucked deep in the thousand-plus pages of the multitrillion-dollar budget bill making its way through the Republican-controlled U.S. House is a paragraph curtailing a court's greatest tool for forcing the government to obey its rulings: the power to enforce…

Russia launched early Sunday its largest drone attack on Ukraine since the start of the war between the two countries, Ukrainian officials said.

For generations, official American documents have been meticulously preserved and protected, from the era of quills and parchment to boxes of paper to the cloud, safeguarding snapshots of the government and the nation for posterity.

Libraries across the United States are cutting back on e-books, audiobooks and loan programs after the Trump administration suspended millions of dollars in federal grants as it tries to dissolve the Institute of Museum and Library Services.

A House Republican who has been a central figure pushing for an increase to the state and local tax deduction caps, known as SALT, said increasing taxes on the nation's top earners could help move President Trump's "stalled" megabill.

President Trump unleashed scathing posts about the Supreme Court, chiding its Friday decision to halt his deportations of alleged illegal gang members to El Salvador.

A Wisconsin congressman said former Attorney General Merrick Garland broke his oath of office by wrongly shielding the damning audio of Joe Biden's October 2023 interview with special counsel Robert Hur, which seemed to show the former president's mental…

President Trump demanded that Walmart absorb the cost of his tariffs to avoid hiking prices.

Oklahoma high school students studying U.S. history learn about the Industrial Revolution, women's suffrage and America's expanding role in international affairs.

President Trump will have to navigate a delicate tightrope when he comes out with a promised plan to expand access to in vitro fertilization.

President Trump said he will speak with Russian President Vladimir Putin early this week after the Russian leader opted to skip peace talks with Ukraine in Turkey.

I'm George Gerbo and welcome to Washington Times Weekly, where we get a chance to sit down with our reporters and dig into their latest coverage of the news and events around the nation and the world. Joining me today is Washington Times national politics…

Former FBI Director James Comey was interviewed by the Secret Service on Friday about a social media post that Republicans insisted was a call for violence against President Donald Trump.