The Washington PostU.S. Politics Obama to speak at Cummings’s funeral in Baltimore on FridayThe Washington PostCummings was an early supporter of Obama’s 2008 presidential campaign and the congressman had a photo of the pair hanging in his office on Capitol Hill. “Before there was Barack Obama, there was Elijah
The Washington PostU.S. Politics Live updates: Cooper testifies after five-hour delay caused by House Republicans barging into secure roomThe Washington Post - By John Wagner, Felicia Sonmez, Colby ItkowitzA group of House Republicans who do not sit on the committees leading the impeachment inquiry stormed into a secure room at the Capitol on Wednesday where the latest witness in the probe was set to testify,
The Washington PostElijah Cummings Rep. Elijah Cummings lies in repose at Morgan State UniversityThe Washington Post - By Ovetta Wiggins, Jenna PortnoyBALTIMORE — Mourners streamed into the James H. and Louise Hayley Gilliam Concert Hall at Morgan State University on Wednesday to pay respects to their congressman, a Baltimorean who never forgot his or
The Washington PostDemocrats House Democrats look to take impeachment probe public as soon as mid-NovemberThe Washington PostAmong the witnesses Democrats hope to question in open session are the acting ambassador to Ukraine, William B. Taylor Jr., and his predecessor, former ambassador Marie Yovanovitch. Both are seasoned who,
The Washington PostU.S. Politics Trump told Republicans to fight. They took the brawl underground.The Washington Post - By Elise Viebeck, Rachael Bade, Mike DeBonis, Kayla EpsteinPresident Trump told them to “take the gloves off.” A day later, House conservatives breached security on Capitol Hill, stormed a secure room and started tweeting. It began with a call to action from of
The Washington PostU.S. Politics Republicans storm closed-door impeachment hearing as escalating Ukraine scandal threatens TrumpThe Washington Post - By Toluse Olorunnipa, Josh Dawsey, Mike DeBonisRepublicans’ defense of President Trump grew more frantic and disjointed Wednesday, with House members storming a closed-door meeting, delaying the testimony of an impeachment witness as the GOP grappled
The Washington PostWashington D.C. Can tens of thousands of mussels help save the polluted Anacostia River?The Washington Post - By Fenit NirappilThe volunteers paddled their canoes down the Anacostia River on a recent rainy day, the stench of trash lingering in the air as mud-caked bottles floated on the surface of the murky waters. Centuries development
The Washington PostU.S. Politics Trump tries to rebrand Syria withdrawal as a political promise kept: Let someone else be the world’s policemanThe Washington Post“Let someone else fight over this long-bloodstained sand,” Trump said at the White House. He declared a “major breakthrough” as a U.S.-backed cease-fire along the Syrian-Turkish border largely held, and
The Washington PostU.S. Politics House panel investigating Rep. Katie Hill amid allegations of improper relationship with stafferThe Washington PostThe allegations first surfaced in an article on the conservative website RedState.org. The article alleged that Hill and her husband were in a consensual three-person relationship with a woman on her team.
The Washington PostMatt Gaetz Here’s why the Matt Gaetz sit-in stunt was particularly weirdThe Washington Post - By Philip BumpAllies of President Trump are still trying to get their sea legs in response to the still-expanding scandal involving Trump’s efforts to compel Ukraine to launch investigations helpful to him. Over the
The Washington PostU.S. Politics Maryland attorney general sues Kushner-owned company over housing conditionsThe Washington Post - By Rebecca TanMaryland Attorney General Brian Frosh is suing a property management company owned by the family of presidential son-in-law Jared Kushner, alleging that the firm abused tenants by housing them in substandard
The Washington PostU.S. Politics A revealing 24 hours for the GOP and the ‘rule of law’The Washington Post - By Aaron BlakeIt’s hardly breaking news that President Trump has an uneasy relationship with the rule of law. He campaigned on putting his unindicted opponent in jail. He has attacked judges individually and the judiciary
The Washington PostMaryland General Assembly Longtime Md. Senate president is expected to announce his plansThe Washington Post - By Ovetta Wiggins, Erin CoxMaryland Senate President Thomas V. Mike Miller Jr. — the country’s longest serving Senate president — has scheduled a meeting with Democrats on Thursday at which he is expected to announce whether he
The Washington PostU.S. Politics From shoo-in to write-in: Paperwork stumble forces a Va. Republican to run the hard wayThe Washington Post - By Laura VozzellaCULPEPER, Va. — Republican Del. Nicholas J. Freitas, a charismatic former Green Beret with a libertarian streak, should have been a shoo-in for reelection in a rural Virginia district east of Shenandoah
The Washington PostU.S. Politics When did Ukraine know that Trump had frozen aid?The Washington Post - By Philip BumpIt took about four hours for President Trump’s newest defense of his efforts to cajole Ukraine into politically useful investigations to collapse. Early Wednesday, Trump picked up an argument made by John
The Washington PostU.S. Politics 6 defenses of Trump and Ukraine that have fallen apart — or are just plain badThe Washington Post - By Aaron BlakeWilliam B. Taylor Jr. has lent some huge testimony to the case against President Trump on Ukraine. The acting ambassador on Tuesday told the House committees conducting the impeachment inquiry that an
The Washington PostU.S. Politics Three years after Trump’s win, many Republicans still feel like they are on the losing side in AmericaThe Washington Post - By Eugene ScottAlthough Donald Trump won the 2016 election, many of his supporters still feel like losers in “Trump’s America.” And that anxiety continues to be a key factor in their opposition to the Democratic Party
The Washington PostU.S. Politics Trump says U.S. will lift sanctions on Turkey, calling cease-fire in Syria ‘permanent’The Washington Post - By Felicia Sonmez, David NakamuraPresident Trump announced Wednesday that the United States will lift sanctions on Turkey, saying that the Turkish government has informed the White House that it will abide by what he characterized as
The Washington PostU.S. Politics Why Republicans are holding up the impeachment inquiryThe Washington Post - By Amber PhillipsOn Wednesday, about 30 Republicans successfully got into the secure location in the Capitol basement where the impeachment inquiry is taking place, as a Pentagon official involved in overseeing the Ukraine
The Washington PostJoe Biden After criticizing Trump, Joe Biden apologizes for using ‘partisan lynching’ in 1998The Washington Post - By Matt ViserJoe Biden offered a rare apology on Tuesday night, saying he was sorry for using the phrase “partisan lynching” two decades ago to describe an impeachment proceeding. It came several hours after Biden
The Washington PostImpeachment The Daily 202: Former and current Trump administration officials are changing the narrative in the impeachment probeThe Washington Post - By Rachel Van Dongen
The Washington PostCorruption Trump administration sought billions of dollars in cuts to programs aimed at fighting corruption in Ukraine and elsewhereThe Washington Post“I don’t care about politics, but I do care about corruption. And this whole thing is about corruption,” Trump told reporters earlier this month when discussing the Ukraine issue. “This whole thing — whole
The Washington PostU.S. Politics The increasing evidence against Trump simplifies the central questions of the Ukraine scandalThe Washington Post - By Philip BumpEarlier this month, the question facing members of Congress — and, more broadly, the American people — was whether President Trump’s solicitation of politically useful information from a foreign leader
The Washington PostRuth Bader Ginsburg Ginsburg wins Berggruen Prize for ‘thinker’ whose ideas changed societyThe Washington Post - By Robert BarnesJustice Ruth Bader Ginsburg is the 2019 winner of the Berggruen Prize for Culture and Philosophy, a $1 million award given annually to a “thinker whose ideas are shaping human self-understanding to advance
The Washington PostEnergy The Energy 202: Trump administration was against funding Great Lakes program before it was for itThe Washington Post - By Dino Grandoni
The Washington PostHealth The Health 202: Trump and Pelosi are still working on a drug pricing deal despite impeachment dramaThe Washington Post - By Paige Winfield Cunningham
The Washington PostU.S. Politics Why Trump’s lynching comment drew outrage now, and not when Joe Biden and others used it in the ’90sThe Washington Post - By Amber PhillipsWhen President Trump claimed this week that an impeachment inquiry amounts to a “lynching,” it was a major controversy, with Democrats (and some Republicans) condemning his words. But a couple hours later
The Washington PostCapitalism The Finance 202: What Jamie Dimon's private call with an author reveals about the debate over capitalismThe Washington Post - By Tory Newmyer
The Washington PostCybersecurity The Cybersecurity 202: Some House Republicans also think the DNC server is in UkraineThe Washington Post - By Joseph Marks
