Lawmakers passed the legislation on an emergency basis — meaning it will take effect for 90 days — and a public hearing on a permanent version will be held April 22. A majority of federal ...

The order directs the vice president to eliminate what he finds “improper” from the Smithsonian Institution, including its museums, education and research centers, and the National Zoo.

Arlington, Virginia, police said they went to Fashion Centre at Pentagon City after “multiple fights” were reported in the area. A mom in Montgomery County, Maryland, confined their kids to ...

A spokesperson said the Secret Service had been notified of a man traveling from Indiana, hoping to spark a confrontation with police. Jasmine Moawad, 49, pleaded guilty to a felony after police ...

Three congressmen came to George Washington University Hospital around 10:30 a.m. to visit Matt Mika, a lobbyist they said was wounded in Wednesday’s shooting. “Matt Mika, one of the guys who ...

Paradegoers stretched their arms out as an announcer declared that the new president’s motorcade was approaching. “Are they in their cars?” one person asked. “I thought they were going to ...

As antiabortion activists expect President Trump to move forward on his promise to defund Planned Parenthood, a new poll out Friday suggests that 62 percent of Americans oppose cutting off ...

Kamala Harris, a newly elected Democratic senator from California, took the stage and gave a short but powerful and polished speech. Women’s issues are not a separate concern, she argued: The ...

In a fiery speech, the ever-provocative Madonna said she’d thought a lot about “blowing up the White House” since Donald Trump’s election, but instead will choose love. The Queen of Pop ...

Actress Ashley Judd read a poem by 19-year-old Nina Donovan from her home state of Tennessee. “I am a nasty woman,” the poem began. “Not as nasty as a man who looks like he bathes in Cheeto ...

New White House chief strategist Stephen K. Bannon on Friday afternoon said President Trump’s inaugural speech had echoes of another long-ago American populist. “It was an unvarnished ...

Several social issues disappeared from the WhiteHouse.gov site Friday, including a page dedicated to LGBT rights. A report on the Labor Department’s website on LGBT workers rights was also ...