Politics

Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — While final seat totals are still pending, Canadian broadcasters have called that Mark Carney led the Liberals to victory in Canada’s election on Monday. It is still not clear whether the Liberals will form a minority or majority government. As of Tuesday morning, the Liberals had won or were leading […]

Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Most Americans take President Donald Trump at his word when he talks about sending American citizens to foreign prisons, serving a third term as president and trying to take control of Greenland and Canada — even as sweeping majorities oppose each of these potential actions. About 7 in 10 adults […]

Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — In a speech to a joint session of Congress in March, President Donald Trump took direct aim at diversity, equity and inclusion policies, saying hiring and promotion practices should be based on merit, not race and gender. “We’ve ended the tyranny of so-called diversity, equity and […]

Allison Robbert for The Washington Post via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Since Donald Trump took office 100 days ago, the president and his administration have faced an average of more than two lawsuits per day, challenging nearly every element of his agenda. The breakneck pace of the president’s policies has been matched in nearly equal […]

Photo by JOHN THYS/AFP via Getty Images (MIDDLE EAST) — An F/A-18E fighter jet rolled off the side an aircraft carrier and sank to the bottom of the Red Sea, the Navy announced on Monday. There was one enlisted crew member aboard the jet and a second enlisted crew member inside the tractor when the incident occurred. […]

Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Rep. Gerry Connolly, the ranking Democrat on the powerful House Oversight Committee, announced he will “soon” step down from his role and won’t run for reelection because his cancer has returned. “The sun is setting on my time in public service, and this will be my […]

Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — In a social media post on the day of Canada’s election, President Donald Trump suggested that Canadians should vote for him in order for Canada to become the 51st state. “Elect the man who has the strength and wisdom to cut your taxes in half, increase your military power, for free, to […]

Scott Olson/Getty Images (MILWAUKEE, WI) — A reserve judge will be appointed to take over the cases of Judge Hannah Dugan, who was arrested by the FBI over allegedly helping an undocumented immigrant, according to a Milwaukee County official. The county’s chief judge, Carl Ashley, said late Sunday that a reserve judge would take over […]

Kayla Bartkowski/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Democratic lawmakers are “urgently” calling for the White House to issue a full disclosure of financial transactions leading up to President Donald Trump’s sudden pause on a sweeping set of tariffs earlier this month, raising concerns that people close to the president “potentially violated federal ethics and insider trading laws” […]

Al Drago for The Washington Post via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said Sunday that the Secret Service caught the person who swiped her bag from a Washington restaurant on Easter Sunday while she was dining with her family. “Thank you to @SecretService @ICE and our law enforcement partners for finding […]