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A view of flames on a ridge, as seen Thursday from Topanga Canyon near Pacific Palisades in Los Angeles.

White House

As California fires rage, so does what could be final Trump-Biden battle

President-elect hammers Democrats, while Biden, once again, opts for public high road

By John T. Bennett
Posted January 10, 2025 at 2:13pm

President Joe Biden, joined virtually by Vice President Kamala Harris, was briefed by his homeland security aides and federal emergency management officials in the White House’s South Court Auditorium on Oct. 9. (Tom Brenner for The Washington Post via Getty Images)

White House

Biden forced to put legacy push on hold as crises mount at home and abroad

By John T. Bennett
Posted October 10, 2024 at 4:35pm, Updated October 15, 2024 at 2:50pm
NASA's Perseverance rover touching down safely on Mars on Feb.18, 2021, kicking off the agency's ninth mission on the red planet.

Congress

Mars samples project looms large in final spending talks

By Aidan Quigley
Posted February 16, 2024 at 5:30am
House Science Chair Frank Lucas, R-Okla., said the committee will "focus on the things that are five weeks, five months, five years, five decades — maybe five centuries is too long — but 150 years from now."

Congress

At ‘fun’ House Science, Lucas sees CHIPS aid as potential model for AI, quantum computing

By Gopal Ratnam
Posted January 31, 2023 at 7:00am, Updated at 10:35am
Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant in Ukraine is Europe's largest nuclear power station.

Fighting at Ukraine nuclear plant highlights risks of US export policies

By Rachel Oswald
Posted November 8, 2022 at 7:00am
Rep. Bill Foster has sought to change the criteria to more widely distribute money that now goes primarily to one institution in a state.

Underfunded states to get boost in high-tech research money

By Gopal Ratnam
Posted October 12, 2022 at 7:00am
Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson, D-Texas, has been working on some of the science provisions for 15 years.

‘Chips and science’ bill on way to Biden’s desk

By Lindsey McPherson and Laura Weiss
Posted July 28, 2022 at 3:28pm
Intel Corp. CEO Pat Gelsinger testifies March 23 at a Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee hearing on U.S. semiconductor manufacturing competitiveness.

Semiconductor, science bill passes Senate, heads to House

By Laura Weiss and Lindsey McPherson
Posted July 27, 2022 at 1:13pm
Sen. Maria Cantwell, D-Wash., went to work behind the scenes after the expansive bill got stripped down.

How the ‘chips-plus’ bill grew by nearly 1,000 pages

By Lindsey McPherson
Posted July 26, 2022 at 11:47am
Rob Bilott, a corporate defense attorney who represented a community that was dangerously exposed for decades to PFAS, spoke a Washington news conference in 2019.

EPA sets stricter advisories for ‘forever chemicals’ in water

By David Jordan
Posted June 15, 2022 at 11:53am