Gibberish in Washington keeps them guessing (and spelling)
Donald S. Beyer Jr. got the word "pampootie," or a shoe of untanned cowhide. He tried to put a "u" in it, and out rang the most feared sound in spelling — the bell that signals a mistake.
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As US debates, EU begins to audit AI
.; Apple Inc.’s App Store; the Bing search engine, part of Microsoft Corp.; Facebook and Instagram, both part of Meta Platforms Inc.; Google LLC; Pinterest; and YouTube; as well as European and Chinese
Photos of the Week ending Sept. 8, 2023
Donald S. Beyer Jr. talks with Susan Cunningham during the Arlington Democrats Chili Cook-Off at the Lyon Park Community Center in Arlington, Va., on Labor Day.
A summer of reflection — and fears of history repeating itself
Wannabe GOP candidate Vivek Ramaswamy goes further, calling Democratic Congresswoman Ayanna S. Pressley of Massachusetts and author and anti-racist activist Ibram X.
Seoul helps pave a soft-power superhighway
The U.S.’s strategic relationship with South Korea stands as a good example of this. In the Asia-Pacific theater, South Korea now stands as a major economic ally and driver of global growth.
DC judge sets March trial for Trump charges related to Jan. 6
Judge Tanya S. Chutkan of the U.S.
Biden, Harris to commemorate March on Washington on Monday
A White House official said that Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris would meet with members of Martin Luther King Jr.’s family, as well as organizers of the march.
GOP-dominated Utah embraces mail voting despite party rhetoric
While it would not override state laws like Utah’s, it would eliminate Washington, D.C.’s universal mail-voting system and encourage states to enact stronger ID requirements for people voting by mail.
The real reason Congress leaves Washington every August
That’s par for the course: July is D.C.’s hottest month on average.
America’s future depends on a truthful reckoning with its past
That did not stop President Harry S. Truman from signing Executive Order 9981 on July 26, 1948, mandating the desegregation of the U.S. military.
Do you need to have faith to practice values?
Martin Luther King Jr. for his "impatience" on civil rights progress, and "devout" Catholics booed Maryland’s Cardinal Lawrence Shehan in the 1960’s when he spoke eloquently in favor of open housing laws
Manchin to speak at ‘No Labels’ town hall in New Hampshire
Christopher S. Murphy said he’s "not giving a lot of thought to it." "It strikes me as a Republican front group," he said.
Capitol Lens | A decade of congressional baseball
Republican runner Rep. William R. Timmons IV of South Carolina is tagged out at home plate by Democratic catcher Sen. Christopher S. Murphy of Connecticut during the 2021 Congressional Baseball Game at Nationals Park.
House push to override Biden veto over DC policing policy falls short
The 233-197 vote did not reach the two-thirds majority needed to disapprove of D.C.’s law changing police policy.
‘A sense of community’: Asian Pacific American staff group celebrates 25 years
Bob Sakaniwa and David S. Kim bonded almost from the moment they arrived in Washington.
Senate sends joint resolution on DC police to Biden
Eleanor Holmes Norton, D.C.’s nonvoting representative in the House, has sharply slammed D.C. disapproval resolutions, calling them "profoundly undemocratic, paternalistic legislation."
On anniversary of abortion ruling leak, Murray presses on
Alito Jr.’s draft decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization galvanized the two sides further.
Congress will miss its budget deadline. That’s not unusual.
Lawmakers got so fed up with the missed deadlines, delayed appropriations bills and out-of-control deficits that as part of 2018’s debt ceiling increase and budget caps law, they set up yet another joint
McConnell will return to Senate Monday after recovery from injuries
Christopher S. Murphy, D-Conn., on Thursday morning called Feinstein a "legend," and advised on MSNBC that Khanna and other House members let senators make their own decisions.
House Republicans paint DC as hellish in move to strike another city bill
"D.C.’s officials have not carried out their responsibility to serve its citizens.