Republican Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears is borrowing a page from Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s campaign playbook by leaning into parental rights to take some of the wind out of Democrat Rep. Abigail Spanberger’s sails in the Virginia governor’s race. The strategy helped energize the Earle-Sears campaign…… Read more
D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser on Wednesday praised the sharp reductions in violent crime brought on by President Trump’s surge of federal law enforcement authorities throughout the District. Ms. Bowser, a Democrat who has been critical of the president’s reasoning for federalizing the Metropolitan Police Department and sending more than 2,000 National Guard troops…… Read more
More than a dozen senior generals and admirals have been fired since President Trump returned to the White House in January, including the first women to lead the Navy and the Coast Guard and the second Black man to serve as chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. The Trump administration has offered few explanations, but speculation, informed and otherwise…… Read more
Federal prosecutors in the District have revealed the identities of two murder suspects and a rape suspect who were arrested this month during the surge of federal law enforcement. The Office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia said the two murder suspects are Tarik Settles, 30, and Leroy Dixon, 17. Mr. Settles was linked to an April shooting…… Read more
President Trump said Monday he is ready to rename the Department of Defense to the Department of War. Mr. Trump said he would likely bring back the Pentagon’s previous name in about a week. The president and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth have pledged to reestablish the military’s “warrior ethos” and have often bemoaned the name change made after World War II ended…… Read more
President Trump created a National Design Studio to be headed by a new chief design officer to enhance federal digital and physical services. Airbnb Inc. co-founder Joe Gebbia has been tapped to fill the role, people familiar with the matter told Bloomberg. Mr. Trump signed the executive order creating the studio…… Read more
Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell is signaling that a long-awaited cut to interest rates may be warranted in September. Mr. Powell, in his final address to an annual Fed symposium, said the central bank faces a “challenging situation” as it weighs possible price increases from tariffs and the risk of slowing employment…… Read more
The Justice Department on Tuesday opened an investigation of the Metropolitan Police Department allegedly publishing phony crime data to make the city appear safer than it is, according to multiple reports. The investigation stems from a WRC-TV report about a Metropolitan Police commander being accused of manipulating violent crime data…… Read more
“No Soviet or Russian war since World War II has even come close to Ukraine in terms of fatality rate,” a study released by the think tank Center for Strategic and International Studies reported in June. Russia, with a population of about 144 million, has amassed 950,000 casualties so far, with as many as 250,000 dead. Ukraine, with a population of 37 million, has sustained nearly 400,000 casualties, with 60,000 to 100,000 deaths…… Read more
President Trump on Monday did not rule out sending U.S. troops to Ukraine as part of a peacekeeping force if a potential peace deal between Kyiv and Moscow can be reached. “We’ll let you know that, maybe later today,” Mr. Trump said during an Oval Office meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. Mr. Trump’s refusal to rule out the idea…… Read more
Republican Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears is borrowing a page from Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s campaign playbook by leaning into parental rights to take some of the wind out of Democrat Rep. Abigail Spanberger’s sails in the Virginia governor’s race. The strategy helped energize the Earle-Sears campaign…… Continue Reading
D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser on Wednesday praised the sharp reductions in violent crime brought on by President Trump’s surge of federal law enforcement authorities throughout the District. Ms. Bowser, a Democrat who has been critical of the president’s reasoning for federalizing the Metropolitan Police Department and sending more than 2,000 National Guard troops…… Continue Reading
More than a dozen senior generals and admirals have been fired since President Trump returned to the White House in January, including the first women to lead the Navy and the Coast Guard and the second Black man to serve as chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. The Trump administration has offered few explanations, but speculation, informed and otherwise…… Continue Reading
Federal prosecutors in the District have revealed the identities of two murder suspects and a rape suspect who were arrested this month during the surge of federal law enforcement. The Office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia said the two murder suspects are Tarik Settles, 30, and Leroy Dixon, 17. Mr. Settles was linked to an April shooting…… Continue Reading
President Trump said Monday he is ready to rename the Department of Defense to the Department of War. Mr. Trump said he would likely bring back the Pentagon’s previous name in about a week. The president and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth have pledged to reestablish the military’s “warrior ethos” and have often bemoaned the name change made after World War II ended…… Continue Reading
President Trump created a National Design Studio to be headed by a new chief design officer to enhance federal digital and physical services. Airbnb Inc. co-founder Joe Gebbia has been tapped to fill the role, people familiar with the matter told Bloomberg. Mr. Trump signed the executive order creating the studio…… Continue Reading
Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell is signaling that a long-awaited cut to interest rates may be warranted in September. Mr. Powell, in his final address to an annual Fed symposium, said the central bank faces a “challenging situation” as it weighs possible price increases from tariffs and the risk of slowing employment…… Continue Reading
The Justice Department on Tuesday opened an investigation of the Metropolitan Police Department allegedly publishing phony crime data to make the city appear safer than it is, according to multiple reports. The investigation stems from a WRC-TV report about a Metropolitan Police commander being accused of manipulating violent crime data…… Continue Reading
“No Soviet or Russian war since World War II has even come close to Ukraine in terms of fatality rate,” a study released by the think tank Center for Strategic and International Studies reported in June. Russia, with a population of about 144 million, has amassed 950,000 casualties so far, with as many as 250,000 dead. Ukraine, with a population of 37 million, has sustained nearly 400,000 casualties, with 60,000 to 100,000 deaths…… Continue Reading
President Trump on Monday did not rule out sending U.S. troops to Ukraine as part of a peacekeeping force if a potential peace deal between Kyiv and Moscow can be reached. “We’ll let you know that, maybe later today,” Mr. Trump said during an Oval Office meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. Mr. Trump’s refusal to rule out the idea…… Continue Reading