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The stories that got them banned: Trump lists ‘reporting incidents’ in letters to three news outlets
Reporting on the planned military bunker beneath the new East Wing complex and an article about the Defense Department's munitions shortage are among the stories the Trump administration used to justify banning CNN, Politico and MS Now from the White House this week.
College sports act overcomes filibuster in Senate, heading toward passage
A bill to create nationwide rules for compensating college athletes and limiting athletic conference consolidation is on a glide path to passage in the Senate after it cleared a filibuster Thursday.
ICE rushed to buy 11 warehouses for detention. Now it’s trying to sell 7 of them
ICE's effort to rapidly build its detention capacity has wasted millions of dollars as the Trump administration took a spend-first, ask-questions-later approach, the Government Accountability Office said in a withering audit Thursday.
Judge reinstates media outlets banned by Trump, orders 14-day temporary restraining order
A judge temporarily reinstated three media outlets that President Trump ejected from the White House.
New York’s climate law that tried to punish oil companies is ruled unconstitutional
A federal judge ruled Wednesday that New York's attempt to make fossil fuel companies pay up $75 billion to combat climate change was unconstitutional, delivering a victory to the Trump administration.
MAGA heads, here’s your chance to sound off!
Lately, I've been taking a spin through the comments on my columns. They aren't nice.
Woman spent 86 hours in solitary confinement over misused Flock camera report
Flock's CEO was a no-show at a Senate hearing Wednesday, where a Florida woman described being sent to jail after police, using a Flock license plate reader camera, erroneously accused her of being the driver in a fatal car crash.
Human rights shadow Xi’s visit: Families of Americans jailed in China push Trump for action
Chinese President Xi Jinping's state visit to Washington is shining a light on the harsh realities of life under communist rule.
Federal prosecutors say mailman tossed 300 mail-in ballots ahead of Utah primary
Federal prosecutors announced charges Tuesday against a former mailman who they accused of dumping about 300 mail-in ballots he was supposed to deliver ahead of Utah's primary election in June.
At U.N., Trump vows to settle Iran conflict by striking deal or annihilating the country
President Trump told the United Nations on Tuesday he's confronting global challenges while others dither and would not let the midterms dictate whether he strikes a deal with Iran or moves to "annihilate" the Middle East country.
‘Managing a stalemate’: Long list of thorny topics await at Trump-Xi meeting at White House
President Trump will host Chinese President Xi Jinping for a lavish state visit to Washington this week, but behind the pageantry, the two leaders will face off across a negotiating table crowded with disputes.
Trump administration inked $200,000-per-year contract for Flock cameras in D.C. area
It turns out Uncle Sam is part of the Flock family. A Trump administration agency is paying Flock Group $231,600 a year to host license plate reader cameras on roads around the Washington area, according to government contracting data.
Trump signs trilateral deal with Denmark, Greenland, increasing U.S. posture on the Arctic island
President Trump on Tuesday signed a trilateral agreement with Denmark and Greenland that clears the way for a ramped-up U.S. military presence on the Arctic island
Fox pulled the plug on Trump; the administration can now pull the guests
On Friday, President Trump banned CNN, MS NOW and Politico from the White House, saying they report "fake news" and "shouldn't be able to constantly write or report FICTION and LIES."
Alaska’s Dan Sullivan joins candidates in key Senate races calling for a pause on diesel exports
Republican candidates who supported the Iran war are moving quickly to show they hear voters' complaints about high fuel and grocery prices tied to the conflict -- proposing a gas tax suspension and a temporary halt to diesel exports as the midterm elections near.
Trump’s war with news media threatens network blackout of U.N. speech, Xi visit
President Trump's ejection of three major news outlets from the White House escalated Monday into a full-on battle with the media and could significantly hamper coverage of one of the most important weeks of his second term.
‘Obviously idiotic’: Trump’s plan for drones, snipers at the ‘Triumphal Arch’ gets a cold reception
President Trump's idea of using his proposed 250-foot triumphal arch near Washington as a weapons storage site and staging area for snipers and drones is drawing criticism from Capitol Hill lawmakers and questions from military analysts.
Why Israel’s elections matter to the U.S.
Oct. 7 marks the third anniversary of the worst single-day massacre of Jews since the Holocaust, and Oct. 27 is the day Israelis head to the polls to choose a new government and prime minister.
Foxes guarding the server room? Senators smell a rat as Big Tech begs Washington to regulate AI
Call them skeptical. Senators who have spent years fighting Big Tech find it odd that leading artificial intelligence companies are banding together to pursue government regulation.
DMZ explosion ups tension as South Korea weighs Kim’s threats against pressure to join U.S. in Gulf
A so-far unexplained explosion that wounded three South Korean soldiers in the Demilitarized Zone on Monday adds timely weight to Seoul's resistance to U.S. pressure to deploy military assets to the Middle East.