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Supreme Court’s top cases for new term
The Supreme Court opened its new term Monday, hearing arguments for the first time after a summer break and with new Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson. A look at some of the cases the court has […]
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Trump sells Washington hotel to Miami-based investor group
NEW YORK — The lease to the Washington, D.C., hotel run by Donald Trump’s family company while he was president, a symbol of his power to GOP politicians who gathered there and of corruption to […]
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DC reaches $750K settlement in Trump inaugural lawsuit
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Former President Donald Trump’s businesses and inaugural committee have reached a deal to pay Washington, D.C., $750,000 to resolve a lawsuit that alleged the committee overpaid for events at his hotel and […]
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DC statehood facing long odds in the Senate
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Proponents of statehood for Washington, D.C., vowed Tuesday to keep pushing even though the prospects were dim as the bill began working its way through the Senate. “Our democracy is truly in […]
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Federal probe: Protest not broken up due to Trump photo op
WASHINGTON, D.C. — An internal government investigation has determined that the decision to clear protesters against law enforcement from an area in front of the White House last summer was not influenced by then-President Donald […]
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JEFFREY: This should bug you more than cicadas
A reasonable person living in the United States over the past seventeen years might have been occasionally tempted to emulate a type of cicada that lives in the regions around Washington, D.C. This insect — […]
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DC statehood faces a crossroads with congressional vote
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Proponents of statehood for Washington, D.C., face a milestone moment in their decades-long movement to reshape the American political map. The House will vote Thursday on legislation that would create a 51st […]
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WARDEN: Mr. President-elect, please be brief …
Mr. President-elect, please be brief. As you craft your inaugural address, please consider making it one of the tightest in America’s verbose history. This is not personal, Mr. President-elect. You are an engaging fellow, and […]