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Trump spikes football at Justice Department

WASHINGTON, DC - MARCH 14: U.S. President Donald Trump speaks at the Justice Department March 14, 2025 in Washington, DC.

Ten Senate Democrats cave to avert government shutdown

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) leaves the Democratic caucus lunch at the U.S. Capitol
Updated Mar 14, 2025 - Business

FAA closes helicopter route near D.C. airport after fatal crash

A recovery crane pulls up a portion of the fuselage of a regional jet airliner that collided with a military helicopter on Wednesday night on the Potomac River at Reagan National Airport in Arlington, VA on February 3, 2025. (Photo by John McDonnell/ for The Washington Post via Getty Images)
Updated Mar 14, 2025 - Energy & Climate

Dangerous weekend tornado outbreak puts 100 million at risk

Side-by-side maps for Friday (left) and Saturday (right) showing the Storm Prediction Center's threat levels for a severe weather outbreak.
Updated Mar 14, 2025 - Politics & Policy

Inside House Dems' furious anti-Schumer movement

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer speaks on the phone in a wood-paneled elevator with a Capitol Police detail officer in the foreground.
Mar 14, 2025 - Economy

Consumer sentiment plunges in early March, inflation expectations soar

Mar 14, 2025 - World

Trump asks Putin to spare "surrounded" Ukrainian troops amid ceasefire push

Putin with pen in fatigues
Updated Mar 14, 2025 - Science

In photos: Blood Moon total lunar eclipse lights up sky

Full Blood Moon seen during the total lunar eclipse. During totality, the Moon appears a reddish, orange hue.
Mar 14, 2025 - Business

Gold hits all-time high, crossing $3,000 on tariff fears

Updated Mar 14, 2025 - World

U.S. disputes Hamas claim that it agreed to release American hostage

A child tapes a stick holding a Hamas flag during a demonstration in support of the Palestinian resistance in Al-Manara Square in the West Bank city of Ramallah, on Jan.12, 2024.

First look: Third Way's plan for Dems to fight back

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Mar 14, 2025 - Technology

Malware's AI time bomb

Illustration of a robot made out of ASCII text on a laptop.

Focus group: Trump swing voters in Michigan have buyers' remorse

.S. President Donald Trump answers reporters' questions while hosting Irish Taoiseach Micheal Martin in the Oval Office at the White House on March 12, 2025 in Washington, DC.

Scoop: ICE already short $2 billion as Trump's immigration crackdown ramps up

Photo illustration of an ICE agent looking at a dollar bill locked behind a chain link fence

Liberals enter the MAGA lion's den

Illustration of double doors with two, gold elephant door knockers.

Lawyers for Mahmoud Khalil seek immediate release on free speech grounds

Hundreds turn out outside of a New York court to protest the arrest and detention of Mahmoud Khalil, a green card holder and recent Columbia graduate who played a role in pro-Palestinian protests at the university on March 12, 2025 in New York City.
Updated Mar 13, 2025 - Politics & Policy

House Dems go into "complete meltdown" as Schumer folds

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, wearing a gray suit and speaking to a crowd of reporters in a yellow hallway.

2nd judge orders agencies to reinstate thousands of fired federal workers

Protesters hold signs in solidarity with the American Federation of Government Employees of District 14 at a rally in support of federal workers at the Office of Personnel Management in Washington, DC, March 4, 2025.

Trump blesses Medicaid scrutiny to pay for mega-MAGA package

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Updated Mar 13, 2025 - Politics & Policy

Johns Hopkins to slash 2,200 jobs after Trump admin's USAID cuts

Low angle view, on a sunny day, of Johns Hopkins Eastern campus in Baltimore, Maryland, July 10, 2004. From the Homewood Photography Collection
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