President Trump. (Evan Vucci/AP) Helaine Olen Opinion writer focusing on politics, economics and American life The Trump administration is ending 2018 by engaging in another wanton act of destruction. Late...

Blame game continues on government shutdown GOP Rep. Walter Jones is worried about how President Trump's border wall would add to the already mushrooming national debt, and he proposed some...

WASHINGTON — President Trump has agreed to give the military about four months to withdraw the 2,000 United States troops in Syria, administration officials said on Monday, backtracking from his...

Chief Justice John Roberts last year called for a working group to study workplace misconduct in the government's judicial branch. | Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images The federal judiciary has taken significant...

Breaking News EmailsGet breaking news alerts and special reports. The news and stories that matter, delivered weekday mornings.SUBSCRIBEDec. 31, 2018 / 6:16 PM GMTBy Associated PressWASHINGTON — President Donald Trump's...

CLOSE The nine U.S. Supreme Court justices, including the newest justice, Brett Kavanaugh, gathered for their official group photo at the Supreme Court. (Nov. 30) APChief Justice of the United...

The Obamas' home on Belmont Street in the Kalorama neighborhood of Northwest D.C. (Ricky Carioti/The Washington Post) In one of his most recent arguments for a southern border wall, President...