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Federal layoffs drove 96% of 2025 job losses
Roughly 96% of all job losses in the D.C. region last year came from federal layoffs, the liberal Brookings Institution reported this month.
Green groups now fighting to stop technology that cuts CO2 emissions
Environmental groups are scheming to block carbon-capture projects despite the technology's ability to combat climate change.
‘Dramatic departure’: Republicans challenge birthright citizenship for babies of illegal immigrants
Senate Republicans sought to add heft Tuesday to President Trump's argument that the Constitution doesn't -- and shouldn't -- require birthright citizenship, saying the great grant of American status shouldn't be reduced to a legal "loophole" of birth.
WATCH: Assistant Attorney General Harmeet Dhillon on election integrity and DOJ priorities
Harmeet Dhillon sits down with Alex Swoyer to discuss the Justice Department's civil rights priorities, including election integrity, parental rights, Harvard, and religious liberty. In this interview, she explains how the DOJ is approaching voter roll access, school-related legal fights, and high-profile enforcement cases under the Trump administration.
Companies rehire workers after AI replacements fail
Complaints from frustrated customers have prompted e-commerce and financial technology companies to quietly rehire some content writers, software engineers and customer service workers they had replaced with AI bots.
Iran war follows decades of the theocratic regime’s deadly global terrorism
Before the U.S. and Israel opened a war on Iran, the Islamic republic had waged a nearly 50-year campaign of global terrorism that has killed thousands, including at least 995 U.S. servicemen, military personnel and other Americans.
Apple News goes from 0% to 2% content from right-leaning outlets after FTC pushback
Only 2% of the articles on Apple News were aggregated from right-leaning news outlets in February -- but in Apple's defense, that's more than zero.
Bomb-throwing protesters in New York City vowed allegiance to Islamic State, say court documents
New York and federal authorities are looking for links between the Islamic State terror group and two pro-Muslim counterprotesters accused of hurling homemade explosives at a rally against New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani over the weekend.
Congress has chance to update kids’ digital privacy law, while other online safety bills stall
Congress is struggling to reach a consensus on legislation to protect children in the digital age after years of legislative work, but at least one bill stands a chance of becoming law this year.
Rights groups push Congress to rebuff COVID overreach
Six years after the COVID-19 pandemic began to rip through the U.S., spreading death and sparking draconian shutdowns, the country still has not had a full accounting of the dystopian restrictions the government imposed to try to control the virus -- and the public.
House panel advances kids online safety bill, but path to passage appears grim
A House committee has revamped its version of kids online safety legislation for at least the third time, losing bipartisan support in the process and likely impairing its ability to pass the House.
War with Iran is about to hit your wallet — here’s what’s coming at the pump
I'm Susan Ferrechio, senior politics reporter for the Washington Times, and in this video, we're breaking down how war with Iran is threatening to roll back one of the administration's biggest economic wins just as we head into the midterm elections.
Noem says she lives in Coast Guard housing as security measure, pays rent
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem told lawmakers on Wednesday that she is living in a Coast Guard residence as a security precaution -- and said she's paying the government to rent the home.
Fear of lawsuits, racial backlash spurred massive Minnesota fraud, House report says
Minnesota officials knew early in the pandemic that a major food assistance program had fraud issues but kept money flowing because they feared the political fallout of a racially tinged lawsuit, according to a House report released Wednesday.
‘A disaster’: Tillis blasts Noem’s leadership, threatens to derail Senate business to get answers
Sen. Thom Tillis unloaded on Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem on Tuesday, saying she's failed as a leader, and he threatened to hinder Senate business until she produces information about immigration arrests.
Pediatric trials aim to expand GLP-1 weight loss drugs to younger children
Pediatric trials are quietly underway to support prescribing GLP-1 medications for obesity in children under 12, despite concerns about their long-term effects on developing bodies.
Embattled Sen. Susan Collins goes back to roots to remind voters of her clout
Sen. Susan Collins visited her childhood stomping grounds along the Canadian border on her first real campaign swing since launching her reelection bid, reminding voters how her seat atop the Senate Appropriations Committee has steered billions of federal dollars back home.
FBI experiencing turmoil after Patel fired at least 10 employees
The recent wave of firings at the FBI by Director Kash Patel is being condemned by agency sources who say employees have been caught between the opposing political priorities of the Trump and Biden administrations.
