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WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump signed an executive order Thursday to establish the Oval Office and White House Cabinet Room as a national monument in order to prevent any major renovations to those spaces that are not approved by Congress. Trump, who tore down the East Wing of the White House to build a ballroom, […]

The alleged gun trafficking pipeline stretched from North Carolina to the Washington, D.C., area and beyond.

War Secretary Pete Hegseth has authorized National Guard troops in Washington, D.C., to use dozens of marked police cars, military vehicles and boats ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Salon, one of the early internet’s most influential websites that featured sharp voices and political and cultural journalism backed by a liberal sensibility, announced Thursday it would shut down after 31 years of publication. “It has been an extraordinary privilege,” the outlet said in a farewell note. The announcement, seen as a […]

WASHINGTON, D.C. - The midterms were a massacre for Republicans after losing majority control in both chambers. Some Republicans are blaming President Donald Trump for the losses and handing Democrats control of congress.

From City Hall to Capitol Hill, Scranton Mayor Paige Cognetti is preparing for a major change after flipping the 8th Congressional District blue.

A federal panel was expected Thursday to approve President Donald Trump’s proposed memorial arch in Washington at the end of a meeting that drew dozens of opponents to a key part of the president's push to leave his imprint on the nation's capital.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The sweeping victories that led Democrats to their largest congressional majority in decades did little to resolve the party’s long-term debate over its identity and what it should stand for. Tuesday’s winners spanned the ideological spectrum and ranged from establishment veterans to political outsiders. Progressives achieved breakthrough victories in Senate races in […]

The Trump administration admitted Thursday that it has done work on the president’s planned 250-foot arch in Washington, D.C., in defiance of a court order. In a court filing, DOJ lawyers acknowledged that a construction firm contracted by the White House, Grunley Construction Company, had painted lines in Memorial Circle, where President Trump wants his triumphal arch to be built. In their filing, they said that the company would stop its work and provide advance notice before resuming “any

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Thursday signed a proclamation that he said will prevent future changes to the Oval Office and Cabinet Room as he has redesigned them. “We’re making it a national monument and it will not be allowed to be touched by anybody,” Trump told reporters in the Oval Office. Trump’s […]