District Of Columbia Opinion Spotlight

WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump unleashed an extraordinary assault on the integrity of the U.S. election system early Wednesday during an outburst in front of about 150 cheering supporters at the White House. At about 2:20 a.m., the president appeared in the ornate East Room to stake a premature claim...

WASHINGTON - Trick or treat. President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump welcomed costumed kids to the White House on Sunday for the annual Halloween celebration on the South Lawn with a few traditions tweaked as part of new coronavirus precautions. President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on the confirmation of Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court (all times local):. The scene at an outdoor White House ceremony for Amy Coney Barrett looked very different from the previous White House event where President Donald Trump introduced her as his nominee. Monday’s...

Photo by Amuse Booze “Line is not bad and moving at a decent pace.”. Ed. Note: You can find all the early vote centers, including wait times!!?!!, in D.C. here. Steph asks: “good morning and happy early voting! Do you know what entrance to use for the nationals stadium voting?”

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Pope Francis named Washington Archbishop Wilton Gregory as a cardinal on Sunday morning. Gregory was among 12 new cardinals chosen worldwide. Gregory is the first African-American to be elevated to the position of cardinal within the Catholic Church. The 72-year-old was ordained a priest in the Archdiocese...

WASHINGTON — The statement by the Washington National Football League (NFL) franchise on Friday, July 3, that the team will undergo a thorough review of the team’s name won the praise of American Indians across social media. The Cherokee Nation released the following statement from Principal Chief Chuck Hoskin, Jr.:

WASHINGTON (NEXSTAR) — Entertainer Kanye West is asking people to write in his name when they head to the polls to vote for the next president of the United States. In his first political ad of the 2020 season, West says he’ll help “revive our nation’s commitment to faith.”. “By...

WASHINGTON — Demonstrators are planning a protest outside Sen. Mitch McConnell's D.C. home in Northeast Saturday. Organizers say they will call on the Senate Majority leader to suspend the Senate, and speak out against the confirmation of Judge Amy Coney Barrett to the United States Supreme Court. Barrett was nominated...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Cambodia has demolished a U.S.-built facility on the country's largest naval base, according to images published by an American think tank on Friday, amid increasing concern in Washington about China's access to military bases in the nation. The Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) published images...

Postmaster General Louis DeJoy is defending operational changes at the Postal Service, made before and during his tenure, that have been put on hold by several federal judges within the past week. While plans to remove mail-sorting equipment from processing plants predate his time in office, DeJoy said Thursday that...

WASHINGTON (AP) — House Democrats on Wednesday proposed a bill to curb presidential abuses, a pitch to voters weeks ahead of Election Day as they try to defeat President Donald Trump, capture the Senate from Republicans and keep their House majority. The legislation, a wide-ranging package of new and revised...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The day after Donald Trump beat Hillary Clinton to win the 2016 presidential election, Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg took the bench wearing a black necklace with crystals. It was a piece she typically wore to express her displeasure while reading a dissent from the bench. But Ginsburg, who had called Trump a faker ahead of the election and then apologized, had no dissents to read.

WASHINGTON – Appeals court Judge Amy Coney Barrett, among the jurists on a short list of potential candidates for the Supreme Court, met with President Donald Trump at the White House Monday, two advisers speaking on condition of anonymity said. Trump has said he will announce his Supreme Court pick...

The Smithsonian will reopen two additional museums in Washington, D.C., to the public Friday, Sept. 25: the National Museum of American History and the National Museum of the American Indian, both located on the National Mall. These locations will reopen with new health and safety measures due to the COVID-19...

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump marveled at a rally this week about how important Supreme Court nominations are to voters. But Senate Republicans are with the voters on that. Despite Democratic cries of hypocrisy, they’re hoping the battle over replacing Ruth Bader Ginsburg will help them keep their Senate majority as well as Trump’s job in the White House.

WASHINGTON — President Trump on Friday said development of a US coronavirus vaccine was in the “final stage,” declaring, “We essentially have it” and telling reporters he expected to have doses available for “every American” by April. “Since January, America’s brilliant doctors and scientists have been working around the clock....

Protesters on Monday wrote deceased Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg's "dying wish" in chalk in front of Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell's Washington, D.C., house. The message came amid wider criticism of McConnell's leadership in the Senate and was intended to make him reconsider transgressing Ginsburg's wish, which, as.

WASHINGTON, DC- The United States on Monday imposed new sanctions on individuals and entities involved in Iran's nuclear, missile and conventional arms programs, to support its assertio ... The announcement came in defiance of nearly all UN members, including US allies in Europe, who have rejected US legal standing to...

WASHINGTON (ABC7) — Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg is being remembered around the country as a historic Supreme Court Justice, but some are mourning the loss of a friend. Ginsburg passed away Friday from complications of metastatic pancreatic cancer. Lawrence Brownlee, opera singer, said he sees Ginsburg as a friend and...

WASHINGTON, D.C., USA — Editor's note: The related video above was published Aug. 25, 2020. As the coronavirus pandemic continues to hit the travel industry hard, Carnival Cruise Line announced they will sell ships and cancel trips. "We continue to take aggressive action to emerge a leaner more efficient company....