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Lead Art: Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) looks on during a press conference at the U.S. Capitol on the 15th day of a government shutdown, Oct. 15, 2025. | Francis Chung/POLITICO

Cotton blocks Trump-backed effort to make daylight saving time permanent

 11:05 29/10/2025

A bipartisan group of lawmakers sought unanimous consent approval for a bill that would stop the changing of the clocks.

Une manifestation « No Kings » contre les politiques du président américain, Donald Trump, à Atlanta (Géorgie), le 18 octobre 2025 ALYSSA POINTER/REUTERS

'Trump must go': Large crowds join 'No Kings' protests across U.S.

 15:52 18/10/2025

Saturday marks 3rd mass mobilization since Trump's return to White House in January

(Matt McClain/The Post)

Thousands of truck drivers fail English-proficiency exams, pulled from road

 15:39 16/10/2025

Since June, 6,000 truckers have been taken off the road over the new roadside tests. The Transportation Department said it would withhold funds from California, accusing the state of failing to comply with the new rule.

 

Demonstrators during a confrontation with ICE and other federal officials in the Chicago area Saturday. Photo: Jim Vondruska/Reuter

Trump Authorizes Sending National Guard to Illinois

 07:22 05/10/2025

In Oregon, a judge temporarily blocks the president from deploying troops in Portland
A man holds an American flag as law enforcement officers guard the enterance to ICE headquarters in south Portland, Oregon on Friday. Carlos Barria/Reuters

Judge temporarily blocks Trump’s National Guard deployment in Portland

 20:17 04/10/2025

A federal judge in Oregon has granted a temporary restraining order blocking the Trump administration from deploying the National Guard into Portland after the president announced he would send in troops to protect what he calls a “war-ravaged” city.

Police officers question a driver at a roadside checkpoint on Aug. 13 in Washington.Tasos Katopodis / Getty Images file

Trump threatens to federalize D.C. police again if the department doesn't cooperate with immigration officials

 13:05 15/09/2025

D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser said last week that local police would no longer be assisting ICE agents with immigration enforcement operations.

In this composite image, California National Guardsmen are on patrol in Los Angeles in June 2025, while Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth speaks on July 1, 2025. (Getty Images)

Federal judge rules Trump violated military law by activating National Guard in California

 10:10 02/09/2025

Judge Charles Breyer’s opinion echoed remarks he made during a 3-day trial in which he questioned if presidents have any limits on when they can use the military

D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser is facing pushback for saying that crime in the city had fallen after Trump's federal law enforcement surge. Jim Watson / AFP - Getty Images file

D.C. Democrats rebuke Mayor Muriel Bowser's comments that Trump's surge reduced crime

 14:50 28/08/2025

Bowser’s "words are now being used to justify harmful federal overreach in cities nationwide," Councilmember Zachary Parker wrote in a post on X.

U.S. President Donald Trump speaks as a flag pole is installed on the South Lawn of the White House. Trump is presiding over one of the most dramatic transformations of Washington, D.C., in a generation. (Evan Vucci/The Associated Press)

How Donald Trump is reshaping Washington, D.C., in his image

 08:36 17/08/2025

President moves to overhaul White House, take over policing and stickhandle arts and culture in U.S. capital

Recent Penn graduate Josue Leon didn’t expect his job search to be so difficult or so long. PHOTO: ADRIANNA YBARRA

Nobody’s Buying Homes, Nobody’s Switching Jobs—and America’s Mobility Is Stalling

 07:32 15/08/2025

The paralysis has economic consequences for everyone. Growing families can’t upgrade, empty-nesters can’t downsize, and when people can’t move for a job offer, they often earn less.

Photograph: Getty Images

Why Donald Trump is wrong to take over the DC police

 10:58 12/08/2025

The emergency he cites is over-hyped 

President Donald Trump speaks to the press at the White House, in Washington. (Reuters)

'LIBERATED' Trump federalizes Metro Police, deploys National Guard to take on Washington crime

 12:47 11/08/2025

'Any comparison to a war-torn country is hyperbolic and false,' Washington's Mayor Muriel Bowser said Sunday

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