The Southern Poverty Law Center says the Justice Department is probing its use of paid informants to infiltrate extremist groups; the SPLC vows to defend its work.

Trump says the U.S. is weighing a currency-swap lifeline for the UAE as Gulf tensions squeeze dollar liquidity. Officials say no formal request has been filed yet.

The Supreme Court is weighing whether the FCC can issue major fines against wireless carriers without a jury trial after appellate courts split. The dispute traces to nearly $200 million in 2024 forfeitures tied to location-data sharing.

A packed forum at the MLK Memorial Library put more than a dozen mayoral hopefuls on stage, with clashes over utilities, housing and government modernization.

D.C. Attorney General Brian Schwalb says Live Nation will pay $9.9M and the District will return up to $8.9M to local ticket buyers after finding deceptive fee practices.

A diplomatic thaw could reopen air links between Haiti and the Dominican Republic on May 1, offering new routes for travelers and aid while U.S. flights remain limited.

Veterans and military family members staged a sit‑in in the Cannon House rotunda on Monday to protest the war in Iran; photos show Capitol Police detaining demonstrators and hands zip‑tied.

President Trump used the Defense Production Act to order DOE to expand coal, oil, gas, LNG and grid projects. The White House says funds are available, but legal fights and market limits could slow pump relief.

Sen. Mark Warner and his wife said they were "heartbroken beyond words" after their daughter Madison, 36, died following a decades-long struggle with juvenile diabetes.

Nearly 500 leaders will read the Bible aloud in Washington this week — President Trump joins with a prerecorded Oval Office reading while critics call the lineup partisan.

Federal prosecutors have opened a criminal antitrust probe into the country’s largest beef processors, targeting how the Big Four buy cattle and set prices.

GSA has slated the Theodore Roosevelt Federal Building — OPM’s downtown HQ at 1900 E St NW — for sale, opening a development battleground near the National Mall.

Gen. Steve Nordhaus told Congress the Guard would 'follow the Constitution' if ordered to help at polling places. Lawmakers remain uneasy about roughly 2,500 troops still in Washington.