Trump administration begins process of withdrawing US from Paris climate agreement
The United States has told the United Nations it has begun the process of pulling out of the landmark 2015 Paris climate agreement.
Fox News Poll: Biden leads nomination race, tops Trump by 12 points in matchup
Democratic primary voters increasingly feel the need to nominate a candidate who can beat President Trump in 2020, and more think Joe Biden can do that than any of the other top Democratic hopefuls. In addition, while most Democratic primary voters are satisfied with their field, more than a quarter wish they had other options, according to a new Fox News Poll.
Nationals reliever Doolittle doesn't plan on attending White House World Series championship event: Report
The World Series champion Washington Nationals will be honored Monday at the White House, but one member of the team says he won’t be attending, according to a report.
‘I decided to upend my life’: Jane Fonda arrested for 4th consecutive Friday outside US Capitol during climate rally
Actress Jane Fonda has been arrested again after attending a climate change rally outside the U.S. Capitol on charges of unlawful demonstration.
White House declares November ‘Veterans and Military Families Month’
For the third year in a row, President Donald Trump issued a proclamation declaring all of November as a month to honor American veterans and military families as an extension of Veterans Day.
Washington Nationals become World Series champs for 1st time in franchise history, beating Houston Astros 6-2
The Washington Nationals made franchise history and earned their first World Series title by defeating the Houston Astros 6-2.
House Democrats plan 1st formal vote on impeachment inquiry
The House will take a vote this week to formalize Democrats' impeachment inquiry amid President Donald Trump's criticism that the probe is "illegitimate." House Speaker Nancy Pelosi says the step is being taken "to eliminate any doubt" about the process as the administration tries to block witnesses and withhold documents.
Instagram models claim MLB banned them for life for flashing camera during World Series Game 5
On their Twitter accounts, the two posted letters they say they received on Sunday from David Thomas, Vice President of Security and Ballpark Operations at MLB.
D.C. native Dave Chappelle receives Mark Twain award for lifetime achievement in comedy
Dave Chappelle has built a career on pushing boundaries and challenging social conventions. But his greatest act of defiance may have come Sunday night at Washington's Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.
Nationals fans get empty feeling after 3 straight losses
Nationals fans hoped to celebrate a championship with the home team this weekend at the first World Series in Washington since 1933.
Nationals fan hit in chest with World Series home run ball while double-fisting beers
Some men might be hurt by a home run ball that flies square into their chest during a tense World Series game.
What to know in Game 5 of the World Series
The Washington Nationals are tied with the Houston Astros 2-2 heading into Game 5 after World Series baseball returned to the nation’s capital for the first time since 1933.
Nationals ace Max Scherzer not starting Game 5 of World Series because of neck and back spasms
Nationals ace Max Scherzer not starting Game 5 of World Series because of neck and back spasms, Ross pitches in place.
Astros look to pull even with Nationals in World Series Game 4
The Houston Astros face the Washington Nationals for Game 4 of the World Series Saturday night.
Congress bids farewell to Rep. Elijah Cummings, a 'master of the House'
Members of Congress bid a tearful farewell Thursday to Rep. Elijah Cummings, hailing the son of sharecroppers as a "master of the House" as the Maryland Democrat became the first African American lawmaker to lie in state in the U.S. Capitol.
President Trump lifts sanctions on Turkey, says cease-fire permanent
President Donald Trump said Wednesday he will lift sanctions on Turkey after the NATO ally agreed to permanently stop fighting Kurdish forces in Syria and he defended his decision to withdraw American troops, saying the U.S. should not be the world's policeman.
‘A significant milestone’: House unanimously passes bill to make animal cruelty a federal felony
The Preventing Animal Cruelty and Torture Act, or PACT Act, would make it easier to prosecute those involved in the gruesome killing of animals.
Trump likens House impeachment inquiry to 'a lynching'
President Donald Trump injected racial overtones into the House impeachment inquiry Tuesday by comparing the Democratic-led investigation into his handling of U.S. policy toward Ukraine to a "lynching." The highest-ranking African American in Congress warned Trump about making the comparison.
Trump unloads over Syria, impeachment and more, says he 'should be allowed to run the country'
President Trump vented his frustration Monday about the criticisms leveled against him over recent controversies, including his Syria pullout decision, the location of the 2020 G-7 summit and the House’s “illegitimate” impeachment inquiry, while saying the "president of the United States should be allowed to run the country, not have to focus on this kind of crap."
Frustrated US diplomats fight back in Trump impeachment probe
Three years of simmering frustration inside the State Department is boiling over on Capitol Hill as a parade of current and former diplomats testify to their concerns about the Trump administration's unorthodox policy toward Ukraine.