Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell working from home after testing positive for COVID-19
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell has tested positive for COVID-19 and is experiencing related symptoms.
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Jack Quinn, Lobbyist and White House Counsel for Clinton, Dies at 74
Jack Quinn, a Washington insider who served as White House counsel during the Clinton administration, helped found a bipartisan lobbying firm and became embroiled in scandal after securing a last-minute presidential pardon for the fugitive financier Marc Rich, died on May 8 at his home in Washington, D.C. He was 74.
White House correspondents’ dinner weekend: top five parties, by food
The annual White House correspondents’ dinner in Washington is ostensibly about the dinner poking fun at the president. But like the Oscars, or the Met Gala, it’s also about the parties.
Eight Colleges Join Together To Protest The War in Gaza At George Washington University
Students at eight universities joined together to set up encampments Thursday morning at George Washington University to protest the war in Gaza and demand their universities divest from Israel.
Here are the lawyers arguing before the Supreme Court.
The two lawyers arguing before the Supreme Court on Thursday have each played a role in some of the defining legal battles stemming from Mr. Trump’s term in office.
Republican lashes out at Matt Gaetz by branding him a 'scumbag' and repeating sex and drug claims
A Republican member of the House of Representatives went off against two of his colleagues on Sunday after a tense weekend in Congress led to the passage of military assistance to Ukraine.
Former US ambassador, Cuban spy blames decision to betray country on Yale's radical politics in 60s, 70s
A former National Security Council member and U.S. ambassador to Bolivia, who admitted to secretly acting as an agent for the government of the Republic of Cuba, blames the radical politics pushed on him during his formative college years for turning on his country.
US-China competition to field military drone swarms could fuel global arms race
As their rivalry intensifies, U.S. and Chinese military planners are gearing up for a new kind of warfare in which squadrons of air and sea drones equipped with artificial intelligence work together like a swarm of bees to overwhelm an enemy.