United Airlines lobbyists worked with aides to Virginia lawmakers and airport authority employees to orchestrate messaging and strategy in a high-stakes fight against adding more flights at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport.

Speaker Mike Johnson will lead a press conference today announcing a House-wide crackdown of “antisemitism spreading throughout college campuses,” according to a emailed statement from his office.

Secretary of State Antony Blinken urged leaders of the Hamas militant group to quickly reach a decision on Israeli conditions for a temporary cease-fire, a move that could help bring an end to fighting in Gaza.

To curb the use of US-made civilian guns in crimes and human rights abuses abroad, the Biden administration will require exporters to better vet their customers and tighten sales to 36 countries deemed “high-risk” for illicit diversion of semiautomatic firearms, according to people briefed on the plan.

The Biden administration is cracking down on planet-warming pollution from power plants.

Progressives won an early victory, the hard-right faces a new test, and a critical Senate race took shape in yesterday’s Pennsylvania primary.

President Joe Biden is putting the spotlight on one of the country’s most restrictive abortion laws.

Donald Trump’s first criminal trial will bring to a Manhattan courtroom a colorful cast of characters, including a porn actor, a doorman, and a former tabloid-publishing CEO.

Billions of dollars of Ukraine aid depend on a man who six months ago was best known for his deep social conservatism, his evangelical Christian faith, and his fierce defense of Donald Trump after the former president lost the 2020 election.

President Joe Biden faces legal and operational obstacles if he tries to mimic Donald Trump’s policies to restrict asylum access and crack down on migrant arrivals at the US-Mexico border.