A staffer for former Councilmember Kenyan McDuffie is in line to replace the seat he left vacant on the D.C. Council. Council Chairman Phil Mendelson announced Monday afternoon that he is nominating ...

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A couple of years ago, the Supreme Court shifted the one “non-argument day” it holds for almost every argument session sitting to the Friday before the session starts, instead of the Monday after the ...

Jan 10 (Reuters) - At least six oil tankers, most of them loaded, that had departed Venezuela in early January in 'dark mode' - or with their transponders off amid a strict U.S. blockade - are now ...

For the last decade there’s been a debate, among people who don’t like Donald Trump, about whether he’s a fascist. The argument that he isn’t often hinges on two things. First, when Trump first came ...

In Charles Creighton's op-ed, titled "If Trump were student body president" (Dec. 27), he wondered what the “consequences” would be if President Donald Trump held that high school office.