The White House stands as a symbol of freedom, but the story behind its construction reveals some important contradictions.

The pause affects billions of dollars and is delaying home repairs, factory construction and other projects, many in states ...

With Vice President JD Vance and other allies in power, an emergent Catholic right expands political horizons and raises ...

Though White House aides publicly blamed the media for causing the confusion, arguing that none existed within the building, the administration had received a flood of calls from lawmakers and ...

There will be a lot on the plate for new Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth when he steps into his office on the Pentagon’s third ...

Federal agencies “must temporarily pause all activities related to obligation or disbursement of all Federal financial ...

Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) is staring out at a minefield as he looks to pass a sprawling tax and immigration package that ...

President Donald Trump ordered construction of a deportee detention camp with room for 30,000 migrants on the U.S. naval base ...

The Trump administration's recent pause on certain federal assistance and grant programs has sparked concern and confusion.

Washington Post staff tried to separate what is happening from what is not, and to explain what may happen in the future.

Top White House advisers this week expressed alarm that China's DeepSeek may have benefited from a method that allegedly ...

The Trump administration rescinded its memo, but other executive orders that restrict federal funding are in effect.