Politics

• Balancing Trump criticism and bipartisanship, Democrat Jon Ossoff walks a fine line in Georgia

  6-5-2025 Politics Washington Times - Politics 48

  There's the Jon Ossoff who built his political career around criticizing Donald Trump.

• AFGE president says downsizing after Trump's order threatens the union's survival

  6-5-2025 Politics Washington Times - Politics 35

  The president of the nation's largest union for federal workers said Monday the organization's ongoing staff downsizing will devastate the services...

• Trump halts greening of federal buildings

  6-5-2025 Politics Washington Times - Politics 46

  Federal buildings will no longer need to convert from fossil fuels to electric, the Trump administration announced Monday.

• Trump has booted 11,000 IRS employees so far, and counting

  6-5-2025 Politics Washington Times - Politics 28

  President Trump has given buyouts or tried to terminate employment of more than 11,000 people at the IRS, with a disproportionate share of those...

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• Cinco de Mayo celebrates resilience and culture of Mexican people

  6-5-2025 Politics Washington Times - Politics 53

  Cinco de Mayo festivities are taking place across the U.S. with music, tacos, tequila and colorful displays of Mexican culture - even if they're...

• Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent urges investor patience to see the big picture of Trump's agenda

  6-5-2025 Politics Washington Times - Politics 30

  Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent told investors Monday that President Trump's economic agenda is "more than the sum of its parts," pointing to...

• Democratic senators press Trump administration on how it will protect endangered species

  6-5-2025 Politics Washington Times - Politics 22

  Three Democratic U.S. senators are asking the Trump administration to explain how it analyzed a proposed rule to eliminate habitat protections for...

• Trump says Mexico's president rejected help from U.S. military because she's 'scared' of cartels

  6-5-2025 Politics Washington Times - Politics 38

  President Trump said he thinks Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum is too afraid of cartels to allow U.S. troops to cross the border to help combat...

• Coalition of 19 states, D.C. asks federal judge to reverse deep cuts to Health and Human Services

  6-5-2025 Politics Washington Times - Politics 123

  Attorneys general in 19 states and Washington, D.C., are challenging cuts to the U.S. Health and Human Services agency, saying the Trump...

• Former Maine Gov. Paul LePage to run for Congress in Trump-friendly district held by Democrat Golden

  6-5-2025 Politics Washington Times - Politics 30

  Former Maine Gov. Paul LePage, an early supporter of President Donald Trump's first successful White House bid and a polarizing figure in state...

• America's long history of 'checks and balances' is being tested by Trump like rarely before

  6-5-2025 Politics Washington Times - Politics 57

  It's what one historian calls an "elaborate, clunky machine," one that's been fundamental to American democracy for more than two centuries.

• A GOP congressman is peppered with questions about Trump during raucous town hall

  6-5-2025 Politics Washington Times - Politics 65

  Voters in U.S. Rep. Mike Lawler's suburban New York swing district heaped criticism on the Republican during a raucous town hall Sunday night,...