Washington Times - Politics
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Trump pardons former NY Rep. Michael Grimm after tax fraud conviction
President Donald Trump has pardoned former U.S. Rep. Michael Grimm, a New York Republican who resigned from Congress after a tax fraud conviction.
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Big, beautiful bomb-throwers: GOP spending hawks threaten to sink Trump's tax cut bill
A group of Senate Republicans, led by fiscal stalwart Ron Johnson of Wisconsin, are prepared to torpedo President Trump's signature tax cut bill...
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Trump pardons Julie and Todd Chrisley, reality TV stars convicted in 2022 of fraud and tax evasion
President Donald Trump on Wednesday signed pardons for reality TV stars Julie and Todd Chrisley, who have been serving federal prison sentences...
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Illegal immigrant threatened to kill Trump for 'messing with us Mexicans'
Homeland Security says it has arrested an illegal immigrant who delivered a racially tinged threat to kill President Trump over his aggressive...
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Trump says he told Netanyahu to back off military strikes in Iran
President Trump said he told Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to hold off striking Iran while his administration attempts to work out a...
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Republicans' 'big beautiful bill' would cement Trump's executive orders in federal law
Tucked inside the House Republicans' One Big Beautiful Bill Act are more than 15 of President Trump's executive orders, potentially giving his...
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Vance urges crypto industry to stay involved in politics as he touts Trump administration's record
Vice President JD Vance praised the cryptocurrency industry Wednesday and urged it to remain active in U.S. politics and policymaking, highlighting...
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Trump dismisses question about 'chickening out' on tariffs as 'nastiest'
President Trump on Wednesday dismissed a reporter's inquiry about a derisive new Wall Street acronym to describe his trade policies, saying it was...
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Judge: Harvard researcher charged with smuggling frog embryos was unlawfully detained by ICE
A federal judge in Vermont on Wednesday released a Russian-born scientist and Harvard University researcher from immigration custody as she deals...
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White House submitting new peace proposal toward ending Israel-Hamas war
Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff said the terms of a new peace proposal will be sent to Israel as early as Wednesday in hopes of ending the war with...
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Trump says convictions in Whitmer kidnap plot were 'railroad job,' floats pardon
President Trump on Wednesday said he might pardon two men in prison for planning to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, suggesting the duo "got...
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Jeanine Pirro sworn in as D.C.'s top prosecutor
Jeanine Pirro took the oath of office as the interim U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia during an Oval Office ceremony Wednesday, making...