Back in 1910, Congress passed the Height of Buildings Act — which was signed into law by GOP President William Howard Taft, amended the earlier Height of Buildings Act of 1899, and limited how tall buildings could be in the District of Columbia. Now, in 2026, that law is playing a major role in the …

WASHINGTON — Republicans are campaigning to keep control of Congress for another two years, but their message about being the “grown-ups” in the room keeps getting overshadowed by public feuds that have sidetracked work on major legislation.After enacting large swaths of their agenda during the last…

At the NATO summit just ended, Trump lashed out at other NATO members, saying he was “very disappointed with NATO” and asking “Why are we spending hundreds of billions of dollars, and they’re not there for us?” He reiterated his desire to take over Greenland, blasted European energy and immigration …

On Wednesday, Americans woke up to a flurry of news regarding President Donald Trump’s hostile meeting with NATO leaders in Turkey, in which it has already been made clear that he intends to further distance the U.S. from its longtime allies. This prompted Nobel Prize-winning economist Paul Krugman …

President Donald Trump has a history of claiming credit for Walmart decisions that he had nothing to do with, and on Tuesday he did it again — with a commentator for a conservative website calling him out for it.“Yesterday, President Trump posted that ‘one of the biggest, best, and smartest retailer…

President Donald Trump could use the military to steal the 2026 midterms, which he and his fellow Republicans have panicked about losing, according to legal experts — although they emphasize that doing so would break centuries of precedent.“Just this year, President Trump said he regrets that he did…

Even though President Donald Trump has been ordered to pay more than $5 million to E. Jean Carroll, the woman he was found liable for sexually abusing in 1996, the Republican politician is using an old trick — filing frivolous litigation — to try to wriggle out of his legal responsibilities.After U….

Olympian David Hearn will appear in court on Thursday morning alongside one of President Donald Trump’s biggest legal foes: Norm Eisen. One of the co-founders of CREW (Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington), Trump has raged about Eisen for years as he loses case after case against the…

President Donald Trump’s press secretary, Karoline Leavitt, was blasted by a pro-Trump media outlet owned by perennial right-wing commentator Glenn Beck.In a post shared by BlazeTV’s staff for Conservative Review on Wednesday, the outlet’s pundit John Doyle ranted about Leavitt insulting Generation …

Graham Platner, who until recently was the Democratic Party nominee for the US Senate in Maine, dropped out of the race on Wednesday after he was accused of rape.”I intend to file the paperwork to withdraw. But the process needs to assure that what comes next is reflective of the Mainers who on June…