Syria’s President Meets Trump at White House for First Time
The visit by President Ahmed al-Shara is another step in the transformation of the former rebel leader once wanted by the United States as a terrorist.
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Washington National Opera may move out of Kennedy Center due to Trump ‘takeover’
Ticket sales at about 40% unsold compared with before president made himself chair of US performing arts centerThe Washington National Opera (WNO) is considering moving out of the Kennedy Center, the company’s home since the US’s national performing ar…
Dick Cheney, Powerful Vice President and Washington Insider, Dies at 84
A former defense secretary and congressman, he held the nation’s No. 2 job under President George W. Bush and was an architect of policies in an era of war and economic change.
Trump’s immigration raids continue through Halloween in Chicago and Los Angeles
In Chicago suburb, protesters confronted ICE agents, whom Evanston mayor said ‘assaulted’ residentsDonald Trump’s immigration crackdown continued on Halloween night as federal agents were seen in Chicago and Los Angeles on the holiday, according to mul…
Kennedy Center ticket sales fall to lowest in years after Trump’s takeover
About 43% of tickets for typical productions remained unsold this fall as people pledge to boycott the institutionTicket sales for the Kennedy Center’s three largest performance spaces have reportedly fallen to their lowest level in years after Donald …
National guard deployment in Washington DC extended until February
Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth gives approval for troops to remain in US capital past November end, CNN reportsNational guard troops sent to the nation’s capital will reportedly remain there through at least February.The order was set to lapse at the end …
Australian man living in Washington DC pleads guilty to selling trade secrets to Russian broker
US department of justice says Peter Williams, 39, stole material over three-year period working for US defence contractorFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAn Australian man …
Trump fires federal arts board in charge of reviewing White House ballroom and ‘Arc de Trump’
White House says it will appoint new Commission of Fine Arts members ‘more aligned with … America First Policies’Donald Trump has fired all six members of an independent federal agency responsible for reviewing his controversial White House ballroom an…
Leader of top federal worker union calls for end of US government shutdown
Hundreds of thousands of employees remain unpaid as second-longest US shutdown stretches into fourth weekThe head of America’s largest federal workers union says it is time to end the government shutdown, now the second-longest in US history, as hundre…
At least four people shot near Howard University, Washington DC police say
Police say one person critical and one person in serious condition but no details on suspect or suspectsA shooting near Howard University has left at least four people shot, police in Washington DC said.The shooting happened as thousands descended on t…