1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (718+ words) For all the latest developments in Congress, follow WTOP Capitol Hill correspondent Mitchell Miller at Today on the Hill. The Virginia primary had light voter turnout, but it sets up midterm elections with weighty political implications for control of Congress....

19+ hour, 42+ min ago   (923+ words) The soldier was taking part in a U.S. Army training exercise designed to showcase and experiment with tactics and equipment picked up from the Ukrainians, whose pioneering drone warfare has helped them against Russia’s forces more than 4 1/2 years into the war....

19+ hour, 13+ min ago   (1061+ words) That’s why Van Orden, a two-term incumbent from western Wisconsin fighting to keep his seat in November in a swing district Trump carried three times, is embracing the president. It’s a risky gambit given fears among Republicans that Trump’s sagging…...

19+ hour, 26+ min ago   (348+ words) With Lonnie Bunch set to retire at the end of the year, the Smithsonian Institution’s next secretary will face difficult challenges, according to a Georgetown University historian. Bunch, who has led the Smithsonian since 2019, announced this week that he will…...

19+ hour, 10+ min ago   (1065+ words) All of the dozen cases that made it to trial, mostly in Los Angeles, ended in acquittal, mistrial or dismissal. Experts say that’s surprising for a department known for its ability to win at trial. The last three felony assault…...

22+ hour, 13+ min ago   (76+ words) President Donald Trump began his weekend visit to Ireland with talks with the country’s president and prime minister, before traveling to watch the Irish Open golf tournament held on a course he owns on the country’s Atlantic coast. President Donald…...

22+ hour, 52+ min ago   (375+ words) Today is Saturday, Sept. 12, the 255th day of 2026. There are 110 days left in the year. On Sept. 12, 2013, Voyager 1, launched 36 years earlier, became the first man-made spacecraft ever to leave the solar system. In 1857, the S.S. Central America (also known as the “Ship…...

23+ hour, 9+ min ago   (240+ words) The central bank will close out its two-day meeting on Wednesday and could raise its benchmark interest rate in an effort to tame stubbornly high inflation. Wall Street will also get an update Wednesday on U.S. retail sales for August. That…...

1+ day, 2+ hour ago   (413+ words) In late Friday night social media posts, President Donald Trump called on the Smithsonian to install a colossal statue of George Washington outside the National Museum of American History and a special exhibit honoring the nation’s first president. Trump asked…...

1+ day, 2+ hour ago   (780+ words) Eight years ago, a blue wave swept dozens of Democrats into Congress, making them heroes of the resistance to President Donald Trump. But as quickly as tides roll in, they roll back out. It’s been a decidedly mixed bag since…...