Tom Ramstack

WASHINGTON — The House approved legislation Tuesday to keep the federal government operating through Sept 30. The resolution now goes to the Senate where Republicans hold a 53-47 majority. The budget resolution is a short-term measure implemented because Congress has been unable to agree on an... Read More

WASHINGTON — The interim U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia is in a face-off with the dean of Georgetown University’s law school over the university’s diversity, equity and inclusion program.  Ed Martin told the dean he no longer would hire graduates of the school if... Read More

WASHINGTON — Cryptocurrency industry leaders gathered at the White House Friday for a first-ever meeting with President Donald Trump and Treasury Department officials on how to leverage bitcoin and other blockchain investments as national assets. They are asking for new laws that would unchain them from... Read More

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump is sending clear indications he plans to sign an executive order within days to dismantle the U.S. Department of Education. A preliminary order drafted by the Trump administration directs Education Secretary Linda McMahon to "take all necessary steps to facilitate the... Read More

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Supreme Court appeared doubtful Tuesday of arguments by the Mexican government that American gunmakers should be liable for drug cartel violence. They suggested the link between gun manufacturing and the few people who use guns to shoot other people was too remote... Read More

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump’s leniency toward Jan. 6, 2021, rioters at the Capitol appears to be encouraging moves in recent days in Washington, D.C., to drop a lawsuit against them and to punish federal prosecutors. The District of Columbia’s attorney general announced last week he... Read More

WASHINGTON — A federal judge in Washington, D.C., late Saturday blocked the firing of the head of a federal watchdog agency, saying President Donald Trump exceeded his presidential authority by trying to get rid of him.  Judge Amy Berman Jackson granted a permanent injunction that allows... Read More

WASHINGTON — Artificial intelligence giant NVIDIA Corp. announced strong fourth quarter 2024 earnings this week in another sign technology is transforming American economics, job markets and power systems. At the core of any growing pains from the transformation are data centers. Data centers are buildings that... Read More

WASHINGTON — The legal community is expressing outrage over President Donald Trump's order Tuesday to cancel the security clearances and terminate government contracts with the law firm representing former special prosecutor Jack Smith. The Justice Department assigned Smith to pursue potential criminal charges against Trump for... Read More