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Elise Stefanik speaks at the Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center during CPAC in Washington, D.C., in February 2025.

National, National News, Syndicated

Trump pulls Elise Stefanik’s nomination as U.N. ambassador

by Matthew ReichbachMarch 27, 2025March 27, 2025

A voter takes part in the New Hampshire primary in Sanbornton on Jan. 23, 2024.

National News, Syndicated

For many, proving U.S. citizenship to vote could be costly and difficult

by Matthew ReichbachMarch 27, 2025March 27, 2025

Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-Illinois) points to military attack plans that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth shared on an unclassified messaging app during a House Intelligence Committee hearing Wednesday.

National News, Syndicated

Poll: Signal chat leak more serious than Clinton emails, Trump documents

by Matthew ReichbachMarch 26, 2025March 26, 2025

Lawmakers may have only until May — or until as late as September — to lift the federal debt ceiling to avert a catastrophic U.S. government default, the Congressional Budget Office said Wednesday.

National News, Syndicated

U.S. could hit borrowing limit as soon as May, budget office warns

by Matthew ReichbachMarch 26, 2025March 26, 2025

Vice President JD Vance, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth and White House national security adviser Michael Waltz. Kent Nishimura/For The Washington Post; Demetrius Freeman/The Washington Post; and Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post

National News, Syndicated

Atlantic releases transcript of Trump team’s Signal chat

by Matthew ReichbachMarch 26, 2025March 26, 2025

President Donald Trump at the White House on Jan. 21.

National News, Syndicated

Trump administration cuts national database tracking domestic terrorism

by Matthew ReichbachMarch 25, 2025March 25, 2025

An audience member holds up a sign in support of the Social Security Administration during a town hall this month hosted by Baltimore County Council member Pat Young in Woodlawn, Maryland. Wesley Lapointe/For The Washington Post

National News, Syndicated

Long waits, waves of calls, web crashes: Social Security is breaking down

by Matthew ReichbachMarch 25, 2025March 25, 2025

President Donald Trump, flanked by Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. David Allvin and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, announces the F-47 fighter jet Friday in the Oval Office.

National News, Syndicated

Trump turbulence leads allies to rethink reliance on U.S. weapons

by Matthew ReichbachMarch 24, 2025March 24, 2025

Elon Musk has made the Social Security Administration a main target in his campaign to find waste and fraud in government agencies. Valerie Plesch/For The Washington Post

National News, Syndicated

Why DOGE is struggling to find fraud in Social Security

by Matthew ReichbachMarch 24, 2025March 24, 2025

A judge issued a ruling Thursday temporarily prohibiting Social Security officials from sharing personally identifiable information with Elon Musk’s U.S. DOGE Service. MUST CREDIT: Wesley Lapointe/For The Washington Post

National News, Syndicated

Acting Social Security head consults with Justice Dept. on whether to close agency

by Matthew ReichbachMarch 21, 2025March 21, 2025

Uballez running for mayor, touts experience

Mayoral candidate sits down with City Desk ABQ to talk about his campaign.

Keller: Grant pause puts senior assistance at risk

The mayor is asking locals to step up after Albuquerque loses an AmeriCorps team

National

Travel to the U.S. from almost everywhere is falling under Trump

Charts show the scale of a steep drop in visitors from key countries and regions after President Donald Trump returned to office.

National

White House embraces lab leak as ‘true’ pandemic origin, axes covid website

Most Americans blame a lab leak as an explanation for the coronavirus pandemic, but it remains divisive in the intelligence community and is opposed by many virologists.