A Washington Post analysis of videos sheds light on the encounter that left 37-year-old Alex Pretti dead.

A U.S. citizen watches from afar as her relatives in a war zone struggle to survive.

For a Haitian family in Springfield, Ohio, the house on Chestnut Avenue represented their future in this country. They’re now wondering what can be salvaged.

For a Haitian family in Springfield, Ohio, the house on Chestnut Avenue represented their future in this country. They’re now wondering what can be salvaged.

Booming exports turned a South Carolina city into the “Global Home of the F-16.” Slipping foreign demand among angry allies could hurt that economic engine.

European officials saw the screenshots as more proof in private of what the Trump team has indicated in public: scorn for America’s traditional allies.

The result is an extraordinary threat to constitutional rights of due process and representation and a far weaker effort to challenge Trump’s actions in court than during his first term.

Rep. Dale Strong’s constituents are demanding a response as the politician faces backlash to DOGE cutbacks in a district awash with federal money.

As we await a revised list of properties the GSA deems “non-core,” a critic ponders the fate of Washington’s historic landscape.

Many federal workers are unable to get unemployment benefits because of the wording of their firings, and others are uncertain whether they can seek new jobs.

Officials at the Defense Department’s Civilian Protection Center of Excellence, which seeks to limit collateral damage from military strikes against enemy combatants, were told to accept a buyout or b...

The anti-government attack lingers in the memories of those bracing for DOGE layoffs.

U.S. officials say now-suspended programs across Africa were designed specifically to respond to national security threats and contain the spread of terrorism.

Vice President JD Vance and the Pope square off, as faith-based groups face an existential crisis.

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Several people briefed on the matter said cuts to the IRS cuts numbering in the thousands. One target is tax collections.

Late Thursday, a federal judge ordered the Trump administration to temporarily lift the funding freeze on U.S. assistance and development programs abroad.

The assessment, done by the contractor Booz Allen, came before Treasury formally tapped an ally of Elon Musk to oversee the payment system.

The stop-work order on U.S.A.I.D.-funded research has left thousands of people with experimental drugs and devices in their bodies, with no access to monitoring or care.

Across Africa, the policies of the Trump administration are already having profound consequences for some of the world’s poorest and most vulnerable people.

Investors braced for a trade war after President Donald Trump imposed tariffs on goods from Canada, Mexico and China and pledged tariffs on the European Union.

Elon Musk called USAID a criminal organization that should “die.” Proponents say it’s a key arm of U.S. influence that, if destroyed, “cannot be easily rebuilt.”

A top Treasury career staffer, David A. Lebryk, announced his retirement. Surrogates of Musk’s DOGE effort had sought access to sensitive payment systems.

Interim U.S. Attorney Ed Martin is dismissing more than two dozen federal prosecutors in his D.C. office who worked on Capitol riot cases over the past four years.

The Office of Refugee Resettlement, which is responsible for caring for unaccompanied minors, has long operated independently of ICE.

Four years ago, our democracy was put to the test — and prevailed.

Authorities say U.S. soldier Matthew Livelsberger committed suicide in a Tesla Cybertruck that exploded at the Trump International Hotel in Las Vegas.

Right-wing figures are fighting over H-1B visas that allow highly qualified workers to join the American workforce. Here’s what the permits do.

In more than 700 cases over five years, Georgia reported inadequate housing as the sole reason for taking a child into foster care, a WABE and ProPublica analysis found. Advocates say it would be chea...

A.D. Davis was the nephew of Black sharecroppers who worked on the Carter family farm. Then he ran into trouble.

“You wouldn’t think this would happen here,” a Marine combat veteran said, “in a little town.”

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A couple needed to get married quickly in the District. Easier than getting a driver’s license.

A net launcher failed. So did tranquilizer darts. Can Michelle Cheramie capture the slippery escapee who has inspired a citywide hunt?

A net launcher failed. So did tranquilizer darts. Can Michelle Cheramie capture the slippery escapee who has inspired a citywide hunt?