It was unclear if Trump has the authority to fire Smithsonian leaders. The dismissal marks the president’s first action against the institution.

Donald Trump and Elon Musk think this country belongs to them. They're taking everything they can get their hands on and daring the world to stop them. On Saturday, April 5th, we're taking to the stre...

The writer, surgeon, and former U.S.A.I.D. administrator Atul Gawande on the Trump Administration’s decimation of foreign aid and the consequences around the world.

District leaders say that a proposed cut to the city budget, part of a plan to avert a federal government shutdown, is unfair. The city raises most of its own money but cannot control how it is spent.

Congress could force D.C. to cut $1.1 billion out of its local budget, but no one really understands why.

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The federal government creates tens of thousands of jobs in D.C., including in adjacent industries like consulting and nonprofits. The fallout on D.C.’s economy could be severe.

“You cannot pause a plane in midflight and expect that everything is going to be O.K.,” Gawande says. “That’s what they were trying to do with lifesaving health and humanitarian assistance around the ...

A.J. Brown said he brings "Inner Excellence" to every single game after cameras caught the Eagles wide receiver reading the book during Sunday's wild-card playoff win.

In word and deed, Jimmy Carter held Washington in high esteem.

We have a lot of labels for Leonardo da Vinci but a new documentary seeks to understand him as a person.

Liberal democracy offers moral constraints without problem-solving. Populism offers problem-solving without moral constraints.