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The Senate’s Tulsi Gabbard Test
As it weighs the nomination of Tulsi Gabbard for the position of Director of National Intelligence, the United States Senate faces a fundamental choice: Should it reject those like Gabbard who challenge conventional wisdom,
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Inauguration history: What happened on the day George Washington became president in 1789
On the afternoon of April 30, 1789, George Washington was sworn in as the first president of the United States. Since Washington took his ... Following the ceremony, Washington retreated to the Senate chambers to deliver his inaugural address, followed ...
U.S. presidents who weren't inaugurated outside the Capitol in Washington, D.C.
President-elect Donald Trump's will be sworn in under the Capitol Rotunda, rather than outside. But he's not the only president inaugurated in an unusual location.
See the Best Vintage Photos of U.S. Presidential Inaugurations
Ahead of Donald Trump's second inauguration, take a look back at the transition of presidential power throughout U.S. history.
What is the presidential inauguration? Explaining the history and meaning of Inauguration Day
With Trump's presidential inauguration just around the corner, review the history and meaning of Inauguration Day.
Senate Democrats face tough 2026 climb to win back majority
Two appointed senators, with the significant failure rate of those appointees, might be the helping hand that Senate Democrats need to climb back into power.
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Artificial intelligence is bringing nuclear power back from the dead — maybe even in California
Energy demands from big tech, including for AI, has elected officials giving an old power source a second look.
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The Trump administration’s purge of dozens of senior officials at the U.S. Agency for International Development encountered resistance Thursday when the career employee who carried out the original directive rescinded it, calling the purge an “illegal” violation of “due process.”
Senators grill Tulsi Gabbard on Snowden, Syria at hearing to be intelligence chief
Most Democrats and even some Republicans seemed uneasy with Tulsi Gabbard and her answers to their questions during her confirmation hearing with the Senate Intelligence Committee.
Control tower at National Airport understaffed before deadly collision
Two people were handling the jobs of four inside Reagan National Airport’s control tower on Wednesday night, according to a government report.
'We are in mourning': President Trump mixes sympathy and politics as consoler-in-chief
Americans turn to their leaders for solace in times of mourning. Donald Trump has used national tragedies to make political points or demean critics.
Black boxes recovered in deadly Washington DC plane crash
The flight data recorder and cockpit voice recorder, known as the black boxes, may offer clues about what went wrong before the crash.