Washington Times - Politics, Breaking News, US and World News

Zelenskyy returns to White House, this time with a proposition

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, left, sits before a meeting with President Donald Trump, from right, Vice President JD Vance and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent in the Cabinet Room of the White House, Friday, Oct. 17, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

By Mallory Wilson - The Washington Times

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Friday proposed the swap of Ukrainian drones for American Tomahawk missiles, yet President Trump signaled he’s not ready to commit to providing Kyiv with the long-range weapons it says it needs.

Federal courts about to feel bite of government shutdown

A person looks out a window from the Capitol to the Supreme Court on the ninth day of the government shutdown in Washington, Thursday, Oct. 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Allison Robbert)

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

The government shutdown is about to slam into the federal courts, which had been able to keep running but are about to exhaust their extra cash and will have to furlough employees starting early next week.

A person looks out a window from the Capitol to the Supreme Court on the ninth day of the government shutdown in Washington, Thursday, Oct. 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Allison Robbert)

Federal courts about to feel bite of government shutdown

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

U.S. Secretary of the Army Daniel Driscoll speaks at the America 250 celebration at Fort Bragg in Fayetteville, N.C., Tuesday, June 10, 2025. (AP Photo/Karl DeBlaker) ** FILE **

Exclusive

New communications tech the linchpin for modern warfighters, Army secretary says

By John T. Seward - The Washington Times

Former Trump administration National Security Adviser John R. Bolton, left, arrives for his arraignment at the Greenbelt Federal Courthouse in Greenbelt, Md., Friday, Oct. 17, 2025. (AP Photo/Rod Lamkey, Jr.)

Bolton turns himself in on classified docs indictment, pleads ‘not guilty’

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Prince Andrew looks around as he leaves after attending the Easter Matins Service at St. George's Chapel, Windsor Castle, England, on April 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth) **FILE**

Prince Andrew says he’s giving up his Duke of York title as Epstein allegations refuse to fade

Associated Press

Dee Cahill of Margate, Fla., holds a "No Kings" sign as she participates in a pro-democracy, anti-Trump protest outside Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Fla., on Thursday, July 17, 2025. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell) **FILE**

‘No Kings’ protests embolden shutdown, Republican leaders say

By Lindsey McPherson - The Washington Times

Happening Now

Prince Andrew looks around as he leaves after attending the Easter Matins Service at St. George's Chapel, Windsor Castle, England, on April 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth) **FILE**

Prince Andrew says he’s giving up his Duke of York title as Epstein allegations refuse to fade

Associated Press

Dee Cahill of Margate, Fla., holds a "No Kings" sign as she participates in a pro-democracy, anti-Trump protest outside Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Fla., on Thursday, July 17, 2025. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell) **FILE**

‘No Kings’ protests embolden shutdown, Republican leaders say

By Lindsey McPherson - The Washington Times

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., speaks during a news conference as the government shutdown enters its third week, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Oct. 14, 2025. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Jeffries calls White House press secretary ‘sick’ for saying Dems made up of criminals, illegals

By Lindsey McPherson - The Washington Times

President Donald Trump listens as Sen. Katie Britt, R-Ala., speaks in the Oval Office of the White House, Thursday, Oct. 16, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Trump’s tariffs helped tame deficit in 2025, brought in $118 billion in new money

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Commentary

Illustration on republicans options with Obamacare by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times

Expect Republicans to cave on Obamacare subsidy, again

By Kelly Sadler

Russia, Putin and the Ukraine Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

Show Putin his Ukraine strategy is failing

By Daniel N. Hoffman

Redistricting (gerrymandering) in Texas illustration by Linas Garsys / The Washington Times

Supreme Court takes second shot at ending Democrats’ rigging of modern elections

By Editorial Board

Angry Democrats illustration generated by ChatGPT for The Washington Times

Jay Jones texts show folly of public figures letting loose

By Scott Walker

A Christian woman prays during midnight Easter Mass at St. Patrick's Cathedral Church, in Karachi, Pakistan, Sunday, April 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Fareed Khan)

Unmasked: The true horror of Christian persecution

By Billy Hallowell

Culture View all

White House Historical Association President Stewart McLaurin tours members of the media in a replica of the Oval Office as is today, shown at The People's House exhibit, Monday, Sept. 16, 2024 in Washington. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

D.C. officials say more than 100 attractions remain open during the federal shutdown

By Sean Salai - The Washington Times

Kiss guitarist Paul Stanley, right, guitarist Ace Frehley, center, and bassist Gene Simmons play during the band's farewell concert in the Detroit area, Thursday, May 25, 2000, at the Palace of Auburn Hills, Mich.. (AP Photo/Paul Warner, File)

Ace Frehley, Kiss’ original lead guitarist and founding member, dies at 74

By Hannah Schoenbaum - Associated Press

A poster showing K-pop band BTS members is displayed to celebrate its 10th debut anniversary at a bus station in Seoul, South Korea on June 14, 2023. Four more members of the K-pop supergroup BTS are to begin their mandatory South Korean military duties soon, their management agency said. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon, File)

How K-pop and Christianity have managed to punch holes through North Korea’s information wall

By Andrew Salmon - The Washington Times

FILE - People walk through University of North Carolina campus March 18, 2020, in Chapel Hill, N.C. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome, File)

Colleges are fighting to prove their return on investment

By Collin Binkley - Associated Press

View all

Hamas gunmen on pickup trucks escort buses carrying freed Palestinian prisoners as they are greeted following their release from Israeli jails under a cease-fire agreement between Hamas and Israel, in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, Monday, Oct. 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi)

Gaza’s new war: Armed clans challenge Hamas as executions mount

Friday, October 17 2025

U.S. Secretary of the Army Daniel Driscoll speaks at the America 250 celebration at Fort Bragg in Fayetteville, N.C., Tuesday, June 10, 2025. (AP Photo/Karl DeBlaker) ** FILE **

Exclusive
New communications tech the linchpin for modern warfighters, Army secretary says

By John T. Seward - The Washington Times

In this photo released by Pakistan's Press Information Department, Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, right, and Pakistan's Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif pose for photograph after signing a mutual defense pact, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2025. (Press Information Department via AP) ** FILE **

Saudi-Pakistan defense pact signals shift as Gulf states hedge bets on U.S. security guarantees

By Jacob Wirtschafter - Special to The Washington Times

The Pentagon and Potomac River. Are the Pentagon, defense companies leaving U.S. allies behind? File photo: xbrchx via Shutterstock.

LISTEN: Are the Pentagon, defense companies leaving U.S. allies behind?

Trump Central View all

In this photo released by Xinhua News Agency, Chinese President Xi Jinping, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, meets with representatives of military personnel stationed in Urumqi in northwestern China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region on Tuesday, Sept. 23, 2025. (Li Gang/Xinhua via AP) ** FILE **

Trump says his high tariff threat on China ‘not sustainable,’ will meet Xi

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Brayan Santos, left, and Theodore Tanczuk, right, of solar installer YellowLite, put solar panels on the roof of a home in Lakewood, Ohio, April 16, 2025. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki, File)

State attorneys general sue Trump administration for canceled solar program funding

By Alexa St. John and Jennifer Mcdermott - Associated Press

A sign for The New York Times hangs above the entrance to its building, May 6, 2021, in New York. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)

Trump re-files more careful lawsuit against The New York Times

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

President Donald Trump waits to greet leaders during a summit to support ending the more than two-year Israel-Hamas war in Gaza after a breakthrough ceasefire deal, Monday, Oct. 13, 2025, in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt. (Suzanne Plunkett/Pool via AP)

How Trump’s approval shifted after the ceasefire in Gaza, according to a new AP-NORC poll

By Steve Peoples and Linley Sanders - Associated Press

Most Popular

Federal courts about to feel bite of government shutdown

EDITORIAL: Supreme Court takes second shot at ending Democrats' rigging of modern elections

Artificial intelligence modernizing nuclear warheads

Zelenskyy huddles with Trump over Ukraine-Russia war

Expect Republicans to cave on Obamacare subsidy, again

Politics View all

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, left, sits before a meeting with President Donald Trump, from right, Vice President JD Vance and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent in the Cabinet Room of the White House, Friday, Oct. 17, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Zelenskyy returns to White House, this time with a proposition

By Mallory Wilson - The Washington Times

Dee Cahill of Margate, Fla., holds a "No Kings" sign as she participates in a pro-democracy, anti-Trump protest outside Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Fla., on Thursday, July 17, 2025. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell) **FILE**

‘No Kings’ protests embolden shutdown, Republican leaders say

By Lindsey McPherson - The Washington Times

A person looks out a window from the Capitol to the Supreme Court on the ninth day of the government shutdown in Washington, Thursday, Oct. 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Allison Robbert)

Federal courts about to feel bite of government shutdown

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, left, speaks before a lunch with President Donald Trump, from right, Vice President JD Vance and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent in the Cabinet Room of the White House, Friday, Oct. 17, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Zelenskyy huddles with Trump over Ukraine-Russia war

By Mallory Wilson - The Washington Times

Dive Deeper View all

AI boom: Tech revolution or new bubble set to burst?

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Bottles of medicine ride on a belt at a mail-in pharmacy warehouse in Florence, N.J., on July 10, 2018. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez) **FILE**

Trump tariff threat spurs domestic pharmaceutical manufacturing

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

After two years of ravaging war and global tension, a new era of peace may be on the horizon in the Middle East.

Video
WATCH: Susan Ferrechio answers questions about Trump’s role in Middle East peace

In this Saturday, Aug. 11, 2018, photo, a group of anti-fascist and Black Lives Matter demonstrators march in front of the Rotunda on the campus of the University of Virginia in anticipation of the anniversary of the previous year's Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville, Va. (AP Photo/Steve Helber) **FILE**

Premium
Antifa in the classroom: University course requires students to contribute to anti-fascist activism

By Kerry Picket - The Washington Times

National View all

A Border Patrol agent directs men towards a van after they crossed the border illegally through a gap in two walls separating Mexico from the United States before turning themselves in, Thursday, Jan. 23, 2025, in San Diego. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)

Biden’s DHS let migrants on bogus documents claim asylum, audit shows

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

AI boom: Tech revolution or new bubble set to burst?

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

People walk onto the University of Southern California campus in Los Angeles, March 12, 2019. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon, File)

USC declines to sign Trump administration’s anti-DEI education compact

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

California Gov. Gavin Newsom announces CalRx-branded insulin glargine pens available next Jan. 1, 2026, at a suggested retail price of no more than $55 per five-pack, or $11 per pen, during a news conference at Cedar-Sinai's Mark Goodson pharmacy in Los Angeles, Thursday, Oct. 16, 2025. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)

California reparations push falters again as Newsom vetoes housing, education benefits

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

World View all

Prince Andrew looks around as he leaves after attending the Easter Matins Service at St. George's Chapel, Windsor Castle, England, on April 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth) **FILE**

Prince Andrew says he’s giving up his Duke of York title as Epstein allegations refuse to fade

Associated Press

Miao Hua, China's director of the political affairs department of the Central Military Commission, arrives at the Pyongyang Airport in Pyongyang, North Korea, Oct. 14, 2019. (AP Photo/Cha Song Ho, File)

China expels No. 2 general and 8 others from the ruling Communist Party in anti-corruption drive

Associated Press

Hamas gunmen on pickup trucks escort buses carrying freed Palestinian prisoners as they are greeted following their release from Israeli jails under a cease-fire agreement between Hamas and Israel, in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, Monday, Oct. 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi)

Gaza’s new war: Armed clans challenge Hamas as executions mount

By Waseem Abu Mahadi and Jacob Wirtschafter - Special to The Washington Times

Backdropped by buildings destroyed during Israeli ground and air operations in the northern Gaza Strip, people walk and fish at Zikim Beach, near Ashkelon, in southern Israel, Friday, Oct. 17, 2025. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)

Hamas reaffirms commitment to ceasefire as delays in returning hostages’ bodies fray nerves

By Wafaa Shurafa - Associated Press

Sports View all

Maryland quarterback Malik Washington (7 ) throws a pass against Nebraska during the first half of a NCAA college football game, Saturday, Oct. 11, 2025, in College Park, Md. (Jordan Sabillo/All-Pro Reels)

Maryland’s cross-country trip to UCLA requires adjustments, logistical quirks

By George Gerbo - The Washington Times

San Francisco 49ers defensive lineman Drake Jackson tries to avoid a block by Cleveland Browns offensive tackle Jedrick Wills Jr. during an NFL football game in Cleveland on Oct. 15, 2023. (AP Photo/Kirk Irwin) **FILE**

Commanders send newly signed edge rusher Jackson to injured reserve

By Liam Griffin - The Washington Times

Baltimore Ravens head coach John Harbaugh leaves the field following an NFL football game against the Los Angeles Rams Sunday, Oct. 12, 2025, in Baltimore. (AP Photo/Nick Wass)

A 1-5 team can rebound, make the playoffs, but Ravens have little room for error

By Noah Trister - Associated Press

TCU head coach Sonny Dykes, right, talks to quarterback Josh Hoover (10) during the second half of an NCAA college football game against Arizona, Saturday, Nov. 23, 2024, in Fort Worth, Texas. (AP Photo/LM Otero, File)

Baylor-TCU shapes up as passing showdown with national leaders Robertson, Hoover on same field

By Stephen Hawkins - Associated Press

Higher Ground View all

Over the years, Hollywood decided being woke was more important than listening to their audiences, and their downfall is being seen in real time. Thankfully, alternatives are emerging. Cara Leopardo, founder of We The Studios, joins Washington Times commentary editor Kelly Sadler on Politically Unstable to discuss

Video
Politically Unstable: The downfall of Hollywood

Copies of the Bible are displayed Aug. 12, 2024, at the Bixby High School library in Bixby, Okla. (AP Photo/Joey Johnson, File)

New Oklahoma schools superintendent rescinds mandate for Bible instruction in schools

By Sean Murphy - Associated Press

A Christian woman prays during midnight Easter Mass at St. Patrick's Cathedral Church, in Karachi, Pakistan, Sunday, April 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Fareed Khan)

Commentary
Unmasked: The true horror of Christian persecution

By Billy Hallowell

People walk onto the University of Southern California campus in Los Angeles, March 12, 2019. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon, File)

USC declines to sign Trump administration’s anti-DEI education compact

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

Podcasts View all

Front Page Podcast

Get today’s top stories in under five minutes

Listen to the Front Page Podcast

Threat Status Podcast

U.S. defense industry leaving allies behind?

Listen to the Threat Status podcast

Victory Over Communism

Victory Over Communism: Antifa’s ideology

A mix of Marxism-Leninism and anarchism

Bold & Blunt Podcast

Listen: Israel, the media and the hope of peace

Newsmax CEO Chris Ruddy joins Cheryl Chumley

Sponsored Content View all

From the Special Sections Department

Unbridled Clean Energy: Innovating for the Future

Unbridled Clean Energy: Innovating for the Future

From the Special Sections Department

Faith at Work: Economic Flourishing and Securing Our Future

Faith at Work: Economic Flourishing and Securing Our Future

From the Special Sections Department

A New Chapter for Pragmatic Diplomacy: How US-South Korea ties span defense, trade, and innovation

A New Chapter for Pragmatic Diplomacy: How US-South Korea ties span defense, trade, and innovation

From the Special Sections Department

Building a healthier America: From mental health to medical coverage

Building a healthier America: From mental health to medical coverage

More Stories

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., speaks during a news conference as the government shutdown enters its third week, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Oct. 14, 2025. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Jeffries calls White House press secretary ‘sick’ for saying Dems made up of criminals, illegals

By Lindsey McPherson - The Washington Times

President Donald Trump listens as Sen. Katie Britt, R-Ala., speaks in the Oval Office of the White House, Thursday, Oct. 16, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Trump’s tariffs helped tame deficit in 2025, brought in $118 billion in new money

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

More than 800 FPV drones from the city volunteers are seen in central Lviv, western Ukraine, Friday, May 10, 2024. Lviv volunteers have handed over nearly 7 300 drones to the Ukrainian army over the year in the frame of project "Birds of Victory." (AP Photo/Mykola Tys) ** FILE **

Video
Army develops drones that can be printed in-house, assembled on the battlefield

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

A poster showing K-pop band BTS members is displayed to celebrate its 10th debut anniversary at a bus station in Seoul, South Korea on June 14, 2023. Four more members of the K-pop supergroup BTS are to begin their mandatory South Korean military duties soon, their management agency said. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon, File)

How K-pop and Christianity have managed to punch holes through North Korea’s information wall

By Andrew Salmon - The Washington Times

Chat GPT's landing page is seen on a computer screen, Monday, Aug. 4, 2025, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Kiichiro Sato)

China’s government was detected using ChatGPT to promote communist rule, suppress dissent

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times

With the government shutdown now in its third week, a sign turns away tourists at the entrance to the Capitol Visitor Center, in Washington, Wednesday, Oct. 15, 2025. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Shutdown to last until at least Monday as Senate Democrats reject stopgap bill for 10th time

By Lindsey McPherson - The Washington Times

White House Historical Association President Stewart McLaurin tours members of the media in a replica of the Oval Office as is today, shown at The People's House exhibit, Monday, Sept. 16, 2024 in Washington. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

D.C. officials say more than 100 attractions remain open during the federal shutdown

By Sean Salai - The Washington Times

From left, Mayoral candidates Independent candidate former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, Republican candidate Curtis Sliwa and Democratic candidate Zohran Mamdani participate in a mayoral debate, Thursday, Oct. 16, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Angelina Katsanis, Pool)

Andrew Cuomo tries to knock down ‘first-timer’ Zohran Mamdani in NYC mayor’s debate

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Brayan Santos, left, and Theodore Tanczuk, right, of solar installer YellowLite, put solar panels on the roof of a home in Lakewood, Ohio, April 16, 2025. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki, File)

State attorneys general sue Trump administration for canceled solar program funding

By Alexa St. John and Jennifer Mcdermott - Associated Press

Hamas gunmen on pickup trucks escort buses carrying freed Palestinian prisoners as they are greeted following their release from Israeli jails under a cease-fire agreement between Hamas and Israel, in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, Monday, Oct. 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi)

Gaza’s new war: Armed clans challenge Hamas as executions mount

By Waseem Abu Mahadi and Jacob Wirtschafter - Special to The Washington Times

A Border Patrol agent directs men towards a van after they crossed the border illegally through a gap in two walls separating Mexico from the United States before turning themselves in, Thursday, Jan. 23, 2025, in San Diego. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)

Biden’s DHS let migrants on bogus documents claim asylum, audit shows

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Bottles of medicine ride on a belt at a mail-in pharmacy warehouse in Florence, N.J., on July 10, 2018. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez) **FILE**

Trump tariff threat spurs domestic pharmaceutical manufacturing

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

Democrat Jay Jones, left, and Republican incumbent Jason Miyares shake hands at the start of the Virginia attorney general debate in Richmond, Va., Thursday, Oct. 16, 2025. (Mike Kropf/Richmond Times-Dispatch via AP, Pool)

Text message scandal, Trump loom large in Virginia attorney general debate

By Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times

President Donald Trump meets with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy during the United Nations General Assembly, Tuesday, Sept. 23, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Zelenskyy to pitch long-range missiles for Ukraine during White House visit

By Vaughn Cockayne - The Washington Times

A sign for The New York Times hangs above the entrance to its building, May 6, 2021, in New York. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)

Trump re-files more careful lawsuit against The New York Times

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Backdropped by buildings destroyed during Israeli ground and air operations in the northern Gaza Strip, people walk and fish at Zikim Beach, near Ashkelon, in southern Israel, Friday, Oct. 17, 2025. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)

Hamas reaffirms commitment to ceasefire as delays in returning hostages’ bodies fray nerves

By Wafaa Shurafa - Associated Press

Paraguay's President Santiago Peña awards the Order of Merit "Gral Div Bernardino Caballero" in the grade of "Gran Cross", to Navy Adm. Alvin Holsey, commander of US Southern Command, at Government Palace in Asuncion, Paraguay, Aug. 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Jorge Saenz, File)

Head of Latin America-focused command steps down amid U.S. attacks on suspected drug boats

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

People walk onto the University of Southern California campus in Los Angeles, March 12, 2019. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon, File)

USC declines to sign Trump administration’s anti-DEI education compact

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

FILE - President Donald Trump poses for a photo with Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu before he boards Air Force One at Ben Gurion International Airport, Monday, Oct. 13, 2025, near Tel Aviv, as Israel's President Isaac Herzog watches at left. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

Pro-Palestine and anti-Trump message played over hacked airport public-address system

By Brad Matthews - The Washington Times

This April 20, 2011, file photo shows some of the 30,000 solar panels that make up the Public Service Company of New Mexico's new 2-megawatt photovoltaic array in Albuquerque, N.M. (AP Photo/Susan Montoya Bryan,File) **FILE**

Trump’s pivot away from solar power hit planned 62,300-acre project in Nevada desert

By Susan Ferrechio - The Washington Times