Mary McCue Bell

Mary McCue Bell is a Breaking News Political Reporter for The Washington Times. She graduated from the University of Missouri with a Bachelor of Journalism in writing and reporting and a Bachelor of Arts in political science. Previously, she was a congressional reporter and assistant city editor at the Columbia Missourian, and is a former Washington Correspondent for the Missouri News Network. Ms. Bell can be reached at mbell@washingtontimes.com.

Articles by Mary McCue Bell

White House aides report $155,000 in total cash gifts

President Trump gave substantial cash gifts to four White House aides for last year's holiday season, according to financial disclosures filed by the White House.

September 9, 2026

‘It could kill us all by the end of the decade,’ an AI researcher says. He’s not alone

A researcher who left Anthropic this week warned that rapidly improving artificial intelligence could kill everyone by the end of the decade, the third such industry insider to sound an alarm about possible human extinction by rogue machines.

September 9, 2026

Investigation of New Jersey’s lieutenant governor puts pressure on Gov. Mikie Sherrill to act

New Jersey Lt. Gov. Dale Caldwell is under investigation for alleged inappropriate behavior with women and possible ethics violations.

September 8, 2026

Smithsonian Secretary Lonnie Bunch to retire amid White House backlash

Smithsonian Secretary Lonnie G. Bunch III announced his retirement Tuesday following months of White House criticism over how the historic institution and its dozens of museums present U.S. history.

September 8, 2026

Lindsay Clancy’s attorney asks Trump to pardon the killer mom

Lindsay Clancy's attorney Kevin Reddington said Tuesday that he hopes President Trump considers a pardon for his client, after a Massachusetts judge declared a mistrial in her murder trial for killing her three young children.

September 8, 2026

Mamdani releases 170,000 pages of 9/11 health documents

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani has ordered the public release of over 170,000 pages of documents concerning public health and contamination data compiled in the months after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.

September 8, 2026

Pritzker launches $20 million Ready for the Fight PAC to boost House Democrats

Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker is wading into the congressional campaign fight by forming a new political action committee aimed at bolstering Democratic House candidates' midterm success.

September 8, 2026

For members of Congress, a picture may soon join a thousand words

Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez wants lawmakers to be able to include images in the text of their bills, figuring it could help illustrate or simplify some of the trickier things lawmakers are trying to do in their legislation.

September 8, 2026

Sen. Alan Armstrong warns that permitting logjam puts America’s future at risk

Plans for energy projects and other infrastructure are now stuck in a "permitting paralysis" that threatens the U.S. economy and national security, according to Sen. Alan Armstrong.

September 8, 2026

Bartiromo’s attorney says she wasn’t fired: ‘Unequivocally false’

Longtime Fox News host Maria Bartiromo's abrupt departure from the network Thursday was not a firing, her attorney said, dismissing reports that her exit was punishment for disclosing an internal memo to the Trump administration.

September 4, 2026

House passes bill stripping funding for universities that boycott Israel

The House passed a bill Thursday that would prohibit colleges from receiving federal student aid if they engage in commercial and academic boycotts against Israel.

September 4, 2026

Ex-Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer contributed to ‘toxic’ work environment, says IG report

Former Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer ran a department where staff drank on duty, cried through public dressing-downs and were dispatched to organize her closet and pick up her dry cleaning, according to a new report from the Labor Department's Office of the Inspector General.

September 4, 2026