Mary McCue Bell

Dulles board approves $19.9 billion overhaul, defers parking garage and hotel proposed by Trump

Washington Dulles International Airport's board greenlit a plan Wednesday for a $19.9 billion renovation to overhaul the Washington metro area's largest airport.

August 19, 2026

Trump nominates White House aide Heidi Overton to lead FDA

A White House aide, Dr. Heidi Overton, has been tapped to lead the Food and Drug Administration, President Trump announced Wednesday.

August 19, 2026

Jimmy Gomez’s accuser rejects his ‘consensual’ defense in House ethics probe of sex assault

A former staffer for Rep. Jimmy Gomez told the House Ethics Committee that he sexually assaulted and harassed her, her lawyers said Wednesday.

August 19, 2026

Former and current D.C. police employees charged with overtime fraud scheme

Federal prosecutors issued arrest warrants for six former and current Metropolitan Police Department workers accused of fraudulently claiming overtime and bilking taxpayers out of almost half a million dollars.

August 19, 2026

Forest Service moves to rescind 25-year-old ‘roadless rule,’ citing wildfire risk

The U.S. Forest Service is looking to rescind a Clinton-era rule that established prohibitions on road construction and timber harvesting in tens of millions of acres of roadless public lands in 36 states.

August 18, 2026

FDA wants public input before regulating AI-enabled medical tools

The Food and Drug Administration is mulling over the future of generative artificial intelligence-enabled medical devices.

August 18, 2026

ABC sues FCC, calls agency’s action a ‘retaliatory’ license review

ABC is suing the Trump administration's Federal Communications Commission over possible blockage of the network's broadcast station licenses.

August 18, 2026

Conor Kennedy, son of Robert F. Kennedy Jr., placed on Russia’s wanted list for service to Ukraine

Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s son Conor has been placed on Russia's international wanted list for his covert enlistment to fight in the war in Ukraine.

August 18, 2026

BBC seeks Trump family subpoenas in defamation case

The BBC wants to subpoena President Trump's children, Donald Trump Jr. and Ivanka Trump, and son-in-law Jared Kushner for its defense in the president's $10 billion defamation lawsuit.

August 15, 2026

American missionary in Niger released after 10 months of captivity

Kevin Rideout, an American missionary kidnapped in Niger last October, has been released after more than 10 months of detention in the North African country.

August 15, 2026

Andy Baker leaving as Trump’s deputy national security adviser

White House Deputy National Security Adviser Andy Baker is departing in the coming weeks.

August 15, 2026

Trump accuses preservation group of exposing ‘top secret’ ballroom details in lawsuit

President Trump decried the people suing to block his White House ballroom as "TREASONISTS."

August 15, 2026

Former Playboy Playmate says FBI ignored her Epstein report for 15 years

A former Playboy Playmate alleges the FBI ignored her tips about sex offender Jeffrey Epstein for 15 years, even after Playboy founder Hugh Hefner personally called the bureau on her behalf in 2005.

August 15, 2026

Trump administration opens ‘largest expansion’ of hunting, sport fishing

The Department of the Interior has opened the doors to the largest expansion of hunting and sport fishing opportunities in the history of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.

August 14, 2026

Homeland Security accused of political spying on Minnesota protesters, unions

The Department of Homeland Security allegedly ran a sweeping, politically motivated surveillance campaign against protesters, unions and nonprofits with no criminal basis, according to a court filing by a lawyer for a defendant charged in the protests.

August 14, 2026

Rep. Nancy Mace pushes legislation to restore death penalty in D.C.

Rep. Nancy Mace wants to bring capital punishment back to the nation's capital, 45 years after it was officially abolished in Washington.

August 14, 2026

Sen. Elizabeth Warren says ‘political corruption’ led to massive cyclospora outbreak

Sen. Elizabeth Warren is demanding answers from Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. about what she calls "political corruption" and its role in the Trump administration's response to the biggest cyclospora outbreak on record in U.S. history.

August 14, 2026

Kennedy Center board votes to put Trump’s name back on building

A vote has attached President Trump's name to the Kennedy Center -- again.

August 13, 2026

CPB chief says administration not building a 30-foot wall at Big Bend National Park

The Trump administration is working on roadway construction and "limited" barriers at Big Bend National Park, but not a 30-foot wall, Customs and Border Protection Commissioner Rodney Scott said Thursday.

August 13, 2026

Federal judge tosses Trump administration’s antisemitism suit against Harvard

A federal judge dismissed the Justice Department's antisemitism lawsuit against Harvard University on Thursday, ruling that campus hostility following the October 2023 Hamas slaughter of Israelis was too isolated to prove Harvard has been violating federal civil rights law.

August 13, 2026