The White House chief of staff grew so frustrated on the day that President Trump fired Veterans Affairs Secretary David Shulkin that other Cabinet members tried to calm him down, according to three people with knowledge of the incident.
Agency correspondence and travel schedules obtained by The Washington Post show that Scott Pruitt’s security detail, which is triple the size of those for prior EPA administrators, has stretched the agency’s resources.
What began as a savvy political strategy — tapping veterans as a potent constituency and seizing on bureaucratic failures at the Department of Veterans Affairs to hammer the Obama administration — has turned Concerned Veterans for America into one of the most muscular arms of the conservative Koch network.
In Washington, D.C., e-bikes are among the most popular offerings of dockless bike operator JUMP, company officials said. (JUMP)
New York City and communities in the Washington metropolitan region are among many jurisdictions mulling over rules that would permit e-bikes on areas such as bike trails and some sidewalks. But not everyone wants to see that.
Counties, cities and states affected by opioid abuse hope a consolidated case against big pharma will help pay for the devastation wrought across the country.
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The tragedy involving a collision with a tractor-trailer pierced the heart of a tightknit city in rural Saskatchewan and immediately echoed throughout the hockey world.
Earlier this week, the boy's father said he worried that his nonverbal son was alone and afraid after he had gone missing from their Tennessee home. He later told investigators he killed his 5-year-old child, according to the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation.
The move sets up a political drama in Latin America’s largest nation, while marking a stunning reversal for a man Barack Obama once called “the most popular politician on Earth.”
Henri Falcón is leading in the polls against Nicolás Maduro, but his disillusioned supporters may not bother turning out.
Nearly 400,000 people have been displaced by renewed violence, according to the United Nations. More than 40,000 have crossed Lake Albert in rickety boats to Uganda, where they have been resettled in an ever-expanding refugee camp.
1968 | The D.C. Riots
Industrial Bank survived the violence on U Street — and meltdown of black wealth afterward — in a part of D.C. that has experienced a total turnaround.
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Young guns like Patrick Reed, 30-somethings like Bubba Watson, old lions like Tiger and Phil — the gang’s all here, and golf’s never had it so good.
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