National

Trump’s Proposed Ballroom Would Rank Among Costliest Construction Projects in the World by Square Foot Cost

WASHINGTON – October 27, 2025 – President Donald Trump’s plan to construct a new presidential ballroom is drawing comparisons to some of the most expensive government and cultural building projects ever undertaken,

October 28, 2025

National·Trump

Controversial Sculpture of Albert Pike, Confederate General and Ku Klux Klan Member, Reinstalled in DC

The Albert Pike memorial returned to its granite plinth in Judiciary Square on Sunday, Oct. 26, 2025, five years after protesters pulled the bronze figure to the ground and set it ablaze.

October 28, 2025

Civil Rights·Culture·National·Trump

Demolition of White House East Wing Begins for New Ballroom Project

WASHINGTON — Construction crews began demolishing the East Wing of the White House this week, part of a $250 million project to replace the structure with a new 90,000-square-foot ballroom. White House

October 23, 2025

National

UVA and Dartmouth Reject Trump’s Higher-Education Compact

Six of the nine universities invited to join President Trump’s Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education have now declined to sign, underscoring deep resistance within higher education to the administration’s plan

October 19, 2025

Education·National

Longest-Held Marine POW of Vietnam War to Be Laid to Rest at Arlington Monday

Retired Marine Corps Lt. Col. Harlan Page Chapman, the longest-held Marine prisoner of war during the Vietnam War, will be laid to rest at Arlington National Cemetery tomorrow morning with full military

October 19, 2025

Defense·National

Hundreds Evacuated by Alaska National Guard After Major Flooding.

Anchorage, Alaska — The Alaska Air National Guard evacuated hundreds of residents from western coastal villages this week after flooding from a powerful storm left homes destroyed and entire communities isolated. Officials said

October 17, 2025

National

Penn Declines to Sign Federal “Compact for Academic Excellence,” Citing Threats to University Autonomy

PHILADELPHIA-The University of Pennsylvania said Thursday it will not sign the federal government’s Compact for Academic Excellence, a decision university leaders framed as a defense of academic freedom and institutional independence amid growing

October 16, 2025

Education·National

Hegseth’s Jet Declares an Emergency and Diverts to the UK

WASHINGTON- A military jet carrying Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth was forced to divert to the United Kingdom on Wednesday after its windshield cracked mid-flight, the second such failure this year involving a

October 16, 2025

Congress·National

Brown University Joins MIT in Rejecting Trump Administration Offer

PROVIDENCE, R.I. — Brown University President Christina H. Paxson said Tuesday that the university will not join the White House’s proposed “Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education,” warning that the initiative

October 16, 2025

Education·National

Suspect Arrested With Molotov Cocktail Outside of Red Mass for Supreme Court’s New Term.

WASHINGTON —Metropolitan Police Department officers assigned to security for the Red Mass at St. Matthew’s Cathedral on Sunday morning arrested a man who had set up a tent on the cathedral steps and was

October 5, 2025

Crime·Judiciary·Local·National

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