Crime in Washington, D.C., has made headlines as unlawful acts spike, and in 2023, the events also started to affect the national government in the district.
A 10-month blockade on the promotions of hundreds of military officers came to a formal end Tuesday after the Senate confirmed nearly a dozen four-star generals.
The declining situation at the U.S.-Mexico border looms over negotiations over a supplemental funding bill in the Senate that has already been stalled for two months.
Senate Republicans distanced themselves from the nativist rhetoric of Donald Trump on Monday after the former president said immigrants are "poisoning the blood" of the United States.