He had no right to be surprised. Trump himself had previously gone after Puerto Rico—he punished its leaders for criticizing him after Hurricane Maria, and sought to swap it for Greenland—but even if Nicky Jam had missed or forgotten that, he had to know who Trump was.

"Firstly, I'm being framed," said Marn'i Washington Monday. "There's no violation of the Hatch Act. I was simply following orders."

We don't need to find heroes in our past presidents. We need to try to understand that tyranny has always been part of American freedom.

“We have been discussing and planning for many months in the case that the District has to defend itself and its values,” said Mayor Muriel Bowser. Her office had “communicated with (Trump's) team and indicated we would like to speak,” she said on Nov. 12, but hadn't heard back.

The president-elect’s early transition moves amount to a generational test of a system as he seeks to rewrite the balance of power and install lieutenants to blow up key parts of government.

Denzel Washington is sharing his thoughts on the current political landscape in the United States.

The Washington Post editorial board denounced the Pennsylvania Democrats who defied state election rules and judges by seeking to count invalid ballots in a piece published Saturday.

SEATTLE -- U.S. Rep. Dan Newhouse, one of two remaining House Republicans who voted to impeach former President Donald Trump, won reelection Tuesday in Washington state’s 4th Congressional District. In his bid for a sixth term, Newhouse survived a challenge from Jerrod Sessler, who was endorsed by Trump.

Republican Dan Newhouse wins reelection to U.S. House in Washington's 4th Congressional District.

Democratic Rep. Kim Schrier has won a fourth term in Washington. She beat Republican Carmen Goers on Thursday in a district made up of a mix of wealthy Seattle exurbs and central Washington farmland.

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