Supreme Court chief justice pauses deadline for returning illegally deported man in El Salvador
April 7 (UPI) -- U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts on Monday temporarily halted a midnight deadline for the Trump administration to return a…
Delta flight has close call with Air Force aircraft near Reagan airport
1 of 3 | A plane takes off from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport in Arlington, Va., on Feb. 3, 2025. On Friday, a Delta…
Politics drove Reagan pledge to put woman on Supreme Court
The candidate for president was in difficult straits and so he made a promise that would change history.If elected, he said, he would shatter more…
Judge denies U.S. Institute of Peace suit; criticizes DOGE’s takeover tactics
A judge denied the U.S. Institute of Peace's request to block a takeover by the Department of Government Efficiency. File Photo by United States Institute…
FAA bans non-essential helicopters near Reagan airport after crash involving helicopter
1 of 3 | A plane takes off on Feb. 3 as recovery salvage experts prepare to lift the remains of the wreckage from the…
In wake of deadly D.C. helicopter crash, NTSB urges changes to address ‘intolerable safety risk’
1 of 5 | Salvage crews work on the Potomac River recovering wreckage from a crash at Reagan National Airport in February. Insufficient lateral distance…
Trump makes Americans poorer, less safe, says Slotkin in Democrats’ response
1 of 2 | Sen. Elissa Slotkin, D-MI, rehearses the Democratic response to President Donald Trump's address to a joint session of congress in Wyandotte,…
Kentucky’s Mitch McConnell announces he will retire from U.S. Senate
Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., exits a vote in the US Capitol on February 13. Photo by Annabelle Gordon/UPI | License Photo Feb. 20 (UPI) --…
Several hundred FAA support staff fired amid agency shortages
The FAA control tower is seen at Reagan National Airport in Arlington, Va., on February 2, four days after a commuter jet and an Army…
NTSB looking at possible bad data, missed tower message in Army chopper’s collision with jet
1 of 2 | Response boat crews from the U.S. Coast Guard enforce a safety zone around the incident scene in the Potomac River on…
D.C. midair crash update: Potomac River opens as salvage operations end early
1 of 2 | Federal salvage crews demobilize equipment on Monday after completing wreckage removal from the Potomac River section affected by the Jan. 29…
All 67 bodies recovered from Potomac River after D.C. midair collision
Salvage crews recover the tail section of American Eagle Flight 5342 from the Potomac River on Tuesday with the U.S. Capitol in the background. Photo…
USAID workers told to stay home, office shut as Musk pushes for department to be axed
Elon Musk on Monday said that the United States Agency for International Development was in the process of being shutdown as workers were instructed to…
41 bodies recovered from scene of D.C. mid-air crash so far, officials say
1 of 4 | The bodies of 41 of the 67 victims of Wednesday's mid-air crash between a regional passenger jet an Army helicopter in…
Trump inauguration to be held indoors at U.S. Capitol due to extreme cold
1 of 5 | President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration at the U.S. Capitol next week will be moved indoors because of cold weather, according to multiple…
New aircraft carriers to be named for former Presidents Bill Clinton, George W. Bush
The Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76) sails in formation in the Philippine Sea. On Monday, President Joe Biden announced two new nuclear-powered…
Stuart Spencer dead: Strategist launched Ronald Reagan’s political career
Stuart K. Spencer, a Republican strategist who took a washed-up movie actor named Ronald Reagan and helped make him California governor and, later, president —…
Column: How Ronald Reagan’s words live on in Donald Trump’s rhetoric
SACRAMENTO — Running for president, Ronald Reagan repeatedly promised to “make America great again.” Thirty-six years later, Donald Trump grabbed the line and became the great…
Ex-Reagan lawyer Ted Olson, former U.S. solicitor general center of 2000 recount, dies at 84
1 of 2 | Attorney Ted Olson speaks to the media following oral arguments on the Florida vote recount case in the Bush v. Gore…
Theodore B. Olson dies; attorney helped win gay marriage in California
WASHINGTON — Theodore B. Olson, the conservative attorney who helped win the right to gay marriage in California, died Wednesday at age 84.Olson was a good-spirited…