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Photos capture America’s turbulent political year as Donald Trump reshaped Washington in 2025, highlighting clashes, policy shifts, and public reaction across the nation.
Amid heated Senate races and mounting controversies, candidates Paxton and Platner arrive in Washington, seeking to bolster their standing and secure critical backing from party leaders.
A whistleblower alleges a former DOGE official improperly took sensitive Social Security data to his new job, raising concerns over data security and oversight, The Washington Post reports.
Montana Republican Sen. Steve Daines abruptly ended his reelection bid just minutes before the state’s filing deadline, reshaping the 2026 Senate landscape and surprising GOP leaders, PBS reported.
France has summoned the US ambassador after Washington highlighted the killing of far-right activist Thomas S. in political messaging, with Paris accusing the US of exploiting a domestic tragedy.
As Venezuela’s power struggle intensifies, U.S. involvement is deepening. Washington’s latest moves raise the stakes in a political arena long likened to a dangerous blood sport.
The House approved a resolution to curb President Trump’s authority to use military force against Iran, marking a historic rebuke and raising fresh debate over war powers and executive overreach.
After a tentative deal, Trump confronts fresh obstacles: Iran seeks new leverage, Israeli strikes raise tensions, and MAGA allies rebel, complicating his path forward.
The federal government remains shut down, disrupting services nationwide. From delayed pay for federal workers to stalled public programs, communities are feeling the mounting strain.
The US sanctions on Suleiman Frangieh and Ali Qomati mark a sharp escalation in Washington’s Lebanon policy, signaling pressure on Hezbollah allies and warning Beirut over stalled reforms.
The US government shutdown has become the longest in the nation’s history, as partisan deadlock over border wall funding deepens, affecting federal workers and key services nationwide.
The report details how strong lobbying by Saudi Arabia and Israel influenced President Trump’s decision to confront Iran, revealing internal debates and shifting U.S. Middle East strategy.
King Charles III has been invited to address a rare joint meeting of Congress, highlighting renewed U.S.-U.K. ties and underscoring Washington’s interest in the British monarchy.
A new column warns Congress may be nearing a tipping point, as partisan gridlock, erosion of norms, and institutional dysfunction raise fears of an irreversible decline in U.S. governance.
Congressional clashes over ICE funding leave both parties bruised, exposing deep divides on immigration policy as budget deadlines loom and key enforcement programs hang in the balance.
The latest attack threatening President Trump underscores rising political violence in the US, raising urgent concerns over security, polarization and the stability of democratic institutions.
Many Americans increasingly link heated partisan rhetoric, social media misinformation and election denialism to rising political violence, a new Washington Post survey indicates.
Reuters’ “US Politics Newsletter – Trump’s ‘I’ of the Storm” examines the former president’s central role in Republican politics amid legal woes, party divides and 2024 election tensions.
As the World Cup descends on Trump’s America, politics, nationalism and sport collide, testing the nation’s image abroad and revealing deep divisions at home.
Political violence in the U.S. has surged in the 21st century, with rising extremism, mass shootings, and attacks on democratic institutions reshaping the national security debate.