As Trump’s inauguration nears, Washington DC residents voice unease, with some leaving to escape “hostile energy.” One of the residents, while leaving the city, said his re-election was “a representation of the ugly side of America that people don’t want to acknowledge.

As a nation, we are nothing but a collection of smaller states and local governments. Without active participation, small, unrepresentative groups will dictate policies that shape our daily

Washington voters shifted toward Donald Trump less than any state in last year's election. A big reason could be: who's moving here, and who's moving out.

Mr Barton, 46, will officially launch his campaign in Moore on Saturday, pitting him against Mr Goodenough and Liberal candidate Vince Connelly. It sets up an intriguing contest in Moore, where Labor is running candidate Tom French.

The president-elect and his advisers are plotting to change the capital in ways large and small, but it won’t be easy.

The Court of Criminal Appeals will rehear a case it threw out last year. Three of the judges became targets of Attorney General Ken Paxton over another ruling and lost reelection.

The FBI is holding a news conference on the three ballot drop box fires seen in the Pacific Northwest during the 2024 election

Rudy Giuliani will keep his apartments and his World Series rings in exchange for unspecified "compensation" to two election workers and a promise not to further defame them.

Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-Baton Rouge, is captain of Mystick Krewe of Louisianians, the krewe that runs the event. The official commencement of Washington Mardi Gras is Jan. 23, just days after the presidential inauguration.

President-elect Donald J. Trump was the first Republican to win the popular vote in two decades, but by only a 1.5-point margin, the narrowest since 2000.