Send Us Your Views on Airplane Safety and the D.C. Reagon Airport Crash

We want to hear your perspective on the circumstances that led to the Jan. 29 midair collision near Reagan National Airport, and on air safety and regulation in general. What works and what does not?

At Kennedy Center, Trump Inherits a Tough Job: Fund-Raising

For the arts institution, which receives only a small portion of its budget from federal funding, the perennial challenge is to raise additional revenue through ticket sales and private donations.

Kennedy Says ‘Nothing’ Off Limits in Scrutinizing Chronic Disease

Robert F. Kennedy Jr., laying out his early health agenda, said he would examine childhood vaccines, psychiatric drugs and other “formerly taboo” topics in investigating the causes of chronic disease.

Family Files Claims Against U.S. for Washington Plane Crash

The filings over the collision of an American Airlines plane and an Army helicopter last month appear to be the first such claim and signal the start of a long legal fight.

Airline Pilots in the DC Plane Crash Acted as Expected, Experts Say

The pilots of the American Airlines regional jet in the Washington airport collision acted as expected, aviation safety experts and other pilots said.

Trump’s New U.S. Attorney in D.C. Comes to Aid of Oath Keepers Leader

Ed Martin, a longtime advocate for Jan. 6 defendants recently named to run the prosecutors’ office, sought to undo a judge’s order barring Stewart Rhodes from visiting Washington.

Trump Pardons 2 D.C. Officers Convicted in Fatal Chase and Cover-Up

The death of a young Black man, Karon Hylton-Brown, led to days of protests in 2020, not long after the murder of George Floyd by a Minneapolis police officer.

Joy, Anger and Little Remorse Outside D.C. Jail After Trump’s Jan. 6 Pardons

Dozens of people with ties to the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol gathered outside the detention facility in Washington to celebrate Trump’s pardons of those convicted of crimes that day.

Donald J. Trump Is the Oldest President to Take the Oath, Again

Before Joseph R. Biden Jr. was sworn in 2021, Donald J. Trump held the record for the country’s oldest commander in chief. He reclaimed the record on Monday.