Iran backlash forces Gulf allies toward Washington as regional tensions rise

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Saudi Arabia and other Gulf allies are showing signs of a quiet but consequential shift in their posture toward Iran, as escalating attacks across the region test years of careful balancing between Washington and Tehran. For much of the past decade, countries like Saudi Arabia and the … Read more

Fox News Poll: Sour voters say Washington is out of touch

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Voters are not only dissatisfied with the direction of the country but also pessimistic about the economic outlook, financially strained in their own lives and unconvinced Washington leaders are in touch or will offer solutions.  That’s according to a new Fox News national survey released Thursday.  Nearly … Read more

Clones of Stumpy, Washington D.C.’s beloved cherry blossom tree, have flowered for the first time

Stumpy lives again. Clones of the scraggly, beloved cherry blossom tree felled two years ago in the nation’s capital have flowered for the first time this spring, reaching what federal officials described Wednesday as a “pinnacle achievement.” The U.S. National Arboretum said in a statement that the plant material used to propagate the Yoshino cherry … Read more

King Charles to address Congress in historic first state visit to Washington

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! England’s King Charles III will visit Washington next month, his first state visit since taking over the throne in the United Kingdom. The king will address congress in the last week of April, Fox News has learned. No date and time has been confirmed.  The visit will … Read more

US Park Police officer wounded in Washington shooting

WASHINGTON — A U.S. Park Police officer was seriously wounded Monday evening in a shooting in Washington in what the Park Police chief called an ambush. Park Police Chief Scott Brecht said in a press briefing that the unidentified officer was “ambushed” by two gunmen who fired at the officer as he drove by in … Read more

Hegseth defends $200 billion Iran war funding request reported by Washington Post

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth responded Thursday to a Washington Post report that the Pentagon will ask Congress for an additional $200 billion for the Iran war. He said that the number could change because it “takes money to kill bad guys.” CBS News congressional correspondent Caitlin Huey-Burns has more from Capitol Hill. Source link

Belarus leader hosts US envoy for talks, latest step in his effort to improve ties with Washington

TALLINN, Estonia — TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — Authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko on Thursday hosted a U.S. envoy for talks in the Belarus capital of Minsk, the latest step in the isolated leader’s effort to improve ties with the West. Lukashenko met with President Donald Trump’s special envoy for Belarus, John Coale, according to the presidential … Read more

A Virginia boater is suing a Washington utility for the Potomac River sewage spill

WASHINGTON — A Virginia boater is suing a Washington water utility for negligence in the collapse of a pipe that leaked millions of gallons of raw sewage into the Potomac River. The class action lawsuit filed Friday in U.S. District Court in Greenbelt, Maryland, comes weeks after a January sewage pipe collapse, shooting wastewater out … Read more