Wednesday

18-03-2026 Vol 19

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‘The reality we live in:’ Lawmakers consider what they’d sacrifice for safety

As threats to lawmakers and their families persist and intensify, members of Congress are grappling with what steps they’re willing to take to ensure their safety.

Trump says it’s ‘really late’ for Iran to begin talks after ‘getting the hell beaten out of them’

President Trump said Wednesday that Iranian officials are pleading for a White House peace summit now that they're "getting the hell beaten out of them." — but that he...

New Senate bill fixes flaws in fed’s system to block Chinese land purchases near military bases

Three years ago, the Chinese took advantage of a defect in US protocols to block land purchases near its domestic bases and almost acquired terrain near Grand Forks Air...

Capitol agenda: Members clash over increasing their own security

Lawmakers confronting a rise in political violence are grappling over whether to use more tax dollars for their own protection, even as Republicans search for deep cuts across the...

Treasury secretary tells ‘Pod Force One’ China’s 30% share of global manufacturing is ‘too high  — and it can’t go higher’

"President Trump wants the US to manufacture more and become a manufacturing powerhouse for precision manufacturing again," Bessent told Post columnist Miranda Devine in the latest episode of "Pod...

Treasury secretary tells ‘Pod Force One’ that Ukraine minerals deal could launch post-Cold War levels of economic growth

“If the Ukrainian economy could grow at that rate,” Bessent said, “I think the Russians might be afraid of them at that point.” “If the Ukrainian economy could grow...

Senate Majority Leader John Thune dismisses calls for Iran war powers resolution: ‘Getting the cart ahead of the horse’

“I think we're getting the cart ahead of the horse here,” Thune told reporters on Capitol Hill, when asked if he would allow a war powers resolution to come...

Trump has zero plans to call Gov. Tim Walz after Minnesota shootings: ‘Why waste time?’

President Trump on Tuesday said he has zero plans to call Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz after the targeted shooting of two state lawmakers -- insisting it would just "waste...

Doubts abound for Thune’s aggressive megabill timeline

A host of concerns inside the GOP are threatening the majority leader's grand July 4 plan.

Inside the White House ‘battle lines’ over immigration raids – and which illegal migrants ICE should target

A tense tug-of-war has erupted in the White House over illegal immigration enforcement as the Trump administration whipsaws between targeting exclusively hardened criminals and going after low-hanging fruit like...