President Donald Trump offered his theory for the motive behind the shooting of two National Guard members near the White House on Wednesday. Speaking during his Thanksgiving address to troops from his Mar-a-Lago estate on Thursday, the president suggested that the gunman may have targeted the guard members after becoming “upset” by the success of…
One of the two West Virginia National Guard members who was wounded Wednesday in what authorities described as an ambush-style shooting in Washington, D.C., has died, President Trump said Thursday, and the second Guard member is “fighting for his life.” Mr. Trump told reporters Thursday evening that 20-year-old Army Spc. Sarah Beckstrom died in the…
A federal judge ruled Thursday that President Trump’s months-long deployment of thousands of National Guard forces to the streets of Washington, D.C., violates federal law. U.S. District Judge Jia Cobb sided with D.C. Attorney General Brian Schwalb, who sued the federal government over the Guard deployment, arguing it exceeded the president’s legal authority. But the…
Nearly three decades after a woman was murdered in the suburban Washington, D.C., hospital where she worked, police believe they may have finally identified her killer. Sheryl Crandell was discovered unresponsive inside of her office at Prince George’s Hospital Center in Cheverly, Maryland, on Jan. 13, 1998, according to Othram, Inc., the forensic laboratory that…
President Donald Trump responded to questions from Fox News’ Laura Ingraham on Monday about the demolition of the East Wing of the White House to make room for his new $300 million ballroom. Ingraham asked the president about a report, published last month by the Wall Street Journal, that first lady Melania Trump privately raised…
Bomb threat halts air traffic at D.C. airport as Duffy warns “mass chaos” if shutdown continues – CBS News Watch CBS News What’s poised to be the longest government shutdown in history has made air travel chaotic for millions, and traffic was halted at Reagan National Airport when an apparent bomb threat was made against…
President Trump on Tuesday fired all six sitting members of a board that oversees architecture in Washington, D.C., CBS News has confirmed, as the president plans a slate of major building projects in the capital city — including a massive White House ballroom. “We are preparing to appoint a new slate of members to the…
The White House may be the most well-known home in Washington D.C., but just blocks away from the presidential mansion sits a lesser-known home with its own piece of U.S. history. The Octagon is an approximately 10,000-square-foot home designed by William Thornton, who served as the first architect of the U.S. Capitol. The building…
President Donald Trump is likely to name his new $300 million White House ballroom after himself, senior administration officials told ABC News. Officials have already begun referring to the project as “The President Donald J. Trump Ballroom,” a name that “will likely stick,” according to ABC News. Trump has not publicly confirmed what he plans…
A model of President Trump’s proposed triumphal arch to commemorate the country’s 250th anniversary was seen on the Resolute Desk as the president held a press conference with FBI Director Kash Patel and Attorney General Pam Bondi in the Oval Office on Wednesday. The renderings and model show an arc that looks similar to…