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This Historic Portrait of George Washington Is Being Restored to Its Former Glory
The 18th-century painting by Charles Willson Peale had previously been the subject of mismanaged restoration attempts. Now, experts in Versailles are bringing it back in line with the artist's origina ...
DOGE’s access to Treasury data risks US financial standing and raises security worries, experts warn
The Department of Government Efficiency’s embed into the federal government has raised a host of concerns, transforming a ...
Trump Says He Will Dismiss Kennedy Center Board Members and Install Himself as Chair
The move by the president, whose authority to make the changes was not clear, is the latest attempt to bring a Washington ...
Donald Trump vs the media: US president wages war on the fourth estate
The administration has launched a frontal assault on the traditional news industry at a time when it is in decline ...
Judge temporarily blocks Trump plan offering incentives for federal workers to resign
The deadline for federal workers to receive financial incentives to quit is approaching. More than 2 million employees have ...
Trump Administration Highlights: Nearly All Jobs Are Said to Be Cut at Aid Agency
Demonstrators outside the Capitol on Wednesday in support of U.S. Agency for International Development.Credit...Haiyun Jiang ...
Mandelson tells reporter to ‘f*** off’ when quizzed about Epstein relationship
Questions have previously been raised about links between Britain’s new ambassador to the US and the paedophile financier.
Peter Mandelson’s back: the Prince of Darkness returns
All political careers may end in failure, but the UK’s new ambassador to Washington, Peter Mandelson, isn’t done yet ...