Live updates: Senate poised for vote-a-rama on reconciliation; Trump to boost coal

Washington Examiner columnist Joe Concha criticized former CBS 60 Minutes correspondent Scott Pelley after his dismissal from CBS News.  “When you look up three words in the dictionary, whether it’s ‘sanctimonious,’ whether it’s ‘arrogant,’ whether it’s ‘self-entitled,’ in every instance, you will see a photo of Scott Pelley next to that definition,” Concha said on […]

The District of Columbia Water and Sewer Authority introduced new water conservation recommendations on Wednesday as the city heads into its driest summer in decades. These measures follow a drought watch warning by the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments’ Drought Coordination Committee. The council, comprised of elected officials from 24 local governments, now recommends “voluntary […]

Former national security adviser John Bolton has reportedly agreed to plead guilty to a classified documents charge stemming from his handling of sensitive government records after leaving the first Trump administration. Bolton is expected to plead guilty to one count of illegal retention of sensitive national security documents and to pay a fine exceeding $2 […]

The quarantine center is the latest misstep in the U.S. government’s response to the Ebola outbreak.