Trump Is Right on the White House Correspondents’ Association—and Speaker Johnson Should Follow Suit

It’s been a lousy week for the White House Correspondents’ Association. President Donald Trump cut the organization off at the knees when he announced on Tuesday that the White House, not the WHCA, would select the members of the presidential press pool, the rotating group of reporters and photographers who cover the president in places

Congress barrels toward shutdown deadline with few signs of progress

Washington — Congress is barreling toward a deadline to avert a government shutdown in just over two weeks, with Democrats and Republicans at odds over whether there should be guardrails on President Trump’s ability to withhold funding approved by Congress.   Democrats want to insert language in the funding bill to ensure that the administration