A Final Chapter Unbefitting an Extraordinary Legacy
One lesson of Dianne Feinstein’s career: Stay in your job too long, and you risk losing control of the finale.
‘Every Time I Hear You, I Feel a Little Bit Dumber’
The second GOP primary debate made Trump’s 2024 advantage clearer than ever.
How We Got ‘Democracy Dies in Darkness’
And other stories from eight years running The Washington Post
The Open Plot to Dismantle the Federal Government
“I can’t overstate my level of concern about the damage this would do.”
The Pro-life Movement Is Fuming at Donald Trump
Should he care? Its supporters will vote for him anyway.
Biden Lets Venezuelan Migrants Work
The administration had been hesitant to pursue this approach.
So Much for Biden the Bridge President
He ran as a short-term fix but has become a long-term proposition.
The Patriot
How General Mark Milley protected the Constitution from Donald Trump
Why Republicans Can’t Keep the Government Open
As a shutdown looms, the House GOP is bickering over legislation that doesn’t even matter.
Nixon Between the Lines
Alone in his study, ballpoint pen in hand, the president revealed himself in the margins of his books.
The Real Issue in the UAW Strike
Unions fear that the auto industry is using the transition toward EVs to advance a second shift away from well-paying jobs.
What Mitt Romney Saw in the Senate
In an exclusive excerpt from my biography of the senator, Romney: A Reckoning, he reveals what drove him to retire.
Kevin McCarthy Is a Hostage
The speaker’s abrupt impeachment probe against Biden is the latest sign that he’s still fighting for his job.
From Feminist to Right-Wing Conspiracist
What Naomi Wolf’s odyssey can teach us about seeing patterns where they don’t exist
Red States Are Rolling Back the Rights Revolution
The Supreme Court could send the U.S. back to the 1950s.
A Politician Who Loved Being Courted
I will miss covering Bill Richardson.
The Courtroom Is a Very Unhappy Place for Donald Trump
But don’t expect the justice system alone to save democracy.
The Final Days
Joe Biden was determined to get out of Afghanistan—no matter the cost.
Trump’s Mug Shot Gives His Haters Nothing
Just like that, he was restored to his accustomed place in the Republican dogpile.
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern at the Republican Debate
Why no one took on Trump