Column

Hunter Biden’s pardon was inevitable

President Joe Biden tried to keep his feelings separate from his son’s legal travails. But then he saw the state of politics and justice, and love prevailed.

By Monica HesseDecember 2, 2024

Joe Biden pardons his final turkeys

President Joe Biden has pardoned Minnesota turkeys Peach and Blossom at the White House.

By Kara VoghtNovember 25, 2024
Column

Does Nancy Mace know how women’s bathrooms work?

Rep. Nancy Mace (R-South Carolina) introduced a measure to ban trans women (such as Rep.-elect Sarah McBride of Delaware) from women’s restrooms at the Capitol.

By Monica HesseNovember 21, 2024
Column

All the president’s problematic men

Good help is hard to find — unless you lower the bar that once considered sexual misconduct and other alleged events as a barrier to being in Trump’s cabinet.

By Monica HesseNovember 19, 2024
Analysis

Joe Biden says ‘welcome back’ to the man he called an ‘existential threat’

With Joe Biden hosting Donald Trump at the White House, Washington decorum overwhelms dire rhetoric.

By Ben TerrisNovember 15, 2024

With Trump returning, D.C. is dazed and dismayed by déjà vu

As the capital prepares for Donald Trump’s return, Washingtonians are facing an eerie blend of the familiar and the unknown.

By Maura JudkisNovember 14, 2024
Column

Nick Fuentes and the expanding universe of unintended consequences

Far-right activist Fuentes got the attention he wanted for a post about women’s bodies. Then he got attention he probably didn’t want. It’s the nature of such things.

By Monica HesseNovember 13, 2024
Column

Why young boys need books about inspiring men

A conversation with Richard Reeves on why teaching boys about male nurses and librarians is as important as teaching girls about female justices and astronauts.

By Monica HesseNovember 9, 2024

Sketchbook: How Americans in 6 cities reacted to Trump’s win

On the dawn of a second Trump term, illustrators dispatched to D.C., Philadelphia, Atlanta and more to capture the moods of Americans.

By Fabiola Lara, Evan Verrilli, Yasmeen Abedifard, Sean Knickerbocker, Ianakas Banks, Hannah Good and Chelsea ConradNovember 8, 2024

Michael Fanone knows how many of you feel. He’s felt it for years.

Watching the election results with Michael Fanone, the former D.C. police officer beaten by Trump supporters as he defended the Capitol.

By Kara VoghtNovember 6, 2024
Column

The bones of America

How should we talk — to our kids, to ourselves — about the place we live?

By Monica HesseNovember 6, 2024

Scenes from Jill Stein’s very strange election night party

Nobody was tuned in to the news, and the Green Party candidate declared victory while explaining that “the numbers actually don’t matter.”

By Ben TerrisNovember 6, 2024

President Biden’s granddaughter Naomi is expecting her first child

Naomi Biden, 30, revealed that she is pregnant in a post on Instagram.

By Maura JudkisNovember 5, 2024
Column

Marriage and the shy Harris voter

Some anti-Trumpers have a theory about the wives of Trump-loving men

By Monica HesseNovember 4, 2024

Hypnosis? Colonoscopy? What some people will do to avoid Election Day.

Americans on how to avoid or cope with Election Day: flee to a cabin, or flee the country. Try surgery ... or psilocybin.

By Maura JudkisNovember 4, 2024

Alex Clark and the rise of the conservative wellness warrior

As Trump’s campaign embraces RFK Jr.’s causes, this 31-year-old influencer stands at a key political intersection.

By Kara VoghtNovember 4, 2024
Column

Long ago, the miscalculations of men led to America’s first female mayor

In the final days of the “gender election,” let us remember Dora Salter, a Kansas woman who rose to office thanks to a backfiring political strategy

By Monica HesseNovember 1, 2024

In Las Vegas, a Latino-heavy labor union blows on the dice

For years, Democrats have relied on restaurant and hospitality workers to help them win in Nevada. Are they out of luck this time?

By Jesús RodríguezNovember 1, 2024

Cory Booker’s unflagging joy

The senior senator from New Jersey is one of the Democratic Party’s OGs of believing in our better angels. Where does all that optimism come from? And how can we get some?

By Robin GivhanOctober 30, 2024

We’re at the finale of the ‘Lol Everything Matters’ election

Who will make the difference? Childless cat ladies? Guileless podcast bros? Arab Americans in Michigan? How about all of the above?

By Ben Terris, Maura Judkis and Jesús RodríguezOctober 29, 2024