Mad about Hunter Biden’s shady deals? You should care about these, too.
Lawmakers should do something about family members of presidents cashing in on their proximity to power.
By Catherine Rampell
Harris’s advisers blame everything but themselves for their loss
Their ‘Pod Save America’ interview, like the campaign they ran, was unconvincing and uninspiring.
By Perry Bacon Jr.
How Trump can end the war in Ukraine for good
No more Munichs, Yaltas — or Budapests.
By Marc A. Thiessen
Life under Israeli bombardment in Lebanon
Plus: We found an agency for Trump to destroy. Expand the senior volunteer force. Pardoning Hunter Biden.
By Amanda Katz
Biden did what many fathers would do: Save his child
Pardon by president of his son Hunter Biden may not be politically smart but it is defensible
By Eugene Robinson
Biden had good reason to pardon Hunter. Except he promised he’d never do it.
When it mattered politically, Biden insisted: No pardon.
By Ruth Marcus
What Harris does next if she wants a second act
She can remain a political force to be reckoned with — if she plays her cards right.
By Jennifer Rubin
In troubled times, there’s no place like home
Stories of families and friendships falling to pieces over politics made me want to pay closer attention to my own.
By Theodore R. Johnson
Why not enlist an army of volunteer retirees?
National service doesn’t have to be for just young people.
By Daniel Pink
A dangerous and unqualified choice for the FBI
Senators must do their constitutional duty once again by rejecting Trump’s nomination of loyalist Kash Patel.
By Ruth Marcus
Democrat Adam Frisch learned from his Colorado losses. The party should, too.
The candidate who nearly defeated Lauren Boebert has a plan for rebuilding a Democratic coalition.
By Karen Tumulty
The Regressivists come to Washington
Teddy Roosevelt’s Progressivists and Donald Trump’s DOGE billionaires diagnosed the same problem in government. They part ways after that.
By David Ignatius
The beating heart of D.C. home rule
The city’s indispensable advisory neighborhood commissioners are one part of local self-government that has exceeded even the lofty visions of 1973.
By Colbert I. King
Democrats need ‘shortcuts’ to reach low-information voters
Plus: Sen. Lisa Murkowksi can be a maverick. The Premier League’s exciting season.
By Jennifer Rubin
Bobby Kennedy finally achieves escape velocity
The boy who looked so uncannily like his canonized father is finally free of the burden of legacy
By Matt Bai
What is the Federal Reserve for, exactly?
The Federal Reserve’s mission creep and a bailout culture have helped sow American life with moral hazard.
By George F. Will
My hometown broke its 100-year Democratic streak. What can that teach us?
Gratitude for Fall River, Massachusetts, drives me to learn from what drove its rightward shift, not abandon it.
By E.J. Dionne Jr.
Democrats don’t have a working-class problem. America does.
Extreme income inequality and unchecked corporate power gave rise to FDR’s New Deal — Democrats should be no less ambitious now.
By Dana Milbank
Should I get my vaccines while I can? Your questions, answered.
Plus, how to prepare for a second Trump administration.
By Leana S. Wen
Impromptu Thanksgiving reflections
Our columnists reflect on what they’re grateful for in this tumultuous year.
By Washington Post Opinions staff