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In the matter of Donald J. Trump, the criminal justice system failed egregiously to hold the once and future president accountable. It’s almost...
FBI Director Christopher A. Wray shouldn’t have made it so easy for Donald Trump. When he becomes president in 40 days, Trump will have the...
Desperate times call for desperate measures. But not so desperate as having President Joe Biden issue preemptive pardons to government officials...
While a worried nation tries to make sense of Donald Trump’s spate of unqualified, extreme nominees, the president-elect is setting the stage for...
“There is no time to waste on a needlessly protracted Washington scuffle,” wrote Matt Gaetz, the former congressman and, as of 12:24 p.m.,...
House Speaker Mike Johnson, fresh from seeing the president-elect at Mar-a-Lago, has changed his hands-off views about the House Ethics...
It took Donald Trump scarcely a week to demonstrate his utter contempt for the government he is about to lead, culminating in his choice of Matt...
Even before he takes office, President-elect Donald Trump is setting the stage for an unprecedented presidential power grab. In a social media post...
And so, it begins. Elon Musk, the X owner and shadow president-elect, posted about the special counsel who prosecuted Donald Trump, “Jack...
No matter what happens in the next 24 hours, it will have been a historic presidential race. On the latest episode of “Impromptu,” Ruth Marcus,...
Donald Trump has threatened to “protect” women, “whether the women like it or not.” If this bullying paternalism doesn’t sit well with you,...
JACKSON, Wyo. — “There has never been a bear in history that has beaten the odds like 399,” her quasi-official photographer, Thomas D....
The Supreme Court, over the dissent of its three liberal justices, issued an unsigned order on Wednesday allowing Virginia to purge about 1,600...
“I don’t think anybody has ever seen anything like what happened the other night at Madison Square Garden,” Donald Trump said of his racist,...
I love The Washington Post, deep in my bones. Last month marked my 40th year of proud work for the institution, in the newsroom and in the Opinions...
“COMPLETE AND TOTAL ELECTION INTERFERENCE,” Donald Trump complained of special counsel Jack Smith’s lengthy filing in the 2020 election...
The traditional wish for Rosh Hashanah, the new year that Jews celebrated last week, is for a sweet new year. The traditional wish for Yom Kippur,...
Enough. “My kids keep me humble,” Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders preened, thereby disproving her own claim. “Unfortunately, Kamala...
It’s impossible, unproductive and, frankly, tedious to respond to every Trump outrage. So I try to pick my shots and spare readers what would...
Just when you think Virginia “Ginni” Thomas can’t do any more to cast disrepute on the institution where her husband has served as a justice...
Vice President Kamala Harris’s presidential campaign raised $540 million in just over a month. Good for her. Now Harris should do the right thing...
To understand the dumb and unnecessary choices the Supreme Court put before special counsel Jack Smith in charging Donald Trump with election...
A new book by the Supreme Court conservative raises the question: Does having all the facts matter? Supreme Court Justice Neil M. Gorsuch promotes...
When it comes to Trump, accountability is a can endlessly kicked down the road. President Richard M. Nixon speaks near Orlando on Nov. 17, 1973....
Jurisdiction-stripping is a terrible way to deal with even the worst excesses of this Supreme Court. Former president Donald Trump in Washington in...
Term limits for Supreme Court justices is overdue. Partisan politics keeps it from happening. Members of the Supreme Court in October 2022. (Jabin...
Opinion ‘I do think she can win!’ Impromptu thoughts on Harris doubters. Were Democrats too hasty about falling in line? 3 min Sorry, a summary is...
Now that he stepped out of the race, there is at least a chance of winning — but just a chance. President Biden at the White House on May 20. (...
Never mind that special prosecutors have been appointed under several presidents from both parties. Special counsel Jack Smith and U.S. District...