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Between Harris’s price controls and Trump’s tariffs, this campaign is a travesty of economic policy. A combined photo shows former...
The national debt surpasses $35 trillion. The unserious Trump and Harris roll on. Key takeaways Summary is AI-generated, newsroom-reviewed. ...
Opinion Progressives’ abortion fearmongering turns, ridiculously, to Comstock Today, the Comstock Act is a travesty and an irrelevance, not a...
If you think today’s political climate can’t get worse, wait until Democrats jettison the filibuster. Senate Majority Leader Charles E....
Let’s hope Biden’s endorsement is the last irresponsible act of an irresponsibly long public career. Vice President Harris during an...
Republicans and Democrats haven’t been this aligned on policy since the Eisenhower ’50s. Republican vice-presidential candidate J.D. Vance...
Into a high-stakes, high-decibel election comes another loud voice, when a bit of silence would be welcome. Sen. J.D. Vance (R-Ohio) and his...
Two Supreme Court rulings block the progressive drive to concentrate power in the executive branch. The U.S. Supreme Court building in D.C. on...
The White House and its media accomplices steadily maintained the fiction of Biden’s competency. Outside of the North Lawn of the White...
The relative calm of the past century in U.S. politics was preceded by tumult in the 19th century. Torches, from left, carried during...
The decision about Biden administration influence on social media platforms produced an interesting split. The U.S. Supreme Court (Mandel Ngan...
Could Trump temper his loutishness? Could Biden sustain semi-acuity for 90 minutes? No, and no. People watch the presidential debate between...
Biden’s most remarkable achievement as president has been to produce “Trump nostalgia.” President Biden in Albuquerque on Aug. 9 and...
Ruchir Sharma’s new book reveals the ill effects from the government’s cheap-money policies. Alan Greenspan in 1997, when he was Federal...
Opinion Calling Willie Mays a ‘natural’ was to underrate his craft and smarts His athleticism and ebullience encouraged the perception of him...
Manhattan’s district attorney, Alvin Bragg, campaigned for the job with a promise to go after Trump. Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg...
Biden’s aim: minimize the market by maximizing government’s role in allocating society’s resources President Biden and first lady Jill...
If Biden loses in November, voters’ concerns about disorder might be a major reason. President Biden walks with U.S. Border Patrol agents...
The White House flinches from banning a product favored by Black Americans, whose support Biden needs. Menthol cigarettes and other tobacco...
Arlington National Cemetery’s headstones speak with silent eloquence of the price paid for freedom. A military member at Arlington National...
The justices, endorsing the CFPB’s structure, are feeding the executive branch’s sense of entitlement. Justice Clarence Thomas prepares to...
The executive branch has steadily accrued power, leading to failure born of inflated expectations. President Biden delivers a speech at the...
The 2024 election presents an opportunity for Americans to send a message about thoughtful disgust. (iStock) Listen 4 min ...
Put aside the sour, glowering Biden and Trump, and let’s talk about how the voters might break down. An “I Voted” sticker at a polling...
A TV screen at a train station in Seoul shows a news report about a North Korean missile launch in 2022. (Lee Jin-man/AP) Listen 4 min ...
Protesters in a tent camp on the campus of Columbia University in New York on Wednesday. (Ted Shaffrey/AP) Listen 4 min ...
Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) questions Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas during a committee hearing on Capitol Hill on April 18. (Andrew...
Cassy Leach, right, leads a group of volunteers to check on people living in Baker Park in Grants Pass, Ore., on March 21. (Jenny Kane/AP) ...
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President Biden during a 2021 visit to a General Motors electric-vehicle assembly plant in Detroit. (Evan Vucci/AP) Listen 4 min ...
Protesters outside of the Supreme Court, during a hearing to restrict an FDA-approved abortion medication, on March 26. (Will...
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Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs (D) in 2023. (Ross D. Franklin/AP) Listen 4 min Share Comment on this story Comment ...
Kari Lake, left, and Bernie Moreno. (Alex Brandon; David Dermer/AP) Listen 4 min Share Comment on this story ...
Opinions Opinion You can’t get thrown out for thinking, so take a swing at George Will’s baseball quiz (AP and Getty Images) ...
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Sylvia Gonzalez in front of the U.S. Supreme Court in D.C. (Courtesy of Institute for Justice) Listen 4 min Share ...
President Biden speaks at the White House with Anthony S. Fauci on Oct. 25, 2022. (Tom Brenner for The Washington Post) Listen 4 min ...
Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology in Fairfax County, Va., in 2020. (Katherine Frey/The Washington Post) Listen 4...
A sign on the campus of Virginia Tech in Blacksburg, Va., seen in 2012. (Chris Keane/Reuters) Listen 4 min Share ...
Rob Henderson and his book, "Troubled." (Carmen Hui Jing Lim, book cover; Simon & Schuster) Listen 4 min Share ...
Delegates at the 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago, holding banners promoting Eugene McCarthy, who was seeking the party's presidential...
A supporter of Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley reacts Saturday after former president Donald Trump was declared the winner of the South...
President Franklin D. Roosevelt in the White House in 1944. (AP) Listen 4 min Share Comment on this story ...
The Illinois Capitol in Springfield. (Daniel Acker for The Washington Post) Listen 4 min Share Comment on this story...