Utah man who recorded fatal Jan. 6 Capitol shooting sentenced to 6 years
John Earle Sullivan recorded himself inciting violence and breaking a window before filming the fatal shooting of Ashli Babbitt outside the House Chamber on Jan. 6.
GOP urges Secret Service to move protesters from park near convention arena
The Republican Party is urging the Secret Service to move protesters further away from the arena in Milwaukee where the party will hold its convention in July.
Secrets, lies and payoffs laid bare in Week 1 of Trump trial testimony
The Trump trial in New York: Witness David Pecker faces cross-examination.
How Trumps trial is playing, politically
A new poll provides some of the best hints yet.
The dishonest and ironic push to blame campus protests on George Soros
Linking things to George Soros is a classic antisemitic ploy. Here its used to criticize protests described as antisemitic.
Donald Trumps casual disparagement of prosecutors as evil and crazy
Asked by a right-wing interviewer if he knew Democrats wanted him dead, Trump replied, Yeah.
Live updates: David Pecker to return to stand for cross-examination in Trumps hush money trial
Donald Trumps defense team is expected to continue cross-examining ex-National Enquirer publisher David Pecker on Friday in Trumps hush money trial in New York.
Election 2024 latest news: Trump plans pair of rallies during day off from court next week
Live updates from the 2024 campaign trail with the latest news on presidential candidates, polls, primaries and more.
Arizona defendant Christina Bobb plays key role on RNC election integrity team
Christina Bobbs indictment solidifies her identity as a dedicated Trump loyalist who fiercely fought to reverse his loss in Arizona.
How would you narrow Trumps VP shortlist? Take this quiz.
Take this quiz and see who you think Trump might pick to be his vice presidential nominee. The Fixs Aaron Blake offers his analysis of two dozen potential picks.
Senate pursues action against AI deepfakes in election campaigns
A Senate hearing highlights the dangers of bogus, artificial intelligence materials in elections. A bill was introduced in 2023, but the urgency is now.
Inside the long-odds push to undo an abortion ban in ruby red Arkansas
After winning campaigns in both red and blue states, abortion rights activists are facing a test of the limits of their success in what is sometimes ranked as the most pro-life state in America.
Competing agendas and cover songs: Inside Trumps talks with foreign leaders
Its unclear whether the conversations will have an effect on a former president who is impulsive with his decision-making.
Criticism, praise of Texas Gov. after dramatic use of troopers on protesters
The three-term governor on Wednesday ordered scores of riot gear-clad state troopers to arrest protesters on the University of Texas Austin campus.
Mortar attack on Gaza coast spotlights risk to U.S. pier mission
Assembly of the floating pier has begun several miles off Gaza, and aid delivery is expected to start within days, U.S. officials said.
In this week's episode, the crew discusses what's happened in former president Donald Trump's New York trial so far and what we're hearing from witnesses. Washington Post reporter Devlin Barrett returns to take us inside the courtroom, while senior video journalist JM Rieger analyzes Trump's repetitive, falsehood-filled statements outside the courtroom.
U.S. troops to leave Chad, as another African state reassesses ties
Dozens of U.S. Army personnel will leave Chad in Central Africa, at least temporarily, as the two governments discuss their security relationship.
A N.Y. court tossed Harvey Weinsteins conviction. Could it help Trump?
Legal experts said the judge overseeing Donald Trumps trial will have to scrutinize the appeals courts decision.
What Trump was doing on the other Jan. 6.
On. Jan. 6, 2017, President-elect Trump welcomed two important figures to Trump Tower: FBI Director James Comey and National Enquirer publisher David Pecker.
A day all about Trump: Mostly out of sight, but still ubiquitous
From the Supreme Court to a Manhattan courtroom, Thursday showed how much of the 2024 campaign centers on Trumps legal dramas.
Trump Trials takeaways: The Playboy payment
Key moments from Day 7 of Donald Trumps New York hush money records falsification trial.
Kavanaugh says most people now revere the Nixon pardon. Not so fast.
It might have been true at one point. Its not so clear it is anymore -- particularly as another former president stands accused of his own dirty tricks.
Supreme Court seems poised to allow Trump Jan. 6 trial, but not immediately
Conservative and liberal justices grappled with the historic significance of the case, which will impact presidential power and Donald Trumps D.C. trial.
Trumps attorney: Presidential coup attempts may be unprosecutable
The Supreme Court oral argument was a reflection of how a president can avoid accountability.
4 key political issues in Trumps Manhattan case
The verdict is important; how the trial plays might be more important. Heres what to watch for.
Takeaways from the Supreme Court argument on Trumps criminal immunity
Conservative justices seemed focused on preventing runaway prosecutions of future presidents. Liberals worried about lawless kings. And other key takeaways.
Anti-democratic warning signs are blinking in current polling
The Pew Research Center found indifference among Republicans about Donald Trumps actions in 2020 and about the need to concede in the future.
More details in the national conspiracy to overturn the 2020 election
Indictments in Arizona and new information in Michigan shows the scale of the effort to keep Donald Trump in power.
Live updates: Ex-National Enquirer publisher to continue testimony at Trumps hush money trial
Former National Enquirer publisher David Pecker is expected to continue his testimony in Donald Trumps trial on allegations of business fraud related to hush money payments.
Election 2024 latest news: Biden to highlight chips investments during New York trip
Live updates from the 2024 campaign trail with the latest news on presidential candidates, polls, primaries and more.
Eighty percent of Ukraine-Israel bill will be spent in U.S. or by U.S. military
Foreign aid often never leaves the United States.
Secret Service agent on Harris detail involved in altercation before flight
The vice president was not affected by the incident, which happened at Joint Base Andrews, according to the Secret Service
Trump calls deadly Charlottesville rally a peanut next to Israel protests
Trumps comments marked his latest downplaying of a 2017 white-supremacist event that he declared had very fine people on both sides.
Heres who was charged in the Arizona 2020 election interference case
Mark Meadows, Rudy Giuliani, Jenna Ellis and other Trump allies were indicted in connection with their alleged efforts to overturn the 2020 election results in Arizona.
Here are the states where 2020 Trump electors have been charged
Republicans around the country have been charged with forgery and other crimes for filing paperwork claiming to be presidential electors in states that Donald Trump lost.
Aid to Ukraine seemed dead. Then secretive talks revived it.
In one meeting, Biden and others sprang a surprise effort to persuade Speaker Johnson to pass the aid package
Read the full text of the Arizona 2020 election interference indictment
Meadows, Giuliani and other Trump allies were among those charged in the Arizona 2020 election probe
Meadows, Giuliani and other Trump allies charged in Arizona 2020 election probe
The indictments cap a year-long investigation by Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes (D) into how the 2020 pro-Trump elector strategy played out in Arizona, which Biden won by 10,457 votes.
The mounting antiwar protests on college campuses
Today, a look inside the pro-Palestinian protests taking root on college campuses and why universities have been struggling to respond to them.
McConnell fights the isolationists
After months of haggling, 79 senators voted to send the $95 billion foreign aid package to the White House for President Bidens signature.
As usual, views of Trump guide views of his actions, not vice versa
New polling shows that Republicans are much less likely to view the Manhattan trial as involving serious charges.
U.S. unveils $1 billion Ukraine weapons package
The Biden administration also disclosed it had secretly delivered long-range ATACMS missiles to Ukraine, which were used to target a Russian airfield in Crimea.
Protest votes in Pennsylvania primary loom over Trump, Biden in November
More than 150,000 registered Republicans voted for Nikki Haley in the primary, even as Trump was the clear victor in the GOP race. Biden also faced votes against him/
House Speaker Johnson to visit Columbia University amid protests
Johnsons visit marks the first time the top representative in the House is visiting a college campus amid ongoing protests that have at times burst into violent attacks between pro-Palestinian and Jewish students.
New Jersey Rep. Donald Payne Jr. dies at 65
Paynes seat in a solidly Democratic district was previously held by his father, Rep. Donald Payne Sr., who died in 2012.
Arizona House votes to repeal Civil War-era abortion ban
GOP anxieties about the politics of a near-total abortion ban have led to an unlikely alliance among Democrats, Republicans in swing districts and Trump allies.
How Americans felt about campus protests against the Vietnam War
After the Kent State massacre, most people sided with the National Guard.
FCC to reinstate net neutrality, but its not as easy as it once was
5Gs ability to offer different speeds for different purposes upends the traditional concept of net neutrality.
The right starts to reckon with its Marjorie Taylor Greene problem
The party elevated her when it helped Kevin McCarthy win the speakership 15 months ago despite plenty of reasons to worry about that. Now the bill has come due.
Conservative justices appear skeptical federal law requires emergency abortion care
The Supreme Court hears arguments in Idaho vs U.S. relating to the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act. Justices will decide whether a federal law requiring hospitals care for life-threatening cases means ER doctors in states with abortion bans must terminate pregnancies in certain circumstances.
Trump got one thing right: Banning TikTok would help Meta (and Google)
Meta and Google stand ready to reap a TikTok bans rewards.
Why is Trump giving someone a key to the White House?
Donald Trump is not the president, nor was the White House his when he was.
Speaker Johnson gets the votes. His antagonists get the retweets.
A contrived fight over a social media post reveals the divide between parties, within the Republican Party, and in the approach of the GOPs right and far-right.
By looking to future, Supreme Court may push Trumps D.C. trial past election
The Supreme Courts ruling on presidential immunity almost certainly will mean more pretrial hearings for Donald Trump, delaying his election obstruction trial.
How Peckers testimony bolsters claims of Trumps election-related scheme
Breaking down former National Enquirer executive David Peckers testimony Tuesday, and its meaning to the Trump hush money case.
Can an independent candidate like RFK Jr. win the presidency?
There is no requirement that a candidate belong to a major political party. That said, there are large barriers to entry for independent candidates.
Election 2024 latest news: Biden to address building trades unions following fresh endorsement
Live updates from the 2024 campaign trail with the latest news on presidential candidates, polls, primaries and more.
Michael Cohen says hes reformed. Will America buy it?
As he prepares to take the stand against former president Donald Trump, Americas most famous ex-fixer remains a divisive figure, even among partisans on the left.
Senate passes Ukraine, Israel aid bill after months-long debate
The bill will now go to President Biden to sign, helping him deliver on his promise to the nations NATO allies to continue to aid Ukraine as it enters its third year fending off Russias invasion.
Summer Lee beats primary challenger after facing pressure over Israel-Gaza
The race in Pennsylvanias 12th District was considered a first test for the Squad of left-wing, progressive Democrats in Congress.
How senators voted on a TikTok ban, aid to Ukraine and Israel
Senate Democrats and Republicans approved a forced sale or ban of TikTok and a $95 billion aid package for Ukraine, Israel, Gaza and Taiwan.
A secret pact at Trump Tower helped kill bad stories in 2016
Trump, the first former U.S. president to face a criminal trial, spent his day in the Manhattan courtroom fighting two pitched battles.
The anti-college subtext to the right-wing response to Gaza protests
Not all the backlash against protests on college campuses is rooted in the rights hostility to higher education. Some of it clearly is.
Biden aims to strike careful balance as college protests spread
The president and his allies say it is unclear what impact the ongoing demonstrations might have on his reelection bid.
Tennessee passes bill to let teachers carry guns, a year after mass shooting
A year after six people were killed at Nashvilles Covenant School, a Republican supermajority voted to arm educators.
The Trump Trials: Day Six gets the tabloid treatment
Key takeaways from Donald Trumps criminal trial in Manhattan: Lawyers argue over the former presidents social media posts and whether he violated the established gaga order, the judge gets frustrated with Trumps lawyer and David Pecker details the messy world of tabloids.
Cornel West, focusing on Gaza, has harsh critiques for opponents, former allies
I just see both of them as so thoroughly unacceptable, West said in a wide-ranging interview, referring to Biden and Trump.
Trumps long, strange history with the tabloids
The New York City papers gave him the headlines he craved; the National Enquirer buried the ones he didnt.
You asked: Is a felon legally permitted to run for president?
Is a felon legally permitted to run for president? We answered this reader question in a recent live chat.
RFK Jr.s quintessential campaign position: The blockchain budget
It checks all the boxes: crypto-fawning, establishment-bucking and subjectivity-prioritizing. Its also unworkable, unnecessary and would introduce obvious problems.
Its not that Trump beat Clinton. Its all the other stuff.
Once youre committed to Trump, no offense is beyond defense.
Election 2024 live updates: Biden to give abortion speech; primaries in Pennsylvania
Live updates from the 2024 campaign trail with election results from the Pennsylvania primaries and the latest news on presidential candidates.
Live updates: Judge to decide if Trump violated gag order in hush money case
Trump could be held in contempt of court and fined if the judge rules he violated a gag order. Former National Enquirer publisher David Pecker is then expected to continue his testimony.
Facts in the Trump courtroom v. facts in the court of public opinion
Trump is playing to the court of public opinion with easily debunked claims
Biden to travel to Florida to rebuke Trump over six-week abortion ban
It will be Bidens first major speech on abortion since Trump suggested that the politically volatile issue be left to the states.
U.S. cites a litany of rights violations in Israel, Gaza and West Bank
The Gaza war has worsened the human rights situation in Israel, a new State Department report says, citing claims of crimes by Hamas and the Israeli government.
Trump continues his reversal on TikTok, accusing Biden of wanting to ban it
Donald Trump on Monday called President Biden responsible for banning TikTok, though the former president worked to force a sale of TikTok when he was in the White House.
Trumps transparent attempt to play the victim on election interference
Trump calls his prosecutions election interference. Most of his major scandals and indictments are based on exactly that -- and much more substantially so.
Prosecutor: A tabloid pact led Trump to fake business records
A deal to squash stories about sex scandals and boost Donald Trumps candidacy allegedly led to hush money crimes.
House Republican infighting getting worse after foreign aid vote
Rep. Tony Gonzales (R-Tex.) said he serves with some real scumbags, while others fought over House Speaker Mike Johnsons strategy for bringing up the package that divided the GOP conference.
Unpacking the alleged crime that made Trumps alleged crime a felony
The criminal trial underway in New York centers on an effort to bury a story about an alleged affair the uncharged crime undergirding Trumps charges.
The Trump Trials: Live from New York, its opening day
Key takeaways from opening statements and the start of witness testimony in Donald Trumps New York hush money trial.
Supreme Court will hear challenge to Biden administration rule on ghost guns
The Biden administration and challengers to its rule agreed that they wanted the justices to take up the case.
Supreme Court divided over homeless ban and rights of the unhoused
The decision in an Oregon homelessness case, to be released in June, could be the most far-reaching judgment on the rights of the unhoused in decades.
Who is David Pecker, first witness in Trump New York hush money case?
A former National Enquirer publisher who helped burnish Donald Trumps image is the prosecutions first witness in Trumps hush money trial.
Bidens polls improve as Kennedy and third-party factor shifts
Two new high-quality polls show Robert F. Kennedy Jr. taking more votes from Trump than Biden. And theyre not the only polls to suggest a changing dynamic.
A Squad members primary tests shifting politics of Israel-Gaza war
Rep. Summer Lees criticism of Israels response to the Oct. 7 attacks initially set her apart. But the Israel-Gaza war has shifted U.S. public opinion.
The next president may be chosen by indifference
Voters are unusually not interested in the presidential race. This year, more than most, that might determine who wins.
Tracking Biden administration political appointees to fill top roles
Follow the president's progress filling nearly 800 positions, among the 1,200 that require Senate confirmation, in this tracker from The Washington Post and the Partnership for Public Service.
Tracking the Trump criminal cases and where they stand
Donald Trump, the Republican presidential nominee, has been indicted in four criminal cases. Here is the latest news on each.
