Politics

The One Way History Shows Trump’s Personality Cult Will End
The One Way History Shows Trump’s Personality Cult Will End

Magazine In the summer of 2020, Ruth Ben-Ghiat was putting the final touches on her history of modern autocracy. She had to do it, though, without the...

Trump gives Vance coveted endorsement in Ohio Senate race
Trump gives Vance coveted endorsement in Ohio Senate race

“This is not an easy endorsement for me to make because I like and respect some of the other candidates in the race — they’ve said great things about ...

These lawyers and firms are still working with Russian banks, even amid the war
These lawyers and firms are still working with Russian banks, even amid the war

The debate over what lines, if any, a firm should draw when it comes to the clients they represent is a continuous one in politics, popping up often d...

Biden releases tax return, reports paying 24.6 percent rate
Biden releases tax return, reports paying 24.6 percent rate

The release comes before the April 18 filing deadline, and it marks a continuation of what had been a decades-old tradition of presidents voluntarily ...

Trump EPA chief Scott Pruitt files for Senate in Oklahoma
Trump EPA chief Scott Pruitt files for Senate in Oklahoma

Pruitt’s move to make it official on Friday came after it was reported last month that he was weighing a run, according to CBS News, making calls to g...

Black D.C. Is Gone? The Truth Is Always More Complicated
Black D.C. Is Gone? The Truth Is Always More Complicated

Magazine…If somebody had said they saw your mama (on 14th Street), you would take off your earrings, grease your face and be ready to call “Fight!” / ...

Washington Was an Icon of Black Political Power. Then Came Gentrification.
Washington Was an Icon of Black Political Power. Then Came Gentrification.

Magazine WASHINGTON, D.C. — Dominic Moulden landed in the historic Shaw neighborhood on his very first day in Washington. He can readily recall the ex...

“I Didn’t Expect to Feel [This] Way”: An Afternoon Making Matzo With Doug Emhoff
“I Didn’t Expect to Feel [This] Way”: An Afternoon Making Matzo With Doug Emhoff

Magazine A metal fork clasped in his right hand, his left one holding the flimsy paper plate below, Doug Emhoff, the second gentleman of the United St...

Inside the Campaign Against “Putin’s Pope”
Inside the Campaign Against “Putin’s Pope”

Since the war began, it’s been uglier still. He delivered a sermon calling on Russians to rally around the authorities and “repel enemies both externa...

Opinion | Russia is Not Committing Genocide in Ukraine
Opinion | Russia is Not Committing Genocide in Ukraine

In prepared remarks in Iowa on Tuesday, Biden said the prices we pay in the United States shouldn’t hinge “on whether a dictator declares war and comm...