The Pentagon would have to rebuild expertise, trust and stability if the secretary is forced out.

Her colleagues pay tribute to her incredible contributions as a journalist, advocate, mentor, and friend.

Four decades after Willie Horton, the president still invokes the politics of the past.

Officials who spoke with The Post expressed frustration that the additional loss of life in the Middle East is not reflected in the Defense Department’s casualty database.

Unpaid cash pledges mount with zero accountability.

Hegseth is remaking the Pentagon in his own image.

The new primary calendar for Democrats prioritizes pragmatism over progressive ideals.

Top-down control and bottom-up insurgency are changing the nation’s politics.

White Democrats are becoming more liberal; black Democrats aren’t. That fact is driving black candidates to win by executing a savvy strategy.

Extended deployment tests the limits of the USS Abraham Lincoln crew.

Extended deployment tests the limits of the USS Abraham Lincoln crew.

A Janet Jackson show taught me to let life happen.

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Competing realities are part of the Democratic Party’s current contest over its coalition and future.

Competing realities are part of the Democratic Party’s current contest over its coalition and future.

Trade schools fleeced VA — and taxpayers — of more than $300 million, often by teaching short and easy courses, a Post investigation finds.

Escaping suburban bubbles meant trading cable TV for farm life.

The latest political maps will hollow out representation.

A new round of political maps will hollow out representation.

Hegseth’s meeting with generals and admirals missed the real opportunity in gathering leaders.

An extremist group exploits the very democracy it opposes.

The nation’s semiquincentennial requires a declaration of potential.

The contractor in chief turned the National Mall into a costly mess.

There are echoes of 1926 in Trump’s attempt to celebrate a national milestone with a prizefight.

There are echoes of 1926 in Trump’s attempt to celebrate a national milestone with a prizefight.

Republicans in Southern states are gerrymandering the return of Black voters.

An educator takes a final journey through a county that closed schools rather than integrate.

An educator takes a final journey through a county that closed schools rather than integrate.

The justices and Congress retreat on voting rights.

The justices and Congress retreat on voting rights.

The Voting Rights Act worked. That does not mean “things have changed.”

Something happens when the beliefs and ideas most fundamental to your worldview are challenged or fractured.

Two decades of Supreme Court rulings have turned voters into partisan consumers.