Trump says America is respected like never before. Moscow responds with missiles, European allies voice their alarm, and dependence on Washington looks less and less like admiration.

This afternoon, the President of the United States posted two videos of lions and tigers attacking humans.

Trump’s Youngstown rally, his imaginary ceasefire, and the trust we may not get back

Billionaire Elon Musk has already funneled at least $366 million into the midterms to try to make sure voters elect Republicans.

Kyiv, the Fed, a congresswoman, a witness, and the press all got invoices this weekend. Europe is returning them unpaid.

Trump fills his gaggles with falsehoods, blames Zelenskyy for a fuel crisis his own war created, and thanks Putin for the diesel. Europe has noticed.

So now, after more than a decade of pretending that he is not associated with Russia and that he would honor the U.S.

Late Wednesday afternoon, Dana Mattioli, Drew Hinshaw, Rebecca Ballhaus, and Joe Parkinson of the Wall Street Journal reported on the tawdry grifting of Kimberly Guilfoyle, former fiancee of Donald Tr...

As Trump demanded recognition for making peace, Moscow received sanctions relief and Ukraine faced fresh pressure. Promised benefits to Americans are always a future tense.

Pete Hegseth wants the world to watch Nidal Hasan die. The killing he won’t let anyone see is the one that might be a war crime.

Trump promises checks after the election, Hegseth hands out push-ups on the Lincoln, and the ambassador to Greece wanted her Amex paid in a way that "won't show up anywhere."

Hegseth's day in San Diego looked a lot like campaign B-roll, and the sailors were the set.

Trump Accounts make investment easy and visible. SNAP is becoming harder to access, even though feeding children is an investment too.

Trump spent Tuesday handing out promises, rewriting quotes and touting records. Behind the podium, the November machinery kept moving.

On October 7, 2016, in the run-up to the 2016 election, the Washington Post broke the story of the so-called Access Hollywood tape, a video from 2005 in which Donald Trump told television host Billy B...

Judging from his social media posts, Trump is panicking.

Trump’s Nebraska rally turned diesel relief, immigration, Iran and campaign spending into one long exercise in Trumperbole.

The president brings his only event of the day to farm country, where diesel is at record highs and his explanation doesn't survive the numbers.

Last night, on October 4, U.S.

On Friday night, just before 11:00, Trump announced that his administration “will, immediately, begin sending ‘Checks’ of nearly $100 to over 20 MILLION wonderful Seniors to help pay for their Medicar...

Trump offers $5,000 checks, dangles federal benefits and explains why control of Congress matters to him.

On Saturday, October 3, the Power to the People festival, organized by Rock & Roll Hall of Fame guitarist Tom Morello of Rage Against the Machine and Audioslave, took over the stage at the Merriweathe...

With a month to go before the midterms, Trump is selling factories, deals and prosperity that haven’t quite arrived.

Trump held a campaign rally tonight in Mobile, Alabama, the city where, as Shawn McCreesh of the New York Times recalled, his MAGA rallies really took off in August 2015, when more than 30,000 people ...

John Hudson of the Washington Post reported this evening that the Trump administration is openly defying Congress, taking $52 million in military assistance lawmakers appropriated for European and Mid...

A Washington Post headline today read: “U.S.

Iraq is over, Iran is on the electoral calendar, Hegseth is rebuilding the Pentagon, and America’s fragile guardrails need a plan before the next moment of leverage arrives.

A Senate hearing became a basketball farce while Jack Smith testified about serious crimes and the rule of law.

Trump says the people building “super intelligence” can police themselves. Their track record suggests we may want more than love.

Hundreds of mental health professionals have left the Department of Veterans Affairs since President Donald Trump took office, leaving staff “at a breaking point” and some veterans waiting as long as ...

The scene that unfolded today at a hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee was a snapshot of politics in the U.S.

He’s the single worst Democratic hopeful now (almost) running for president. Democratic midterm candidates be warned: stay away from him.

Fairford, America.gov, and the widening gap between what Washington asserts and what the evidence supports.

It has become routine for Trump to spend the weekend posting wildly on social media, and this weekend was no exception.

From San Marino to Enron, Taiwan, Venezuelan gold and Iran, a reminder that the guardrails usually exist for a reason.

Trump declares victory by the transaction while the costs pile up in the next column.

Looking toward November 3

Trump’s war on the free press is continuing.

Trump claims the spoils at the UN, while the deals, the casualty counts and the alliances tell a different story about what trust is worth

After 200 days of war, Congress still won’t take the wheel while the troops, the Treasury and America’s credibility absorb the cost.

After a hearing yesterday about Trump’s Friday ban of CNN, MS NOW, and Politico from the White House campus, very early this morning—I was still awake writing yesterday’s letter—U.S.

Trump says America is the most respected country in the world. The allies, the courts and the planet kept their own scores this week.

Yesterday, William Turton, Avi Asher-Schapiro, Molly Redden, and Kirsten Berg of ProPublica published a blockbuster story reporting that the anti-corruption group of the Federal Bureau of Investigatio...

In 1945, still reeling from World War II, representatives from 50 nations reached back to the U.S.