Politics - The Washington Post (2024)

At two different events Saturday, the former president said he proposed a migrant league of fighters to the head of the UFC.

By Marianne LeVine, Maegan Vazquez and Isaac ArnsdorfJune 22, 2024

Biden and Trump each look to bring down the other in the biggest event so far in a 2024 election that has remained tight from the start.

By Dan BalzJune 22, 2024

Analysis

Despite every poll showing deep voter anger toward Washington, Democratic and GOP incumbents keep winning their primaries, sometimes by unexpectedly wide margins.

By Paul KaneJune 22, 2024

Video on social media showing what appeared to be a sleeping guard at the D.C. jail has prompted an internal investigation at the long-troubled city detention facility in Washington, D.C.

By Spencer S. HsuJune 22, 2024

Critics have questioned whether the arrangement runs afoul of a ban on candidates directing money to super PACs that can raise unlimited amounts of money.

By Patrick SvitekJune 22, 2024

The House vote to restore the Confederate Memorial to Arlington National Cemetery failed, but not before it got a lot more GOP support —about 89 percent — than similar recent votes.

By Aaron BlakeJune 14, 2024

As the Supreme Court declines to limit access to mifepristone, some striking new data shows Americans trending even more toward abortion rights.

By Aaron BlakeJune 13, 2024

Democrat Michael Kripchak lost by less than 10 points in a district Donald Trump carried by 29 in 2020. It’s merely the latest Democratic over-performance, but what does it mean?

By Aaron BlakeJune 12, 2024

The verdict appears unlikely to move votes. But it could affect arguments about, and views of, the justice system.

By Aaron BlakeJune 11, 2024

Focusing on age and “mental health” kind of misses the point; Trump’s problem was judgment and stability. But such issues remain a bigger concern about Biden than they ever were with Trump.

By Aaron BlakeJune 10, 2024

There remains no evidence that Biden was behind the Manhattan prosecution of the former president, but 80 percent of Republicans say otherwise.

By Aaron BlakeJune 10, 2024

Aides scrambled to foil a suspected plot to throw the nominating process into chaos as suspicions abound about potentially disloyal delegates

By Yvonne Wingett Sanchez and Isaac ArnsdorfJune 22, 2024

Jimmy Carter has been in hospice care for 16 months, but he continues to eat well and defy the odds as his 100th birthday approaches.

By Mary Jordan and Kevin SullivanJune 22, 2024

Democrats say fundraising emails falsely suggested he could be executed were tempting more violence.

By Josh Dawsey and Isaac ArnsdorfJune 22, 2024

David DePape was found guilty of charges including aggravated kidnapping. A federal court previously gave him a 30-year sentence for attacking Nancy Pelosi’s husband.

By Frances VinallJune 22, 2024

Live updates from the 2024 campaign trail, with the latest news on presidential candidates, polls, primaries and more.

By Maegan Vazquez, Patrick Svitek and Azi PaybarahJune 21, 2024

Andrew Miller, a top State Department official, becomes the most senior U.S. official to resign whose portfolio focused on Israeli-Palestinian issues.

By John HudsonJune 21, 2024

U.S. District Judge Aileen M. Cannon acknowledged that precedent seems to support Attorney General Merrick Garland’s appointment of Special Counsel Jack Smith.

By Perry SteinJune 21, 2024

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.

By Patrick MarleyJune 21, 2024

The narrowly tailored 8-1 Supreme Court ruling does not address how the court’s 2022 Bruen decision may impact other gun laws being challenged in lower courts.

By Ann E. MarimowJune 21, 2024

Officials announced in Friday that two smaller parks — including one further away from the site — will be the designated protest zones during the event.

By Maegan VazquezJune 21, 2024

Analysis

A look at the remarkable scale involved in Donald Trump’s biggest campaign contribution.

By Philip BumpJune 21, 2024

All non-major-party candidates, including Robert F. Kennedy Jr., have failed to qualify for the debate, the network announced Thursday.

By Maegan VazquezJune 21, 2024

The Supreme Court is nearing the end of its term and still must decide cases related to Donald Trump’s criminal trials, abortion, social media and more.

By Ann E. MarimowJune 21, 2024

Analysis

The former president’s idea of tying green cards to college education is at distinct odds with his other rhetoric.

By Philip BumpJune 21, 2024

We’re tracking decisions in the biggest cases before the Supreme Court in 2024 — what has been decided and what is still to come. See the latest.

By Ann E. Marimow, Nick Mourtoupalas and Tobi RajiJune 21, 2024