Analysis
4 takeaways from polls on Trump’s guilty verdictAmericans think the verdict was right and don’t buy into Trump’s conspiracy theories. And they’ve moved toward Biden — but by less than Democrats had hoped.
By Aaron BlakeJune 6, 2024
Justice
Hunter Biden faces three felony charges related to a gun he purchased in 2018. His trial began Monday in Delaware.
By Washington Post staffJune 6, 2024
The White House press secretary has said previously that president would not pardon his son, Hunter Biden.
By Patrick SvitekJune 6, 2024
Elections
Live updates from the 2024 campaign trail, with the latest news on presidential candidates, polls, primaries and more.
By Mariana Alfaro, Amy B Wang, Patrick Svitek and Azi PaybarahJune 6, 2024
While the U.S. president’s speech was directed at a global audience, it comes against the backdrop of a fierce domestic political battle with Donald Trump.
By Cleve R. Wootson Jr., Toluse Olorunnipa and Annabelle TimsitJune 6, 2024
A new poll follows a string of examples. It shows the percentage of Republicans who say a felon shouldn’t be president dropping from 58 percent in April to just 23 percent today.
By Aaron BlakeJune 5, 2024
A former Trump lawyer debunked it over the weekend. And as the GOP strained to revive it Tuesday, Attorney General Merrick Garland offered firm denials.
By Aaron BlakeJune 4, 2024
The president is going big on the border after Republicans declined to do it with him. Americans would seem to be on board, but the devil is in the details.
By Aaron BlakeJune 4, 2024
The former president’s post-conviction comment about a “breaking point” follows a long line of suggestive comments. The thrust is unmistakable.
By Aaron BlakeJune 3, 2024
Polls show that incarcerating Donald Trump could push more voters away. But they could also decide it’s overkill.
By Aaron BlakeJune 3, 2024
White House
Biden had sharply criticized a move by the International Criminal Court to issue warrants for Israeli leaders
By Tyler Pager and Ashley ParkerJune 6, 2024
Israel-Gaza War
The U.S. military’s Gaza pier, which broke apart in rough seas late last month, is being fixed at an Israeli port and could be operational again within days.
By Dan Lamothe and John HudsonJune 6, 2024
Economy
The proposed change could make it vastly more difficult for residents of states with abortion restrictions to obtain abortions by traveling out-of-state with private-employer health insurance, legal experts say
By Lauren Kaori Gurley and Jeff SteinJune 6, 2024
Harry Dunn and Aquilino Gonell were invited to Pennsylvania’s House of Representatives — but several GOP lawmakers booed and some walked out, Democratic lawmakers said.
By Leo SandsJune 6, 2024
Analysis
The link between the news Americans consume and the things they believeIssue importance, confidence in reality and acceptance of false claims varies widely by news source.
By Philip BumpJune 6, 2024
National Security
The former Trump adviser is challenging a four-month prison term for contempt of Congress after failing to appear before a House panel investigating Jan. 6.
By Spencer S. HsuJune 6, 2024
Elections
“When this election is over, based on what they’ve done, I would have every right to go after them,” the former president told Fox News host Sean Hannity.
By Amy B WangJune 6, 2024
The Maryland event raised $1 million, according to the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee. Obama said Democrats have “better” candidates.
By Liz GoodwinJune 6, 2024
Analysis
Even Sean Hannity can’t get Trump to back away from wanting revengeSomehow, nine years into the Trump era, even his most fervent media ally thinks the former president requires some mainstream polish.
By Philip BumpJune 6, 2024
Elections
Republicans made the recommendations a day after House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) outlined a plan to more aggressively target the Biden administration after Donald Trump’s conviction in New York last week.
By Marianna SotomayorJune 6, 2024
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.
By Harry Stevens, Madison Walls and Adrián BlancoJune 6, 2024
One 21-year-old said he wasn’t planning to vote: “It’s hard to vote when it’s between those two.”
By Sabrina Rodriguez and Hannah YoonJune 6, 2024
National
The display commemorating the 2018 mass killing in a Pittsburgh synagogue comes against the backdrop of rising hate crimes tied to the war in Gaza.
By David NakamuraJune 5, 2024
Justice
Hunter Biden’s sister weeps in the courtroom. His wife confronts a provocateur. Biden family members, and ex-members, are witnesses.
By Matt Viser, Perry Stein and Devlin BarrettJune 5, 2024
The FixAnalysis
The speculative and baseless ideas Republicans have floated suggest they’ll continue to scratch and claw at the legal retribution that has for years proved elusive.
By Aaron BlakeJune 5, 2024
