2016 Elections

President Trump and first lady Melania Trump give candy to children during a Halloween trick-or-treat event at the White House on Sunday.

Magazine - Washington Briefing

Cohen offers road map, not bombshells

Melissa Quinn · March 8, 2019 5:00 am

Adult film actress Stormy Daniels speaks outside federal court, Monday, April 16, 2018, in New York.

Judge tosses Stormy Daniels’ hush-money lawsuit against Trump

Caitlin Yilek · March 8, 2019 4:31 am

The Navy fighter pilot judge who shot down Mueller

Caitlin Yilek · March 8, 2019 3:21 am

Former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort arrives at federal court in Washington.

Blow to Mueller as Paul Manafort gets under four years in prison

Jerry Dunleavy · March 8, 2019 12:01 am

In this May 18, 2018 photo, President Donald Trump speaks in the East Room of the White House in Washington.

Beltway Confidential

Republicans have a moment to chortle as a major Dem PAC abandons Ohio

Quin Hillyer · March 7, 2019 10:38 pm

Workers prepare the stage for a debate sponsored by CNN and the Republican Party of Arizona at the Mesa Arts Center between Republican presidential candidates U.S. Rep. Ron Paul (R-TX), former U.S. Sen. Rick Santorum, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney and former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich on February 22, 2012 in Mesa, Arizona. (Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images)

Beltway Confidential

CNN botched another Russia ‘scoop’

Becket Adams · March 7, 2019 10:04 pm

In this May 23, 2018, photo, Paul Manafort, President Donald Trump's former campaign chairman, leaves the Federal District Court after a hearing in Washington.

Dictators, antique rugs, and an ostrich coat: Paul Manafort’s life in the swamp

Steven Nelson · March 7, 2019 9:02 pm

President Donald Trump talks with reporters before departing on Marine One for the Air Force Academy graduation ceremony, Thursday, May 30, 2019, in Washington.

Magazine - Columnists

Why I am a critic, not a Never Trump absolutist

Philip Klein · March 7, 2019 4:20 pm

Paul Manafort, President Donald Trump's former campaign chairman, departs Federal District Court, Thursday, Nov. 2, 2017, in Washington.

Paul Manafort faces sentence of 20 years or more Thursday in Mueller probe

Jerry Dunleavy · March 7, 2019 3:29 pm

Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., speaks as he kicks off his 2020 presidential campaign at Navy Pier in Chicago, Sunday, March 3, 2019.

War between Democratic camps: Bernie Sanders fundraises off hatred of Clinton world

Joseph Simonson · March 7, 2019 3:19 pm

Michael Cohen, former personal lawyer to U.S. President Donald Trump, exits federal court in New York, U.S., on Wednesday, Dec. 12, 2018. CohenÂ is heading to prison for three years on a gross miscalculation. He was also ordered to forfeit $500,000, pay a restitution of $1.4 million and fines totaling $100,000.

Cohen asked about a presidential pardon, former attorney says

Zach Halaschak · March 7, 2019 4:35 am

Sen. Mike Rounds, R-S.D., departs after a vote on Gina Haspel to be CIA director, on Capitol Hill, Thursday, May 17, 2018 in Washington.

GOP senator cites Trump’s love of family as possible explanation for hush money payments

Katelyn Caralle · March 6, 2019 5:41 pm