Scott Pruitt, E.P.A. Chief, Rented Residence From Wife of Energy Lobbyist
By BRAD PLUMER and ERIC LIPTONMARCH 30, 2018 Photo Scott Pruitt, the head of the Environmental Protection Agency, has been the subject of questions from the House Oversight…
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How Will the Midterm Elections Play Out? Watch Pennsylvania
By TRIP GABRIEL MARCH 30, 2018 Conor Lamb greeted St. Patrick’s Day celebrants in downtown Pittsburgh. Mr. Lamb, a Democrat, won his upset victory in the 18th…
Advertisers Drop Laura Ingraham After She Taunts Parkland Survivor David Hogg
By DANIEL VICTORMARCH 29, 2018 After Laura Ingraham mocked David Hogg over his college rejections, several companies said they would pull advertising from her show. CreditLaura Segall…
To Reclaim the House, Democrats Need to Flip 24 G.O.P. Seats. 25 Are in Clinton Territory.
By JASMINE C. LEE MARCH 26, 2018 Democrats hope to ride a wave of liberal enthusiasm and anti-Trump sentiment to a House majority in the midterm elections…
Gun Marches Keep Republicans on Defense in Midterm Races
By ALEXANDER BURNS and JONATHAN MARTIN MARCH 25, 2018 Gov. John Kasich of Ohio, a Republican who has criticized President Trump, in Los Angeles last week. He warned on…
Seven Steps. 27,000 Lives.
Opinion In America, guns are a fact of life — and too often a cause of death. In all, 38,658 people died from gunshots in 2016. Some…
How Trumpism has come to define the Republican Party
By Ashley Parker March 24 at 7:09 PM Email the author President Trump walks across the South Lawn to board the Marine One helicopter as he departs the…
‘You should do it’: Trump officials encouraged George Papadopoulos’s foreign outreach
AFP/GETTY IMAGES George Papadopoulos. By Rosalind S. Helderman and Tom Hamburger WASHINGTON POST MARCH 23, 2018 When a Russian news agency reached out to George Papadopoulos to…
Editorial: Scott blames others, avoids responsibility after crises
Tampa Bay Times March 23, 2018 Bob Self/Florida Times-Union via AP Gov. Rick Scott appears to be in a big hurry to begin his expected…
How do you write political satire when politics are a farce?
By Armando Iannucci March 29 The creator of ‘Veep’ says reality has trumped art. Want to write good political satire in the Trump era? Stick to the…