News & Politics What Must Joe Biden Do Tonight? Be a Bedside Healer. Speechwriter Ted Widmer thinks Biden has a unique opportunity in history—and compares the moment to 1932. Joe Biden, Bill Clinton, Ronald Reagan, Ted Widmer | Aug 20, 2020
News & Politics One Chart Shows Why Trump’s Attacks on the Election Will Work The "winner effect" has changed electoral politics. Unprecedented voter turnout probably won't overcome it. Donald Trump, Joe Biden, Election 2020, MIT | Aug 17, 2020
News & Politics Would DC Statehood Also Give the Trumps Three Electoral Votes? There's a wrinkle in the statehood bill that could give new power to whoever lives at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. Donald Trump, The White House, Joe Biden, White House | Aug 10, 2020
News & Politics DC Attorney General Is Suing the NRA Foundation The lawsuit by Karl Racine alleges the NRA's charitable wing funneled money to the gun lobbying group. Karl Racine, NRA, DC Superior Court, Office of Attorney General | Aug 6, 2020
News & Politics Paul Begala to Dems: Please Stop Calling Trump Crazy and Bigoted In a new book, the political strategist says what he got wrong about 2016—and how Democrats should frame the pandemic now. Donald Trump, Joe Biden, Hillary Clinton, Ralph Northam | Aug 4, 2020
News & Politics This May Actually Have Been the Very Worst Week in Trump-Era Washington Or should we say "worst week yet"? Donald Trump, Coronavirus, COVID-19, Barack Obama | Jul 31, 2020
News & Politics The Heroic Story of How Jose Andres’ Charity Feeds 250,000 People a Day in a Pandemic World Central Kitchen, the relief group founded by the DC chef, has become a wunderkind of humanitarian work and a darling of the disrupter power set. And it happened almost by accident. Donald Trump, Jose Andres, Jeff Bezos, Nancy Pelosi | Jul 19, 2020
News & Politics Covid Update: Upswing as Region Surpasses 90,000 Total Cases Coronavirus 2020, Coronavirus, COVID-19, covid | Jul 17, 2020
News & Politics The Guy Squatting on Replacement Names for Washington’s NFL Team Will Let Them Have the Names Dan Snyder, NFL, Washington Redk, Washington Red Wolves | Jul 14, 2020
News & Politics Questions for Cass Sunstein: Can We “Nudge” to a Better Pandemic Policy? He thinks behavioral science offers one solution to the pandemic. Donald Trump, Coronavirus, COVID-19, Anthony Fauci | Jul 13, 2020