A weakened Trump? As some voters edge away, he battles parts of the Republican Party he once ran.
The former president and some candidates he has endorsed are warring with Republican officials and donors, who prefer winning candidates over those most interested in Trump's grievance campaigns. Polls show ebbing popularity.
By Michael Scherer and Josh DawseyFebruary 13, 2022Michelle Childs, a potential Supreme Court pick, recalls being ‘devastated’ at father’s gunshot death
Raised after her father’s death by a single mother, Childs was the first in her family to attend college and the first Black woman to become partner at a major South Carolina law firm. She has been unusually outspoken during her judicial career on social issues that directly relate to her traumatic childhood and her experiences pushing boundaries as a Black woman in the South.
By Michael KranishFebruary 12, 2022Texas counties reject unprecedented numbers of mail ballots ahead of March 1 primary under restrictive new law
Thousands of early ballots have been rejected because voters did not meet a new requirement to provide an identification number inside the return envelope.
By Amy GardnerFebruary 12, 2022IRS backlog hits nearly 24 million returns, further imperiling the 2022 tax filing season
The inventory of unprocessed returns and related correspondence was provided by the IRS’s taxpayer advocate service to the tax-writing committees in Congress. The Treasury Department, the IRS’s parent agency, warned in January that it expected its response to be subpar this year.
By Lisa Rein and Tony RommFebruary 12, 202215 boxes: Inside the long, strange trip of Trump’s classified records
The journey underscores how defiantly and indiscriminately the former president violated the Presidential Records Act.
By Ashley Parker and Jacqueline Alemany and Josh Dawsey and Tom HamburgerFebruary 12, 2022
Kevin McCarthy has no idea what to do
Mitch McConnell has at least picked a side in the brewing internecine GOP conflict; McCarthy, as usual, just hopes it goes away.
By Aaron BlakeFebruary 9, 2022The RNC’s provocative response to its censure critics
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell and other top Republicans criticized the RNC for censuring fellow Republicans. The RNC has responded by citing the “D.C. bubble.”
By Aaron BlakeFebruary 9, 2022The GOP’s legitimate political discord
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell knocked the RNC for censuring fellow Republicans. He joins a long list.
By Aaron BlakeFebruary 8, 2022Biden’s big Nord Stream 2 pledge poses major test after unfulfilled promises
Biden promised the Nord Stream 2 pipeline between Russia and Germany will be shut down if Russia invades Ukraine, even as Germany has declined to explicitly echo that.
By Aaron BlakeFebruary 8, 2022
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Republicans may be divided over Trump, but that’s of little solace to Biden and the Democrats
Worries about rising prices, internal party differences over mask mandates and Biden’s slipping approval ratings continue to pose threats to Democrats ahead of November’s midterm elections
By Dan BalzFebruary 12, 2022 Rand Paul urges truckers to disrupt Super Bowl and come to D.C.: ‘I hope they clog up cities’
When the senator was asked about his thoughts on the “Freedom Convoy” and the potential for it to spill over into Los Angeles, home of Sunday’s Super Bowl, or Washington, he said he's "all for it."
By Timothy BellaFebruary 12, 2022Vulnerable Democrats plan to run on kitchen-table issues, but some in party want voters focused on Trump, too
This divide among Democrats could have ramifications for the 2024 presidential election as well.
By Paul KaneFebruary 12, 2022Judge orders protesters to end blockade of Ambassador Bridge; Ontario premier declares state of emergency, threatens fines, prison time
“We’re now two weeks into the siege of the city of Ottawa,” Premier Doug Ford said. “I call it a siege because that’s what it is. It’s an illegal occupation. This is no longer a protest.”
By Maite Fernández Simon and Adela Suliman and Andrew JeongFebruary 12, 2022Biden proposes splitting billions in Afghanistan funds between 9/11 victims and humanitarian aid
President Biden signed an executive order splitting frozen Afghanistan assets between victims of the 9/11 attack and humanitarian aid.
By Karen DeYoungFebruary 11, 2022- Analysis
Hard hit by omicron, New York City shows the ongoing benefit of vaccination
City data that extend deep into the surge show how vaccination status correlated to outcomes.
By Philip BumpFebruary 11, 2022 - Analysis
Once again, Fox News stokes a protest against a Democratic president
In 2009, the network pumped oxygen into the Tea Party movement. Now, it's encouraging a trucker-style protest in the U.S.
By Philip BumpFebruary 11, 2022 - Analysis
How redistricting is shaping the 2022 U.S. House map
The Post is analyzing the 2022 U.S. House map in this redistricting tracker as states finalize their congressional boundaries for the next decade. Republicans and Democrats are going to great lengths to tip districts in their favor and accusations of gerrymandering and lawsuits have followed.
By Adrián Blanco and Kevin Schaul and Ashlyn StillFebruary 11, 2022 - Analysis
The imperfect comparison between Hillary Clinton’s server and Donald Trump’s boxes
It’s an understandable comparison — but an overworked one.
By Philip BumpFebruary 11, 2022 Potential pick Ketanji Brown Jackson would make history as first federal public defender on Supreme Court
If nominated and confirmed, Jackson would be the first former federal public defender on the high court and the first justice since Thurgood Marshall with extensive criminal defense experience.
By Ann Marimow and Aaron DavisFebruary 11, 2022- The FixAnalysis
What is the Presidential Records Act, and how did Trump violate it?
There aren't a lot of ways to enforce the law requiring preservation of White House records.
By Amber PhillipsFebruary 11, 2022 - The FixAnalysis
Trump’s unusually lawyerly response to allegations of destroying documents
Trump isn't admitting wrongdoing, but he's also not fighting such accusations as vociferously as he usually does.
By Amber PhillipsFebruary 11, 2022 In campaign ad, GOP Senate candidate shoots gun at actors playing Biden, Pelosi and Sen. Mark Kelly
Kelly is the husband of former congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords (D-Ariz.), who was shot in the head while greeting constituents outside a Tucson supermarket 2011.
By Felicia Sonmez and David WeigelFebruary 11, 2022Gov. Ron DeSantis scrambles Florida’s redistricting debate, with an eye to 2022 and perhaps 2024 elections
The Republican governor, under pressure from a former Trump adviser, incited a redistricting battle with his own party, roping the state’s two legislative chambers into the fray and asking the state’s highest court to pick sides.
By Colby Itkowitz and Lori Rozsa and Michael SchererFebruary 11, 2022ID.me gathers lots of data besides face scans, including locations. Scammers still have found a way around it.
The case of a New Jersey man accused by federal prosecutors of using multiple ID.me accounts to file fraudulent unemployment claims raises questions about the identify verification company.
By Drew HarwellFebruary 11, 2022