Category: GOV/POLITICS

In each of the last seven presidential election years (and four of the seven before that), Time magazine’s “Person of the Year” has been the man who won the White House.

As founding editor of the Democracy team, Griff’s deep expertise will continue to add immense value to the newsroom.

Get the latest news on the transition to the new administration of President-elect Donald Trump and a new Congress.

Get the latest news on the transition to the new administration of President-elect Donald Trump and a new Congress.

President Joe Biden announced he will commute the sentences of close to 1,500 people on home confinement and will pardon 39 convicted of nonviolent crimes.

Wray resigning rather than forcing Trump to fire him clearly helps Trump, but perhaps not as much as some think.

Republicans in the state legislature gave an ally control over the state’s elections board, rewrote ballot-counting rules and chipped away at the power of the incoming Democratic governor.

Trump’s suggestion that his (former?) future daughter-in-law, Kimberly Guilfoyle, represent the U.S. in Greece is more unusual than it might seem.

As an editor on The Washington Post’s Politics desk since 2013, Dan will continue to lead our smart coverage.

As an editor on The Washington Post’s Politics desk since 2013, Dan will continue to lead our smart coverage.