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WASHINGTON — The most amusing part of the Trump transition has been watching its effortless confounding of the media, often in fewer than 140 characte...

It wasn't quite "build the wall" or "lock her up," but "drain the swamp" was a signature Donald Trump slogan. It evoked visions of pinstripe-suit-wear...

When Sen. Barack Obama was running for the presidency and for most of his two terms, the Tea Party right-wing claimed he was born in Kenya, that he wa...

WASHINGTON — One of the more salutary outcomes of the recent election is that Democrats are finally beginning to question the wisdom of basing their f...

President Barack Obama won't explicitly say that Donald Trump is on the wrong side of history, but surely he believes it. The president basically thin...

In the course of about six hours, what was supposed to be a Republican existential crisis turned into a Republican wave. What was supposed to be a vic...

WASHINGTON — While the challenges of the GOP — its long-term demographic difficulties, its erratic leadership, the bitter struggle for its ideological...

WASHINGTON — Witnesses who tuned in to Donald Trump and Barack Obama's post-election get-together can't have missed the change in the president-elect'...

WASHINGTON — Herblock, the legendary Washington Post cartoonist, spent decades depicting Richard Nixon as a sinister figure with a five o'clock shadow...

WASHINGTON — At dawn Tuesday in West Quoddy Head, Maine, America's easternmost point, it was certain that by midnight in Cape Wrangell, Alaska, Americ...

WASHINGTON — At dawn Tuesday in West Quoddy Head, Maine, America's easternmost point, it was certain that by midnight in Cape Wrangell, Alaska, Americ...

Bradford Little Theatre welcomed the Pitt Improvers to the stage at Togi’s Playhouse on Saturday. In the photo, Laura Klitch interviews presidents Bar...

WASHINGTON — As the presidential campaigns sink to the challenge of demonstrating that there is no such thing as rock bottom, remember this: When the ...