The president freely deploys phrases from the history books, but many scholars warn that he misrepresents the country’s past.

The simultaneous gambits on both sides of the Atlantic reflect the worldwide collapse of political support for the post-World ...

President Donald Trump has announced that the United States will withdraw from the U.N.’s top human rights body and will not ...

A new study shows that microplastics are making their way into our brains, and that their concentrations are rising.

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Washington still cherishes a belief that it ... “But she was not an unkind human being. She just used her entrée and her money to do what she wanted to do. She did some very worthwhile things ...

The U.S. and Israel have long accused Hamas of using civilians as human shields in the Gaza Strip. However, there are also allegations that Israeli soldiers have used civilians as shields during ...

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The Washington Post is rolling out a new mission statement ahead of President-elect Trump’s second term in the White House. The Post unveiled “Riveting Storytelling for All of America,” as ...

Hundreds of employees at The Washington Post have sent a signed letter to ... from holding power to account by refusing to publish a cartoon showing tech giants bowing to the US president-elect.

By Benjamin Mullin After Donald J. Trump entered the White House in 2017, The Washington Post adopted a slogan that underscored the newspaper’s traditional role as a government watchdog ...