Using Rose Bowl-bound Indiana’s playbook to improve college education
Pamela Whitten is president of Indiana University. As No. 1 seed Indiana prepares to face No. 9 Alabama in the...
I’m a blind diplomat. The State Department font reversal is wrong.
Mariyam Cementwala is a Foreign Service officer on leave from the State Department. When the State Department recently reversed a...
Lobbyists spend big on ‘committee dinners’ with Maryland lawmakers
During the Maryland General Assembly’s 90-day legislative session this year, energy companies like Baltimore Gas and Electric, Constellation, Washington Gas...
Chinese monument in Panama toppled amid Trump’s canal fight
A scenic historical monument overlooking the Panama Canal appears to have become the latest casualty in President Donald Trump’s simmering...
As rumors swirl after political killings, this GOP lawmaker draws a line
To Julia Coleman, Minnesota House Speaker Melissa Hortman and Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk were just “Melissa” and “Charlie.”...
Homeland Security seeks ‘emergency’ demolition of historic buildings in D.C.
The Department of Homeland Security is seeking to fast track the demolition of more than a dozen historic buildings at...
Remembering 10 extraordinary D.C. locals who died in 2025
Beyond the artists and athletes who died this year, the departed lawmakers and officials who made the news each day,...
As Russia’s war grinds on, its society is fraying
OLKHOVATKA, Russia — The bus from the front lines ground to a halt outside the roadside kitchen, and the soldiers...
Portraits of a Palestinian diaspora
The dream of return has animated the Palestinian struggle for more than seven decades. In 1948, more than 700,000 Palestinians...
Rent strikes are getting results in the Midwest. But there are risks.
RAYTOWN, Mo. — In the two years she has lived at Bowen Tower, Cynthia Barlow’s apartment has flooded, been plagued...
I ran a chatbot fight club for a year. Here’s what won.
Your early-adopter friend swears by ChatGPT for meal planning. Your boss thinks Microsoft Copilot will “10x productivity.” Your social media...
How Social Security has gotten worse under Trump
The Social Security Administration — the sprawling federal agency that delivers retirement, disability and survivor benefits to 74 million Americans...
Why Trump’s EEOC wants to talk to White men about discrimination
In mid-December, the nation’s leading workplace civil rights enforcer took to social media to pose a question: “Are you a...
He suspended the archbishop, but faced his own probes — financial ones
The interim leader of the Anglican Church in North America — who suspended the denomination’s archbishop over allegations of sexual...
Taiwan condemns China as ‘biggest destroyer of peace’ as drills continue
China’s military continued enormous live-fire drills around Taiwan for a second day Tuesday, with the island’s forces moving onto high...
