A day after Christmas, five after solstice, all seemed gray
Many are the signs and sights of winter in Washington, and many may be the explanations for them. But for...
Trump’s security promise for Ukraine could risk war with Russia
Samuel Charap is distinguished chair in Russia and Eurasia Policy at Rand. Jennifer Kavanagh is a senior fellow and director...
With airstrike in Nigeria, Trump inserts U.S. into long-running turmoil
Top Nigerian officials said Friday that U.S. attacks in the country on what President Donald Trump called “ISIS Terrorist Scum”...
My best friend’s funeral changed the way I think about him
Regarding the Dec. 7 letters package “I found out my father was a war hero — at his funeral decades...
Trump aides’ official religious messages for Christmas draw objections
Top officials in President Donald Trump’s administration posted messages from their government accounts hailing Christmas in explicitly sectarian terms, such...
Trump suffers several defeats in effort to punish opposing lawyers
Since taking office for the second time, President Donald Trump has suffered multiple losses in his efforts to strip security...
Is this girl’s indelible expression a rebuke to male baloney?
Watchful, assessing and faintly disgusted, this young Irish girl stares out of a tight frame, her own fiery interest in...
What’s next, the Trump Washington Monument?
Regarding Karen Tumulty’s Dec. 21 The Sunday Take column, “Trump’s naming fixation would vex his predecessors”: President Donald Trump has...
Christmas tree fire leaves four injured in Bethesda
A dry Christmas tree caught on fire, demolishing a Bethesda, Maryland, home and injuring four people and a family dog,...
Leaked documents show Instagram’s plan to win back teens
Two weeks after dozens of state attorneys general sued Meta for allegedly getting adolescents addicted to its platforms and jeopardizing...
Zelensky says he will meet Trump soon, citing progress in peace plan
KYIV — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said he will meet President Donald Trump in Florida on Sunday to discuss the...
Explosion at mosque in Syria’s Homs kills at least eight people
At least eight people were killed Friday in an explosion at a mosque in the central Syrian city of Homs,...
Shapiro acted on hair discrimination. But he is ignoring a crisis.
Joshua C. Robertson is senior pastor of the Rock Church in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, and founder and CEO of Black Pastors...
An electric car mandate crashes into reality
It only took the European Union two years to start walking back its plan to ban all new gas and...
A Maryland astronaut achieves his childhood dream of traveling to space
While most Americans spent Thanksgiving Day gathered around a table with family and friends, feet firmly planted on the ground,...
