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President Donald Trump attends the UFC 314 event alongside UFC President and CEO Dana White at Kaseya Center on Friday in Miami. (Jeff Bottari/Zuffa via Getty Images)

Opinion

After UFC appearance, don’t expect Trump at WrestleMania

Despite deep ties, Trump and his big supporters would likely get booed

By Brandon Wetherbee
Posted April 15, 2025 at 1:08pm

The recent marathon floor speech by Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J., is the sort of messaging that reaches people, Bradford Fitch writes.

Opinion

Democrats need to rewrite their opposition playbook

By Bradford Fitch
Posted April 14, 2025 at 11:50am
California Gov. Gavin Newsom, center, seen here at last year's Democratic National Convention in Chicago, is helping set the tone for his state's approach to President Donald Trump's second term.

Podcasts

Golden State meets ‘Golden Age’

By Jason Dick and Christina Bellantoni
Posted April 11, 2025 at 8:39am
Thousands of protesters gather for the Hands Off rally on the National Mall in Washington on Saturday. Hands Off organized a nationwide mobilization of protests against the Trump administration.

Opinion

Team Trump stumbles in Wisconsin and beyond

By Stuart Rothenberg
Posted April 7, 2025 at 3:15pm
Negative views of Congress has not kept tourists away from the Capitol, like these seen visiting on Monday.

Economic worries continue as Washington mulls tariffs, budget

By Jason Dick
Posted March 31, 2025 at 4:58pm
A Maracas Ice Pop is prepared during the Washington Nationals media preview day at Nationals Park on Friday, March 21, 2025.

The Thai popcorn does not detract

By Jason Dick and Brandon Wetherbee
Posted March 27, 2025 at 10:26am
Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer, D-N.Y., conducts a news conference after the Senate luncheons in the Capitol on Tuesday.

Democrats had months to head off Schumer’s no-win dilemma

By Steven Pearlstein
Posted March 27, 2025 at 5:30am
Sen. J. Bennett Johnston, D-La., in August 1988.

Louisiana’s former Sen. J. Bennett Johnston dead at 92

By Jessica Wehrman
Posted March 26, 2025 at 4:19pm
Materials from this year’s Gridiron dinner, a tradition that dates to 1885.

At the Gridiron, laughter in the dark

By Jason Dick and Jessica Wehrman
Posted March 19, 2025 at 6:36pm
A health care worker conducts a COVID-19 test at a drive-thru testing facility at George Washington University on May 5, 2020.

On COVID-19 anniversary, concerns about the lessons unlearned

By Lia DeGroot
Posted March 13, 2025 at 7:00am