John Wagner National reporter leading The Post’s breaking political news team October 12 at 1:33 PM Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said Friday that he still plans to attend a major investment conference in Saudi Arabia ...

Aaron Blake Senior political reporter, writing for The Fix October 12 at 1:04 PM [embedded content] President Trump declined Thursday to deny that he was eyeing Matthew Whitaker as a replacement for Attorney General Jeff ...

Aaron Blake Senior political reporter, writing for The Fix October 12 [embedded content] President Trump declined Thursday to deny that he was eyeing Matthew Whitaker as a replacement for Attorney General Jeff Sessions. And suddenly, ...

Beto O’Rourke, the Democratic candidate for Senate in Texas, at an event in Austin in September. (Erich Schlegel/Reuters) October 12 No doubt about it: Rep. Beto O’Rourke (D-Tex.) is a Democratic star the likes of ...

Felicia Sonmez National reporter on The Washington Post’s breaking political news team October 11 at 7:10 PM For more than 10 minutes Thursday, President Trump was struck nearly speechless as rapper, activist, entrepreneur and MAGA-hat wearing, ...

Aaron Blake Senior political reporter, writing for The Fix October 11 at 1:00 PM For the second time in his presidency, President Trump is dealing with the apparent targeting of a dissident at the hands ...

John Wagner National reporter leading The Post’s breaking political news team October 11 at 12:55 PM President Trump said Thursday that “it would not be acceptable to me” to block arms sales to Saudi Arabia ...

President Trump arrives at a campaign rally Oct. 10 in Erie, Pa. (Evan Vucci/AP) Lindsey Bever General assignment reporter covering national and breaking news October 11 at 12:35 PM Democratic politicians are criticizing President Trump ...

Eugene Scott Reporter covering identity politics for The Fix October 11 at 8:46 AM One of President Trump’s main lines of defense for Brett M. Kavanaugh, his nominee to the Supreme Court, was that to ...

Matt Zapotosky National security reporter covering the Justice Department October 10 at 6:27 PM President Trump talked recently with Jeff Sessions’s own chief of staff about replacing Sessions as attorney general, according to people briefed ...