Rahm Emanuel, the U.S. ambassador to Japan from 2021 to 2025, has served in Congress, as White House chief of staff under President Barack Obama, and as mayor of Chicago. He will spend the next year writing about politics and national security with a special focus on the future of the Democratic Party.

President-elect Donald Trump’s repeated insistence that the United States will purchase Greenland and take over the Panama Canal in his next administration comes with real-world consequences, according to New York Times columnist Tom Friedman.

Darrin Bell, a Pulitzer prize-winning cartoonist whose political illustrations frequently appear in The Washington Post, was arrested Wednesday on suspicion

Ann Telnaes, a Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist, said in a blog post that it was the first time the Post had rejected a drawing because of whom it targeted.

Mr. Spicer served as Donald Trump’s first White House press secretary. Mr. Ellick is the executive producer for Opinion Video. Mr. Kessel is the deputy director for Opinion Video.

TikTok said it will have to “go dark” this weekend unless the outgoing Biden administration assures the company it won’t enforce a shutdown of the popular app after the Supreme Court on Friday unanimously upheld the federal law banning the app unless it’s sold by its China-based parent company.

Donald Trump’s own fears of physical and social vulnerability have helped compel his dangerous projections of power.

He used to be accused of breaking norms. Now it’s ‘disruption.’ That’s progress.

Starting Jan. 14, the Republican-led U.S. Senate plans to hold hearings for President-elect Donald Trump’s Cabinet picks, with the aim of confirming their appointments directly after Trump’s Jan. 20 inauguration.

Gov. Gavin Newsom says President-elect Donald Trump has not responded to his invitation to tour damage in the fire-ravaged state. The president-elect will take the helm of the nation in less than two weeks, at a time when California requires a massive amount of federal aid for its fire recovery effort.

The Washington Post is laying off nearly 100 workers, or 4% of its staff, in an attempt to stem growing losses. The cuts will affect mainly employees on the business side of the storied US newspaper owned by Amazon founder Jeff Bezos.

This year, it marks the start of Donald Trump’s second, non-consecutive term as the 47th President of the United States, following his victory in November. Adding to the significance ...