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02/18/2026   Washington Post Politics
The self-described “paleo-Confederate” has argued that wives should submit to their husbands, women should be denied the vote and Christian enslavers were on “firm scriptural ground.”
02/18/2026   Washington Post Politics
The co-author of the Great Barrington Declaration, which rebuked CDC’s response to the coronavirus pandemic, will oversee the nation’s leading public health agency.
02/18/2026   Washington Post Politics
Follow President Trump’s progress filling over 800 positions, among about 1,300 that require Senate confirmation, in this tracker from The Washington Post and the Partnership for Public Service.
02/18/2026   Washington Post Politics
Democrats in Illinois have accused the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, the powerful pro-Israel organization, of meddling in competitive primary races.
02/18/2026   Washington Post Politics
The Democratic governor of deep-red Kentucky will rebuke “how faith has been hijacked” by Donald Trump and other figures, his publisher says.
02/17/2026   Washington Post Politics
A GOP-appointed federal judge in Pennsylvania has ordered the Trump administration to restore displays about slavery to a George Washington site in Philadelphia.
02/17/2026   Washington Post Politics
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-New York) said Tuesday that Rep. Randy Fine (R-Florida) is “an Islamophobic, disgusting and unrepentant bigot.”
02/17/2026   Washington Post Politics
Remarks by a top administration official appeared to be aimed at dispelling skepticism of its assertions, as President Donald Trump vows to restart U.S. tests.
02/17/2026   Washington Post Politics
The Supreme Court will begin using software to scan litigants’ filings to identify justices’ potential conflicts of interest.
02/17/2026   Washington Post Politics
Chamberlain Harris, a 26-year-old White House aide and the president’s longtime executive assistant, is set to be sworn in Thursday.
02/17/2026   Washington Post Politics
Col. David Butler, who had been selected by senior Army leaders for promotion to brigadier general, will instead retire, officials said.
02/17/2026   Washington Post Politics
A former aide to Martin Luther King Jr., he launched two historic presidential campaigns while spreading a message of hope and resilience: “I am — somebody.”
02/17/2026   Washington Post Politics
Those months revealed many things about America, not all as uplifting as the spirit that propelled the civil rights leader to second place in the Democratic presidential primary.
02/17/2026   Washington Post Politics
A number of prominent figures have stepped down or are facing investigations after their communications with Jeffrey Epstein and his former longtime companion, Ghislaine Maxwell, were released last month.
02/16/2026   Washington Post Politics
President Donald Trump said the federal government would help with an incident that poured 200 million gallons of raw sewage into the Potomac River.