Charles Krauthammer, 1950–2018
• June 25, 2018

His passing dealt a severe blow to the barren, divisive national debate, not only on immigration (in which T-shirts are used as campaign literature and placards as potential weapons), but on most issues.       

Palmieri: One Day, Women Will Run the World
• June 21, 2018

On June 18 at the Woman’s National Democratic Club, Jennifer Palmieri read from the first chapter of her book, “Dear Madame President,” and related experiences from her time on the Clinton campaign and in the election’s aftermath.

Endorsements: Bowser, Mendelson et al.
• June 18, 2018

Mayor Muriel Bowser has become the leading advocate for our city, dealing with its booming development, as well as looking for ways to ensure all Washingtonians benefit from good economic times.

WAMU Reboots DCist
• June 11, 2018

A relaunch party for the hyperlocal news site will take place this Thursday, June 14, at Blind Whino, featuring DJ Beauty and the Beatz, drinks, food trucks, games and custom screenprinted posters from Soul & Ink.

To Understand Congress, Watch ‘Legally Blonde 2’
• May 29, 2018

Ever since the Democrats shut down the government twice, briefly, over DACA (Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals), Congress has been focused on what to do with the 18-to-30-year-olds known as DREAMers. 

Honoring Our Veterans at the National Memorial Day Parade (photos)
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The National Memorial Day Parade down Constitution Avenue NW, now entering its 14th year, is the nation’s largest single event on the holiday.

D.C. Rises Early for the Royal Wedding
• May 21, 2018

Excitement built at 7 a.m. at the Ritz-Carlton in the West End as all attention turned to the three large TV monitors live-streaming the wedding from Windsor Castle.

Death of a New Journalist
• May 17, 2018

“Bonfire of the Vanities” author Tom Wolfe, who died May 14 at age 88, changed the way we looked at writers, as we saw how they saw the world.  

Here’s to Happiness Royal
• May 14, 2018

Every day lately, we are inundated with facts and figures, and history, and corgis and nephews and nieces, and pound-sterling images and the faces of a couple — his ruddy lightness, her warm openness.

Correspondents’ Dinner 2018: A Tale of 2 Parties
• April 30, 2018

The president held his own party in a place called Washington, Michigan — a party that was not so much a party as it was a rally and a brag-fest, at which he roasted the media instead of the media roasting him.