Setting the stage

Graham sets conciliatory tone at AG confirmation hearing — but also sticks up for Trump

Congress

White House prepares for a Venezuela without Maduro

Latin America

Banned from committees for white supremacist comments, Rep. King faces censure

Congress

Don’t blame me, McConnell says: The shutdown is Nancy Pelosi’s fault

Congress

Fries with a side of politics: Tigers feted at White House with fanfare and fast food

White House

Steve Watkins campaigned as an outsider. As a congressman, he’s hiring DC insiders

Congress

Snubs and snipes: Can DeSantis, Rubio and Scott mesh in era of Republican dominance?

State Politics

Pentagon shipping jumbo cell to Guantánamo court for al-Qaida trial from hospital bed

Guantanamo

This ex-sheriff used DNA to snare a serial killer. His new target? Human traffickers.

National

Hate groups are about to find lawmakers eager to scrutinize them

Congress

Legislators, some of them bewildered, may do little on tech issues this year

Technology

Think Trump can’t use emergency powers to build the border wall? Here’s why he could

White House

Here’s when the government shutdown will hurt even more

Congress

Declassified

Did CIA Director Gina Haspel run a black site at Guantánamo?

Exclusive

Media’s anti-Trump addiction amps up the outrage and fuels the public’s suspicion

By Andrew Malcolm

Opinion

Trump’s foreign policy is all about him. That’s not good for us, or the rest of the world

By Markos Kounalakis

Op-Ed

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