The first press conference of Trump’s second term had a lot in common with the freewheeling, falsehood-packed sessions of his ...

Washington Post staff tried to separate what is happening from what is not, and to explain what may happen in the future.

U.S. President Donald Trump has signed a blizzard of executive orders and taken other actions since his inauguration on Jan.

A ferocious New York lawyer, Mr Cohn became Mr Trump’s mentor, “introducing him to the netherworld of sordid quid pro quos ...

Jimmy Carter and Donald Trump reached the highest office in the land after enjoying business success, but otherwise, their ...

Trump is likely to succeed in expanding presidential powers on some fronts because the Constitution generally puts vast power ...

Donald Trump's effort to freeze trillions of dollars in federal grants is the most provocative of his many attempts to expand ...

President Carter cared for the environment and installed solar panels on the White House roof. He will be remembered ...

Carter struck a balance between satisfying the needs of employers and protecting American workers from foreign labor ...

The new president has moved with lightning speed to purge officials he deems disloyal and rid agencies of policies he ...

Is Donald J. Trump cool? And, relatedly, can he be considered, at last, a full-fledged, fully accepted, member of the ...

What’s happening now in Washington, DC, is different from most presidential transitions − in volume, pace, content and ...