Trump and his co-defendants in Georgia have surrendered. Now what?
Shortly before noon, the final co-defendant surrendered: Stephen Cliffgard Lee, who faces five counts for his role in an alleged criminal conspiracy to steal the 2020 presidential election in Georgia.
By Holly Bailey, Amy Gardner and Marisa IatiEx-Virginia school board candidate accused of attacking police on Jan. 6
Jared Miller, who ran for a school board position in Chesapeake, Va. in 2022, is accused of attacking police during the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol attack.
By Rachel WeinerAmericans don’t view all of Trump’s indictments equally
Among partisans, though, there’s more (predictable) consistency.
By Philip BumpDonald Trump marks return to X, formerly Twitter, with mug shot tweet
With 1 million ‘likes,’ the tweet still is not Trump’s most popular. That record is held by the tweet that announced his positive covid diagnosis.
By Niha Masih, Jonathan Edwards, Drew Harwell and Cat ZakrzewskiHouston selected for 2028 Republican National Convention
The RNC changed its rules in early 2022 to start picking the convention site six years out, according to a Republican involved in the process.
By Maegan Vazquez, Molly Hennessy-Fiske and Michael SchererSome undersold moments from the first Republican debate
Breaking down DeSantis’s squeamish response on Pence and Jan. 6, Pence’s conspicuous “contrition” reference to Trump, and other moments that haven’t gotten their due.
By Aaron BlakeThe winners and losers from the first Republican debate
Donald Trump was the big winner. Ron DeSantis and the Republican Party’s political pride didn’t fare so well.
By Aaron BlakeAmericans aren’t sold on a Biden impeachment inquiry
They are skeptical of Hunter Biden and the handling of his case. But most don’t connect his problems to the president, and support for an inquiry is lower than it was for Trump’s impeachments.
By Aaron Blake5 key things to watch for in the first Republican presidential debate
How do you handle an absentee front-runner you’re loath to attack? How much focus is on DeSantis? Where will candidates go on election denialism, abortion and Ukraine?
By Aaron Blake7 ways MAGA Republicans differ from other Republicans
A deep dive on the two sides of the GOP.
By Aaron BlakeDeSantis group prepares $25 million ad buy in Iowa and New Hampshire
The commitment comes as supporters hope his debate performance reverses his polling slide.
By Michael Scherer and Hannah KnowlesParsing Trump’s post-surrender comments in Georgia
The former president offered a preview of his political (if not legal) rhetoric.
By Philip BumpWhat our post-debate poll means for DeSantis, Ramaswamy and Haley
Ron DeSantis and Vivek Ramaswamy were declared the winners by most voters, but their showings were less impressive in context. And Nikki Haley’s performance probably mattered most.
By Aaron BlakeThe mug shot seen round the world: Donald Trump’s forever photo
Trump, 77, is known for mugging for the camera. Now, he has a mug shot, the first former president to be the subject of one.
By Karen HellerTrump is selling his mug shot on shirts, koozies and bumper stickers
For $34, Trump supporters can buy T-shirts and other merchandise featuring the first mug shot of a former American president. Bumper stickers are going for $12.
By Timothy BellaJonathan Turley’s deceptive Trump defense
The George Washington University Law School professor claims the former president was not asking for a recount when he called Georgia’s secretary of state.
By Philip BumpFollowing Elon Musk’s lead, Big Tech is surrendering to disinformation
Social media companies are receding from their role as watchdogs against conspiracy theories ahead of the 2024 presidential election.
By Naomi Nix and Sarah EllisonNew security clearance system is years late, its cost estimate unreliable
After a major 2015 cyber breach, the Pentagon planned a new federal background check system, but it is way behind schedule and no one know how much it will cost.
By Joe DavidsonVivek Ramaswamy says ‘hoax’ agenda kills more people than climate change
We puzzled till our puzzler was sore — this claim makes no sense.
By Glenn Kessler
Ramaswamy and Haley show the GOP’s divergent paths coming out of the debate
The Trump-friendly entrepreneur and anti-Trump former U.N. envoy illustrated the chasm in the GOP as the underdog candidates labor in the former president’s shadow.
By Maeve Reston, Hannah Knowles, Dylan Wells and Marianne LeVineMontgomery students can’t opt out of LGBTQ storybooks, judge says
In denying a temporary injunction, a federal judge was not persuaded that certain readings infringe on the First Amendment rights of religious parents.
By Nicole AsburyRatings for first Republican debate of 2024 couldn’t compare with 2016
Roughly 12.8 million watched the Fox News GOP debate that lacked Donald Trump -- a big number for cable TV these days but far fewer than watched in 2015.
By Jeremy BarrFor every six Republican debate-watchers, one watched Trump instead
About 5 percent of Republicans report watching the former president’s conversation with Tucker Carlson, compared with 15 percent who watched the whole debate.
By Philip BumpIt wasn’t just his personality that prompted those attacks on Ramaswamy
It’s another indicator of how Ron DeSantis’s star has fallen.
By Philip BumpOur Republican debate poll finds Ron DeSantis and Vivek Ramaswamy won
A Washington Post/FiveThirtyEight/Ipsos poll survyed likely Republican voters before and after the debate
By Emily Guskin, Shelly Tan, Kati Perry and Clara Ence Morse