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

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

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 ...

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

The flood of executive orders and news was designed to disorient the Democratic resistance. It might be working.

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The contrast between two leaders in one generation’s lifespan also raises the eternal ...

He declared a southern border emergency, reinstated some first-term policies, and ended programs allowing legal entry to the US ...

The new US president has vowed to ‘take back’ the waterway, but there’s much more to this modern wonder than meets the eye ...