Visits: 19 President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine came to Washington wearing his reality on his sleeves. He never donned the political camouflage of a suit. The olive green sweatshirt, with its little Ukrainian trident embroidered at the neck, cargo pants …
A Tale of Two Weddings: Trump and Biden
Visits: 25 In Washington, D.C., and Mar-a-Lago, political and personal mythmaking collide. Two weekends. Two weddings. Two seats of power. Two first families: one former, one current, both hoping, it seems likely, to be future as well. And so two …
Nancy Pelosi’s Napa: Wealthy Friends and a Husband’s Porsche Crash
Visits: 29 An accident shines a light on the House speaker’s California life among the vineyards. Speaker Nancy Pelosi had just urged Brown University graduates to stay resilient and summon their “better angels” on Memorial Day weekend when she was …
Maxine Cheshire, Who Chronicled Beltway Scandals, Dies at 90
Visits: 34 The family announced her death late last month. Her son Marc Cheshire said the cause was heart disease. “We’ve had more bloody trouble with gossip columns,” Mr. Bradlee told Katharine Q. Seelye of The New York Times in …
What’s It Like to Have Kamala Harris as ‘Momala’? We Asked Her Stepkids
Visits: 23 Cole: Also just a quick note, but we do call Doug “Doug” at home and always have. I consider it a term of endearment. “Doug” and “dad” are both one syllable; they sound similar so it almost felt …
A Visual History of the Trump Administration
Visits: 22 Few presidents have exploited the theatrical grandeur of the job quite as enthusiastically or as cynically as Donald Trump, from his proliferating forests of flags to his gilding of the Oval Office. Few have been as strategic about …
Vogue Cover Did Kamala Harris Wrong, Internet Says
Visits: 22 Though it might seem, in light of all that is going on currently in Washington, D.C., the least of the matter, on Sunday a leaked shot of Vice President-elect Kamala D. Harris’s Vogue cover set off an unexpected …
Why D.C. Rioters Wore Costumes to the Capitol
Visits: 42 They came dressed for chaos. They came in red, white and blue face paint and star-spangled superhero outfits, in flag capes (American, yes, but also Confederate and Trumpian) and flag jackets and Trump bobble hats. One man came …
Biden’s Dogs to Return Presidential Pets to the White House
Visits: 30 President-elect Joseph R. Biden Jr. is expected to restore a time-honored tradition of having a presidential pet at the White House. Starting in January, the Biden family’s two German shepherds, Champ and Major, will roam the executive residence. …
Bess Abell, Social Secretary in Johnson White House, Dies at 87
Visits: 30 Bess Abell, the White House social secretary during President Lyndon B. Johnson’s administration, was code-named “Iron Butterfly.” She had a light touch and exuded charm and warmth, but she was organized, efficient and tough as nails. She always …