On his way out the door, a top Biden official has worries
In an exit interview with USA TODAY, Education Secretary Miguel Cardona reflected on his agency's accomplishments – and its ...
Trump’s inauguration to be moved indoors due to extreme cold in Washington
The Senate is holding more confirmation hearings for President-elect Donald Trump’s Cabinet picks ahead of his return to ...
Free upgrades and pardon requests: What it’s like to share a name with a president
There’s not only one Donald Trump in the United States. Nor is there only one William J. Clinton. Plenty of people share ...
Blinken tells AP he’s worried Trump administration may abandon key Biden foreign policy initiatives
Outgoing Secretary of State Antony Blinken told The Associated Press that he hopes the incoming Trump administration will ...
How Antony Blinken, America’s Top Diplomat, Became the Secretary of War
President Biden’s longtime aide rallied scores of nations to defend Ukraine but then became a villain to the many critics of U.S. support for Israel’s war in Gaza.
A murmuration, Biden’s farewell and more of the week’s best photos
See 13 of the week’s most interesting images from around the world, as selected by Washington Post photo editors.
Ultimate guide to the parties and balls in DC on inauguration weekend
From a fireworks show at Trump’s golf resort outside Washington, D.C., to three inaugural balls on Jan. 20, the capital will ...
As Polio Survivors Watch Kennedy Confirmation, All Eyes Are on McConnell
There are an estimated 300,000 polio survivors in the United States. For some, the nomination of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as ...
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DHS Secretary Mayorkas leaves with ‘remarkable’ employee morale improvement
Doreen P. Greenwald, president of the National Treasury Employees Union (NTEU) that represents some DHS workers, said they ...
Quad foreign ministers expected to meet the day after Trump inauguration
The U.S. secretary of state and the foreign ministers of Australia, India and Japan are expected to meet in Washington on ...
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Exiting Interior leaders defend their record on eve of Trump’s return
Interior Secretary Deb Haaland and acting Deputy Secretary Laura Daniel-Davis were in President Joe Biden’s first tranche of ...
Kristi Noem pledges to revive Trump policy against border 'invasion' as Homeland Security head
President-elect Donald Trump's choice for Homeland Security secretary portrayed illegal immigration as an "invasion" and the ...