We may come to miss the hypocrisy.

We may come to miss the hypocrisy.

Following the fatal shooting of nurse Alex Pretti by federal agents in Minneapolis, even the US president’s most ardent supporters can no longer ignore the widening gap between rhetoric and reality in Trump’s America, says Rosa Brooks

It hasn’t taken Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson long to emerge as a uniquely powerful judicial voice: Her written opinions display a rare blend of intellect and moral clarity, joined with common sense and compassion. As a District Court…

Some books are easy, reassuring reads: They offer self-improvement tips, reinforce our preconceptions or make even the most complicated matters seem simple. Alex Mar’s “Seventy Times Seven: A True Story of Murder and Mercy” is the opposite kind of…

WALK THE WALK: How Three Police Chiefs Defied the Odds and Changed Cop Culture, by Neil Gross When it comes to policing, this is no country for optimists: Few Americans seem to believe in the promise of reform. On the left, police abolitionists…

In the waning days of the Trump administration, top U.S. military leaders reportedly worried that an unstable and erratic president might launch a nuclear strike or start an unprovoked war with China. Gen. Mark A. Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs…

In the last month, the Delta variant has driven up the number of new Covid cases by tens of thousands, thrown America’s pandemic response back into chaos and jeopardized the nation’s fragile economic recovery. In light of this, you might think that…

Say the words “Secret Service,” and — thanks to countless television and Hollywood dramas — it’s a safe bet that nearly every American will instantly summon up the image of a clean-cut, watchful agent in a dark suit, murmuring discreetly into a small…

During the four years I spent as a reserve police officer in Washington, I encountered plenty of stereotypes about the poor. The residents of D.C.’s lowest-income neighborhoods, I was informed by one young officer, were “just messed up.” They were…

“Everyone you meet here would be happy to kill you,” Officer Murphy told me.“That’s what you have to remember.” It was my first night as a patrol officer, and Murphy was showing me the ropes. “Everyone? You think even the little old ladies here want…

In the middle of former president Donald Trump’s impeachment trial, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi took time out to draft legislation giving Congressional Gold Medals to the U.S. Capitol Police and the D.C. Metropolitan Police Department. Pelosi…

Call it a coup, an insurrection, a riot, a siege: Whatever else Wednesday’s brief takeover of the U.S. Capitol by pro-Trump extremists looked like, it was also a profound failure of policing. Despite the presence of both Vice President Pence and…

Opinion If Joe Biden chooses a woman as his secretary of defense, he would send an important and long overdue message. Ms. Brooks is a co-founder of the Leadership Council for Women in National Security and the author of “How Everything Became War…

President Trump spent this past week casting doubt on any electoral outcome that didn’t end with his reelection. On Tuesday night, he declared himself the winner and alleged baselessly (as he has done countless times in recent months) that a win by…

Not satisfied by tear gas, rubber bullets and threats to use “vicious dogs” and “ominous weapons” against citizens protesting racism and police violence, President Trump threatened Monday night to send the U.S. military into any cities where local…

hat new insights does Bob Woodward's latest book, Rage, offer? We learn that President Donald Trump is not the sharpest tool in the shed; members of his cabinet consider him a narcissistic fool, devoid of empathy and incapable of distinguishing…

What new insights does Bob Woodward’s latest book, “Rage,” offer? We learn that President Trump is not the sharpest tool in the shed; members of his Cabinet consider him a narcissistic fool, devoid of empathy and incapable of distinguishing between…

We wanted to know: What’s the worst thing that could happen to our country during the presidential election? President Trump has broken countless norms and ignored countless laws during his time in office, and while my colleagues and I at the…

The countless recent images of police officers facing off against protesters consistently show one thing: men. You’ll see policemen in helmets and gas masks, policemen with batons and riot shields, policemen with Tasers and tear gas canisters. But no…