When the U.S.S.R. collapsed, Washington bet on the global spread of democratic capitalist values—and lost.
What did Donald Trump say to Vladimir Putin when no one else could hear them?
Hundreds of thousands of federal employees will stop receiving paychecks, but deportations of Mauritanians continue.
Remembering my grandmother, whose improbable survival became the foundational story for my family’s existence
As he eyes a run for president, the senator from New Jersey remains stridently conciliatory.
At its best, the conservative magazine was lively, warm, and unexpected. But it never had to try very hard.
Mueller says that the former Trump campaign chairman repeatedly lied about his interactions with Konstantin Kilimnik, a man with ties to Russian intelligence.
George H. W. Bush wasn’t the last of the Republican moderates. He was the archetype of the modern GOP, a man whose blue blood shouldn’t be confused with moral courage.
The Pittsburgh synagogue killings show that dormant hatreds have reawakened.
The senator from Virginia says he’s “very annoyed” with Silicon Valley’s “pathetic” response to security concerns.
Before Donald Trump was elected, I reported on strange activity linking a Trump-campaign computer server to Moscow. A new report shows how much has changed since 2016—and how many questions still remain.
Paul Manafort’s decision to cooperate with Robert Mueller could clarify several of the biggest mysteries of the Russia investigation.
A conversation with the Democratic senator about why she’s doubling down on market competition at a moment when her party is flirting with socialism
Manafort saw managing the 2008 Republican convention as almost a birthright. But McCain denied him the job. He couldn’t abide Manafort’s pro-Russian clients—and told him so.
President Trump's former campaign chairman was found guilty on eight counts of fraud and financial crimes. But it’s not too late for him to cut a deal.
When Rick Gates turned against his former boss, he described a parallel ethical universe where lying and cheating were as comfortable as a well-tailored ostrich suit.
A long-running inferiority complex, vast statutory power, a chilling new directive from the top—inside America’s unfolding immigration tragedy
The man who once made strongmen and oligarchs look good is now tasked with rehabilitating his own image before a jury.
With Donald Trump’s former campaign chairman on trial, America is reckoning with its very serious kleptocracy problem.
Croatia’s unlikely march through the tournament is like the story of a nation that managed to barely survive.