Right-wing commentator Milo Yiannopoulos in New York on Oct. 31. (Mary Altaffer/AP) Contributor, PostEverything November 16 at 3:41 PM Suzanne Nossel is the chief executive of PEN America. With a Pandora’s box of hateful, polarizing…

FBI Director James B. Comey and Attorney General Loretta E. Lynch at a 2016 news conference. (Alex Wong/Getty Images) Republicans on the House Judiciary Committee are prepared to subpoena former FBI director James B. Comey…

Vice President Pence, left, and Singapore's Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong wait onstage for a group photo during the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Summit in Singapore on Thursday. (Ore Huiying/Getty Images) It’s easy…

President Trump’s long struggle to destroy Robert S. Mueller III’s investigation into the Russia scandal is officially over. The president himself might not quite realize it yet, and he probably doesn’t understand why it happened.…

A Canadian flag flies in front of the Peace Tower on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Ontario. (Chris Wattie/Reuters) Canada’s politicians seem determined to give their country more democracy — whether the people want it or…

President Trump speaks to the media in the White House on Nov. 1. (Photo by Ricky Carioti/The Washington Post) Erik Wemple Media critic with a focus on the ups and downs and downs of the…

Carol D. Leonnig National investigative reporter focused on the White House and government accountability November 16 at 1:25 PM President Trump on Friday said he has answered a set of questions from special counsel Robert…

Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith. (Emily Wagster Pettus/AP) Thirty years ago, Michael Kinsley wrote that “A gaffe is when a politician tells the truth — some obvious truth he isn’t supposed to say.” What came to be…