Ruth Marcus is an associate editor and columnist for The Post. Marcus has been with The Post since 1984. She joined the national staff in 1986, covering campaign finance, the Justice Department ...

The Trump administration has baited the Democratic Party into losing its collective mind as it seeks a coherent message of ...

Media criticism of President Donald Trump's first two weeks in office has poured in as his administration has taken aim at ...

In the days since Donald Trump shared his astonishing plan to remove all Palestinians from Gaza and redevelop the devastated ...

The “legacy media” are in decline, and the new media are surging. Part of this concerns evaporating trust in what many regard ...

It’s okay to feel overwhelmed by everything going on; I feel overwhelmed, too, and it’s my job to stay on top of things. Even ...

The Washington Post opinion page rarely fails to disappoint when it comes to delivering hyperbole. The reigning queen of that ...

You’re reading the Today’s Opinions newsletter. Sign up to get it in your inbox. In today’s edition: Ruth Marcus calls Joe Biden’s outgoing pardon of his family and certain administration ...

On the latest episode of “Impromptu,” columnists Ruth Marcus, Dana Milbank and Jim Geraghty take stock of Day 1 of Trump 2.0, and discuss whether presidential pardons are getting out of hand.

Columnists Ruth Marcus, Dana Milbank and Jim Geraghty discuss what stood out to them among the barrage of actions, what might not pass legal muster and how presidential pardons are getting out of ...