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In Philip Bump’s March 13 online column, “A quarter-century ago, we were idealists. What are we now?,” we asked readers whether they still consider themselves idealists.

(Tom Brenner for The Washington Post) Column by Philip Bump. There’s a pretty simple way to explain most of what happened in the 2024 presidential election.

For their part, Democrats got pretty far relying on urban, often non-White voters to hold power. A Senate majority, though, ...

Washington Post columnist Philip Bump called out President Donald Trump and Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) for their campaign to ...

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Philip Bump. Tracking the Trump administration’s nosedive. A lot of lines on a lot of charts are pointing down and to the right. Updated April 23, 2025. ... (Matt McClain/The Washington Post) ...

What happened in California this weekend was another facet of the president’s effort to quash critics.

Elon Musk speaks at a Trump campaign rally at Madison Square Garden in New York on Oct. 27. (Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post) Column by Philip Bump If you listen to Robert F. Kennedy Jr. talk ...

Philip Bump Despite administration rhetoric, ICE heavily targets non-criminals Before Trump took office, about 1 in 16 ICE detainees had no criminal charges or convictions.

President Joe Biden meets with then-British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak inside the Oval Office at the White House in June 2023. (Tom Brenner for The Washington Post) Column by Philip Bump On ...

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