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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 ...

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 ...

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.

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