This is America. Photo: Spencer Platt/Getty Images I saw the best minds of my generation destroyed by consulting, starving hysterical naked, dragging themselves through Excel spreadsheets at dawn looking for a thrifty fix. This is,…

Julián Castro Photo: Joshua Lott/Getty Images On Tuesday, Julián Castro joined a Black Lives Matter protest in Los Angeles, demanding before a crowd gathered outside LAPD headquarters that two officers be fired for killing Grechario…

Photo: Michael S. Williamson/The Washington Post via Getty Images Donald Trump’s sins are so plentiful that they battle constantly for condemnation. Each week brings some fresh outrage: a new crime, or new information about an…

Photo: Olivier Douliery/AFP via Getty Images Attorney General William Barr has an irrepressible impulse to lay fully bare his vicious authoritarian worldview in a series of blood-curling speeches. His most recent episode is a small…

Insider travel recommendations from local experts. At Westport Café, the cocktails are “next level,” says interior designer Spencer Sight. “Fan favorite is the Milk Punch,” made with bourbon, cognac, apple, ginger, citrus, black tea, and…

Senators Cory Booker and Kamala Harris. Photo: Aaron P. Bernstein/Bloomberg via Getty Images Kamala Harris has dropped out. Cory Booker hasn’t qualified for December’s debate. Julián Castro missed November’s and is polling between zero and…

Feel the bubbles. Photo: Lumina Imaging/Getty Images Embrace the seltzer. Touch the bottle. Focus on it. The little sssszzhh that escapes when you twist open the cap. The bubbles that are sharp but still playful,…

WASHINGTON – The House impeachment inquiry could become even more combative and theatrical Wednesday, as the Judiciary Committee holds its first hearing into whether to recommend the potential removal of President Donald Trump. The Judiciary Committee has…