Colby Itkowitz

Congressional newbies get course on dealing with White House. Could Obama also use one on dealing with them?

Eugene Volokh

The group defamation doctrine -- defamation of nonprofit corporations -- public and private figures -- the Restatement (Second) of Torts -- and so, so much more.

Valerie Strauss

Some of the standard reading exercises in school are boredom-inducers.

Jenny Oser, Marc Hooghe and Sofie Marien

Evidence suggests that new technologies help women to participate in online politics. However, they do nothing to mitigate economic inequalities in who participates and who doesn’t.

T. Rees Shapiro

A female student’s harrowing description of the purported attack at a fraternity, detailed in a recent Rolling Stone article, began to unravel, and the magazine apologized for a lapse in judgment.

Anne Gearan

The former secretary of state says the “two-state solution,” is essential and not without merit despite setbacks.

Craig Whitlock

The former deputy secretary of defense is named by the president as his nominee to lead the Pentagon.

Karen DeYoung

The Senate Intelligence panel’s summary on CIA methods may have foreign policy implications, he said.

Michael Alison Chandler

Every senior at Capital City Public Charter School has applied to at least one school.

Joe Davidson

President Obama, a.k.a. boss in chief, has issued an executive order to close federal offices Dec. 26.

Christian Davenport

The company that lost a big contract says the government didn’t share information after a cyberattack.

Cecilia Kang

Broadcast network pulls content after six months of talks fail to resolve dispute over retransmission fees.

Sari Horwitz and Jerry Markon

Many at the Department of Homeland Security will still be allowed to use the controversial practice, including while they screen airline passengers and guard the nation’s southwestern border.

Eugene Volokh

Hayley Tsukayama

Lawsuit accuses company of installing software that prevented the device from playing music sold by rivals.

Jaime Fuller

Jobs, Grammys and Moneyball.

Robert Barnes

At issue is whether the rejection of the plate violated the free speech rights of the group that wanted it.

Hunter Schwarz

Five of the 10 worst run states in America saw home values plummet after the market crash.

Jaime Fuller

Probably not.

Diana Reese

The only way to make change is to tell the truth that we can prove, not just a truth that we believe in our gut.

Ovetta Wiggins

About 30 students at Parkdale High School walked out of class in a peaceful demonstration.

Nick Anderson

The University of Virginia was under the microscope before the Rolling Stone story. It will remain there.

Vanessa Williams

The mayor’s impassioned comments about racism and policing drew comparisons and critics.

A brass band from the United House of Prayer church played as the casket of longtime D.C. mayor Marion Barry arrived at Temple of Praise in Southeast D.C. on Friday.

Philip Bump

It’s unlikely to happen, but here’s the absolute worst-case scenario of next week’s worst-case scenario.

Josh Hicks

The globetrotting chairman, Ruth Goldway, was criticized for years over frequent trips abroad that she charged to U.S. taxpayers.

Here’s a look back at the unique challenges other teenagers had growing up on Pennsylvania Ave.

Sasha and Malia Obama aren't the first teenagers in the White House to fall under scrutiny. Here's a look back at other first children and the unique challenges they had growing up on Pennsylvania Avenue.

Nia-Malika Henderson

The politics of diminishment.

Lillian Cunningham

The image Turner is crafting of himself, both visually and metaphorically, is no longer that of cable’s king.

Reid Wilson

Prison reforms from 2007 have stemmed the explosive growth of the state’s prison population.

Aaron Blake

You could populate an entire city ... literally.

Jaime Fuller

You can watch him soon on the Discovery Channel.

Valerie Strauss

Some 30,000 students are taking it this month.