Insurgency revives into confident militia, fueled by growing popular discontent with both Karzai government and U.S., NATO alliance airstrikes.

Pamela Constable

• Germany Arrests Two Suspected in Terror Plot

Historic plan would let government rather than markets set terms for managing economic crisis.

David Cho and Binyamin Appelbaum

• Bush's Shifting Ideology | Pentagon-Sized Price Tag
• Selling Plan to Congress | Japan, China Locked In
• SEC Bans Short Selling of Stocks | Investigations

Even D.C.'s elite are now buying Goodwill, which has seen its sales jump amid the economic slump.

Petula Dvorak

• At Auction, Region's Well-Heeled Find a Good Fit
• Ironic Wall Street Ads | Pearlstein | Personal Finance

While presidential tickets usually split up to cover more ground, McCain and Palin share same stage.

Robert Barnes

• Obama Offers Economic Plan, McCain Blames Rival
• Sen. Biden: In Va. | In Ohio | Fact Checker | Ad Watch
• Karzai Agrees to Meet With Palin | The Trail | The Fix

Tidal turbines, devices that look like underwater windmills, put city at vanguard of energy policy.

Robin Shulman

• Green: Science. Policy. Living.

The giant painting in the round at Gettysburg, given a loving restoration worthy of an old master work, reopens to the public.

Philip Kennicott

• A War in the Round | Gettysburg Cyclorama

Latest PostsBlog Directory

News Columns

Close

• Capital Weather Gang: SkinsCast: Fantastic Fall-Like Football Weather

• Soccer Insider: Cirovski Sets Terps Record

• The Trail: Biden Rallies Women in Loudoun County

• Washington Post Investigations: Picks of the Week: Russia-Georgia War; No Help for Workers

• Nationals Journal: Lineups, minus Peavy

• Maryland Moment: McCain to Attend Reunion in Annapolis

• The Fix: Rethinking the Veeps?

• WashBiz Blog: The Weekend Movie: "Messner"

• Virginia Politics: Video: Biden Rallies Women in Loudoun County

• Wizards Insider: Arenas Updates Status

• Terrapins Insider: Friedgen off the Hot Seat?