New polling shows that, given a slate of elements of democracy, Americans are least confident that elected leaders are ...

There is nothing political about the wildfires that have annihilated thousands of buildings around Los Angeles this week, ...

A weekly dive into the data behind the news. Each Saturday, national correspondent Philip Bump makes and breaks down charts explaining the latest in economics, pop culture, politics and more.

(Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post) Column by Philip Bump Kimberly Guilfoyle has had an unusual career. She served in the San Francisco district attorney’s office (alongside future Vice ...

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The day the president-elect declared that he would oppose new windmills, fires fueled by climate change ravaged Los Angeles.

Each Saturday, national columnist Philip Bump makes and breaks down charts explaining ... advocating for its elimination. In a later post on social media, he advocated a slightly revised position ...

(Ted Shaffrey/AP) Column by Philip Bump Friday night was the peak of the ... as rumor researcher Kate Starbird of the University of Washington noted on social media on Sunday, there was a rash ...

T he Washington Post's Philip Bump on Wednesday took a look at some House Republicans' report recommending a criminal investigation into former Rep. Liz Cheney (R-WY) for her investigations into ...

While many Republicans have complained that they have been financially worse off under President Joe Biden, The Washington Post's Philip Bump explains in a Thursday analysis that YouGov polling ...