The FBI search of a Washington Post reporter’s home on Jan. 14, 2026, was a rare and intimidating move by an administration focused on repressing criticism and dissent. In its story about the search ...

So you want to change a democracy into an autocracy. Where to begin? Well, Justice William Brennan famously wrote that “the First Amendment is the cornerstone of democracy.” To transition to an ...

Ralph Klinker’s argument (Letters, Oct. 8) is that new gun laws aren’t needed, only better enforcement. But many shootings involve guns bought legally, showing current laws don’t fix the root problem.