Washington Post
The Washington Post is a major American daily newspaper published in Washington, D.C. It is the most widely circulated newspaper in the Washington metropolitan area and widely read around the country. The newspaper has won 47 Pulitzer Prizes. It employs around 800 journalists and had a 2015 daily circulation of 356,768. Its digital circulation was 1,000,000 in 2018.
Jeff Bezos bought the paper in 2013. Tensions between he and the newsroon have continued; in 2024 and 2025, multiple personnel resigned over the paper's non-endorsement of Kamala Harris and editorial changes advanced by Bezos.
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The powers of an acting House speaker are untested. Here’s what we know. Rep. Patrick T. McHenry (R-N.C.), left, is a close ally of former speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.), right. (Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post) With Rep. Kevin McCarthy’s (R-Calif.) ouster from the role of House speaker — and no consensus pick to replace him — the chamber is operating with an acting speaker, and it’s unclear how much authority he has. Keeping up with politics is easy with The 5-Minute Fix Newsletter, in your inbox weekdays. The speaker manages the...