conservative columnist Kathleen Parker

Anything. Donald Trump doesn't mean anything he says. At least not for long, so try not to react. Relax. Breathe. Wait. Contra Trump, nothing worth doing is easy, including ignoring the president of the United States. But ignore him, you must, lest he interpret your reaction as a challenge, which he'd of ...

As pressures mount for Congress to "just do something" about mass shootings, Americans would do well to seek solutions closer to home. City by city, state by state, people have every right and reason to enact their own strict gun laws rather than wait for federal lawmakers to abandon their preferred pretzel ...

It was a profoundly poignant image: Thirty to 40 teens huddled together in a small dark room, their downturned faces illuminated by cellphones as they learned about an active shooter prowling their school. Via news apps, these survivors of Wednesday's murderous rampage at a Parkland, Fla., high school, ...

If you want to know whether Democrats will take back the House and/or Senate in November, just ask Russia. Or rather, ask the Russian trolls who have triumphed in disseminating real "fake news" to influence U.S. elections. They credibly did so in 2016 by creating a more-favorable electoral environment ...

If you want to know whether Democrats will take back the House and/or Senate in November, just ask Russia. Or rather, ask the Russian trolls who have triumphed in disseminating real “fake news” to influence U.S. elections. They credibly did so in 2016 by creating a more favorable electoral environment ...

... and potentially perilous incompetence surrounding the president. Nearly every day reconfirms the reality that having once been a chief executive (or a reality TV star) is no recommendation for governance. P.S. Kushner hasn't cleared security yet, either. Kathleen Parker is a Washington Post columnist.

FILE - In this Jan. 20, 2017 file photo, White House Staff Secretary Rob Porter, center, hands President Donald Trump a confirmation order for James Mattis as defense secretary, in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, as White House Chief of Staff Reince Priebus, right, watches. Porter is ...

Just minutes before the start of President Trump's State of the Union address last week, Hillary Clinton dumped a mea culpa onto her Facebook page, explaining why, a decade earlier, she hadn't fired a campaign staffer accused of sexual harassment. In the same week, former PBS talk-show host Tavis ...

In this Feb. 22, 2018, photo, Dana Loesch, spokeswoman for the National Rifle Association, speaks at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC), at National Harbor, Md. She is poised, photogenic and articulate _ the new public face of an organization that long has been associated with older ...