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President Donald Trump signs an executive order pardoning about 1,500 defendants charged in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol. Trump seeks to rewrite the events of Jan. 6 into a peaceful patriotic demonstration, after which wannabe cop killers became “hostages” held by the enemy deep state, writes Trudy Rubin.

Jan. 6 pardons are Trump’s first stop on the road to authoritarianism

It is important people recognize the links between Trump’s imitation of the authoritarian playbook, and where that may eventually lead.

Trudy Rubin | Columnist

Pro-Trump rioters struggle with police to try and take control of a door into the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. The president's pardon of the insurrectionists was just one obscene act in his no-holds-barred attack on lawfulness upon returning to the White House, writes Helen Ubiñas.

The law-and-order crowd sure has a problem with law and order

Helen Ubiñas | Columnist

In this Oct. 28, 2020, file photo, Metropolitan Police Department police officers push back demonstrators outside the Fourth District police station in Washington, D.C. An officer in the nation’s capital has been indicted on a murder charge for his role in a fatal vehicle accident during a police chase that has sparked two days of protests and clashes. Federal prosecutors announced Friday, Sept. 24, 2021, that Terrence Sutton, 37, was indicted on second-degree murder, conspiracy and obstruction of justice charges in connection with the death of 20-year-old Karon Hylton-Brown, who died after a pursuit in D.C. in October 2020.

What a pardon of 2 D.C. cops says about Trump and the U.S. violence to come

Will Bunch | Columnist

Motor1 says the 2024 BMW X2 “looks weird and isn’t fun.” The 2025 comes to us pretty much unchanged, and the criticism holds.

2025 BMW X2: The roofline is hardly the only corner cut

Scott Sturgis | Columnist

The Rev. Mariann Budde leads the national prayer service attended by President Donald Trump at the Washington National Cathedral on Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2025, in Washington.

Episcopal bishop who bravely asked Trump to have mercy on migrants is an American hero

Jenice Armstrong | Columnist

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