On the last weekend of April 2011, two things happened in Washington D.C.: the annual White House Correspondents Dinner and the decision to raid Osama bin Laden’s compound. This is the story of how both transpired.

An artifact from the height of the uproar:

Behind the tawdriest of headlines, there’s a woman I wouldn’t mind bringing home to mom.

Lessons learned about Washington from investigating how the “grand bargain” fell apart.

Taking the measure of the president, with a view to history.

Covering a presidential candidate and the people who cover presidential candidates aboard the press buses Bullshit 1 and Bullshit 2 on the 2000 John McCain campaign trail.

From The Longform Guide to the Campaign Trail on Slate.

Inside the relationship between the U.S. and Pakistan:

The U.S. government has lied to itself, and to its citizens, about the nature and actions of successive Pakistani governments. Pakistani behavior over the past 20 years has rendered the State Department’s list of state sponsors of terrorism effectively meaningless.

On the privilege of being then-Vice President George H.W. Bush.

A profile of Elizabeth Warren.

Why has the White House ignored clemency petitions?

Retracing the early economic steps of the Obama administration.

On witnessing the transformation of George W. Bush over 25 years.

An ex-spook takes on the Warren Commission.