Peter Bresnan

3 weeks ago | washingtonpost.com | Peter Bresnan |Lucy Perkins |Ted Muldoon

Pope Francis, leader of the Catholic church, died Monday morning at age 88. He leaves behind a legacy of inclusivity. But now that he is gone, will his approach to the papacy survive? Pope Francis, born Jorge Mario Bergoglio, became leader of the world's nearly 1.4 billion Catholics in 2013. Immediately, Francis made it clear that he would not be a traditional pope.

1 month ago | washingtonpost.com | Rennie Svirnovskiy |Sean Carter |Peter Bresnan

With just a few weeks to go until Tax Day, Treasury Department and IRS officials are predicting a decrease of more than 10 percent in tax receipts by the April 15 deadline compared with 2024. That would amount to more than $500 billion in lost federal revenue. The prediction, officials told congressional economic correspondent Jacob Bogage, is directly tied to changing taxpayer behavior and President Donald Trump’s rapid demolition of parts of the IRS.

2 months ago | washingtonpost.com | Elana Gordon |Peter Bresnan |Maggie Penman |Lynh Bui |Drea Cornejo |Caitlin Gilbert | +1 more

Mehmet Oz is President Donald Trump’s pick to lead the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, a massive agency that oversees health coverage for more than 100 million Americans, including older adults, those with low incomes and children. Oz is a cardiothoracic surgeon and former professor at Columbia University who became a household name when he started appearing on “The Oprah Winfrey Show” in 2004 and then hosted his own show, “The Dr. Oz Show,” from 2009 to 2022.

2 months ago | washingtonpost.com | Elana Gordon |Peter Bresnan |Maggie Penman |Reena Flores |Lenny Bernstein

Measles is one of the most contagious diseases in the world. It was eliminated in the United States 25 years ago because of an effective vaccine. While cases periodically pop up, a growing wave of vaccine skepticism is giving this old virus new traction. Health reporter Fenit Nirappil and “Post Reports” producer Elana Gordon recently traveled to the heart of this growing outbreak, which officials say may take months to get under control.

Feb 12, 2025 | washingtonpost.com | Rennie Svirnovskiy |Peter Bresnan |Lucy Perkins

On the first day of his second term in office, President Donald Trump signed an executive order freezing foreign aid for 90 days. The suspension was part of the president’s effort to slash public spending, remake the federal government and align foreign policy more closely with his “America First” agenda. And it had near-immediate consequences.