Description: Trump makes his first key hire Pentagon fears upheaval under new administration Biden welcomes to power a man he deemed a threat…   –   The Washington Post, locally known as The Post and, informally, WaPo or WP, is an American daily newspaper published in Washington, D.C., the national capital. It is the most widely circulated newspaper in the Washington metropolitan area and has a national audience. Our award-winning journalists have covered Washington and the world since 1877. The Post has distinguished itself through its political reporting on the workings of the White House, Congress, and other aspects of the U.S. government. It is considered a newspaper of record in the U.S.