The scene that unfolded today at a hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee was a snapshot of politics in the U.S.

The judge ruled that FEMA had no “authority to extract unfunded reforms from states in exchange for grants.”

Last Thursday, the White House, almost as soon as Judge Kelly entered his order forcing the administration to restore access to CNN, MSNOW, and Politico, began searching for play in the joints.

It has become routine for Trump to spend the weekend posting wildly on social media, and this weekend was no exception.

Dear Thinkers: Tomorrow, Tim will be in conversation with @Robert Reich on his Substack at 1pm ET. It’ll be a wide-ranging conversation — and one that you will find enlightening.

Norway's foreign minister stood up at the UN, read the rap sheet out loud, and never once had to say that POFS name.

Trump’s war on the free press is continuing.

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The ballot seizure case highlights the risks to democracy when election deniers in positions of authority abuse their power to interfere with vote counting. Bianco seized an estimated 650,000 ballots ...

Yesterday, William Turton, Avi Asher-Schapiro, Molly Redden, and Kirsten Berg of ProPublica published a blockbuster story reporting that the anti-corruption group of the Federal Bureau of Investigatio...

Whenever I write about the mistreatment or death of migrants, someone will always comment “they were illegal!” More often than not the commenter will have scripture or “Christ is king” in their bio. ...

In 1945, still reeling from World War II, representatives from 50 nations reached back to the U.S.

Stella Carlson. Wow, what an honest and courageous woman. Everyone needs to watch this 💙

I am sitting in an airport in Madison, Wisconsin, waiting on a flight.

On September 18, while White House chief of staff Susie Wiles was out of town, Trump suddenly announced he was banning CNN, MS NOW, and Politico from the White House.

Mea culpa for the long post on a Saturday night, but read on and see if you don’t agree that it’s essential.

On September 19, 1676, three hundred and fifty years ago today, Nathaniel Bacon and his followers burned Jamestown, the capital of the Virginia Colony.

According to the American Automobile Association, diesel hit its highest recorded average price today at just above $6.44 per gallon.

There is a moment in James Baldwin’s interview with Dr.

For years you have been sending me photographs of our flag in your windows and gardens, and I have kept every one of them. Today Ukraine celebrates its flag, and I need you to know that this day bel...

Federal judges are the bulwark that is defending our democracy.

In 1761, 55-year-old Benjamin Franklin attended the coronation of King George III and later wrote that he expected the young monarch’s reign would “be happy and truly glorious.” Fifteen years later, i...

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The Trump administration is eliminating limits on climate-warming pollution from the nation's fossil fuel power plants.

At exactly 9:30 this morning, the director of the FBI, Kash Patel, stood in front of photojournalists, members of Congress, and their staff, wearing a deep blue suit with a delicate pastel pink tie. W...

You’ve undoubtedly heard by now that Don Jr.’s wedding was paid for by Russian oligarch Umar Kremlev, who, according to The Guardian, “has spent the past decade moving through some of Russia’s most po...

Seven years ago, on September 15, 2019, after about a six-week hiatus during the summer, I wrote a Facebook post that started:

Thomas Massie’s 34 pages are not a stunt. They’re a prosecution file with the dates already filled in while Kash Patel told the Senate why “victims of bestiality” should be FBI agents.

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Finland has decided to join France’s nuclear deterrence umbrella in a bid to bolster regional security in the face of uncertainty over the United States' commitment to Europe and NATO.

“It’s unreliable data, combined with data they couldn’t get through failed litigation, being used to manufacture allegations and misidentify individuals as an ‘unlawful voter’ and that false label has...