The civil rights unit has recruited people whose questionable work histories and dearth of education and experience might have disqualified them in the past, former officials said.

Trump is defying Congress and robbing the American people to build it.

The United States is deporting parents without their children, creating a whole new family-separation crisis.

“The president wants indictments. He wants people in handcuffs.”

A proposal the administration is preparing comes just as left and right were finding some common ground.

If holding Trump accountable makes you an enemy of the GOP, the party has told you everything you need to know.

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Former Attorney General Eric Holder on the dismantling of the Voting Rights Act and whether the 2026 midterm elections will be free and fair

Under Trump, the Department of Education has been bringing in activists hostile to public schools. It could mean a new era of private and religious schools boosted by tax dollars — and the end of publ...

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The Kremlin is once again seeking to undermine confidence in American democracy with online influence campaigns, U.S. officials said.

Forget November 3. It’s January 3 when Donald Trump and his MAGA Republicans might bury our democracy once and for all. Here’s how.

As head of the U.S. Arctic Research Commission, Thomas Dans has backed a takeover of Greenland and other items on President Donald Trump’s list. But it’s not always clear where the administration’s ag...

Jared Kushner represents the kind of Washington figure for whom public office serves as a means to extraordinary wealth.

Anthropic’s CEO warns that the makers of artificial intelligence “owe it to humanity to try” to slow down.

Far-right ideologues have transformed American foreign policy into a tool of private gain and antidemocratic reaction.

Far-right ideologues have transformed American foreign policy into a tool of private gain and antidemocratic reaction.

The oligarch, Umar Kremlev, spent hundreds of thousands on expenses like renting out a private island. He appears to have met Trump Jr. only recently, but he attended the intimate wedding with a large...

With prompt and appropriate medical care, experts say, people shouldn’t die from an ectopic pregnancy. Women in Texas and Oklahoma have sued over delays in care, which, coupled with our new analysis, ...

A multinational group meets this week at NATO headquarters in Belgium to discuss protections for civilians during combat. Even though the U.S. co-founded this effort, no American delegation will be in...

The Environmental Protection Agency is finalizing a rule that’ll drastically weaken restrictions on “stripper wells,” which tend to be old, poorly maintained and prone to leaking methane, the highly p...

A 40-year-old woman died on Saturday from complications associated with measles, the coroner reported.

President Trump has harnessed agencies across the government to curtail press freedoms, a sweeping campaign that free speech advocates say will have lasting effects.

John Ratcliffe has mired the agency in politics—and possible illegality.

Nearly a quarter century after the Sept. 11 attacks, some former officials and lawmakers are warning the U.S. is less able to prevent future terror attacks.

Gen. Christopher T. Donahue’s vision for fighting future wars won him powerful supporters around the world. Could they save his career?

The hiring of Nate Hochman, who lost his job amid an uproar over a video containing a Nazi symbol, underscores the administration’s willingness to overlook past transgressions.

The White House announced the launch of what it called "Arcade.gov," a website of five versions of classic computer games promoting the president's agenda.

Russian forces attacked a passenger train bound for Kherson with several Shahed drones, regional governor Oleksandr Prokudin said on Sept. 5.