The Smithsonian — particularly its National Museum of American History — has faced withering pressure from the Trump administration. It’s the culmination of decades of criticism by conservatives and o...

As Trump’s effort to bar news organizations from the White House blows back on him, a defender of democracy explains why the stakes of this dustup are bigger than they might appear.

The Trump administration plans to open a 528-bed holding center for migrant families and unaccompanied children awaiting removal from the U.S., putting it next to a Louisiana airfield that has become ...

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At least 550,000 voters registered or updated their registration last week, according to final tallies the nonpartisan nonprofit National Voter Registration Day shared exclusively with Democracy Docke...

The fate of the USPS rule currently hangs in the balance before the 1st Circuit Court of Appeals and the U.S. Supreme Court.

YouTube video by Congressman Don Beyer

The actress posted this powerful clip.

Pierre Damas Bel, 20, of Springfield, Ohio, expressed feeling “shame and humiliation” at having to wear an ankle monitor. The college student died by suicide days later.

The exchange came during a pivotal hearing over whether Talwani should issue a preliminary injunction blocking USPS’s new mail voting rule, which requires election officials to submit voter informatio...

More and more Republicans are sick of Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth as he purges the entire Pentagon in the middle of a war.

The Treasury Department and IRS proposal would apply to private schools and colleges.

An Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent has been federally charged with lying about the events leading up to his shooting of a Venezuelan immigrant in the leg earlier this year, according to mult...

The leaders of China, Russia and India have gathered with other heads of state at a meeting billed as a counterweight to U.S. global influence.