President Donald Trump has signed an executive order on the Smithsonian Institution that targets funding to programs that contain what he calls “divisive narratives” and “improper ideology.”

His vote-buying scheme shows how far he’ll go to extend his plan for oligarchy.

A high-ranking Republican state senator in Minnesota was arrested Tuesday for allegedly trying to meet a teenage girl for sex. He's now battling calls from within his own party to resign along with the pending legal charges. The Minnesota Reformer…

The Republican allegedly arranged to meet with a 16-year-old girl in Bloomington.

The thousands of victims of Trumpism are out there. Democrats just need to find them—and be their champion.

Plus, my Q&A with a Hungarian civil rights expert about America's slide

Musk and Tesla have faced heightened criticism since the billionaire made a gesture likened to a Nazi salute during an inaugural event in January.

YouTube video by The Lincoln Project

Support for legislation making it easier for workers to organize has grown steadily since it was first introduced in 2019.

Elon Musk called Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly a "traitor" in a post on X after Kelly posted that he had visited Ukraine over the weekend.

In 2022, USAID and Starlink collaborated to provide 5,000 Starlink terminals to Ukraine amid its ongoing war against Russia.

Plans to redevelop a Northern Virginia warehouse site have long been complicated by the area’s worst-kept secret—the presence of a CIA facility. The GSA put the site up for sale anyway.

Kluwe, a Huntington Beach resident, made comments against a MAGA plaque proposed for installation at the Central Library, then approached the dais and was arrested.

The Observer has identified the operator of “GlomarResponder,” an overtly racist social media account, as ICE Assistant Chief Counsel James Rodden, based on an overwhelming number of biographical details matched through publicly available documents, other social media activity, and courtroom observation.

It has been three weeks since Inauguration Day. Most Americans recognize that newly elected leaders bring change. That is expected. But most Americans also expect that changes will take place in accor...

Another victory for corrupt and unfettered capitalism under Donald Trump

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The judge noted that while the dropped charges against Trump reduced his criminal exposure, they “ironically” made him more susceptible to public scrutiny.