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As Trump seethes over his apparent realization that Putin doesn’t take him seriously, a writer who tracks the Trumpified GOP decodes Trump’s anger and explains how unsettling the current moment truly is.

This scenario, until recently, might have read like a dystopian projection. But after the court’s decision on Friday, it is no longer hypothetical.

Ketanji Brown Jackson's dissent catches the GOP justices targeting a vital Reconstruction-era right.

This fifth book in the New York Times-bestselling Proof series is a carefully sourced exposé on the secret crimes of Donald Trump—with a focus on his criminal violence. Reader discretion is advised.

It’s easy, reassuring, and wrong.

It may be one of the most cynical cash grabs in publishing history. It’s also going to be one of the most lucrative betrayals of conventional journalistic practice ever. And it’s worse than you think.

The president’s use of the power, which he deployed again over the weekend, is legal. It’s also a grave threat to the rule of law.

Dean Chemerinsky discusses the reconciliation bill’s provision that would restrict federal courts’ authority to hold government officials in contempt for violating court orders

The Trump administration's cuts to NIOSH have gutted crucial programs affecting millions of workers across the U.S.

Only six people have commented on the Federal Register to date about Trump slashing all of Biden's picks from the Board of Immigration Appeals. Here's how to weigh in.

As Moscow prepares for possible negotiations with Washington aimed at ending its full-scale invasion of Ukraine, it is seeking a far more ambitious outcome than a mere ceasefire: a global reordering o...

As President Trump prepares to fête brutal far-right El Salvadoran dictator Nayib Bukele in DC on April 14, the scandal involving a vile new international slave trade between the two men is growing.

The defense secretary sent sensitive information about strikes in Yemen to an encrypted group chat that included his wife and brother, people familiar with the matter said.

Protests in over 1,300 cities and towns all across America.

America will never be the same, now that a burgeoning fascist in the White House has simultaneously announced plans to ignore judicial rulings he dislikes and illegally seize a third term in office.

Ordinary people have more power than they know.

Donald Trump's most important security advisers used Signal to discuss an imminent military strike. Now, reporting by DER SPIEGEL has found that the contact data of some of those officials, including ...

Exclusive photos of the arrival of Venezuelan detainees deported from the U.S.

In conversation with the only author who’s both a bestselling Trump biographer and bestselling Musk biographer, Grok finds a 70% chance of civil war. A transcript of the lengthy conversation is below.

The detention of Mahmoud Khalil is meant to send a message and strike fear

The Trump administration claims gutting federal agencies will save money, but cutting the IRS means the government collects less taxes. “If you’re interested in the deficit and curbing it, why would…

During a remote appearance at a technology conference in San Francisco, Musk told attendees the U.S. should privatize "as much as possible."