A judge ruled the firing of thousands of federal employees was illegal. But he stopped short of ordering the government to reinstate them, predicting the Supreme Court would overturn it.

Representative James E. Comer of Kentucky demanded financial records, video recordings and information on meetings with famous people.

A G.O.P. effort to carve up a Democratic stronghold ignored the will of voters, a judge said. The ruling, which Republicans can appeal, makes the state another battleground in the national fight over redistricting.

Speaking at a legal conference, the Obama-appointed justice was the latest member of the Supreme Court to decry threats to judicial independence.

Dozens of judges, appointed by presidents of both parties, have stood up to the administration’s lawlessness.

Trump’s Qatari jet was just the beginning.

The administration’s anti-science posture has three different sources. Each is as extremist as the last.

On the Senate passing Trump’s (very stupidly named) Big Beautiful Bill https://t.co/fYARK0Gtnr

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit is considering whether the president properly invoked the Alien Enemies Act to deport alleged gang members.

Mass tourism, impossibly high rents, worker exploitation, inequality and elitism: Venice protests in recent days against Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchez's high-profile wedding have highlighted growing global grievances.

Nike is warning that Donald Trump’s tariffs will soon cost U.S. consumers at the cash register, saying sneaker prices will jump this fall as the president’s trade war with China escalates. The sportswear giant said the tariffs could cost it $1 billion, and the company is now preparing “surgical” pri...

Comedian and podcaster Andrew Schulz, who voted for Donald Trump in the 2024 elections, told The New York Times that he has soured on the MAGA movement over a particularly "disheartening" policy.Schultz is known for working political discourse into his shows, and even interviewed Trump on his “Flagr...

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President Donald Trump complained Wednesday that California can't be trusted with forest fire management — and then Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA) reminded him that the people in charge of that were called away on Trump's orders.Trump made the comments in response to questions about whether the standoff b...