WASHINGTON—In an effort to provide some joy to the nation and boost overall well-being, Justice Department officials announced plans Monday to bring back firing squads as a means of entertainment. “Fo...

The Ellisons enlisted a host of Democratic notables to undercut the proposed merger’s opponents.

Citizen access to public agencies is a basic public function. Why does government contract out the process of verifying identity to a for-profit monopoly company?

Democrats are united by the idea of aggressive oversight of the administration but at odds over how far to go after corporate America.

How the Trump regime is taking away our ability to know what’s going on.

The former GOP operatives behind The Bulwark helped sell Democrats a losing strategy. Now they’re positioning themselves to shape the party’s 2028 nominee.

The Trump administration has abused the interagency task force process to intervene in law enforcement across the country.

A quiet rule change could signal “the end of independent financial regulators” just as the SEC prepares to deregulate crypto, mega-IPOs, and corporate governance.

Not that Congress cares

One of Wall Street’s biggest firms just acknowledged that giving you a better deal could destabilize American banking.

OpenAI’s models aren’t “going rogue” from their creators as much as they are mimicking them.

WASHINGTON—Marveling at how his American counterpart’s grasp of the difficult language had progressed, Chinese leader Xi Jinping told reporters Thursday that he was deeply impressed with how much Pres...

An appeals court made clear deportation flights to third countries must stop immediately, but flight data showed ICE may be violating the order.

The inquiry was closed last year because senior bureau officials questioned the veracity of a campaign donor’s account, according to current and former officials.

All that’s needed is the political will to staff the government and nudge up taxes.

Fossil fuel giants have caused $28 trillion in climate damages, more than all goods and services produced in the US last year. Who will hold them accountable for the destruction they've caused? It's t...

Before Big Tech researchers warned of a superintelligence doomsday, 2028 hopeful Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-Calif.) vetoed a bill that would have made AI “kill switches” mandatory.

Candidates of every political persuasion are knocking themselves out trying to appease angry citizens wanting their lives and livelihoods put before Big Tech.

The Republican U.S. Senate nominee from Texas appears to have omitted rental income and multiple mortgages from his recent financial disclosures, making it difficult for voters to get the full picture...

Google avoids accountability again, this time in advertising tech. Why do judges bother to find companies guilty of running a monopoly if they’re unwilling to break them up?

A new ProPublica data analysis adds to the mounting evidence that abortion bans have made the common experience of first-trimester miscarriage far more dangerous.

The senator’s parents died when she was a kid. That’s tragic. But it’s also tragic that she’s against the kind of care that could help untold numbers of people avoid that fate today.

Kalshi claims its peer-to-peer market structure makes it more fair than traditional sportsbooks. But users often face an opponent even more formidable than a traditional house: Wall Street.

Three years after Amazon caught a federal monopoly lawsuit, sellers say the company’s fees and policies are even worse.

Parts of the pro-Israel lobby are calling for the far-right Itamar Ben-Gvir to be ousted from government, after he called for the mass murder of Palestinians. So what will they do when he isn’t?

USCIS’s new rule encourages immigrant families to forgo public benefits to which they are entitled or lose their green card eligibility.

The studio is alleging that the state attorneys general challenge to the merger with Warner Bros. is all about CNN, and that they’ll leave Hollywood if they don’t get their way.

Lawmakers wanted to reform surprise billing so patients weren’t hit with unexpected charges. But they also created a parallel system with new middlemen that is increasing health care costs.

He is well positioned to profit from the defense buildup.

Under Attorney General Pam Bondi, the DOJ abandoned a record number of cases — including hundreds of investigations into terrorism, white-collar crime and drugs — in just the first six months of Presi...