Robert P Jones argues that declining white Christian influence has fuelled an alliance with Trump, and warns it is reshaping US democracy

For likely the first time in modern history, the Supreme Court decided more cases in fast-tracked, secretive proceedings than in open court. We break down how a once-rare emergency process became the ...

ProPublica conducted a new analysis that shows the court is deciding more consequential rulings than ever before in largely unsigned orders with little to no explanation.

Forget November 3. It’s January 3 when Donald Trump and his MAGA Republicans might bury our democracy once and for all. Here’s how.

What is democracy, and is it in crisis?

The plan to create a fund that could have funneled taxpayer money to the president’s allies drew repeated scrutiny, including a rare rebuke from Senate Republicans.

The Treasury Department released rules that would prevent schools with race-based programs from qualifying for tax-exempt status, a threat to both higher education and other private schools.

Mr. Biden will join three other living presidents at the event. President Trump has decided to skip the ceremony and is expected to appear at the Pentagon on the 25th anniversary of the attacks.

Lèse-majesté, American-style.

The mail-in voting fiasco is the latest proof that we have another reconstruction ahead of us.

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The president is prioritizing his own interests over the national interest.

The move to repeal the ‘roadless rule’ would pave the way for road construction and logging in nearly 45 million acres of untouched back country.

President Trump’s White House aide Natalie Harp is always by his side. What, exactly, does she do?

The president likes to boast about the “greatest economy we’ve ever had.” His record falls far short.

As Trump’s election-theft schemes grow darker, an election law expert explains why we must take his threats seriously, even if they’ll likely fail—and lays out how we can prepare for the worst.

Island’s government says no approval given after Greenland Energy brings kit ashore for exploratory drilling

President Trump’s goal of building a “golden fleet” of 15 battleships could cost $275 billion, according to a government estimate.

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Remember when ‘blame Canada’ was a joke?

In a speech Thursday night, the president—“your president”—announced the declassification of intelligence while pushing wild claims of election interference. The intelligence showed that Russia helped...

His efforts to subvert the 2026 midterms have largely come up short.

His speech was a mash-up of charges that aren’t supported by the documents he released.

The U.S. Postal Service won’t deliver mail ballots in states that refuse to turn over lists of voters under a proposed rule, the agency’s chief executive said Wednesday, angering Democrats who warn th...

Unless we begin to act, our democracy will likely be destroyed.

The Republican Party, led by President Trump, has embraced white Christian nationalists and is working to reduce the number of Black House members through redistricting, while also attacking African A...

America needs a Gerrymandering Partisan Index. Here’s what it reveals.

It’s transforming the US government at a cellular level.

The IRS knew Trump’s lawsuit could be easily thrown out in court. The Department of Justice didn’t listen.

The tax agency concluded in its long-running investigation that Trump effectively claimed the same massive write-off twice on his failed Chicago tower.

New electoral maps are erasing Black representations. The effort takes its cues from American history

A virulent form of misogyny has become the single most important force holding together the American right.