Packing the Courts with Young Judges
The Senate yesterday confirmed a 37-year-old to a lifetime Court of Appeals seat.
The Senate yesterday confirmed a 37-year-old to a lifetime Court of Appeals seat.
It turns out there actually is a crisis on the US-Mexico border.
In a rare display of assertiveness in the foreign policy arena, the House voted yesterday to bar U.S. assistance in Saudi Arabia’s genocidal war on Yemen.
President Trump is now threatening to close the border if he doesn’t get funding for his border wall.
Defense Secretary James Mattis has announced that the deployment of U.S. troops to the Mexican border will be extended through the end of this year.
A Federal Judge has ruled that the Trump Administration’s efforts to limit the ability of migrants to claim asylum violates Federal law.
Democrats have flipped the Senate seat currently held by Republican Jeff Flake.
Anti-Semitic violence has increased markedly over the past two years. So has the spread of far-right “anti-Globalist” conspiracy theories. This is not a coincidence.
As the midterm campaign draws to a close, Donald Trump is returning to the message of xenophobia and fear that dominated his Presidential campaign.
President Trump wants to send more troops than we have in Syria and Iraq combined to the border to deal with a non-existent threat.
Authorities have arrested a Florida man named Cesar Sayoc, a 56-year-old Trump supporter, in connection with the wave of bombing attempts directed at critics of the President.
Jamal Khashoggi’s final column includes a message that should resonate far beyond the Arab world it was addressed to.
President Trump is alienating our allies and making friends with dictators, and the world is responding as you might expect they would.
In his final words to his fellow Senators, and to his fellow Americans, Senator John McCain left a legacy, and a challenge.
Facebook, Google, and several other companies have closed down accounts associated with conspiracy theorist Alex Jones.
Recent polling finds that Americans aren’t feeling quite so patriotic right now. It’s understandable, but we shouldn’t give up hope.
Andrés Manuel López Obrador, a populist from the left, rode a wave of populism and public disdain for the outgoing President to a landslide win in Mexico
A Republican organization dedicated to abortion rights is shutting down after 30 years, eight fewer than the Party has opposed them.
We may finally get a ruling applying the Excessive Fine Clause to the states and limiting the ability of police to confiscate property.
Two months ago, the President called on states to send National Guard troops to the border. As expected, they’re not guarding the border.
Tim Draper’s fantasy will finally get a vote this November.
Frank Carlucci, who served as President Reagan’s last Secretary of Defense, has died at 87.
Donald Trump may or may not be racist himself, but he has most certainly exploited and helped widen racial divisions ever since bursting on the political scene in 2015.
Solving the problems created by neighborhood-based schools isn’t going to be easy.
The answer is, of course, no. Really, this is a post about the wall as policy.
President Trump wants to send the military to the Mexican border. This is both unnecessary and a bad idea.
A well-meaning journalist brushes off critiques by experts in the field. He owes it to his readers to keep learning.
A famous name enters the race to challenge Andrew Cuomo, but it’s unlikely she’ll have much of an impact.
Daniel Triesman offers an explanation as to “Why the poor don’t vote to soak the rich.”
Salary-based definitions distort the conversation. And lifestyle-based definitions are a moving target.
Some thoughts on the biggest Marvel blockbuster yet. [Modest spoilers]
Billy Graham was the son of a North Carolina farmer who grew up to become a counselor to Presidents, Prime Ministers, and even a Queen.
A series of scandals at Oxfam and other charitable organizations raise troubling questions.
After more than thirty years in power, Robert Mugabe is on his way out in Zimbabwe, but that doesn’t mean things will improve.
Voters in Maine hand their conservative Governor a setback.
Robert Guillaume, who starred in situation comedies in the 70s, 80s, and 90s such as “Soap,” “Benson,” and “Sports Night,” has died at the age of 89.
John McCain has been standing out from his fellow Republicans largely by unleashing on President Trump, and it is unlikely to end anytime soon.
Without mentioning his successor by name, former President Bush delivered a stinging rebuke to Trump and Trumpism.
The Trump Administration has issued a new travel ban to replace the temporary one that expired late last week, but it still suffers from most of the same defects as its initial efforts.
Who could have predicted we would be where we are at the moment in terms of racial politics and the White House?
It couldn’t happen to a nicer domain. But it’s a slippery slope.
Once again, a bad CBO score is casting doubt on a Republican health care reform bill.
The Senate GOP health care reform care bill faces a crucial week, and things aren’t looking good.
Puerto Rican voters voted overwhelmingly for statehood yesterday in a referendum whose legitimacy is being questioned due to boycotts by opposition parties.
Health care policy analysts seem united in their assessment of the House GOP’s replacement for the Affordable Care Act, and it’s overwhelmingly negative.
A speech traditionally used to unite was instead a continuation of a divisive campaign.