Trump Didn’t Just Get A New Supreme Court Justice — He’ll Get Another DC Circuit Judge, Too
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Chief Justice John Roberts Now Gets To Decide What To Do With His Supreme Court
Roberts, already playing a pivotal role as the chief justice, is now likely to be the center vote on the court as well.
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Kanye West Is Headed To The White House To Have Lunch With Donald Trump
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The US Military Is Now Recruiting Soldiers To Fight In A War That Started Before They Were Born
“Most Americans are only vaguely aware that we’re still fighting overseas, and the reason for that is that they don’t have any skin in the game.”
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Nikki Haley Is Leaving Her Job As Ambassador To The United Nations
The UN ambassador and former South Carolina governor has diverged from the president on some foreign policy issues.
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What’s Next For Nikki Haley? Some Hope A Presidential Campaign, Even If She’s Ruling It Out.
“Nikki Haley is one of the most talented political leaders of this generation. It’s hard to imagine her leaving the stage. I hope she doesn’t,” said Matt Moore, a former chair of the South Carolina Republican Party.
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Progressives In Congress Are Creating A New Institution To Try To Steer Policy Into 2020
The Congressional Progressive Caucus Center is intended as infrastructure to unite the new progressives expected in Congress and set policy for the 2020 campaign.
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Taylor Swift's Endorsement Of Democrats Has Relieved Some Fans — And Infuriated Others
“I had been waiting for her to post something like that for a long time,” said one so-called Swiftie.
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Palestinians Are Trying To Turn Trump’s Love Of Israel Into Real Influence In Washington
The lack of money, leadership, and cohesive messaging are making it much harder to increase support in the US, even as Trump’s polarizing policies are creating new alliances for Palestinians.
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Opinion: It's Time To Go To War With The Supreme Court. Here's How.
The time has come for the left to constrain the court and limit the power of its right-wing majority.
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Childhood Hunger And Poverty Statistics Are Under Threat From The Trump Administration, Experts Warn
“There is not anyone else who does the kind of work done by these experts,” said a former USDA statistics chief.
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In An Immigration Case, Supreme Court Justices Raise Questions About The Government’s Authority
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The Ethics Complaints Against Justice Brett Kavanaugh Haven't Gone Away
Ethics experts speculated any complaints would be dismissed after Kavanaugh was confirmed to the US Supreme Court, but for now they're just being transferred to another judicial circuit.
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Donald Trump, Hoping To Rile Up His Voters, Is Keeping The Focus On Brett Kavanaugh
The president is leading off campaign rallies this week with digs at Democrats over their treatment of the new Supreme Court justice, who was accused of sexual assault.
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What If Democrats Lose The Senate Because Of New Jersey? Progressives Are Trying To Make Sure That Doesn't Happen.
The charges against Bob Menendez were dropped after a mistrial, but they're still clouding a surprisingly competitive Senate race.
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Washington State's Death Penalty Is Unconstitutional, The State's Supreme Court Rules
Those inmates on death row now will have their sentences converted to life imprisonment, the state's justices ruled.
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The Bitter Rivalry Between Turkey And Saudi Arabia Is Muddying What US Officials Think They Know About The Saudi Journalist's Disappearance
Turkey and Saudi Arabia each have a stake in undermining the other, complicating Washington's search for answers.
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Trump’s Latest Group Of Judicial Nominees Is A Jab At Dianne Feinstein And Kamala Harris
The White House rebuffed recommendations from the California Democrats for nominees for the 9th Circuit.
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John Kelly Called Elizabeth Warren An "Impolite Arrogant Woman" In An Email
“blah blah blah,” Kelly, then serving as the secretary of homeland security, wrote.
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Stacey Abrams And Andrew Gillum Are Showing Democrats How To Win Back Young Black Voters
Liberal groups are pouring money into learning how to turn out young people of color, and what they’re finding looks a lot like the Democrats running in Georgia and Florida.
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