Matt Ford

@fordm

It's the president's biggest business acquisition yet.

A judge has finally questioned the FBI's terrorism watch list. But so much else that followed the attacks is now an accepted part of American life.

The right-wing commentariat keeps warning America that if lawmakers intercede, gun owners will have no choice but to kill cops.

Donald Trump and Boris Johnson rely on weaknesses in the system to enact promises which aren't popular.

Two states are asking the justices to retain a rule from America's racist past for the sake of convenience.

The president wants to use the accumulated wealth of the G-7 to prop up his failing Miami resort.

The union between the federal judiciary's true believers in the primacy of our founding documents is fraying.

The corruption and incompetence of this administration has led to a grotesque theft of Americans’ precious time and energy.

Having failed in its first effort to subvert democracy, the Trump administration has found subtler means to achieve its end.

Arizona Senator Martha McSally wants to try people like the El Paso gunman as terrorists, but her proposal ripens the possibility of prosecutorial abuse.

Guns rights advocates want more than just a victory. They want this newly emboldened conservative court to wield maximal power.

He thinks "The Hunt" is racist. Elijah Cummings, too. That tells us a lot about the president's sinister worldview.

What the "30-50 feral hogs" meme reveals about Americans' twisted view of our relationship with wildlife.

California wants to require him to release his tax returns in order to appear on the 2020 ballot. His legal team has a convincing counterargument.

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is the biggest impediment to reducing mass death in America.

The silent treatment has its merits. When it comes to white-nationalist violence, it also has its limits.

Trump is turning the Republican Party even whiter and more male than before, with profound consequences for party and country alike.

There's a gerrymandering problem that Democrats aren't talking about.

Biden seems to believe that everything in America was rosy until Trump took office, and he's offering himself as a time machine.

Warren and Sanders easily countered attacks from desperate moderates at Tuesday's debate and delivered compelling visions for America.