Senate Democrats actually allowing the GOP to stop funding the government is only the first step. Now they have to make the case that Trump’s government is illegitimate.

He’s goading bad actors on the left to give him a reason to harass his law-abiding critics.

To Trumpworld, the Dallas shooting appears to provide the perfect pretext to start silencing wholly lawful advocacy groups—for inciting “violence and terrorism.”

Donald Trump kicked off his press conference with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan in the worst way.

Lindsey Graham apparently has no issue throwing the Constitution out the window.

The Brazilian president made a clear jab at Donald Trump before his big speech at the United Nations.

The president’s attempt to bind his political opponents legally is hitting roadblocks galore—and the social media meltdowns have begun.

Trump’s prosecution order to Bondi gives up the pretense. And the country is headed swiftly into unknown territory.

Trump 2.0 has executed any number of offenses against the Constitution, human decency, and more. But here’s why the Jimmy Kimmel matter is different—and the most dangerous move yet.

Democracy scholars say Trump is having way more success than expected in becoming America’s dictator. One reason: Too many Americans—including some Democrats in Congress—are far too complacent about it.

The president’s deployment of the armed forces on American streets is an alarming escalation. Fortunately, there’s a playbook for fighting back.

If the president can’t stamp his boot on the rest of the world, he’ll bring his violent desires back to his fellow Americans.

The announcement came as a surprise to many.

This week, the Illinois governor suggested that he’s ready to take the fight against Trump much further than his party colleagues.

The residents of the nation’s capital have long been denied their democratic rights. If Trump has his way, other cities may soon feel what that’s like.

The conservative lawyer called out the president after the FBI raid on John Bolton’s house.

The Windy City is set to be the next place the president intends to send an occupying army under the pretext of fighting crime.

Imagine if the president’s radical claims about reducing crime were actually scrutinized?

UMass Amherst journalism historian Kathy Roberts Forde says the news media has helped both entrench and erode authoritarianism in the U.S. in the past and should lean into its pro-democracy history now.

Yes, his approval rating is tanking and he’s still trying to shake the Epstein scandal. But he’s been foreshadowing this authoritarian power grab for years—and yet Democrats still weren’t ready for it.