His call for the release of limited files that are certain not to implicate him will only lead to demands for more. It’s the logic of conspiracism.

This will go down as the week that the MAGA pixie dust didn’t work for once. It won’t be the last time.

Why the president’s usual tactics won’t end the Epstein scandal

A former police commissioner says that under the New York City mayor’s watch, the police department was teeming with “systemic corruption and criminal conduct.”

Hundreds of prisoners have no criminal charges at all.

More than half of the people ICE has arrested in Los Angeles have never even been charged with a crime.

Why the events of this past weekend should worry everyone who wants a peaceful democracy

Donald Trump’s attorney general cracked a grim joke about reopening Alcatraz.

Donald Trump struck a despicable deal with Nayib Bukele.

The Nazis themselves were murder nerds. Now their successors are LARPing as wizards of racial superiority as they commit very real atrocities—as seen in the recent parent killing in Wisconsin.

Spurred by Christian activists and far-right Republicans, police in Texas have seized five Sally Mann photographs from a major museum. What happens next could have major implications for provocative art and First Amendment protections.

The Democratic lawmaker perfectly called out Republicans for fearmongering with crime statistics.

The president has made it clear that he’ll bend over backward to benefit the criminal and corrupt—as long as they kiss his ring.

The New Republic’s new senior legal columnist talks with editor Michael Tomasky about how Donald Trump is wrecking the Justice Department.

How is this not a major political scandal already? Hello, Democrats?

Trump 2.0 is following the “Nike rule”: Just do it, and dare the courts to come after them later.

It’s OK for cops to murder innocent people, for husbands to abuse their wives, and for everyone to target trans people.

The miraculously resurrected president promised in his inaugural speech to resurrect a country that was doing quite well without him at the helm.

Senator Gary Peters called out Donald Trump’s pick for homeland security over the data.

Donald Trump has pushed the concept of “migrant crime,” and Noem has been quick to hop on board.