His conviction on 34 felony counts is powerful new information, and we should hold institutional Democrats responsible if they don’t use it—ruthlessly and effectively.

Yes, the former president is now a “convicted felon.” But does that change anything?

Donald Trump’s allies are quietly laying the groundwork to get him to restrict access to contraception if he wins. A top health care reporter explains why it just might work.

The Supreme Court justice’s flag controversy should come as no surprise to anyone who paid attention to his nomination hearings in 2006.

Plutocrats like Jamie Dimon would have you believe they’re leaning toward Trump because of inflation or immigration or antisemitism, but they’re all full of it.

A legal scholar explains why Aileen Cannon’s latest pro-Trump decision might not help him in the long run—and why he may still face more criminal trials before the election than expected.

With Fox helping Donald Trump suggest an FBI assassination plot was directed at him, veteran media reporter Brian Stelter explains how his bullying of the media would get worse in a second term.

His posting of a video of a man cursing at Joe Scarborough sends a broader message: If elected, he’ll use state power to come after countless other Americans.

Say it again and again: “convicted felon Donald Trump.”

The GOP pulled “October surprises” in 1968 and 1980. Intel agencies fear this year’s version could trample democracy—and start a world war, besides.

Polls this far out from the election are notoriously unreliable. But the outcome of Trump’s hush-money trial and the first presidential debate could help shift public opinion.

Joe Biden’s real opponent isn’t inflation or Gaza or even Trump himself. It’s nostalgia bias vs. negativity bias.

Not only is election denialism antidemocratic. It’s expensive—it cost at least half a billion dollars after 2020. The solution? Make the denialists pay. Here’s how.

Donald Trump is now claiming Vladimir Putin will free reporter Evan Gershkovich only if he wins. An expert in foreign relations explains why this is a bad omen for a second Trump term.

Trump polls very well with voters without college degrees. But organized labor polls well with even more voters. Make a move, Democrats.

He’s leading Biden in the polls and catching up in fundraising. So why can’t Trump find a good running mate?

Yes, the campaign took down the “Unified Reich” video. Meanwhile, Trump and his allies are aggressively seeding the discourse with fascistic language that’s much, much worse.

With Donald Trump now claiming the FBI supposedly targeted him with lethal force, an expert in fascism explains how Big Lies like these serve his authoritarian aspirations.

Media narratives about how abortion will help or hurt each candidate ignore a simple truth.

The right-wing uberrich think they’re stopping “communism.” What they’re abetting is an extremism that will one day come for them.