We have met the enemy—and it might be us? The fundamentals of human nature can make us all the ally of autocrats if we’re not cautious.

A Telegram chat with Young Republicans leaders across the country was as disturbing as it gets.

From Chicago to Portland, James Comey to Letitia James, and so much else—this is no longer America.

The Nobel Committee delivered a sharp message on the global threat to democracy, as it awarded this year’s peace prize to Maria Corina Machado.

Homeland Security Kristi Noem said this with a completely straight face.

Shadow Ticket may be an exercise in restraint. But what is a Pynchon novel without its sense of unruly bigness?

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 network has become a mouthpiece for the Trump administration.

They’ve been very, very busy. So busy.

The president’s federal takeover is unpopular with a majority of residents.

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.

An ideology that failed under Mussolini, Hitler, Franco, and Portugal’s António de Oliveira Salazar gets taken out for another spin.

Donald Trump’s takeover of Washington, D.C., is just a taste of what he really wants.

Ross Barkan’s engrossing, literary analysis of the 2024 election disappoints with its blinkered vision of U.S. politics.

FCC Chair Brendan Carr had a chilling threat for all media critical of Donald Trump.

Only seven Republicans have confirmed they plan to attend Trump’s military parade in Washington, D.C.

It is flagrantly illegal, of course. He’s doing it anyway.

He thinks what’s happening in a small pocket of Los Angeles is “World War III.”