There’s no clearer picture of a presidency than the people with whom a would-be president chooses to associate.

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.

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.

The takedown of the GOP’s pet informant has been an extremely satisfying spectacle to watch. But it won’t chasten Trump’s minions in the least.

The House Republican’s debt ceiling bill has several nasty surprises for anyone who “backs the blue.”

In an era of hacks and breaches, the game of spy vs. spy has changed.

The shocking indictments against the former head of counterintelligence for the FBI in New York raise many dark questions.

The FBI’s first director built the agency around some of his own worst instincts.

Life at the economy’s bottom-most rung is no fun. When you go holiday shopping, please be patient and kind.

The Paul Pelosi attack was no aberration. Only one party counts violent insurrectionists as a constituency it dare not alienate.

The Barr-appointed special counsel was supposed to reveal “the crime of the century.” All he revealed was his incompetence—and worse.

As he descends into demented rants and his legal team flails in his defense, Republicans have to wonder: Just how radioactive is this all going to get?

While the path to accountability must be pursued, let’s not kid ourselves: Storm and stress await us all.

His run-in with the DOJ may not land him in prison, but it has the potential to sap his political power when he needs it the most.

After the Mar-a-Lago search, Trump’s allies were swift to jump into the breach on behalf of the former president. Beginner’s mistake!

Who will be the last person to die for Donald Trump’s mendacity?

What would make the same paper-shredding-president opt to keep a safe with documents that might incriminate him in federal crimes?

Civil rights leader and commentator Maya Wiley speaks with Michael Tomasky about the FBI raid of Trump’s Florida home, the fallout, and the potential for violence.

Republicans only care about law enforcement when it targets their political enemies.

Conservatives are complaining that the FBI’s search of Mar-a-Lago was an egregious abuse of power. But the former president is just a Florida Man now.