Biden’s lawyers reported the handful of classified documents immediately. Trump hoarded hundreds of classified documents and refused government attempts to retrieve them.

What do Democratic and progressive insiders think about the president’s chances in 2024? I asked them. And yes, I have some thoughts of my own.

The White House’s commitment to filling vacancies on the bench got a big boost when Democrats lucked into an expanded Senate majority.

Last year was the year of legislation. This year is the year of making the changes stick and proving that public investment trumps neoliberalism.

Two years in, how well has Biden kept his 2020 promises on foreign policy?

As a policy, the 2021 expansion was historically successful, cutting child poverty nearly in half. But it died by politics this year. Can it be revived in 2023?

The president has made the most of Democratic control of the Senate.

As the funding that helped turn the tide of the pandemic dries up, a dire burden mounts on the backs of uninsured Americans.

Aviation is a major polluter and has missed most targets for reducing emissions. But this year, thanks to years of pressure, companies and policymakers began to change that.

This was the year the Saudi strongman was supposed to become a pariah. Instead, he’s gotten away with murder.

The best chance to end hostilities in the war-torn nation has fizzled out, leaving proponents of peace to wonder what went wrong.

The Ukrainian president made a point of repeating the word at the White House and in a speech to Congress.

President Joe Biden made the comments to a group of activists in November, as seen in a newly resurfaced video. But administration officials are confirming what he said: The U.S. is not interested in a deal right now.

How Democrats can heed the lessons of 2022 in the year to come

It’s by no means clear that the high court will ultimately spike the administration’s loan forgiveness plan, but it will have a range of opportunities.

The “responsible” position is to hope the Republicans reject Trump in 2024 for the good of the country. But there’s another way of looking at that.

The lawmakers sent a letter asking Biden to take executive action and secure sick days for rail workers.

He didn’t give rail workers paid leave in legislation. But he can still do it through an executive order.

Republicans have talked a good game about breaking up with Trump, but none seem to want to actually do it.

Elon Musk and Matt Taibbi’s flashy revival of Laptopgate hasn’t illuminated much beyond the right’s desperation to salvage something from their October Surprise.