Greg Abbott’s border rhetoric may mostly be an act of political gamesmanship, but he’s treading a very dangerous path.

The administration's escalation of an open-ended conflict with the Houthis has reawakened the long-running debate over who has the power to go to war.

Benjamins are the favorite currency of criminals and almost no one else—and there’s no good reason to go on printing them.

Conservative organizations want Republican lawmakers to block reauthorization of the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief, falsely claiming that it serves as a “slush fund” for abortion.

At oral arguments, Chief Justice John Roberts emerged as the likely deciding vote in a case that will determine whether unelected judges take control of the administrative state.

The pundit class has finally found a section of the Constitution they can’t abide. By coincidence, it’s the part that’s designed to protect the nation from an insurrectionist.

If the courts decide that insurrection merits immunity, and Trump wins back the presidency, what might he feel emboldened to do in term two?

With 274 homicides, 2023 was the deadliest year in Washington, D.C., in more than two decades.

Some take a dim view of using the Constitution to disqualify the former president, saying only the voters have the right to decide. There are some big holes in their argument.

The former South Carolina governor seems to have forgotten that she’s running against the former president.

The Pine Tree State joins Colorado in disqualifying the former president from seeking office—a decision that will likely force the Supreme Court to settle the matter.

A new CNN report shines a light on the idiocy and cynicism of the president’s inner circle as they tried to pull off their madcap scheme to remain in power.

The special prosecutor is the subject of fresh and unfounded allegations from some veteran right-wing conspiracymongers.

The key figure in a second Trump term won't be the former president—it will be the master of the dark arts seated at his side.

The South Carolina senator frets that Colorado Supreme Court’s ruling may have a “chilling” effect on future despots.

The Satanic Temple is helping students form after-school clubs, and parents are furious—but they’re blaming the wrong people.

Governor Greg Abbott signed a bill this week declaring that the state will enforce federal immigration laws within its own borders. Even the Supreme Court may find that to be a bridge too far.

Critics of the court’s ruling are breezily dismissing the notion there should be any legal accountability for Trump’s actions on January 6.

The state’s Supreme Court is blocking him from the ballot, and the party that tried to overturn the 2020 election is simply outraged.

The Colorado Supreme Court made the right decision in disqualifying Trump from office. Now, how about those other insurrectionists in Congress?