Trump will become truly frightening if he moves beyond name-calling and starts abusing the powers of the state.

What the Pyeongchang Olympics tell us about political theater in the era of Trump and Kim

A climate-denying coal lobbyist is close to becoming the agency's deputy administrator. Why aren't Senate Democrats sounding the alarm?

He could approve its release or block it. Either outcome will sting him.

The Dow's recent woes are a lesson for a president who has claimed credit for its historic successes.

The bureau's history of abuses shows what could happen if Trump's campaign against it succeeds.

A conversation with historian Elizabeth Catte, author of a new book that upends narratives about a region that has been dubbed Trump Country

The president and the Pentagon have different national-security doctrines, but they've found a dangerous common ground.

As her campaign against Wells Fargo shows, success on Capitol Hill can't always be measured through a legislative scorecard.

Despite his fear-mongering over crime, the president recently promised to help ex-prisoners "get a second chance at life." Can he deliver?

The president is attacking one of the government's most conservative institutions—and the Republicans have his back.

By approving the release of the Nunes memo, the president undermined his own defense against allegations in the Russia investigation.

The water crisis facing the drought-stricken South Africa city is only a preview of things to come—even in the United States.