Will one elected Republican—one—say we need to respect the legal process?

House Republicans’ farm bill includes a provision reversing a California law promoting more humane housing conditions for livestock. Opponents say the law infringes on other states’ prerogatives.

Ever heard of the “mudsill theory”? Well, it goes back to the slaveholding South. And it explains a lot.

The House GOP’s farm bill would change how SNAP benefits are evaluated, and Democrats are furious.

The billionaires who own the GOP are now actively promoting the same sort of revisionist history the Confederacy did. That did not go very well.

Their extreme proposals are in open defiance of voters’ wishes.

It can happen here. And if it does, here is what might become of the country.

Nixon sabotaged Vietnam peace talks. Reagan asked Iran to hold the hostages. We never know about these things until years later. So: What will Trump do?

You should be keeping an eye on the “bird flu”—and on the Republicans who want to slice and dice the CDC budget.

The Pelican State joins Texas and Florida in a race to the bottom to see who can stick it to workers the worst.

The House speaker’s comments wrecked one of the far right’s most ridiculous, reprehensible tropes.

A former CIA officer explains how a vast, pro-Putin corruption network uncovered in Europe is a warning sign for the U.S.

The two top lawmakers in the Lone Star State are pursuing personal vendettas against fellow Republicans—and leading their party into the fringes.

Jim “Mattress Mack” McIngvale likes making viral videos and huge bets on Houston sports teams. He’s also spending big to push the state even further right.

News articles periodically claim the GOP is ready to fight global warming. Nope!

There was a lot of palaver about how courageous and patriotic they all are. But if you listened closely, there were also admissions that the way forward is very murky.

Despite his role in delivering many of the GOP’s most consequential victories, the Kentucky senator is considered by some of his colleagues to be an unbearable moderate. What gives?

The Alabama decision revealed the full implications of “fetal personhood,” and Democrats are taking the fight to the states where they can win it.

Sure, Donald Trump was the star. But the real story was the global coalition preparing to cast the world into darkness that is Steve Bannon’s brainchild.

What the politics of Bamberg County reveal about the former South Carolina governor’s struggles against Trump