Brendan Nyhan, a professor of government at Dartmouth, says Trump is gaining power at a faster rate than many autocrats abroad did.

Maurice Mitchell, national director of the Working Families Party, argued that aggressive mobilization, particularly at the local level, is critical to weakening Trump.

Trump is very unpopular—and so are the Democrats. But the party can improve its image.

The party out of the White House nearly always gains ground in the House. That’s why Republicans are so desperate to further gerrymander Texas.

Democrats need to understand that social issues are vital to politics and can’t be sidestepped by just talking about economics.

The Trump administration’s moves against colleges are part of its broader antidemocratic campaign against independent institutions and sources of power. Liberals must defend universities to defend democracy.

As the Republican Party further radicalizes, mainstream news organizations are still trying to cover politics as they always have. But alternative news sources are emerging.

In resurfaced video testimony, Jeffrey Epstein was asked if he and Donald Trump ever spent time with young girls.

Donald Trump’s Iran policy flies in the face of evidence from the U.S. intelligence community, but he isn’t letting that stop him.

The AI-generated brutally mocks Donald Trump’s relationship with Elon Musk.

Musk’s social media platform is promoting content that directly helps Donald Trump.

The House speaker says rioters were just taking a walk.

The Lincoln Project co-founder talks with Michael Tomasky about the Supreme Court, inflation, democracy, and anti-Trump messaging.

The leader behind the effort to remove the ex-president from the ballot lays out the constitutional case.

As you might guess, the Democrat whom Santos defeated last November has a lot of thoughts on the saga of the disgraced now ex-congressman.

Everyone says Democratic messaging is bad. This insider knows exactly how bad—and how to fix it.

One of Congress’s leading authorities on A.I. says the federal government needs to be more involved in building guardrails.

The state just completed what may be the most progressive state legislative session ever, anywhere. And 2024 is looking good too.

The California Democratic congressman talks about the new House leadership, the railroad strike—and his vision for reconnecting his party to the working class.