Politics

President Donald Trump invokes the Home Rule Act to take over Washington, D.C.’s police department and deploy the National Guard, citing a “crime emergency” that officials say does not exist. Critics call the move an unlawful power grab with authoritarian overtones.

Nuclear Weapons, Climate Change, and the Prospects for Survival

Republicans passed tax cuts — then profited

A handy new pamphlet counts the president's lies and attacks on the working people he duped into supporting him.

The Biden administration on Tuesday faced pressure from environmentalists to adhere to a judge's decision blocking a massive oil and gas lease sale in the Gulf of Mexico, site of the Deepwater Horizon spill.

It’s not social spending that’s causing the federal deficit to soar. It’s Republican tax cuts, especially on corporations and the wealthy.

Donald Trump, the candidate we dubbed the ‘King of Whoppers’ in 2015, has held true to form as president.

The more relevant political battle lines will continue to shift to our states and cities, where the real struggle for power lies.

"It is time to admit the criminalization of marijuana was a disaster, especially for communities of color, and allow those most impacted to move forward with their lives."

Trump figures that at some point the murk will seem too complicated and too partisan. Could he get away with it?