As long as sex crimes might justify rumormongering about a political rival, or a smear campaign against a marginalized group, ...
Last night’s Senate deal to end the government shutdown—which brought together Republican senators and seven Democrats, plus ...
S ince his return to office, President Donald Trump has missed few chances to flex the power he wields over the nation’s most ...
Are the Epstein files suddenly real? Or are some of them real (and vindicating) and some of them fake (and incriminating)?
A group of state governments and businesses—selling toys, wine, plumbing supplies, bicycle saddles, and other goods—argued ...
The Trump administration is trying to treat its extrajudicial killings at sea as routine, even as more concerns emerge from ...

The Mafia Presidency

This is not how a representative government works. It is how the Mafia works.
No one is tracking the total number of animals used across U.S. labs.

Why I Am Resigning

I n 1985, President Ronald Reagan appointed me as a federal judge. I was 38 years old. At the time, I looked forward to ...
For a president who wants to project vigor and command at all times, Donald Trump made the worst possible spectacle of himself in the Oval Office last Thursday.

The Third Red Scare

The Trump administration is cracking down on Americans’ freedom of speech with a new viciousness, but the First Amendment won ...
Since last month’s cease-fire, Gaza has been divided by a yellow line splitting Hamas-controlled Gaza to the west from ...