Category: North America

America’s institutions are so poorly designed that, should we ever muster the political will, we could pluck a great deal of low-hanging fruit. Gerrymandering is […]

President Donald Trump has been on a lot of late-night posting sprees lately, and one of his biographers thinks it shows the president is spiraling […]

A media expert warned CBS chief Bari Weiss on Tuesday night that she just set off an “underwater earthquake” at her network by showing veteran […]

President Donald Trump has a long history of naming things after himself, including Trump Tower, the Trump National Golf Club, the Trump Taj Mahal casino, […]

This story was originally published by ProPublica. Marianna Mitchem grew up in the Denver suburbs, where she played high school soccer. One day in April […]

The Trump administration seems to operate on two principles. The administration seems to believe that the American people are not paying attention and are stupid. […]

The defeat of Viktor Orbán wasn’t primarily driven by anger over the dismantling of liberal democracy. But the new government could serve as a positive […]

The Opposition Report comes out once a month. Chance Phillips summarizes what has happened in the news since the previous Report. Most news summaries are […]

I am very excited to announce a new look and feel for the website. This was high on the list of things we wanted to […]

As protests inside and outside of Newark’s Delaney Hall continue into their second week, federal, state, and local officials are vying over the future of […]

A GOP Senate candidate’s divorce took a recent, unexpected turn as he squares off for a critical midterm race. Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton‘s divorce […]

DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin refused Tuesday to commit to following federal court orders, telling senators he reserves the right to disregard rulings he considers politically […]

The state GOP’s latest aggression against Black lawmakers and Black Tennesseans is a bold escalation — but this didn’t come out of nowhere. In fact, […]

The following story is co-published with Matt Bivens’ Substack newsletter, The 100 Days. Two weeks ago, a series of repeated Ukrainian drone attacks blasted apart a […]

Three days before Christmas in 2025, when the American people were busy with the holidays, the president announced that he was seeking money from Congress […]

President Donald Trump has named William “Bill” Pulte, the current head of the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), as the next acting Director of National […]

Texas Children’s Hospital in Houston has to create a detransition clinic for transgender patients by this summer and keep a list of “potential” gender affirming […]

President Donald Trump’s announcement Tuesday that Bill Pulte will serve as acting Director of National Intelligence—taking over the post from the embattled Tulsi Gabbard—makes a […]

During this year’s Republican Senate primary campaign in Texas, the National Republican Senatorial Campaign distributed one of the most devastating campaign advertisements ever made. This […]