On this year’s Martin Luther King Jr. holiday, a group of demonstrators drove onto the...

The Speaker has mostly kept her caucus together—but Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is following a different playbook.

Despite their differences over Syria, Russian President Vladimir Putin and U.S. President Barack Obama share a toast during a luncheon at the U.N. General Assembly.

In early 2015, the owner of a small tech company showed up at Trump Tower to collect $50,000 for helping Michael Cohen try to rig online polls in Donald Trump’s favor before the presidential campai...

Pope Francis called Donald Trump’s plan to build a wall on the U.S.-Mexican border “not Christian.” His campaign responded: Doesn’t Vatican City have walls?

‘The Butter Battle Book’ spoke powerfully against the hacks behind the military-industrial complex — and for that, was pilloried.

The president apparently didn’t like what he watched during a long flight to Britain. Investors yawned after his call for action.

New York prosecutors were preparing a case. Then the D.A. overruled his staff after a visit from a top donor: Trump attorney Marc Kasowitz. 

The Columbia Law School chapter of the Federalist Society is a tight-knit group of law students interested in the structure of government and modes of statutory and constitutional interpretation.

The November 1992 tape in the NBC archives shows Trump with Epstein more than a decade before Epstein pleaded guilty to felony prostitution charges in Florida.

Even people who have recovered from COVID-19 are urged to get vaccinated, and a new study shows survivors who ignored that advice had twice the risk of getting reinfected.

In Shut It Down Fithian shares historic, behind-the-scenes stories from some of the most important people-powered movements of the past several decades.

Win McNameeAs rioters roamed about the Senate floor on January 6, a clutch of fellow insurrectionists stood at a lawmaker’s desk, rifling through a binder filled with official documents.A man wearing...

The president broke a period of silence by issuing a proclamation to fly the flag of the United States at half-staff until the day of John McCain’s interment.

President Trump missed his chance to show that he could rise to the moment in the final chapter of his presidency and meet the defining challenge of his tenure.

On February 24, Newsweek broke what may be the biggest story of the Iraq crisis. In a revelation that "raises questions about whether the WMD [weapons of mass destruction] stockpiles attributed to...

David DePape’s life was unstable when he embraced Gamergate and far-right conspiracy theories. He is now accused of breaking into Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s home and assaulting her husband.

Israel Katz: “I've instructed the immediate recall of Israel’s ambassadors... in light of these countries' decisions to recognize a Palestinian state."

Elizabeth Holmes said she went directly to The Wall Street Journal’s owner—Rupert Murdoch—as part of her effort to quash the Journal’s reporting on Theranos. On Sept. 8, 2015—about a month before The...

Mitch McConnell, the “grim reaper,” has made the Senate the place where legislation goes to die, so the chances that the chamber blocks President Trump’s tariffs on Mexico are slim.

Ted Cruz on Tuesday unloaded on Donald Trump, accusing him during a news conference of being a “pathological liar,” “utterly amoral,” “a narcissist at a level I don’t think this country’s ever seen”...

I recently got some blackout curtains for my bedroom. This was pretty long overdue: about thirty feet from my bedroom window is a cheerfully bright, energy-efficient street lamp, which—while great...

Newt's 2nd wife says he wanted an open marriage. This 1984 Mother Jones' profile was the first to expose Gingrich's wild side.

A political history of the year 1968, a tumultuous year that left a lasting mark on the generation that came of age in the 1960s. Written, produced and directed…

The families are furious that former President Donald J. Trump once blamed Saudi Arabia for the terrorist attacks, but is now allowing his golf course to be used for its LIV Golf event.

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