WASHINGTON — “Abolish ICE.” Democratic lawmakers and candidates for office around the country increasingly are returning to the phrase, popularized during the first Trump administration, as they react to this…
Read more ‘Abolish ICE’ messaging is back. Is it any more likely this time?The Senate on Thursday rejected legislation to extend Affordable Care Act tax credits, essentially guaranteeing that millions of Americans will see a steep rise in costs at the…
Read more Senate rejects extension of health care subsidies as costs are set to rise for millions of AmericansFive months after joining the U.S. Senate, Adam Schiff delivered a floor speech on what he called “the top 10 deals for Donald Trump and the worst deals…
Read more In first year in Senate, Schiff pushes legislation, party message and challenges to TrumpIn the days and weeks after the 2020 election, partisans across the country used lies and deceit to try to defraud the American people and steal the White…
Read more Commentary: Justice has no expiration date. That’s why 2020 election fraud still mattersWASHINGTON — President Trump rocked American politics at the outset of his first campaign when he first labeled his rivals as enemies of the American people. But the rhetoric of…
Read more Stephen Miller leads GOP charge equating Democrats to ‘domestic terrorists’As the Senate meets Friday for another vote to reopen the federal government, Democrats are refusing to yield without a deal from President Donald Trump — likely extending…
Read more Government shutdown threatens to drag on through weekend with lawmakers deadlockedAtty. Gen. Pam Bondi’s decision to appoint an “emergency police commissioner” in Washington is just the latest attempt to change an increasingly uncomfortable subject for the White House.…
Read more Column: Trump’s D.C. takeover is a desperate distraction from Epstein filesIt’s January 21, 2025, the first full day of the second Trump administration. Members of a right-wing paramilitary group, deputized by the president to patrol the border, have…
Read more War-Gaming for DemocracyAs President Joe Biden prepares to deliver his State of the Union address tonight, his pathways to reelection are narrowing. His best remaining option, despite all of the…
Read more Can Biden Begin a Reset Tonight?What was the worst moment for the American economy in the past half century? You might think it was the last wheezing months of the 1970s, when oil…
Read more The Grumpy EconomySign up for The Decision, a newsletter featuring our 2024 election coverage. Updated at 4:40 p.m. ET on January 16, 2024 Even before the caucus began, Matt Wells…
Read more Ron DeSantis’s Cold, Hard RealityThis article was featured in the One Story to Read Today newsletter. Sign up for it here. Political partisans are always dreaming of final victories. Each election raises…
Read more What Does the Working Class Really Want?Almost as soon as Donald Trump took office in 2017, agents from Immigration and Customs Enforcement were dispatched across the country to round up as many undocumented foreigners…
Read more The Specter of Family Separation“I made history, didn’t I?” Kevin McCarthy was saying Tuesday night, a few hours after he in fact did, by becoming the first speaker of the House to…
Read more Kevin McCarthy Got What He WantedThis article was featured in One Story to Read Today, a newsletter in which our editors recommend a single must-read from The Atlantic, Monday through Friday. Sign up…
Read more The PatriotNo one wants to appear before a judge as a criminal defendant. But court is a particularly inhospitable place for Donald Trump, who conceptualizes the value of truth…
Read more The Courtroom Is a Very Unhappy Place for Donald Trump
