The growth of alt-right activist groups and the state’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic are two factors that help explain…
President Donald Trump has said that free speech matters to him. But his record during his second presidential term doesn’t…
Visual content, including manipulated images, is a staple of propaganda and political messaging. AI analysis shows that…
Some Department of Justice attorneys have recently been fired or have resigned, refusing to follow directives from the Trump…
Under the guise of efficiency and fraud prevention, the federal government is breaking down data silos to collect and aggregate…
America’s marine protected areas help fish populations thrive. Trump’s plan to open them to industrial fishing may ultimately…
Habeas corpus – a Latin phrase meaning ‘you shall have the body’ – protects any person, whether citizen or not,…
Effective Republican organizing and intraparty divisions among Democrats solidified GOP political dominance until the 1930s.
The Trump administration wants to abolish FEMA and hand disaster recovery over to states. But local officials are best positioned…
A study of US state legislators found that posting misinformation online was a winning strategy for boosting a politician’s…
The Trump administration says it can deport noncitizen students that create foreign security threats. The Supreme Court…
‘It’s one big show of contempt for the court,’ says a former federal judge about the Trump administration’s handling…
Mayors from the Democratic Party aren’t making cities any more – or less – dangerous than mayors from the Republican…
At first glance it might seem contradictory that restricting some speech can preserve free speech, but research shows that…
Judge James Boasberg’s order stops short of holding any government officials in contempt, but leaves open the possibility…
The length of Booker’s speech grabbed headlines, but the senator’s media strategy helped sustain attention afterward…
Burn it all down? For some Americans who feel they’ve lost social status, that’s exactly what they want DOGE to do.
After a group of employers refused to provide their employees access to free HIV prevention treatment, the Supreme Court…
President Donald Trump’s second term and the Supreme Court’s conservative activism have lit a fire in Republicans, who…
The 1952 Immigration and Nationality Act gives ICE broad power, including the right to arrest many noncitizens. The extent…