Politics, Corruption & Criminality

A poorly trained, gun-happy immigration agent kills someone. The administration alleges, without evidence, that the victim was responsible.

An afternoon in East Berlin became the lens through which today's America suddenly makes terrifying sense.

Because seven justices determined that the EPA’s label is the ceiling of your rights, and the market immediately calculated what that means for corporate liability.

The pattern is becoming impossible to miss: the hidden report, the voter-roll purges, the gerrymanders, and Postal Service changes targeting mail ballots in Democratic states.

A conservative Italian newspaper used the blunt type of word American journalists keep avoiding, and exposed how far our press will go to normalize the abnormal.

Americans might expect both sides to put forward their best, brightest and most electorally compelling candidates to try to win. But thanks to polarization and negative partisanship, it isn’t always so.

For half a century, the evidence surfaced after the GOP winners took office. This election may be the first where the public sees it beforehand.

Stephen Miller isn’t simply an immigration hardliner. He is an extremist whose political philosophy is fundamentally hostile to constitutional restraint.

History leaves behind a pattern: attack the courts, discredit elections, intimidate opponents, rewrite the rules, and cling to power at any cost. The question is whether America recognizes it in time.

There is a popular view that this is a pointless war, being fought for nothing. But that is wrong—there is a purpose. Actually, there are several. You’re just never told what they are.

Donald Trump grew his stock holdings this year to as much as $1.64 million in tobacco giant Philip Morris.

To have our food system and government in the hands of a German, agrochemical conglomerate is a national security threat.

From Citizens United to Trump-era oligarchy, the billionaire takeover of American politics seemed unstoppable. Then Hawaii found a way to strike at the heart of the system.

White nationalism, anti-immigrant fear mongering, and open racism are reviving the politics that once tore America apart.

Possibly the only thing missing from Pete Hegseth's visit to Normandy was a white hood and robe. His white supremacist message certainly warranted it.

It is hard to say what Trump hates the most. But mail-in voting is right up there.