On Tuesday, Joe Kent, director of the National Counterterrorism Center, became the first senior administration official to resign over the Iran war. He resigned not because the war is a debacle, but ...

The votes are in for Illinois’ Democratic primaries, and they paint a dismal picture about the influence of money in politics. An absurd $92 million was spent on four open-seat House races and an open ...

Republicans are trying to ram through Trump’s latest attack on voting rights. If they have to abolish the filibuster to do it, fine.

A new California law aims to protect workers from silicosis, an incurable lung disease that has killed 29 people in the state and sickened hundreds. Experts say it isn’t enough.

On Live Nation, Paramount–Warner Bros., and more, state attorneys general are becoming the chief antitrust enforcer. Do they have the capacity to keep going?

While the Democratic House primaries have gotten more attention, overlapping situational expenditures have boosted all three main contenders.

Donald Trump waited a couple of weeks before seeking support to fix the mess he created in the Strait of Hormuz.

Though the proverbial “boys” in the neocon’s slogan didn’t go to Baghdad, plenty of real men and women did go to Iraq, good Americans sent to fight in a bad war. Of the 2.5 million Americans who ...

A new California law aims to protect workers from silicosis, an incurable lung disease that has killed 29 people in the state and sickened hundreds. Experts say it isn’t enough.

At this writing, Trump seems torn between wishful denial and serious consideration of exit options. The best option—and it’s not that good—is some kind of deal for a cease-fire, in which the U.S. and ...

Chris Van Hollen and Cory Booker argue that middle-class households are paying too much in federal income taxes.

Yesterday on Capitol Hill, as Democrats and Republicans continued bitterly wrangling over the terms for funding the Department of Homeland Security, and the parties divided over Trump’s catastrophic ...