In his new book, 'Courage in the People's House,' Rep. Joe Neguse profiles nine trailblazing former members of Congress, including Shirley Chisholm, Margaret Chase Smith, Oscar Stanton De Priest, and ...

Donald Trump's idea of putting migrants into a ring to fight for Americans’ entertainment is, among other things, new. By Steve Benen A couple of weeks ago, Donald Trump told a long and rambling ...

Former Manhattan DA Cy Vance on the Trump case brought by Fulton County DA Fani Willis: “The RICO statue that she’s used is powerful and she’s using it, I believe, to good effect. The consequences of ...

The White House is planning to announce a new "major" sanctions package against Russia in response to the death of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny.Feb. 20, 2024 ...

President Biden signed the bipartisan debt ceiling bill into law ahead of the deadline. The Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023 suspends the public debt limit through January 1, 2025, after the 2024 ...

The Supreme Court exercises power not only in how it decides cases but in which cases it chooses to decide. We were reminded of this reality by a new dissent from Justice Sonia Sotomayor, joined by ...

Even casual Supreme Court watchers understand that some of the court’s most important work these days is done on the shadow docket. Also known as the emergency docket, it refers to the relatively ...

Columbia University is warning that the pro-Palestinian encampment vacate by 2PM Eastern or the students risk facing suspension. Columbia University professor Bruce Robbins said that "almost all of ...

A D.C. appeals court weighed in on the legal fight between special prosecutor Jack Smith and Twitter, over Donald Trump’s social media feed. Ken Dilanian explains what happened and how it plays into ...

Steve Kornacki, MSNBC national political correspondent, talks with Alex Wagner about how Republicans who won congressional elections in districts that also voted for Joe Biden are figuring out how to ...

Putin thought his invasion of Ukraine would be over in a matter of days. Instead, fierce Ukrainian resistance and logistical nightmares for Russia turned it into a war of attrition. Putin went to his ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s recent focus on the U.S. Naval Academy has largely been limited to the institution’s on-campus library, and his desire to remove hundreds of books that the ...