A recent settlement crippled a local code enforcement scheme. It's also a reminder of how local governments leverage petty ...

"Nigger" and other racial epithets were routinely hurled at Douglass. But far more damaging than crude racist attacks were various allegations of sexual depravity, of lying about his life story, of ...

Rep. Thomas Massie (R–Ky.), the libertarian-adjacent lawmaker who clashed with President Donald Trump over spending, tariffs, wars, and the Epstein files, was defeated in Tuesday's primary election by ...

The New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission denied a certificate of no exterior effect to the Penn Central ...

'We Can Raise Taxes on the Wealthy' It's easy to find a politician calling for higher taxes on rich people. In the words of Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D–Mass.), "we can afford to ignore the billionaire ...

The key precedent on this in AP v. Budowich (D.C. Cir. 2025), which upheld the exclusion of the AP from the Oval Office ...

On Tuesday morning, President Donald Trump slammed his own picks for the Supreme Court, condemning them as both cowardly and "highly political." Justices Brett Kavanaugh, Neil Gorsuch, and Amy Coney ...

After a federal judge rejected his attempts at self-glorification, Trump said the building will "end up being ripped down" if he does not get the "recognition" he wants.

Federal employees were paid $9.5 billion not to work during 2025, in large part because of the Trump administration's efforts to shrink the federal workforce and reduce spending. Only one of those ...

"They're raising the rates to make Trump do as bad as they can possibly can do," he continued, referring to himself in the ...

Lawmakers have to show they'll back the national debt with future fiscal surpluses, which means reining in government ...

Even if it doesn't pass, a new report warns that the proposal is based on faulty research and could do vast economic damage.