Not a single Republican lawmaker seems willing to criticize Trump’s nomination of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. for HHS secretary. No ...

Historically, presidential Cabinet picks are background-checked by the FBI—but Donald Trump’s administration has instead ...

Senate Democrats are rushing to confirm Biden’s final nominees for federal judge positions, before the party loses the chamber majority and Donald Trump returns to office in January. There are ...

An interview with writer Nina Burleigh, author of a new piece about Trump's intentions, about why his choices of Matt Gaetz ...

The elevation of Elon Musk to a key role suggests that right-wing elites are set to embark on a spree of sordid self-dealing.

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The party has followed its affection for Beltway institutions and their stodgy norms to its logical endpoint—getting locked ...

The president-elect is contemplating taking up never-before-used presidential powers to create a separation of powers crisis ...

In the aftermath of a hurricane, the residents of western North Carolina are coming to terms with a new reality.