Politics

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem will not recommend invoking the Insurrection Act in a memo the Pentagon and the Department of Homeland Security are preparing...

President Donald Trump has replaced the acting IRS commissioner just days after he appointed him. The new acting head is Deputy Treasury Secretary Michael Faulkender, according to a statement on...

Sen. Chris Van Hollen on Friday detailed his recent meeting with Kilmar Abrego Garcia, saying the Maryland man wrongfully deported to El Salvador described being “traumatized” by his time at...

The House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform is investigating how Harvard University uses taxpayer money as the school faces scrutiny on civil rights issues like antisemitism. Committee Chairman James...

Lisa Murkowski, Alaska’s longtime U.S. senator, was home from Washington this week, touching base. As part of her rounds, the Republican lawmaker appeared in Anchorage before an annual meeting of...

It had been a tough week for democracy when I got Senator Adam Schiff on the phone. Donald Trump—who has spent the first three months of his presidency decimating the...

A new investigation tracking the current state of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) at colleges and universities from conservative nonprofit Defending Education found that there are still 383 “currently active”...

Ford Motor has halted shipments of its SUVs, pick-up trucks and sports cars to China in the wake of President Trump’s tariffs, the Wall Street Journal reported Friday, citing people familiar...

For 18 years as an FBI agent, Brian Driscoll had gone about his business quietly, even when that business was plenty dramatic, such as participating in hostage-rescue missions everywhere from...

One of the most important insights of public policy is the understanding that most laws are predicated upon a (stated or unstated) quid pro quo. Take, for example, the roiling...