The situation is an opportunity for the speaker to bolster his credibility with the right, but he has limited tools to combat ...

In Trump’s “America First” calculus, we don’t need friends — because we can get what we want through threats and punishments.

The Supreme Court has been whittling away the VRA’s legal protections for years. Now it's poised to reconsider one of the act ...

More than half of US states ban the discredited and harmful practice of conversion therapy for gay people. But former ...

Law firms, universities, judges--they're all bowing to Trump's threats, even though they're almost surely illegal and his ...

Education, once a shared public good, is increasingly becoming a battleground. And at the center of it is a Supreme Court ...

For more than 60 years, the White House Rose Garden has showcased the prestige of the presidency. With Trump's patio overhaul ...

Both Texas Republicans and Democrats are ratcheting up their rhetoric over proposed US House maps that could give the GOP five more seats. But the action in Austin is stalled for now. Most Democrats w ...

The Supreme Court may extinguish a law that more than any other made the promise of American democracy a reality.

Sixty years after the Voting Rights Act became a landmark law against racial discrimination, legal challenges heading to the ...

U.S. President Donald Trump isn't hiding that the push to redraw electoral boundaries in Texas is all about helping the ...

Jair Bolsonaro placed under house arrest by Brazil's Supreme Court after addressing supporters at Rio protest, violating ...