When the United States Bill of Rights — the first ten amendments to the U.S. Constitution — were ratified in Philadelphia in 1791, the Founding Fathers created a system of checks and balances that were designed as safeguards against authoritarianism. But according to legal scholars interviewed by th…

A little over five months from now, U.S. voters will decide control of Congress. President Donald Trump isn’t literally on the ballot, yet a wide range of 2026 midterms elections — from the U.S. Senate and the U.S. House of Representatives to governor’s offices to state legislatures — will become re…

Well, the much-ballyhooed autopsy on the 2024 election has arrived from Democratic National Committee’s headquarters, and it is a shame it didn’t stay buried in a trashcan in one of their offices deep inside the Beltway, and as far away from real people as possible. Before moving on just as quickly …

President Donald Trump’s tariffs are wrecking America’s economy, a conservative wrote on Sunday — and it is doing so in the way he said they would help.“Trump’s trade wars have jeopardized the jobs of the hundreds of Americans whom Weyco actually does employ, in those twenty-first-century jobs that …

President Donald Trump seems indifferent to public opinion, according to one political analyst — and that poses a grave threat to the future of democracy.“His approval rating has plunged into the 30s, and he doesn’t seem to care,” MS NOW’s Paul Waldman wrote on Sunday. “Americans think the economy i…

President Donald Trump is trying to become an American Caesar, argued one of President George W. Bush’s advisers in a recent Substack post — but returning to America’s core ideals can stop him.In his Sunday argument, Steve Schmidt ventured back 90 years to 1936, when President Franklin D. Roosevelt …

Or perhaps blackmailing him?

President Donald Trump is facing heated criticism for engaging in over 3,600 stock trades during the first quarter of 2026 — but a powerful senator is arguing that Trump’s actions are merely an egregious symptom of a much more systemic problem.“Over 80 percent of Americans believe that their elected…

President Donald Trump’s supporters defy objective reality on key issues, according to a political analyst — and the consequences of their ignorance on those matters is desire for America.“Recent polls, however, show that substantial numbers of Republican voters simply don’t believe these statements…

Lawyers are notorious for disagreeing with each other on a wide range of issues, but a surprisingly large majority share one view — President Donald Trump’s behavior during his second term poses a grave threat to American law and order.“At the lower-court level, judges have repeatedly ruled in ways …