Trump's version of US election law rejected once and for all
The news Tuesday is that the US Supreme Court squarely rejected the fringe legal theory by which far-right activists and supporters of former President Donald Trump hoped to be able to ignore election outcomes.
2023-06-28 05:21
Yevgeny Prigozhin: From Putin's chef to rebel in chief
Wagner leader Yevgeny Prigozhin was a Putin ally before launching a rebellion inside Russia.
2023-06-24 21:25
Amanpour interview: Obama contrasts Titan implosion with migrant deaths at sea
Former President Barack Obama has retreated from the daily news conversation, but he's still clearly plugged in.
2023-06-24 04:55
It's censure and impeachment season again
Americans' competing political realities are colliding fantastically on Capitol Hill this week in a public punishment, an ill-fated impeachment effort and the dissection of another special counsel's report.
2023-06-22 06:15
The Hunter Biden story is far from over
The legal cloud hanging over Hunter Biden, the president's son, may be lifting, but the political cloud resulting from his awkward business arrangements and frequently troubled life are not going anywhere.
2023-06-21 04:16
George Orwell's 1984 returned to Portland library after 65 years
Man returns George Orwell's dystopian novel to library decades late because of its relevance today.
2023-06-16 18:55
While Trump capitalizes, his rivals calculate
As Donald Trump plots his criminal defense in the classified documents case, the GOP candidates looking to block his political redemption are slowly making political calculations.
2023-06-16 12:17
The debate on the American right isn't about classified documents. It's about fear of transgender rights
While much of the country spent the week fixated on a former president and his indictment related to alleged mishandling of classified documents, parts of the American right were more consumed by fear of transgender rights.
2023-06-15 12:23
Support for Black Lives Matter movement has dropped since 2020, report says
The Black Lives Matter movement has lost support among Americans in the past three years, according to a new study released Wednesday by the Pew Research Center.
2023-06-15 04:26
Trump is not a spy. Why is he charged under the Espionage Act?
An emerging defense of former President Donald Trump is that he should not be criminally charged. The federal indictment released on Friday describes him sloppily hoarding classified documents at his private clubs, after all, not selling secrets to a foreign country.
2023-06-14 00:27
Here's what to know about GOP claims of a Biden scandal
Defenders of former President Donald Trump have responded to news of his indictment by the US Department of Justice with deflection: Why is Trump being charged but not President Joe Biden's son Hunter?
2023-06-10 03:29
Donald Trump's criminal cases, explained
Could he still run for president? Why did the adult-film star case move before any of the ones about protecting democracy? How could you possibly find an impartial jury? Here are answers to some of the questions about the indictment of former President Donald Trump.
2023-06-09 23:55