Doug Mataconis
The shooter who killed five people in a factory in Illinois on Friday should not have had a gun to begin with.
Doug Mataconis
The Supreme Court will hear a case dealing with a challenge to the Commerce Department's decision to put a question about citizenship on the 2020 Census.
Doug Mataconis
The ignominious saga of Anthony Weiner appears to have reached its end.
Doug Mataconis
Pope Francis defrocked former Cardinal Theodore McCarrick after decades of allegations of abuse of young boys and seminarians.
Steven L. Taylor
The NYT has a useful classification of previous declarations (which does show the odd nature of Trump's wall declaration).
Doug Mataconis
Saturday Night Live mocked the President's declaration of a 'national emergency," which caused him to lash out on Twitter.
Doug Mataconis
Two new reports identify hundreds of Catholic Priests who have been credibly accused of abusing children over the past decades.
Doug Mataconis
Patrick Caddell, who helped Jimmy Carter win the Democratic nomination and White House in 1976, has died at the age of 68.
Doug Mataconis
Two months after being named, Heather Nauert withdrew her name as U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations due to a 'Nannygate' problem.
Steven L. Taylor
There is a bit of a disjuncture between the terminology and the reality (but that does not excuse Trump's current actions).
Steven L. Taylor
Levitsky and Ziblatt on emergency powers.
Steven L. Taylor
Some thoughts on the current mess.
Doug Mataconis
Faced with a field that could be more crowded than the Republican field in 2016, Democrats have come up with a different solution to the rather obvious problem of debate scheduling.
Doug Mataconis
Supreme Court watcher Jeffrey Toobin speculates that Clarence Thomas could be the next Supreme Court Justice to step aside.
Doug Mataconis
Former Massachusetts Governor Bill Weld is preparing for a primary challenge against Donald Trump. He won't win, but he could still have an impact.
James Joyner
A confidential agreement has ended a collusion suit filed against the National Football League in 2017.
Steven L. Taylor
Happy Friday!
Doug Mataconis
Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg returned to the Supreme Court today and appears to have fully recovered from her December surgery.
Doug Mataconis
President Trump declared a national emergency at the southern border while at the same time undercutting his own case for doing so.
Doug Mataconis
Thanks mostly to political opposition that misrepresented the nature of the deal it had made, Amazon has abandoned plans to locate parts of its new headquarters in New York City.
Doug Mataconis
Walter Jones, a former supporter of the Iraq War who became one of the most prominent anti-war voices in Congress, has passed away at the age of 76. He will be missed.
Doug Mataconis
President Trump's impending decision to declare a national emergency to get funding for his border wall will quickly face serious legal challenges. It may be more vulnerable than the White House suspects.
Doug Mataconis
The President will sign the bill to fund the government and avert another government shutdown, but in doing so he'll also lay the groundwork for another showdown with Congress.
Doug Mataconis
William Barr was easily confirmed as Attorney General in a 54-45 votes that included three Democrats crossing over to support him.
