Trump Administration Announces Legally Dubious Crackdown on Asylum-Seekers
A family from Cuba wait at a Texas port of entry in July. The Trump administration will force some or all asylum-seekers to go ports of entry, despite what are already weeks-long waits. Carol Guzy/ZUMA Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. The election is over and Jeff Sessions is gone, but…
This May Be the Most Horrifying Surgery Story You’ve Ever Heard
Getty Images Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. The pain from the pinched nerve in the back of Jeff Glidewell’s neck had become unbearable. Every time he’d turn his head a certain way, or drive over bumps in the road, he felt as if jolts of electricity were running through his…
The Most Extreme Wing of the House GOP Just Got More Powerful
Members of the House Freedom Caucus, (L-R) Rep. Justin Amash (R-MI), Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) and Chairman Mark Meadows (R-NC) participate in a Politico Playbook Breakfast interview in Washington, DC.Mark Wilson/Getty Images Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. For the first time in eight years, the House of Representatives has turned…
Republicans Tighten Their Grip on Farm Country
Supporters celebrate as they await the victory speech of Mike Braun, who defeated a Democratic incumbent in a race to represent Indiana in the US Senate, Nov. 6, 2018. Darron Cummings/Associated Press Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. In Tuesday’s midterm elections, President Donald Trump and his Republican Party largely tightened…
Trump Is “Acting Like A Mob Boss.” How Far Is He Really Willing to Go?
Susan Walsh/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. It happened: The Attorney General of the United States has been forced out. The resignation letter of Jefferson Beauregard Sessions III hit the internet on Wednesday morning—even as votes continue to be counted in an election that handed the House back to Democrats for the first…
Subpoenas Are Coming. Trump Is Lashing Out. Will the Media Do Its Job?
Paul J. Richards/AFP/Getty Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. One of the unseen rituals of journalism each election night is the Hail Mary prewrite—the story you prepare for an election outcome that you don’t expect but must prepare for anyway. In November 2016, it was the “Trump wins” story, and no…