Eight Senate Democrats voted Sunday night to end their party's filibuster that has kept the government shut down for 41 days and counting.

By itself, a Washington, D.C., jury’s acquittal of a 37-year-old man of assault for throwing a sandwich at a Customs and Border Protection officer isn’t particularly troubling; it’s actually a little funny. But placed into a larger pattern of D.C. jury behavior, it is the latest example of an increasingly partisan jury pool excusing Democrats for offenses that would almost […]

The death penalty is a travesty when it is used against anyone. It is called the ultimate penalty for a reason. In the American legal tradition, it is only to be imposed after a careful weighing of evidence and consideration of the appropriateness of taking someone’s life as a punishment for crime. That is why news of the Trump administration’s campaign...

The chair of the BBC is apologizing for the way the broadcaster edited a video of President Trump speaking to a crowd of his supporters on Jan. 6, 2021 in Washington D.C. before the attack on the Capitol that day. Criticisms of the edit, which have led to the resignations of both BBC Director-General Tim...

Tuesday’s elections underscore critical facts for both parties going forward. 

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said President Trump’s proposed dividend of $2,000 a person could come in the form of tax decreases, rather than direct payments. In an interview Sunday on ABC News’s “This Week” with George Stephanopoulos, the Treasury secretary said he has not yet talked to the president about his proposal, but he suggested...

Rep. Ro Khanna (D-Calif.) is calling on Senate Democrats to replace Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) as leader after eight members of the Senate Democratic caucus voted late Sunday to begin the process of reopening the federal government. Khanna, a progressive Democrat who represents Silicon Valley, argued on social media that if Schumer can’t keep his...

As we witness President Trump’s daily attacks on the rule of law, constitutional rights and democracy, I recall an incident from 1964, the year I graduated high school. In the early morning hours of Mar. 13, 28-year-old Kitty Genovese was raped and stabbed to death outside her apartment building in Queens.  The New York Times reported later that nearly 40 people saw or heard the attack but did nothing...

A federal appeals court late Sunday rejected the Trump administration’s bid to halt an order requiring full Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) payments during the government shutdown. The three-judge panel on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 1st Circuit ruled a judge did not abuse his discretion in finding the government’s plan for partial...