Republican Rep. Jim Jordan and his team couldn’t have been pleased when they saw the headline on an Axios report. “Jim Jordan scrambles amid claims ‘weaponization’ probe is a dud,” it read. As a rule, ...

No matter who Vice President Kamala Harris picked as her 2024 running mate, Donald Trump and his Republican campaign operation was prepared to go after him or her with a vengeance. In fact, it seems ...

Rachel Maddow reports on a freight train derailment in Mount Carbon, West Virginia that caused fiery explosions and sent tanker cars carrying Bakken oil into a nearby river.Feb. 17, 2015 ...

It's called the Gang of Eight. On matters of highly sensitive intelligence, eight congressional leaders -- the top two members from each chamber and the Intelligence Committees -- are supposed to ...

Pruitt might point to the Harvey mine as evidence of coal mining's bright future. But a closer look at the Bailey complex shows it's hardly a shining example of profitable, environmentally friendly ...

As a rule, when politicians tell a story with evolving details, it suggests that that something is amiss. In Montana, for example, Senate hopeful Tim Sheehy, a former Navy SEAL, has told voters that ...

New York Attorney Letitia James on Wednesday announced a lawsuit against former President Donald Trump, his three eldest children — Donald Trump Jr., Eric Trump and Ivanka Trump — and the Trump ...

The New York Times has a powerful, front-page article today on Iraqi chemical weapons from the Saddam Hussein era. It's an impressive piece of investigative journalism from C.J. Chivers -- which the ...

When Donald Trump sits down with Fox News’ Sean Hannity, there’s no great mystery about the larger political context. The host is a close, longtime ally to the former president, so everyone watching ...

Earlier this week, when governors were balking in response to Donald Trump's "total authority" rhetoric, the president thought it'd be a good idea to push back with a cultural reference. He wrote on ...

Americans tend to like investments that improve their local economies, so members of Congress tend to put a lot of effort into directing as many federal funds as possible to their states and districts ...

Within hours of his presidential inauguration, Donald Trump issued roughly 1,500 pardons and commuted the sentences of 14 Jan. 6 criminals — including violent felons who were in prison for assaulting ...