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Texas Rep. Henry Cuellar’s household has allegedly been up to no good.

In Bush’s naïveté about the magic of elections, he ignored a crucial point about democracy.

In Bush’s naïveté about the magic of elections, he ignored a crucial point about democracy.

“Wilhoit’s Law” was coined by a different Frank Wilhoit....

Donald Trump’s lawyers finally filed their long-promised request for recusal on Monday afternoon, asking U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan to disqualify herself from the former president’s Jan. 6 case. Trump faces criminal charges in the District of Columbia for his alleged role in the insurrection, and Chutkan, a Barack...

On Tuesday, it was reported that North Carolina Supreme Court Justice Anita Earls could be ousted from her seat for judicial ethics violations. Did she fail to disclose gifts from a billionaire benefactor on whose cases she was ruling? No. Maybe she’d gone on luxury vacations across the globe paid for by some of the richest...

According to Vox, the judge who listened to Meadows’ argument on Monday “appeared skeptical.” There are many problems with the case, but part of the gist is that White House employees are prohibited by law from attempting to influence the outcome of elections, and Meadows can be shown to have known that. As such, one of...

It's a real rogues’ gallery.

The goal of Death Star is simple. The deeply conservative Texas Legislature wants to effectively deny cities—the state’s large Democratic-leaning cities, Houston, San Antonio, and Austin in particular—the ability to pass local laws and regulations in eight major policy areas: agriculture, business and commerce, finance,...

Marie Gluesenkamp Pérez is nothing like her backers expected.

I thought the ADHD meds shortage was more than awful enough on its own, but holy crap this is horrifying....