#US Politics

A Supreme Court ruling bans race in redistricting. But new political science research shows race is actually a more reliable predictor of voting than party—making "race-neutral" gerrymandering a statistical fiction.

Marco Rubio invoked the immigrant American Dream in a viral clip — overlaid with Trump's image. Is this what post-Trump conservatism looks like, or just clever rebranding?

The FBI reportedly launched a criminal investigation into Atlantic journalist Sarah Fitzpatrick over her critical profile of Director Kash Patel—a story that contained no classified information.

Trump's Iran war has hit the 60-day War Powers Resolution deadline. Congress was supposed to act. It didn't. What happens when the rules everyone agreed on simply stop working?

Trump withdrew Casey Means's surgeon general nomination, signaling the limits of the MAHA movement. What happens when wellness culture tries to become public health policy?

JD Vance called The Atlantic's reporting false, then immediately confirmed its substance. His Iran war tightrope reveals the impossible geometry of loyalty politics in the Trump era.

The Supreme Court's 6-3 ruling in Louisiana v. Callais rewrites how Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act applies to redistricting—with major consequences for minority representation and the 2026 midterms.

The Trump administration has gutted the DOJ's Voting Section, pushing out two dozen experienced lawyers and replacing them with loyalists. With 2026 midterms approaching, what does this mean for American democracy?

Trump's inner circle reveals he now sees himself not as Washington or Lincoln, but as a peer of Alexander, Caesar, and Napoleon. This psychological shift is reshaping his second term—and the world.

A gunman attacked a Secret Service checkpoint at the White House Correspondents' Dinner. Trump's first public reaction wasn't about security. It was about his $400M ballroom project.

Hours after an armed suspect attempted to breach the White House Correspondents Dinner, Trump used the security scare to publicly defend his White House ballroom project. What does that tell us?

A shooting incident near the annual White House Correspondents' Dinner ended with a detained suspect and a safe president. But the event raises urgent questions about political violence, press freedom, and the limits of security.