The U.S. is the venue of choice for cartels and kleptocrats. Now lawmakers want to use an agency called FinCEN to do something about it.

In his first joint address to Congress, the president spoke out against the forces that threaten democratic values. That may be what defines his legacy.

A bill to expand the Supreme Court to 13 justices seems motivated by political revenge, not sensible judicial reform.

What we already know about the Florida congressman is plenty contemptible and corrosive without having to fall back on pernicious myths about sex trafficking.

Democrats will either make a grand bargain with Republicans or go it alone. Either way, a long-running joke in Washington may finally die.

Biden has only months to enact change, and his legacy will be defined by whether he saved voting rights from Republican assault.

The power to control people’s lives through institutionalized bias, stigma, and violence is key to the Republican project. That’s why they hate the Equality Act.

Five principles that would end the forever wars and foster peace and justice around the world.

Two new tough-guy Democrats hope to topple Lauren Boebert and Marjorie Taylor Greene. But they come with questions.

The Arizona senator is almost single-handedly keeping Democrats from wielding their majority power—and the party may well lose that power as a result.

America wasn’t ready for the pandemic. Reckoning with those mistakes is the only way it won’t be worse the next time.

A teen gives up her college savings to pay her mother’s back rent. A student uses his lunch money to help pay down his classmate’s debt. Let’s stop pretending these stories are heartwarming.

Blue Dogs are selectively anxious about when their policies might benefit the wealthy, and their obsession with means testing is going to leave people out to dry in a crisis.

It’s great news that Biden and Democrats in Congress are going it alone on economic relief. Somehow, fewer Americans might get stimulus checks anyway.

The grocery giant shuttered two stores rather than follow a law requiring a $4 raise during the pandemic.

The Georgia congresswoman doesn’t care about legislating anyway, so why won’t the GOP remove her from committees?

It should be illegal. Even if it isn’t, it’s politically stupid.

The Capitol insurrection was born of a violent minoritarian tradition that is as American as apple pie—and it isn’t done yet.

Democrats in Congress should avoid the temptation to turn the page after Trump’s Senate trial. There’s still too much to investigate.

Much of Congress thinks rules are for other people.