In June, Texas Republicans announced a plan to redraw the state’s congressional districts. The goal was clear: flip as many as five Democratic-held seats in the House of Representatives to the GOP.That revision, which was enacted in

The Trump White House has a simple — and dishonest — explanation for why the government is shut down: Democrats are demanding free health care for undocumented immigrants.Senate Democrats have “shut down the government,” said Vice President

Earlier this week, President Donald Trump told a story that, even for the least honest president in American history, was notable. During an energy and technology summit in Pittsburgh, Trump claimed that his uncle John Trump, a

One truism of modern American politics is that politicians and voters love to trash the federal government … until they need the resources and expertise of the federal government.For months, President Donald Trump and his administration have

What if I were to tell you that not long ago — maybe 30 or 40 years in the past — there was a political party in America ideologically devoted to protecting the rule of law, restricting

Of all the illogical, wildly incoherent and downright bizarre aspects of President Donald Trump’s tariff war, there is perhaps nothing more inexplicable than the White House’s fixation on restoring and reshoring American manufacturing. It’s hard to think of