Under President Donald Trump and Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the reach of the Food and Drug Administration is being scaled back by executive fiat. Reporting indicates that the FDA is suspending inspections

Donald Trump made no meaningful effort in his first term to deport American citizens to foreign prisons, and the underlying idea — popular in 17th-century England — never generated any significant public debate.Things are clearly different in

The Musk-Bessent tension boils overThis week Axios reported on an alleged “shouting match” between Elon Musk and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent over who should lead the IRS. Yes, The New York Times had already flagged the power

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

After reports that the Trump Administration is pursuing major cuts at the U.S. State Department, constituents have asked me to explain the “chaos” of Trump’s foreign policy. But when I look at his decisions, I don’t see

A federal judge in Louisiana has scheduled a hearing next month over a “strong suspicion” that the Trump administration deported a 2-year-old U.S. citizen “with no meaningful process.”In an order issued Friday, U.S. District Judge Terry Doughty

With President Donald Trump continuing to tease the idea of seeking a third term in the White House, which is unconstitutional, the Trump Organization is selling “Trump 2028” merchandise to supporters.The company lists at least two “Trump

This is an adapted excerpt from MSNBC legal correspondent Lisa Rubin’s YouTube series “Can They Do That? With Lisa Rubin.”A constitutional crisis is a moment where there is some kind of paralysis, or possibly abuse, of the Constitution that

America is experiencing a baby slump, and the MAGA pro-natalist movement claims to have just the solutions for it. But they’re not what you might expect.According to data the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released on

Welcome back, Deadline: Legal Newsletter readers. Is the Trump administration working to bring Kilmar Abrego Garcia back to the United States? It sounds like an odd question at first, given the government’s stubborn stance in this case