As Trump Consolidates Power, Democrats Confront a Rebellion in Their Ranks  —  WASHINGTON — The pitched battle looming over the Supreme Court, along with a jolt to the Democratic leadership at the ballot box last Tuesday, is threatening to shatter the already fragile architecture of the Democratic Party …

Rage at the End of Justice Kennedy's Camelot  —  If John F. Kennedy's presidency was, for Democrats, a kind of three-year “Camelot,” then Anthony M. Kennedy's three-decade tenure on the Supreme Court was also, for Democrats, a kind of judicial Camelot.  A place where progressive rights …

The Other Russia Collusion Scandal Is Breaking Wide Open  —  In 2016, Vladimir Putin reaped two of his greatest foreign policy triumphs in quick succession.  The United Kingdom voted narrowly to exit the European Union, advancing a longstanding Russian goal of splitting Western allies that have long been united against it.

North Korea working to conceal key aspects of its nuclear program, U.S. officials say  —  U.S. intelligence officials, citing newly obtained evidence, have concluded that North Korea does not intend to fully surrender its nuclear stockpile, and instead is considering ways to conceal the number …

Former Grissom High School teacher in custody after pulling out a gun at Huntsville immigration policy protest  —  HUNTSVILLE, Ala. — A former Huntsville City Schools teacher is in custody after police said he pulled out a gun at a protest in Big Spring Park.  —  “He pulled out a gun.

Protests Across U.S. Call for End to Migrant Family Separations  —  WASHINGTON — Protesters marched into Lafayette Square opposite the White House on Saturday and chanted “families belong together” to counter President Trump's “zero tolerance” immigration policy, and were joined in declaring …

How Conservatives Weaponized the First Amendment  —  WASHINGTON — On the final day of the Supreme Court term last week, Justice Elena Kagan sounded an alarm.  —  The court's five conservative members, citing the First Amendment, had just dealt public unions a devastating blow.

Trump falsely claims he never told House Republicans to vote for immigration bill  —  President Donald Trump falsely claimed on Saturday that he never encouraged House Republicans to vote for an immigration bill, despite tweeting such an encouragement three days earlier.

Let's Talk About My Abortion (and Yours)  —  Several months ago, I appeared on a morning TV show alongside Cecile Richards, then the president of Planned Parenthood.  Our topic had been women's activism, and we'd both spoken in equal amounts.  But when I checked Twitter later …

With Corey Stewart atop the ticket, Virginia Republicans are in turmoil  —  Corey Stewart's Republican nomination for U.S. Senate from Virginia has prompted an identity crisis within the state GOP, with some donors and activists saying they are so turned off that they are willing to vote for his Democratic opponent, Sen. Tim Kaine.

From L.A. to N.Y., hundreds of thousands join nationwide rallies to protest Trump's immigration policies  —  From Washington, D.C., to Los Angeles, hundreds of thousands of people in major cities and small towns across America took to the streets Saturday to protest the Trump administration's immigration policies.

Maxine Waters responds to death threats: ‘You better shoot straight’  —  (D-Calif.) has addressed a series of recent death threats she said she has received, telling would-be threateners to “shoot straight” during an immigration rally on Saturday.  —  “I know that there are those who are talking …

Susan Sarandon arrested at anti-Trump rally  —  Susan Sarandon was one of the roughly 575 people arrested during a Capitol Hill protest of President Trump's immigration policies and family separations at the southern border on Thursday.  The group, including Rep. Pramila Jayapal …

Bill Maher Gets Played By Conservative Troll Ben Shapiro … I'm not exactly sure what's gotten into Bill Maher.  —  Over the past year-plus, the supposed liberal firebrand has seen eye to eye with the likes of bigoted performance artist Milo Yiannopoulos, Breitbart editor-in-chief Alex Marlow …

Republicans Hold On to Farenthold Seat in Texas Special Election  —  Republican Michael Cloud won the special election Saturday to replace former Texas Republican Rep. Blake Farenthold, comfortably taking a majority of votes to avoid a runoff.  —  Nine candidates from multiple parties competed on the same ballot Saturday.

Thousands across U.S. join ‘Keep Families Together’ march to protest family separation  —  “I have literally never seen Americans show up for immigrants like this,” said Jess Morales Rocketto, who works for the National Domestic Workers Alliance.  —  WASHINGTON — Hundreds of marches took place across …

Yelp reviewers give Canadian restaurant one-star reviews after it kicks out Trump supporter  —  Reviewers flooded the Yelp page of a Canadian restaurant with one-star reviews after a manager was fired for kicking out a man wearing a “Make America Great Again” hat.

Let's raise a pint to putting our political differences aside  —  OHIOPYLE, PA. — For eight years Jim Oppman has prided himself on arriving at the Wilderness Voyageurs Beer and Gear Festival before anyone else, staking his place first in line before the crowds rush in.

Authoritarian threats to American democracy demand urgent action  —  Two years after the Russian government attempted to undermine the 2016 presidential election, the United States still does not have a comprehensive strategy to address the threat posed by foreign interference in our democracy.

‘The Blue Wave Came’: G.O.P. Reels as Little Havana Picks a Non-Hispanic Democrat  —  MIAMI — Little Havana awoke recently to an unexpected new reality: The iconic neighborhood, the traditional heart of South Florida's proud Cuban exile community, would no longer be represented on the county commission by a Cuban-American Republican.