He wanted his aides to tell diplomats, “I’m sorry ... he is out of control ... you don’t know the man,” or that he’s a ...

President Donald Trump drew a great deal of criticism from Democrats as well as from Never Trump conservatives when he fired ...

It’s only going to get crazier. Ride with us, and we’ll help you keep your sanity intact.

President Trump is impounding funds already legally authorized by Congress, in defiance of law, precedent, and arguably the ...

One thing we saw lots of this week as power switched from one political party to the other was presidential pardons.

During the dismal days that followed Watergate and the resignation of President Richard Nixon, there was a dark-humored joke that made the rounds. It went something like this: As Nixon was making his ...

A 1974 law requires the president to spend the appropriations passed by Congress or seek its permission to suspend funding.

The practice of China lending pandas to other nations began in the 7th century. Here's why this sign of international good ...

Doug reckons this makes Trump more like Richard Nixon (similarly irascible with questionable ethics, though that’s my observation rather than Doug’s). Nixon saw trade in competitive terms and ...

Trump is leading a revolution. The Democrats are still acting like he won the election because of the price of eggs. This is just depressing.

The Trump administration’s push for a sweeping pause on federal grants and loans totaling potentially trillions of dollars is ...

MSNBC’s Lawrence O’Donnell describes how Donald Trump’s late-night purge of 18 independent inspectors general violates a law ...