The debate over Donald Trump's "go back" tweets regarding four minority Democratic members of Congress has centered on the unmistakably bigoted words that he wrote, but has missed the deeper point.
His border lawlessness keeps growing
Is it possible for Americans to argue about politics and policy without accusing each other of betraying the country?
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Trump's 2018 commitment that he would never sign a massive spending deal ever again was fake news.
If lawmakers want to impeach Trump they're going to have to deal with the politics of it all and not use the Justice Department as a shield.
The former special counsel's abridged answers to lawmakers' questions changed few minds.
Mueller's testimony before the House Judiciary Committee this morning contradicted the president's oft-made claims that the special counsel's report cleared him of any wrongdoing.
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The House Freedom Caucus could reverse its trend towards irrelevancy by successfully swaying Trump to turn against the new budget deal.
A trivial encounter between two irate grocery shoppers becomes a viral story, then a hate hoax.
The once noble symbol of resistance to government tyranny is now being used to help get Donald Trump re-elected.
Lindsey Graham, who once called Trump a "race-baiting, xenophobic, religious bigot," seems to agree.
If Mark Sanford wants to run a presidential campaign on restraining federal spending, he's in the wrong party.
The pundit heavily criticized President Obama for excessive spending. Now he says it doesn't matter.
Donald Trump is far from the only person who doesn't understand the Bill of Rights.
It is unlikely to withstand legal scrutiny
The Kentucky senator wants the Senate to consider offsetting spending cuts before approving limitless, automatic spending for the rest of the century.
In short, it's using the power of the state to punish his enemies and make the world the way he wants it to be.
A new report shows that American imports from Asia continue to grow, although the tariffs might be responsible for shifting some manufacturing from China to Vietnam and elsewhere.
Serving as an alternative voice to the likes of Lindsey Graham and John Bolton could keep the U.S. out of unnecessary wars.
This historian and online-education entrepreneur says runaway slaves, ladies of the evening, bootleggers, and other dropouts and discontents made America free.
A new book gives insight into Amash's breakup with the Republican Party, which was well underway before Amash said Trump should face impeachment proceedings.
Plus: Planned Parenthood's CEO is terminated, the Trump administration drains the swap, and Chelsea Manning is hit with more fines.
Trump supports a bill that would encourage censorship in the name of free speech.
Is the angry reaction to the president's incendiary comments "all about politics"?
The political extremism of Donald Trump, democratic socialists, and others is a great argument for reducing the size and scope of politics in everyday life.
The libertarian-leaning Republican was unseated after criticizing, among several things, the president's poor grasp of the Constitution.
If there’s one thing government types can agree on, it’s that nobody should be allowed to buy and sell stuff without permission.
Trump's recent bigoted tweet is an opportunity to highlight the flaws of this oft-heard, but weak, argument.
American discourse is careening in an ugly, anti-individualistic direction.
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The raids will continue for several days as the Trump administration tries to track down immigrants for arrest and deportation.
The long American spiritual tradition that gave us Marianne Williamson—and Donald Trump
In recent years, many liberals have come to develop a new appreciation for constitutional limits on federal power. Whether the trend continues remains to be seen.
The infamous feud between the president and the former House speaker gets new light...and a tweet from Mitt Romney.
An amendment to this year's military spending bill says the president must go to Congress before launching another war.
At his social media summit on Thursday, the president ranted incoherently about the media's "crooked," "dishonest," and "dangerous" speech.
Even if the president's motives were partisan, a more plausible cover story would have been enough to pass judicial muster.
In choosing principle over party, the Michigan congressman has changed what's possible in politics—and possibly the 2020 presidential race.
"We're working hard, maybe harder than all previous administrations, maybe almost all of them."
Economic reality is always more complex than politicians pretend it is.
The president invited Republican lawmakers as well as social media stars who claim that tech giants are suppressing free speech.
The New York congresswoman's use of Twitter seems similar to the president's in constitutionally relevant ways.
The White House is asking Congress to spend $750 billion on the military this coming fiscal year.
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The libertarian independent would easily pull the 80,000 Midwestern votes that made the difference in 2016.
The court says the "interactive space" created by his account is a public forum, meaning that the president's viewpoint discrimination violates the First Amendment.
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