Republicans need help to pass a budget to keep the government running, but Democrats can’t overplay their hand.

Whatever happens in Russia’s war on Ukraine, there is trouble ahead between Washington and its European allies.

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Without an independent judiciary, the Constitution would be no match for Donald Trump’s authoritarian impulses.

Trump's plan violates statutes, undoes a century of civil service reform, and would derail government services.

Carl Schmitt, a Third Reich jurist and philosopher, saw politics as a life-and-death battle against enemies and democracy as ...

The South African-born hand of King Trump is doing the leader’s bidding, and their twin ambitions are proving very hard to thwart.

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Trump demands more territory from Greenland to Gaza as if America were a real estate holding company. But most Americans ...

On their anniversaries, Yalta and Helsinki offer lessons for Ukraine, Trump, and the balance of power in Europe.

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Neither rural nor suburban, Exurbia is often Trump country and where Democrats need to drive up their numbers.