First, the president has no greater legal authority to permanently fire civil servants during a shutdown than he does in ordinary times. When the federal budget lapses, many government functions ...

Three issues dominate the Supreme Court term that begins next week, based on the cases the justices have agreed to hear so far. Realistically, however, there is little uncertainty about how this ...

The biggest TV dads of the 21st century are the anti-heroes of the prestige dramas: Tony Soprano, Walter White, Don Draper. They’re all dads, and the center of their drama in lots of ways is “What ...

The plan includes language affirming that “no one will be forced to leave Gaza,” which is notable given Trump’s previous plans for the region — though a reference to a “Trump economic development plan ...

Sigal Samuel is a senior reporter for Vox’s Future Perfect and co-host of the Future Perfect podcast. She writes primarily about the future of consciousness, tracking advances in artificial ...

These tariff-driven cost increases are particularly maddening because they directly contradict the administration’s stated housing goals. Trump has repeatedly pledged to make housing “affordable again ...

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Dear John, Brett, and Amy: If Trump can come for James Comey, he can come for you.

The stakes are high. Eliminating lead is arguably one of the highest-return moves in global health. The World Bank estimated ...

It is impossible, I think, to grasp the terrible consequences of Charlie Kirk’s death without understanding who he was in life. Liberals had a dim view of that track record — focusing on his ...

The DOJ’s case is authoritarian — and shockingly sloppy. On Thursday night, the Justice Department indicted former FBI Director James Comey — accusing him of having lied to Congress during sworn ...

Progressives have a few different answers to this argument. But the most sophisticated comes from the political scientists Jake Grumbach and Adam Bonica. In their telling, there is no contradiction ...