In 2022, then-President Joe Biden signed the Respect for Marriage Act (RMA), a law that repealed the 1996 Defense of Marriage ...

Last Tuesday, Jan. 21, the day after Donald J. Trump’s inauguration, the Kennebec Journal ran a banner headline reading “A Return to Power” on Page 1. Beneath the large headline was a huge photo of ...

Liberal Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson says she's found an outlet for the frustration that can result from being ...

With Vice President JD Vance and other allies in power, an emergent Catholic right expands political horizons and raises ...

To put the point as directly possible, the Supreme Court’s budget depends upon a functioning appropriations power.

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I have long been opposed to naming public facilities for politicians. More than once I have fulminated that the fetish for ...

Donald Trump asked a federal court to reverse a previous order holding that members of Congress had plausibly alleged he ...

A writer examines Trump’s first presidency and his cabinet appointments to understand how the next four years will impact ...

As Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts said nearly two decades ago, “The way to stop discriminating based on race is to ...

Trump as the 47th president of the United States took place on Monday in Washington, D.C. Due to freezing temperatures and high winds, it was held inside the United States Capitol rotunda. It is the ...

In 2015, a federal judge in Manhattan sentenced Ulbricht to life in prison for drug trafficking, computer hacking and money ...