The conventional explanation for why Trump’s second term is far more extreme than his first (which was extreme enough) is that the guardrails are now gone. The people who occupied significant roles in ...

The president hasn’t named a successor to Jerome H. Powell, but his insistence on someone who will lower interest rates has ...

MSNBC's Lawrence O’Donnell blasted FOX News White House reporter Peter Doocy for asking President Trump whether he wants to see John Brennan and James Comey "behind bars." LAWRENCE O’DONNELL, MSNBC: ...

T he White House has seen its share of shady deals. Ulysses S. Grant’s brother-in-law used his family ties to engineer an insider-trading scheme that tanked the gold market. War ...

MSNBC host Lawrence O’Donnell tore into Fox's Peter Doocy and the MAGA press corps over questions they asked President Donald Trump in a photo op.

Republicans won by promising fiscal responsibility, instead they're going for trifecta of tax cuts for rich, cuts to programs for poor and more war.

People like Big Bear Lake resident Mike Etchamendy count on clinical trials to survive. “You cut funding there, you’re going ...

Of all the art forms, theater may be the best at making the distant past feel immediate. In the right storytelling hands, ...

President Donald Trump says "anybody" but Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell should head the central bank. Could that even include Treasury Secretary Scott Bessett - and would he be able to wear both ...

Elon Musk's plan to create a new political party puts him in the company of a long line of business and political titans looking to upend the two-party system that has dominated U.S. politics since ...

I have lived under 14 different presidents. If I could, with a wave of my hand, I would bring Nixon back as our president now ...