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U.S. Navy / AP A Soldier's Dilemma
In 2016, Captain Nathan Smith sued President Obama for issuing an order to engage in the battle against ISIS without congressional approval. Can his case clarify the debate over President Trump’s strikes in Syria?
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Sergei Karpukhin / Reuters The Trump Official the FBI Was Investigating
Carter Page would be the first known candidate advisor to be directly monitored during a presidential campaign as a possible agent of a foreign power.
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Lawrence Bryant / Reuters Jeff Sessions and the Odds of Imprisoning Innocents
The attorney general is standing athwart a long overdue movement to reform forensics yelling stop.
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Carlos Barria / Reuters Trump's Unlawful Attack in Syria
Trump launched an attack on Bashar al-Assad’s government without the legal authority to do so.
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Carlos Barria / Reuters Trump's Establishment Approach to Syria
Why did the most unconventional of presidents respond to his first foreign policy crisis in such a conventional way?
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Carlos Barria / Reuters Barack Obama's Seven-Year Presidency
The lone legislative accomplishment of Donald Trump’s first 100 days will likely be erasing the final months of his predecessor’s tenure.
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Carlos Barria / Reuters What to Make of Bannon's Exit From the NSC
The Trump administration is saying it was long-planned.
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Lawrence Bryant / Reuters Jeff Sessions's Blind Eye
The new attorney general makes it clear that when it comes to abuses in local policing, Americans are now on their own.
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Jonathan Ernst / Reuters Did the President Incite a Riot?
A new case filed by anti-Trump protesters will test the limits of free speech—and the responsibility Trump bears for his own statements.
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Mark Kauzlarich / Reuters Trump's TV Obsession Is a First
No president has consumed as much television as the current one, or reacted as quickly or directly to what they were seeing.
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Adam Hunger / Reuters It's Not Over Yet for Donald Trump
The resources of a determined president are great, and Trump’s enablers are powerful.
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David Becker / Reuters How Mike Pence's Marriage Became Fodder for the Culture Wars
Outrage over the vice president's approach to marriage reveals how deeply gender divides American culture.
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Kevin Lamarque / Reuters Can Trump Fix Government by Running It Like a Business?
Past administrations have attempted reform by taking cues from the private sector with mixed results. It might be even harder for a White House that lacks experience in government to achieve success.
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REUTERS/Mark Makela Nobody Knew Governing Could Be So Complicated
The Obama years left Republicans with excellent ratings from the Heritage Foundation, and no idea how to whip a vote.
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Yuri Gripas / Reuters The Republican Waterloo
Conservatives once warned that Obamacare would produce the Democratic Waterloo. Their inability to accept the principle of universal coverage has, instead, led to their own defeat.
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stringer / Reuters Don't Let the Russia Probe Become the New Benghazi
The investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election is too important to be treated like just another political opportunity.
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Facebook / ACTBrigitte America's Most Prominent Anti-Muslim Activist Is Welcome at the White House
Brigitte Gabriel, who leads an organization dedicated to persecuting people because of their faith, boasted about her access to the Trump administration.
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Carlos Barria / Reuters With the Travel Ban, Federal Courts Face a New Legal Issue
Should judges consider a president’s statements when attempting to understand the meaning of an executive order?
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Larry Downing / Reuters The Denationalization of American Muslims
For years, Republican leaders treated Frank Gaffney as a pariah. But his dark warnings about Sharia law taking over America found an audience among grassroots conservatives—and now, in the White House.
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Joshua Roberts / Reuters What Lies Ahead for Obama's Countering Violent Extremism Program?
A new report confirms the skepticism of civil libertarians. But if the initiative is discontinued, will its replacement be any better?
