What I Got Wrong Writing about politics every day inevitably leads to an internal mental landscape full of regrets, self-recrimination,...

Todd Blanche and Jay Clayton Are on the Hill Two figures who will play decisive roles in the future of...

There is an ever-shrinking gulf between the right-wing fringe and elected Republicans in their certainty that even easily explainable events...

Justices Elena Kagan and Amy Coney Barrett made a rare appearance before congressional appropriators Tuesday as the Supreme Court seeks...

As I noted yesterday, after the killings of Good and Pretti in Minneapolis last winter, ICE/DHS shifted strategy, trying to...

‘Now We Have All the Evidence’ The first hints that the Trump administration might be softening its position of refusing...

This article is part of TPM Cafe, TPM’s home for opinion and news analysis. It was originally published at Balls and Strikes. I...

Its Time to Flood the Zone With Shit Again Trump announced Monday evening that he’s hauling out an old trick...

Sanctions Against Blanche A judge has reached the same conclusion as many others about President Trump’s attempt to loot the...

We’ve discussed a number of times that the high-profile/high-violence occupations of blue cities in 2025 and early 2026 were never...

Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) died Saturday evening from a “brief and sudden illness” at the age of 71. The longtime...

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We had a solid first week of this year’s Annual TPM Journalism Fund Drive. But we have a long way...

Don’t You Dare Say the New Air Force One Has No Clothes Just 18 months into Trump II, the president...

A new Trump administration prohibition on privacy protections at the Census Bureau appears to be teeing up a fight that...

Voter Suppression Looms Large in Push to Replace the Senator We heard a lot in the day after Lindsey Graham...

When I walked up to 290 Broadway early on a late June morning, an imposing building in New York City...

There’s not a lot I have to add to the reporting on Lindsey Graham’s sudden and unexpected death. He died...

Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) died Saturday evening from a “brief and sudden illness,” according to a statement from his office....

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A Case of Mistaken Identity The ICE shooting of an unarmed immigrant in Houston — who had lived in the...

In Rough Edges, Mike Rothschild writes about fringe groups, conspiracy theories and how the Internet broke our brains. This column is part...

Trump Fires Three EAC Commissioners A few weeks ago, the Supreme Court handed down a pair of decisions finding that...

This article first appeared at ProPublica. President Donald Trump has pushed out the three remaining members of the Election Assistance...

We’re now in the midst of one of these now and again collective Democratic meltdowns, filled with dooming laments, drama,...

We’re looking good to hit $200,000 by the close of day tomorrow in this year’s Annual TPM Journalism Fund Drive....

We’re now more than a third of the way toward our goal of raising $500,000 in this year’s Annual TPM...

The Christian right has been gaining traction in Washington, D.C. under President Donald Trump. And now, one Trump-aligned religious group...

Hello, and welcome back to The Franchise! The FBI is ramping up its probe into the 2020 election in Fulton...