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

Russ Vought’s Power Play Sows Legal Chaos for Administration Last month, the New York Times reported that the administration confessed,...

Census Bureau officials last Sunday conceded that a new rule banning certain privacy protection methods will make it impossible for...

President Trump and other Republicans have been struggling to land on any sort of uniform messaging as they seek, ahead...

I just finished recording an episode of The TPM Social Club with Josh Kovensky. We had an awesome conversation with...

The New York Times has a piece today with the title “Moderate Democrats Prepare for ‘War’ Against an Ascendant Left.”...

Michigan election officials oversaw primary elections this week and also dealt with the Trump administration sending federal elections monitors to...

Late last year, Department of Justice (DOJ) officials agreed to make a surprisingly damaging but until-recently little-noticed admission in court:...

The Trump Retribution Feedback Loop The targeting of Anthony Fauci stands as a textbook case of retribution by the Trump...

Jon Cohn has a good piece in The Bulwark on the challenges ahead for Abdul El-Sayed. The “brutal path ahead,”...

Introducing America to ‘Abdulrahman Mohamed El-Sayed’ It’s not at all surprising, but it was nonetheless quick: With the Michigan primary...

This book excerpt is part of Cafe, TPM’s home for opinion and news analysis. For most of human history, trying to...

In the wake of now-Michigan Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed’s narrow victory over the Democratic establishment-backed candidate Rep. Haley Stevens in...

Missouri Republicans have been transparent about their strategy to drag out the response to a challenge to their new 7-1...

Saga Not Over Yet While most of the reflecting pool coverage focuses on the reality TV-style palace intrigue among the...

Three Republicans were running in Michigan’s 8th Congressional District primary. Trump in June endorsed Amir Hassan, a Navy Veteran, former...

Progressive Democratic Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed has defeated Rep. Haley Stevens (D-MI), the pick of Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer...

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Chuck Edwards Gets Out, Max Miller Stays In Two Republican representatives under scrutiny for allegations against them have made different...

Tighter than we expected based on the polls, at least! NBC has called the Democratic Senate primary for Abdul El-Sayed....

The group behind an effort to force a statewide vote on Missouri Republicans’ 7-1 gerrymander filed a new lawsuit Tuesday...

Kansas voters foiled state Republicans’ latest scheme to snatch back their abortion rights Tuesday, as they voted down a constitutional...

I break down some of the details in tonight’s edition of Where Things Stand here. It’s the third item in...

Sen. Patty Murray (D-WA) and a handful of women’s rights and reproductive freedom groups are sounding the alarm over recent...

Missouri Secretary of State Denny Hoskins (R) announced Tuesday — Missouri’s primary day, the latest he could legally push the...

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Colorado Republicans are using an image showing Democratic gubernatorial candidate Phil Weiser with “devil horns” to mock him on social...

During a Cabinet meeting at Camp David on Friday, President Donald Trump touted growing “investment” into the U.S. since he...

ICE’s Round-the-Clock Digital Dragnet About a month ago, it emerged from upstate New York that the Department of Homeland Security...

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