ICYMI, TPM’s new reporter Chris Mathias just published a new investigation revealing that the Republican nominee for a seat in...

One Crisis Averted Kate Riga has the details here, but a moment we’ve long been anticipating arrived last night: The...

The FBI has tapped employees from across federal law enforcement to crack down on dissent, including agents and analysts with...

International companies are getting tariff refunds — with added, taxpayer-funded interest. People in America who have paid higher prices as...

The Supreme Court rejected the Trump administration’s bid to take unprecedented control over federal elections Monday, a massive development ahead...

In a brief order, the Supreme Court appears to have shut down the Trump White House’s plan to take over...

Hello, Where Things Stand readers! Starting today, while you will still be able to read most of the newsletter, only...

As you’ve likely seen, a strange and perhaps positive chain of events unfolded over the weekend in the world of...

Charlottesville Still Reverberates If you read one thing today, make sure it’s Christopher Mathias’ exclusive for TPM on Marshall Rawson,...

National Security Presidential Memorandum 7, the Trump White House’s memo directing federal law enforcement to consider progressive beliefs as indicators...

The Republican nominee for a seat in the Florida House of Representatives marched alongside neo-Nazis at the deadly 2017 “Unite...

Trump Wants Full Speed Ahead on AI Even as tech CEOs cast AI as a kind of runaway train, Trump...

Our publisher Joe Ragazzo is going to be hosting biweekly YouTube lives with members of our team, on Tuesdays and...

As you’ll see to the right (if you’re on a desktop or laptop) David Kurtz has a good run-down of...

Say It Ain’t So, Joe! Joseph diGenova, the Trump loyalist and conspiracy promulgator put in charge of the sweeping DOJ...

As the Census Bureau wades deeper into politics, governance changes at an agency committee that handles data privacy, scientific analysis...

We’re now flooded with articles about the threat of AI. Here’s another one from the Times OpEd page by a...

Grim Look Toward 2028 JD Vance got what he wanted: a bunch of headlines coming out of the GOP midterm...

The ‘Campaign of Censorship and Control’ Will the Federal Communications Commission ever actually punish Disney or CBS for FCC Chairman...

Following up on my previous post, I want to point your attention to this post by Gary Marcus, a highly...

Hello, and welcome back to The Franchise! Despite the fact that the U.S. has entered the “quiet period” — the...

You’ve probably seen these reports of an employee of the AI company Anthropic who quit his job and issued a...

This story was originally reported by Amanda Becker of The 19th. Meet Amanda and read more of their reporting on...

Election Interference Happening Now News that the Trump DOJ is escalating its attack on state election officials first emerged, I...

The Supreme Court stayed a Missouri federal court order Thursday, blocking a maximal Republican gerrymander for the 2026 midterms —...

U.S. District Judge Stephen Clark denied Missouri Secretary of State Denny Hoskins’ (R) request that he stop the Missouri Supreme...

You’ve probably seen that Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has now tried to knock down interest rates on US debt –...

Readers of The Brief are likely aware of what’s going on with Missouri’s election maps, and of a character at...

With his poll numbers at record lows, gas prices at record highs, and mounting signs of momentum for the Democrats,...