Event Ended

Highlights: Biden and Trump face off in heated first presidential debate of 2024

The candidates bypassed the nonpartisan Commission on Presidential Debates, which had been in charge of the election-year events for nearly four decades, and set up their own.

White House

Trump’s apartheid-friendly ambassador to South Africa takes role


A whistleblower complaint about Tulsi Gabbard has been kept from Congress for months

DOJ’s misconduct complaint dismissed against judge in Alien Enemies Act case

Congress

Pressed on religious bigotry, Speaker Johnson makes an ugly problem even worse


House Democrat unveils impeachment resolution targeting Pam Bondi

As too many Republicans push anti-Muslim messaging, GOP leaders remain silent

Supreme Court

Why Gorsuch brought up how drunk John Adams and James Madison got ‘back in the day’


The Supreme Court rulings that could help Luigi Mangione avoid execution

Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito’s financial moves cause needless problems