The Lamp Editor Matthew Walther tells the New York Times that President Donald Trump does not deserve to be taken seriously ...

As the United States prepares to celebrate its semiquincentennial, patriotism among American citizens is at its lowest point ...

A religious movement that has so often taken public stands has been unusually quiet since Trump gutted the program to combat ...

The Democratic Party is pushing to field more veterans as candidates in hopes of appealing to skeptical voters.

For starters, a substantial percentage (40-50%) of Supreme Court decisions in any term are unanimous. But not all cases are ...

Republicans have long been in favor of lower rates and a simpler tax code. For Trump, only one of those priorities mattered.

The moral principles and self-correcting mechanisms of US democracy are the beacon and timeless tools of struggle for ...

Following Mitt Romney’s failed 2012 presidential bid (which came after several pundits and pollsters had predicted his ...

Even a broken clock is right twice a day, or so they say. How to understand that aphorism when applied to a presidency mired ...

We should think about our democracy with great hope and determination. At the same time, we should recognize that our democracy is facing significant challenges — protests, political violence, ...

Camp Mystic — where a frantic search is underway for survivors of a catastrophic flood — has been a destination for the ...

He had built one of the country’s leading trauma centers in Washington, which made it possible for his team to respond ...