Government

EU Commission Vice President Margrethe Vestager

Can the EU’s Digital Services Act Inspire US Tech Regulation? Can the EU’s Digital Services Act Inspire US Tech Regulation?

“The effect of these large, European digital laws is going to be felt well beyond the borders of Europe.”

Jan 11, 2024 / StudentNation / Nadia Scharf

Former president Trump Attends D.C. Appeals Court Hearing Over Immunity In 2020 Election Case

Trump’s Lawyers Argue That Their Client Is Above the Law Trump’s Lawyers Argue That Their Client Is Above the Law

The former president made an appearance in court as his legal team made the case for his absolute immunity from prosecution.

Jan 10, 2024 / Chris Lehmann

Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (R-La.) leaves a caucus meeting in December 2023 in Washington, D.C.

Mike Johnson’s Art of the Deal Mike Johnson’s Art of the Deal

Kevin McCarthy drew the ire of his Republican colleagues when he brokered a spending agreement last year. His successor has now done the same.

Jan 9, 2024 / Chris Lehmann

President Joe Biden and Senator Bernie Sanders during a 2020 presidential primary debate.

Democrats and the Left: A Mutual Dependency Democrats and the Left: A Mutual Dependency

Mass movements stoke the fires of popular discontent, but only the state can pass laws and overhaul key institutions.

Jan 9, 2024 / Michael Kazin

Rep. Elise Stefanik speaking in front of an American flag.

The Sickness Behind Calling the January 6 Criminals “Hostages” The Sickness Behind Calling the January 6 Criminals “Hostages”

Trump has made defending the thugs who stormed the Capitol a central plank of the GOP platform.

Jan 8, 2024 / Joan Walsh

US President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden arrive for a wreath-laying ceremony at the National Memorial Arch in Valley Forge National Historical Park on January 5, 2024.

Biden’s Pro-Democracy Message Is Too Negative and Too Narrow Biden’s Pro-Democracy Message Is Too Negative and Too Narrow

A winning campaign needs more than just revulsion at the January 6 coup.

Jan 8, 2024 / Jeet Heer

Know Your Enemy

Know Your Enemy Know Your Enemy

Don Yuan.

Jan 5, 2024 / Steve Brodner

Orange Jumpsuit

Orange Jumpsuit Orange Jumpsuit

His number came up.

Jan 5, 2024 / OppArt / McClain Moore

The crowd at a rally for Joe Biden, then running for president, in Detroit, Michigan, in 2020.

Welcome to 2024, the Year We Stop Trump’s Rolling Insurrection Welcome to 2024, the Year We Stop Trump’s Rolling Insurrection

January 6, 2021, never ended. We can halt it this year. If we don’t, we may never.

Jan 5, 2024 / Joan Walsh for The Nation

Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (L) hugs Joe Biden upon the US president’s arrival at Tel Aviv's Ben Gurion airport on October 18, 2023. (Brendan Smialowski / AFP via Getty Images)

Why Is Biden Risking a New Regional War in the Middle East? Why Is Biden Risking a New Regional War in the Middle East?

The president’s foreign policy is mired in a deeply retrograde and one-sided view of Israel.

Jan 5, 2024 / Jeet Heer

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