Steve Benen

For those concerned about the administration and the emergence of Christian nationalism, the Pentagon chief’s service was a step in an unsettling direction.

If it seems as if there have been a lot of new Trump administration investigations into Democrats and their allies lately, it’s not your imagination.

JD Vance suggested he’s personally invested the preservation of “social cohesion” and “social solidarity.” The vice president's record suggests otherwise.

The political world needs to pause, reassess and come to terms with the apparent fact that there are no actual Republican moderates on Capitol Hill.

The more Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. talks about people doing their own research, the more important it is to explain why he's wrong.

The White House came up with a handful of talking points to defend the president’s meme coin scheme, but they were all unbelievable.

The president seems less interested in persuading GOP members like Thomas Massie and Warren Davidson and more interested in threatening them.

A plaque to recognize the officers who protected the Capitol on Jan. 6 was supposed to be installed by March 2023. Why is it gathering dust in a closet?