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Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk may be careening toward an epic falling-out with President-elect Donald Trump , according to a new report.

Donald Trump's victory has turned Democrats' eyes to the Supreme Court, where President Joe Biden could still wield some power before exiting office in January. The Nation justice correspondent Elie Mystal, in a column published Wednesday, writes 70-year-old Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor "sh...

President-elect Donald Trump has selected Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Florida) as his pick for Attorney General of the United States, who would head the Department of Justice (DOJ) is confirmed by the full Senate.

Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Florida) may be the next Attorney General of the United States if President-elect Donald Trump has his way. But even with a Republican-controlled Senate, Gaetz's future is uncertain.On the social media platform Bluesky, journalist Joshua Friedman quoted Punchbowl News co-founder J...

The debate continues over why Donald Trump defeated Kamala Harris. So far, it seems to be centered on two related arguments. One is that Harris didn’t do enough to appeal to white working-class voters and their concerns about the economy. So they voted for Trump. The other is that the Harris campaig...

As Republicans celebrate their wins across all three branches of government, The Atlantic's Russell Berman lays out why a good chuck of Donald Trump's proposed legislation will have a difficult time passing through Congress — even despite the party's "218th House-race victory."In a Wednesday article...

Trump has nominated Rep. Matt Gaetz to serve as America’s next attorney general.This would be laughable were it not so utterly dangerous. Gaetz as attorney general would all but guarantee that Trump weaponizes the Justice Department against his enemies — past, present, and future. Ever since Trump w...

Senate Republicans on Wednesday elected Sen. John Thune of South Dakota—a former corporate lobbyist and close ally of Sen. Mitch McConnell—as the leader of their conference for the upcoming term, when the GOP will have a 53-seat majority.

I am an old gay. This is an important part of the story that I am about to tell.If you are an old gay like me, you well remember living in a world in which the vast majority of people disapprove of you. This was the United States up to about 20 years ago. It didn’t matter if you were promiscuou...

Donald Trump announced on social media earlier this week that "Any Republican Senator seeking the coveted LEADERSHIP position in the United States Senate must agree to Recess Appointments. IMMEDIATELY!"