As Democratic senators weigh what to do, if anything, about protecting voting rights at the federal level, important legislative questions hang over head. Does the party have the votes to properly ...

Pruitt might point to the Harvey mine as evidence of coal mining's bright future. But a closer look at the Bailey complex shows it's hardly a shining example of profitable, environmentally friendly ...

House congressional leaders have emphasized more than once in recent weeks that the stain of Donald Trump's impeachment scandal will not wash off. His misdeeds were not enough to sway his Senate ...

Rachel Maddow tells the story of the wreck of Shell oil's Kulluk rig and a set of violations that resulted in felony offenses and millions in fines, but now Shell is trying again, and activists are ...

At last year's Republican National Convention, retired Gen. Michael Flynn, a prominent member of Donald Trump's inner circle, delivered a speech in which he chanted, "Lock her up!" in reference to ...

Conditions at Columbia University took a turn overnight as school officials called in the NYPD, which began arresting those protesting the Israel/Hamas war. As events unfolded, Donald Trump apparently ...

Republican Sen. Rick Scott of Florida made a bold move today, unveiling a 31-page blueprint of the kind of ideas he wants his party to pursue when in it's in the majority. Much of the document reads ...

It's not exactly a secret that there's been considerable friction between governors and the White House as the coronavirus crisis has taken shape, with state officials looking to federal officials for ...

President Trump asked the F.B.I. director, James B. Comey, to shut down the federal investigation into Mr. Trump's former national security adviser, Michael T. Flynn, in an Oval Office meeting in ...

Rachel Maddow reports on Russian President Vladimir Putin's marathon press conference, the love he enjoys from American conservatives and the dire economic straits he has run his country into.Dec. 19, ...

Within hours of his presidential inauguration, Donald Trump issued roughly 1,500 pardons and commuted the sentences of 14 Jan. 6 criminals — including violent felons who were in prison for assaulting ...

For some of the president's critics, the push for Donald Trump's tax returns should've happened months ago, but congressional Democrats preferred a far more cautious approach. The House Democratic ...