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What will happen once Trump leaves office? It's not good. | Opinion

When people hear about 'the new right,' they often think of Trump and his defenders. But the president has no coherent ideology behind him. Read More

The Trump Steamroller Is Broken

Ten months into the president’s second term, Trump 2.0 is for the first time starting to resemble the chaotic original. And that new sense of political weakness in the president has not just ... Read More

What America needs from President Trump’s successor: Rebuilding trust in government

The next president of the United States will face the difficult task of restoring trust in the American government, which has been eroded by the Trump presidency, and will need to be committed to ... Read More

Michelle Obama gives harrowing nine-word response to Trump’s destruction of the East Wing

Construction began on the 90,000-square-foot ballroom at the height of the recent government shutdown, when many federal workers were going without pay, enabling Democrats to liken Trump to the last ... Read More

Donald Trump’s path to authoritarian rule is wide open

In short, our finding is that the American people are well along the path to living in an authoritarian country. Our analysts looked at the “indicators” we would see, overseas, when an autocrat rises ... Read More

Obama is reportedly questioning whether America can survive Trump

Former President Barack Obama is not as confident that the United States can withstand President Donald Trump, CNN exclusively reported Friday. According to friends who talk to the former president ... Read More

The quiet victories keeping American democracy alive

President Donald Trump wants to gerrymander the House of Representatives to Republican rule, but his effort has lost in three key states. Read More

Inside Barack Obama’s stepped-up plans to fight back against Donald Trump

Barack Obama used to be confident America would survive Donald Trump. He’s not so sure anymore. The 44th president can still draw a crowd of thousands or dial Gavin Newsom’s cell phone to strategize ... Read More

Dem senator continues marathon floor speech slamming Trump's 'grave threats to democracy'

Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., railed against President Donald Trump in a marathon overnight speech starting on Tuesday evening and continuing into Wednesday morning. "I’m holding the Senate floor to ... Read More

New research finds Americans deeply concerned about US democracy

A new study from the SNF Agora Institute at Johns Hopkins University and Public Agenda finds that Americans are deeply concerned about the state of U.S. democracy and that growing divisions within the ... Read More

Opinion: Yes, the stakes are high. But our democracy will survive this election.

Call me a dreamer, but I’m not too worried about the future of our democracy regardless of whether Donald Trump or Kamala Harris wins the presidential election Tuesday. I have no doubt there will be ... Read More