Dan McLaughlin

Trump has overestimated what he could achieve and underestimated the voters, allies, and legal grounding needed to make his accomplishments last.

Declining net migration and a continuing shift to the red states is redrawing America’s political map.

ICE tactics are the pretext; the real issue is whether states can make themselves no-go zones immune from federal law.

Sooner or later, the ambitious vice president will need to decide which he values more.

Don’t expect a broad constitutional ruling or a complete answer in the tariff case.

Renee Nicole Good’s death was predictable — but from the direct-action protest style of ICE Watch.

Tim Walz exits stage far left, undone not by extremism but by scandal.

More results-driven hackery from Planned Parenthood’s favorite judge.

Trump should present to the voters and Congress his case for war without euphemism or evasion.

The Founders didn’t model us on the Six Nations, and George Washington didn’t tomahawk a Frenchman.

It’s premature to treat Trump as if he’s been president for the past five years.

Don’t try to solve housing shortages or worker frustrations by having fewer Americans.

The best legal argument for the Trump tariffs assumes that we are currently in a declared war with every country on the planet.

People who voted against reopening the government, denounced the vote, and vow to fight on were never against the shutdown.

The Supreme Court is not likely to apply deference to the president in the tariffs case and is likelier to closely scrutinize what powers were delegated.

As with many dangerous things, the dose makes the poison.

We promise to give you analysis that starts with what the law is — not ‘No Kings’ hysteria.

Trump’s many and well-known vices should not leave us unable to see that the man also has his virtues.

In a major judicial election in the Keystone State, Democrats are more focused than Republicans.

A newly available book makes the case that scientific advances have undermined the basis for denying the existence of God.

Candidates for office should be able to sue in advance to find out when the election is.

Democrats failed utterly in their abuse of the law and now reap the consequences, while Trump imitates their failures, expecting a different result.

The justice offers her take on writing, advocacy, experience, judicial independence, security threats, amicus briefs, and what she’d ask Justice Scalia.

Gun control as a solution to spectacular public murders doesn’t stand up to scrutiny.

Kimmel’s return suggests that he has learned nothing and will do it again.

In reality, Democrats are never going to lift a finger to stop an antisemitic communist from becoming the face of their party.

Telling us that it doesn’t matter when one side commits violence warps public policy, news coverage, and more.

Jill Lepore refutes her own argument against originalism.

The killing of Charlie Kirk will be a radicalizing moment but should not alter our commitment to the American Way.

The Trump administration must cross a minefield without a misstep in order to uphold its tariffs.