Steve Benen

There is an apparent expectation in the White House that news organizations will either use Trump-approved language, or they should...

Last week, the White House said Elon Musk would police his own conflicts of interest. This week, Donald Trump pitched...

It's a simple question for a Cabinet nominee: "What would you do if directed by the president to ignore the...

It seemed hard to imagine Donald Trump's relationship with Mitch McConnell getting much worse. Then the president questioned whether the...

Mass resignations among leading federal prosecutors are very rare, but that's what happened in the Justice Department's handling of the...

As Tulsi Gabbard gets to work as the director of national intelligence, will U.S. allies curtail their willingness to share...

“They’re drinking vodka straight out of the bottle in the Kremlin tonight," Trump's former national security advisor said. "It was...

According to the White House, the "real constitutional crisis" is the courts issuing rulings that Donald Trump doesn't like. That's...

Corporate executives have largely avoided criticizing Trump and his plans. It’s reasonable to question, however, whether that’s just now starting...

As a former U.S. Attorney put it, Eric Adams' case sends the message that “public officials who support Trump’s agenda...