Oversight

Would Elizabeth Warren Even Want to Be Vice President?

Rumors suggest she’s a possible pick for the Democratic ticket. But there could be significant downsides.

Oversight

Play of the Day: Get to Know Hillary Clinton

She'd be our first female president, but our worst email president.

Oversight

Play of the Day: Can Anyone Judge the Trump University Case?

Stephen Colbert notes the one demographic group that Trump hasn't offended yet.

Oversight

Trump Sticks With Tweets and Insults

As Clinton goes on the attack, his freestyle campaign lacks money, staff, and a consistent message

Oversight

Postal Service Has a New Role: Unwitting Drug Courier

Mail treaties fail to hold foreign countries accountable for security screening, lawmakers say.

Oversight

Hillary Clinton Warns the World About Donald Trump

The Democratic presidential frontrunner calls her Republican rival’s ideas “dangerously incoherent” in a sweeping foreign-policy speech.

Management

Could Attorney General Decision Help Fired VA Senior Executive Get Her Job Back?

The Justice Department declined to defend key part of 2014 accountability law on constitutional grounds.

Oversight

Members of Congress Make a Lot of Money, But Are They Overpaid?

Lawmakers’ pay has been frozen for years. Whether that should change—and how much they deserve—is up for debate.

Defense

The Smith v. Obama Case Asks the Courts' Opinion on the War Against ISIS

A new lawsuit wrongly asks the U.S. judicial branch to weigh in on the military action against ISIS.

Oversight

Have Twitter Bots Infiltrated the 2016 Election?

Some say Donald Trump has boosted his massive online following with automated accounts. There’s more to it than that.

Oversight

Senate Panel Advances Whistleblower Reforms

Bill would ease access to agency information, strengthen powers to end probes quickly.

Oversight

Why the Next President Will Inherit a Divided Country

This election will widen the distance between the class and racial composition of each party’s core of support.

Oversight

The Trump-Clinton Race Is Not As Close As It Looks

With its nomination settled, the GOP has been healing its wounds, but Democratic feelings are still raw because of the ongoing fight between Clinton and Sanders.

Oversight

If the Government Made People Do Good, Would that Be Bad?

Senator Mike Lee fears enrolling women in the Selective Service is a dangerous precedent that may lead to mandatory service for things like national security and the public good.

Oversight

Play of the Day: Trump Has a Big Mac in the Sky

The 2016 GOP nominee celebrates clinching with a hamburger on his jet.

Oversight

The Real Scandal of Hillary Clinton's Emails

It’s not what she wrote—it’s her tendency to wall herself off from alternative points of view.

Oversight

The Trump Comparison You Have Not Heard Yet

A classics professor writes that Trump’s raucous campaign style is nothing new. He introduces us to a chariot-racing statesman from ancient Athens who may have given Trump a run for his money.