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Josh Hawley Is Vying With Ted Cruz for the Mantle of Most Disingenuous, Least Principled Senator

Should judicial nominees be disqualified because of vigorous advocacy on behalf of clients? Sen. Josh Hawley thinks so.

Baltimore Is in the Midst of a Ransomware Attack. The City Shouldn’t Pay the Ransom.

Word to the wise: Only pay ransoms in really extreme circumstances.

Trump Decides to Celebrate 100th Anniversary of Women’s Suffrage by Keeping a Man on the $20 Bill

Andrew Jackson’s abhorrent treatment of Native Americans included forcible relocation that resulted in widespread death and disease.

Planned Parenthood President Leana Wen on How Abortion Rights Were Poor Even Before Recent State-Level Restrictions

In seven U.S. states, women have only one abortion clinic to turn to.

Can the U.S. Government Learn From the Pain of the Great Recession?

If we loosen constraints on lending, will it make the nation vulnerable to another financial crisis?

A Sixth Migrant Child Has Now Died in U.S. Government Custody

The 10-year-old girl from El Salvador died in September 2018, but had not been publicly disclosed.

Barr Is an Accomplice in Trump’s “Witch Hunt” Smears

There’s no way to reconcile the attorney general’s behavior with prosecutorial integrity.

There Is Progressive Momentum in America, if You Look in the Right Places

It’s the slow local work that matters.

Congress Will Likely Soon Have Its Hands on a Trove of Trump Financial Documents

Another legal blow the president clears the way for Deutsche Bank to hand over Trump's financial information.

The Angle: Will Millionaire Have a Comeback Tour as a Hologram?

Also, the Battlestar Galactica showrunner says Benioff and Weiss are going to be just fine.