Rikers Island is a century-old jail complex on an island sandwiched between the Bronx and Queens in New York City. It’s home ...

Then there are the transactions that all seem to end up with the first family being paid — starting with the $28 million paid ...

The hundreds of legal challenges to executive actions expose the administration’s efforts to seize legislative authority.

Data does not support claims that the United States is experiencing a surge in crime caused by immigrants. In the past few months, politicians and certain media outlets have latched on to a narrative ...

Every day brings a new story about the outsized role of private wealth in American politics. Elon Musk slashing and burning his way through federal agencies. Billionaire campaign donors like Howard ...

President Donald Trump declared a national emergency last week to address what he described as harmful foreign trade and economic practices. Invoking the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, ...

The police killing of George Floyd ignited a mass movement centered on persistent police violence against Black Americans and intensified calls for systemic change in American policing. use of force; ...

The 2024 federal election cycle was the most secretive since the Supreme Court’s Citizens United decision in 2010. Dark money groups, nonprofits and shell companies that spend on elections without ...

Project 2025, the Heritage Foundation’s blueprint for a conservative administration, proposed a number of actions that would transform criminal justice policy at the federal level. They are likely to ...