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The Johnstown Flood

May 30, 2026

May 30, 2026 (Saturday)

Week One in 250 to 250

This was the first week of videos from the 250 to 250 Project that we’re producing to honor the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence.

May 29, 2026

This morning, Senator John Cornyn (R-TX), who just lost his primary after President Donald J.

Politics Chat, May 28, 2026

As Trump Takes Hits, He Lashes Out

May 27, 2026

In Texas yesterday, Republican primary voters chose Trump-backed state attorney general Ken Paxton over incumbent senator John Cornyn by more than 27 points to be the Republican…

May 28, 2026

It’s an excellent bet that future books and films made about the Trump Era will begin with an image of the White House this week.

May 26, 2026

Yesterday, federal agents from Immigration and Customs Enforcement pepper-sprayed Senator Andy Kim (D-NJ) along with demonstrators outside Delaney Hall, a 1,000-bed detention…

Weaponizing the Department of Justice

American Conversations: Senator Andy Kim

American Conversations: Illinois Governor JB Pritzker

Accountability and Consequences

Politics Chat, May 26, 2026

Trump Under Pressure

May 25, 2026

Last Friday, just before the long holiday weekend, Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard resigned, effective as of June 30, citing her husband’s recent cancer diagnosis…

May 19, 2026

Yesterday the Department of Justice announced it is creating a $1.776 billion “Anti-Weaponization Fund” to compensate what it calls victims of the Department of Justice under…

May 16, 2026

Seventy-two years ago tomorrow, on May 17, 1954, the Supreme Court unanimously decided Brown v.

May 21, 2026

Congress left for the holiday weekend a day early today after a number of Republican members of Congress appear to have mutinied against President Donald J.

May 18, 2026

I have been traveling and tonight have hit the wall as I tried to write, so at this hour am opting for bed rather than trying to grind out today’s letter.

May 23, 2026

President Donald J.

American Conversations: Kate Barr

A newsletter about the history behind today's politics.

May 20, 2026

Metropolitan Police Department officer Daniel Hodges and former U.S.

The Power to Shape the Civilization That We Want

Starting to Crack

Politics Chat, May 21, 2026

Blocking the Slush Fund

American Conversations: Cleve Jones

Lunch Money with Paul Krugman and Heather Cox Richardson

Politics Chat, May 20, 2026

A Pardon on Steroids

Awakening a Sleeping Giant

Americans’ Civic Identity

May 17, 2026

Thousands of people gathered today on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., to engage in an eight-hour taxpayer-funded evangelical worship event to “rededicate” the nation to…

Memorial Day

May 22, 2026

On May 22, 1964, in a graduation speech at the University of Michigan, President Lyndon Johnson put a name to a new vision for the United States.

Trump's China Trip

250 to 250

May 24, 2026

For a while now, I’ve been hinting that my team was up to something.

Trump's Politics as Dominance Sport