Has Trump ushered in an authoritarian crisis, an overdue constitutional overhaul, or merely benefitted from America’s rotten politics?

Is your skincare/skirt/vacation island as good as the real thing?

It's the way you're viewed, so it's very shrewd to be very very…weird?

The Trump administration’s proposed plan is fairly vague—but it would result in a clear victor.

Abortion bans may not be politically feasible—but cutting funding from the clinics gets you a lot of the way there.

ICE is watching how and where you drive.

Technology and porn are becoming disturbingly intertwined.

New developments in the Epstein and Comey sagas have revealed a lot about how justice can still break through the lawlessness of this moment.

Even with a crypto president, these guys can’t stop doing shady stuff.

Nickels, consider yourselves warned.

How an isolationist United States leaves more space for conflict, and less humanitarian aid.

Wait—Trump didn’t just wriggle out of this one?!

The crackdown is still searching for a crisis.

There’s a big financial incentive for Facebook and Instagram to tolerate scammers.

Amid unprecedented attacks on courts and judges, two champions for justice speak out.

A.I. companies are leading the data-center boom. Voters seem less enthused.

Democrats cave to end government shutdown as public pain starts swamping healthcare message; affordability politics take center stage; and the Epstein scandal flares back to life with a vengeance despite the best efforts of the White House.

A user base with a commitment to the truth is what makes Wikipedia work—and what makes it a target.

“Are workplaces too girly?” and other questions asked bravely by the New York Times.