July 4 is America’s birthday and the first anniversary of Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act and the Medicaid cuts that followed.

The 47th president has smashed norms, enriched himself, and even bungled cleaning the Reflecting Pool. But July 4 still survives.

John Roberts greets President Donald Trump before Trump delivered his address to a joint session of Congress in the House Chamber of the U.S. Capitol in March. Credit: Associated Press No American ...

The history of semicentennial presidential oratory is limited but Trump’s July 4 semiquincentennial remarks will be a low point in the canon.

SCOTUS upheld bans on transgender athletes in women’s sports, sidestepping evidence and narrowing its own logic on trans discrimination.

James Wilson’s vision of a Constitution rooted in the people anticipated Lincoln, Reconstruction, and modern constitutional ...

Even this Supreme Court is unlikely to embrace Trump’s efforts to undo birthright citizenship, but if it did, it would be ...

The majority upholds state bans on trans athletes, sidelinging key evidence, scientific fact, and its own logic upholding trans rights in employment. Founded in 1969, the Washington Monthly is an ...

Primary upsets in Maine, New York, and Colorado show a Democratic base furious over Trump, Israel, and elite impunity. Founded in 1969, the Washington Monthly is an independent media organization ...

Roberts Slays Trump’s Ludicrous Birthright Citizenship Order. While Thomas tries to justify caste, Jackson makes it clear the ...

The majority upholds state bans on trans athletes, sidelinging key evidence, scientific fact, and its own logic upholding trans rights in employment. Founded in 1969, the Washington Monthly is an ...

Democratic voters are turning on party leaders as anger over Trump, Israel-Palestine, and elite impunity fuels a wave of primary upsets.