Matt K. Lewis

Even without passing, the SAVE America Act serves three strategic purposes for Republicans.

How exactly does the country "move on" when a sizable slice of its elite class appears to regard liberal democracy as more an anachronism than a governing philosophy?

Reaching for parallels in the Revolution and abolition, Americans are no longer debating conventional public policy. We are debating identity.

People notice who is protected, who is sacrificed and who is allowed to lie with impunity.

The problem isn't just that we're losing friends, it's that we're creating potential enemies.

When local police officers start dressing like 'warrior cops' and explicitly cooperate with ICE, the line between immigration enforcement and everyday policing blurs dangerously.

An ICE shooting in Minnesota. A rift in the GOP over foreign interventions. A looming nightmare for Democrats over government waste.

When Donald Trump wanted to advise the Obamas about state dinners and they declined his input, was that his super villain origin story?

This was not a year of triumph, but of transition. A year when Trump's dominance began to fade and successors started circling.

The president's agenda amounts to an ambitious effort to raise the cost of living without the benefit of improved living standards.

Rep. Jasmine Crockett, a progressive firebrand, is not the strongest candidate for the Texas Democratic primary.

Wooing this president was once seen as the safe play. The calculus has shifted.

The very same forces that failed Epstein's victims continue to fail thousands of others.