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The U.S. Constitution gives states control of elections. An executive order by President Donald Trump aims to take away that control and limit mail-in voting. The Supreme Court will now weigh in.

How invented threats, provocative language and repulsive imagery contribute to declining support for transgender people and other marginalized groups.

While only a sliver of Americans say they support violating core democratic norms, many more say they're ambivalent about politicians who undermine democracy.

Air Force One shouldn't be seen as only a cool piece of flying technology or a political flash point. Instead, writes a historian, the presidential plane has shaped and defined the modern presidency.

When does a shooting become terrorism? A Texas case could help define the answer.

Legal scholars argue that when executive branch agencies impose conditions on federal funds, courts should give these cases special scrutiny.

More Americans now hold absolutist positions, supporting legal access to abortion in all or most cases and opposing government regulation altogether.

Shifting counts have a boring cause: who votes by mail, and when those votes get counted. That doesn't mean all fraud claims are false, though.

New research maps where legal financial obligations are concentrated - and finds they overlap with poverty, violence and racial inequality.

Antifa is a scattered movement of local collectives that opposes fascism. It has no leader, command hierarchy, funding structure or record of deadly attacks.