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Trump waded intro controversial territory with his comments in Ireland.

Trump has approached governing through the same framework as his former business portfolio, where he casts the US as a flagship holding whose value he was elected to increase.

An election law scholar explains the president's effort to dramatically limit mail voting ahead of the midterm elections - and why the court decided to block it.

Bribery involves offering money to a particular person, but Trump did not make his $5,000 offer to any single voter or set of voters.

A report that one of Trump's aides went a year without routine vetting raises a question a former CIA executive knows well: What is that process for?

A CIA veteran explains that a polygraph campaign is not likely to eliminate leaks, but it may divert investigative energy from essential security priorities.

An educated citizenry is the key to making self-government succeed, Founding Father Thomas Jefferson said.

Having a vivid, detailed memory of a remarkable event like 9/11 can seem like a demonstration of patriotism and a connection with other Americans.

TikTok's lawsuit fits a pattern - from cigarettes to opioids - of courts stepping in where lawmakers won't.

How will the Supreme Court justices approach the vote-by-mail case that concerns the most fundamental right in a democracy, the right to vote? A former federal judge weighs in on their task.