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Weissmann referenced the so-called “ Saturday Night Massacre ” of October 1973, when then-President Richard Nixon fired ...

In 2019, we represented an anonymous whistle-blower from the American intelligence community whose disclosures about ...

Former Republican consultant Stuart Stevens — who has written a pair of books on how his former party has become the cult of ...

Half a century ago Congress, the courts, other key institutions within and outside of the government, and the American public ...

Administration officials are chasing soundbites — not sustainable changes — and leaving real harm in their wake.

For boomers, the rapid reversal of 1960s-era gains for civil rights, women, LGBTQ, etc., has unraveled the story of our ...

One of the president’s most controversial Cabinet nominees wants to shuffle the deck on core American principles, such as checks and balances.

All politicians, even the ones whose goals are honourable, have flaws and unpleasant character traits of greater or lesser consequence. John F Kennedy was a serial womaniser who reportedly told ...

Trump ran on a campaign to explicitly finish the job he started on Jan. 6 and, on his first day in power, he did that as best he could.

Step out to enjoy the winter season in Johnson County with these weekend happenings, from North Liberty's Fire and Ice to a ...