Donald Trump is “morally unfit” to be president of the United States, former FBI director James Comey told ABC in an interview broadcast on Sunday. “I don’t buy this stuff about him being mentally incompetent or early...

Journalism students at Arizona State, one of the largest universities in the United States, are trying to sever ties between their school and recruiters representing Sinclair, the conservative company under fire for ordering anchors all over the...

This week House Speaker Paul Ryan announced that he will retire after 20 years in congress. Ryan, who rose to prominence as Mitt Romney’s running mate, leaves with his reputation tied closely to Trump—a man he vowed not to defend, and then...

R. Lee Ermey, a former United States Marine Corps drill instructor who parlayed his military experience into a breakthrough role in Stanley Kubrick’s Full Metal Jacket, has passed away at age 74, according to a statement by his manager....

Jon Caldera is about to be a criminal—and he’s not taking it well. The gun-loving Colorado libertarian wrote an unhinged opinion column for the Denver Post as the tony college town in the mountains outside Denver prepares to ban assault...

A Texas man is under arrest after police say he attacked his son with a samurai sword over a video game, according to the Fort Worth Star-Telegram. Antonio Juan Alvarado, 57, is charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon. His son said...

In order to get Donald Trump re-elected, his backers first need to keep him out of jail. Which is maybe why the Trump campaign has dedicated 22% of its total expenditures to paying lawyers, according to campaign fund disclosures analyzed by...

Richard Nixon’s “Saturday Night Massacre” was the beginning of the end of his presidency, as Republicans rebelled against the president over his attempt to cover up the Watergate break-in by ordering the dismissal of the...

French President Emmanuel Macron is taking credit for President Trump’s decision to fire $165 million in missiles at Syria, an attack that came with ample warning and which apparently killed no one. Trump was going to honor his campaign...

The media tour tied to the release of James Comey’s book is bringing back all sorts of arguments about what happened in the 2016 campaign and why. On Sunday afternoon, MSNBC invited on Michael Steele, the former chairman of the Republican...

Republican Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin last week came under heavy criticism when he said teachers in his state who walked out of school for one day to protest state education funding were responsible for all children who were sexually abused by...

The first Pride celebration in Columbus, Indiana, the hometown of notoriously anti-LGBT Vice President Mike Pence, was a hit. “The first gay pride festival here, the hometown of socially conservative Vice President Mike Pence and a city that...

Reza Aslan, a religion scholar and former CNN host who has written extensively about Islamic fundamentalism, is featured in a new Big Think video in which he asks the question of whether the followers of President Donald Trump constitute a...

According to a statement from the Bush family, former first lady Barbara Bush is calling off further medical treatment as she succumbs to congestive heart failure. The 92-year-old wife of former President George H.W. Bush has additionally been...

Speaking with MSNBC host Richard Lui, a longtime Republican strategist explained that a refusal by President Donald Trump to sit down with Robert Mueller’s investigators would free the special counsel up to announce indictments even...