The Trump administration wants to use Facebook and other social media to help identify people who are receiving Social Security disability benefits without being truly disabled.
Left unanswered is a question that transcends partisan politics: In an era of provocation, how should Congress respond when its members say hateful or hurtful things?
The leading Democratic candidates have largely broken with consensus-driven politics and embraced progressive ideas on health care, taxes, the environment and Middle East policy.
Almost a year before voting starts, candidates are drawing large, enthusiastic crowds on the campaign trail as voters hoping to oust President Trump assess the field.
Judge T.S. Ellis III called sentencing guidelines that recommended 19 to 24 years for Paul Manafort “way out of whack,” the same way critics described the punishment Judge Ellis handed out.
The former Trump campaign chairman was sentenced to 47 months, far less than the 19 to 24 years recommended. But about half of all federal sentences last year were below the guidelines.
What Judge T.S. Ellis III actually said was that Mr. Manafort was “not before this court for anything having to do with collusion with the Russian government to influence this election.”