Most say Trump is not above the law

The latest Reuters/Ipsos survey following news of a possible indictment for Donald Trump by the Manhattan District Attorney’s office, shows Americans believe Donald Trump is not above the law, and a large majority say Trump should stand trial if he broke the law. Americans also do not support violent acts […] Read more »

Fox News faces bad choices with a possible Trump indictment

If former President Trump is to be believed, his indictment and arrest are imminent on charges related to paying off adult-film actress Stormy Daniels. We don’t know how an indictment might impact Trump’s electoral chances, but looking at how Republicans reacted to Trump’s stolen-election claims and his role in the […] Read more »

Attacks on Manhattan investigation show GOP still can’t break from Trump

Amid all the other uncertainties surrounding the possible indictment of Donald Trump, the flurry of events has made one thing unequivocally clear: the former president remains the center of the GOP universe. The rush of GOP leaders to preemptively condemn Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s potential indictment of Trump as […] Read more »

How crime is igniting new conflicts between red states and blue cities

Republican-controlled state governments are opening an explosive new front in their decadelong drive to exert more control over the decisions — and decision makers — in Democratic-run cities and counties. From Florida and Mississippi to Georgia, Texas and Missouri, an array of red states are taking aggressive new steps to […] Read more »

Why Joe Biden is playing defense on crime

The Senate this week passed a Republican-led resolution to overturn a Washington, DC, crime law, which critics have argued is soft on violent criminals. Almost two-thirds of Senate Democrats backed the measure after President Joe Biden announced an about-face by saying he wouldn’t veto the legislation to nullify that law. […] Read more »