John Light

This article is part of TPM Cafe, TPM’s home for opinion and news analysis. A proliferation of intense invective and polemical demands for freedom characterizes the present American right…

For 11 years, Karl Ashanti represented New York City cops in civil-rights cases. Then he was charged with a crime he didn’t commit.

The U.S. State Department trusts foreign governments to nominate reputable honorary consuls, despite global accounts of wrongdoing.

This article is part of TPM Cafe, TPM’s home for opinion and news analysis. “Immigrants are invading our country and replacing our cultural and ethnic background.” According to a recent poll, 30%

This article first appeared at ProPublica. ProPublica is a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative newsroom. Sign up for The Big Story newsletter to receive…

A powerful lobbyist convinced a federal agency that doctors can be forced to pay fees on money that health insurers owe them. Big companies rake in profits while doctors are saddled with yet another cost in a burdensome health care system.

If Donald Trump wins the presidency at the end of this year, he’s promised to enact a sweeping agenda of retribution and revenge. That agenda will be made much easier, and less reliant on executive…

With the beginning of 2024, top Republicans are lining up behind Donald Trump, perhaps acknowledging a fact that much of D.C. has resisted since the summer: That the primary was over before it began.

MSNBC host Joy Reid had Josh Kovensky on to discuss his story, which was published earlier this month. Read the full article here.

Late summer 2024 has found Trump almost comically torn between two competing...