Steve Benen is a producer for "The Rachel Maddow Show," the editor of MaddowBlog and an MSNBC political contributor. He's also the bestselling author of "Ministry of Truth: Democracy, Reality, and the ...

Who has the U.S. killed in recent boat strikes? It’s a problem that we don’t know. It’s an even bigger problem that the ...

Given how low contemporary standards have fallen, this week’s Senate votes against the White House’s trade policies represent ...

With Republicans in control of federal power, why does the president expect the Democratic minority to “do something” about ...

As policymakers face new pressures to end the ongoing crisis, the latest polling suggests Republicans are not in a position ...

Some GOP officials want to end the shutdown by doing away with filibusters once and for all. The president now wants the same ...

As Americans confront vastly more expensive health care coverage, the Republican answer to the problem is to downplay the ...

Today’s edition of quick hits.* The latest on Hurricane Melissa: “The monster storm had winds of up to 185 mph and killed at ...

The federal responses to recent threats against Attorney General Pam Bondi and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries differ.

You’ve heard of the boy who cried “wolf”? Over the past decade or so, Republicans have become the party that cried “Watergate ...

The progressive Democratic congressional candidate’s videos of confrontations with federal agents have fueled right-wing calls for her arrest.

Amid rising tensions with Venezuela and Colombia, among others, the Republican administration has sent an aircraft carrier ...