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Heads of state are the symbolic leader of a country. Some of them, like King Charles III of the United Kingdom, carry out largely ceremonial roles these days. Others, like Saudi Arabian King Salman, are absolute monarchs and involved in governing the country’s day-to-day activities and policies. It also means…

Trump officials appear to be using other group chats to discuss the fate of Mike Waltz, who reportedly invited The Atlantic's editor in chief to the one discussing attacks on the Houthis

A federal judge will consider whether to block a Trump administration policy that bans the use of “X” marker used by many nonbinary people on passports as well as the changing of gender markers

After a judge ordered the Trump administration to rehire thousands of probationary workers who were fired in a dramatic downsizing of the U.S. government, many have been asked to return to work only to be put on administrative leave, or offered early retirement

One judge questioned whether Nazi defendants received more due process in the US than Venezuelans deported under Trump.

Yunseo Chung, who partook in university’s pro-Palestinian protests, called government’s actions ‘shocking overreach’

What we are currently living through is nothing less than an erasure of the building blocks of our republic – a distortion of what it means to be American

The Supreme Court seems closely divided over a challenge to Louisiana’s congressional map, which added a second Black majority district

Lawmakers are questioning the legality behind the $200 million campaign which allegedly included contracts awarded without standard competitive bidding