John Whitehead: How does a president becomes a dictator? By executive order
The Unitary Executive Theory is no longer a theory—it’s the architecture of a dictatorship in motion.
The Unitary Executive Theory is no longer a theory—it’s the architecture of a dictatorship in motion.
U.S. Immigration Customs and Enforcement, or ICE, is reportedly on the ground in Charlottesville and Albemarle County.
The SERVICE Act and the Ensuring Agency Service Quality Act would protect federal workers and their agencies from the Trump Administration.
MAGA Gov. Glenn Youngkin is dramatically overselling a minor, tiny, baby step toward a trade agreement with India as being something that can bail out Virginia farmers about to get hammered by the disastrous Trump tariffs.
The University of Mary Washington will host a mini-conference for job seekers on Thursday, May 15, including alumni and federal workers.
I don’t know who torques me more – MAGAs who tell me that Democrats are too focused on immigrants and the trans community, or supposed Democrats who tell me that Democrats are too focused on immigrants and the trans community.

U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth finds himself in the middle of a second Signalgate. President Trump blames “disgruntled employees.”
Are White MAGA voters in Virginia ready to cast their lots with a Black immigrant woman for governor, a gay White man for lieutenant governor, and a Latino for attorney general?
MAGA Gov. Glenn Youngkin is claiming that an outfit called the Virginia Homeland Security Task Force has made more than 500 arrests as of Monday, though the governor’s office isn’t able to give us much detail on the nature of the arrests.
Maryland Sen. Chris Van Hollen, in the first week of the Senate’s two-week recess, risked his life to try to bring home Kilmar Abrego Garcia.
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