Donald Trump

The National Prayer Breakfast is one of the few events that attempts to highlight unity over partisan divides, but prayers don't result in meaningful policy changes.

Challengers to Trump's national-emergency declaration can use his own words against him.

Recent polling reveals that most Americans oppose the expansion of the border wall, and two-thirds oppose Trump using emergency powers to fund its construction.

We've highlighted Pacific Standard's best stories on the national emergency over a border wall.

A legal expert on emergency powers weighs in.

The lawsuit, filed on behalf of 11 asylum seekers who have been returned to Mexico, alleges Border Patrol agents did not assess whether the migrants had reason to "fear for their lives."

While the president has far-reaching powers in a state of emergency, experts say Trump could face legal challenges over specific provisions.

The Trump administration is undermining scientists by disparaging the scientific process.

The shutdown was also consistent with a goal long sought by a subset of the Republican Party that wants to dismantle the government.

David Bernhardt, a former oil and gas lobbyist, is a behind-the-scenes operator who has positioned himself as an ardent opponent of conservation advocates.

At the heart of the confrontation is the National Guard's unique role in the country's armed forces.

David Hogg suggested Donald Trump declare a state of emergency over gun violence. There's Katrina-era precedent for confiscating guns during emergencies.

House Democrats are offering $1.6 billion to implement new surveillance technologies at the border and add more border-patrol officers. Human rights groups are concerned.

One of the highest ranking generals in the state national guard told troops they wouldn't be kicked out, but he may not have the final word.

New research suggests that nationalism can be a psychological coping response.

Many of the Trump administration's own policies undermine this goal.

In his State of the Union address, Trump is likely to claim that his strategy balanced trade policy. But the state of the trade war indicates otherwise.

In November of 2016, a lot of American women feared using access to contraception—so they got IUDs.

The speech was once useful for setting legislative agendas, but the digital age has made it a mostly useless spectacle.

Trump will likely stoke anti-immigrant sentiment in his address, but he won't talk about child separation and immigration court backlog.

The agency reportedly targeted not just the artist's immigration status but his persona, in the latest example of what advocates identify as ICE abusing its authority.

The new access standards are the most important step toward reshaping the Department of Veterans Affairs in line with Trump's vision of enlarging the private sector's role.

For a politician who wants to trigger nativist revulsion, a metaphor can be as effective as an explicit insult.

The bill would restore the areas excised from the monument by Trump, and add additional acreage.