Until the 1930s, it was Congress that set the terms of U.S. trade negotiations with other countries and raised and lowered tariffs as it saw fit, while the president did little but sign his name.
Democrats want health coverage for everybody in America, including the undocumented. What does that mean for folks already getting government-covered health care?
The Trump administration's replacement for Obama's signature climate rule is meant to be a lifeline for the nation's coal-fired power plants, but it may be too late.
The president pledged to protect LGBT people, but instead has infringed on their rights domestically.
The little-known provision that empowers tech companies to experiment with new ways of imposing and enforcing norms on new sites of discourse could be changed.
A series of attacks against U.S. and Russian backed forces in recent days suggests that ISIS is still very much a threat.
A round-up of images from Viewfinder, Pacific Standard's daily photo feature.
China is making it clear that, if the Trump administration follows through on its threat to withdraw from the Paris Agreement, there will be a geopolitical price to pay.
