Pretending that the nation is in decline will do little but provide succour to those who want to maintain an unchallenged American hegemony

Impeachment has never finished off a president. A shambolic process that doesn't kill Trump might simply make him stronger

These are the pillars of the candidate's policy platform

The former law professor and senator has a plan for everything, including taking on billionaires and reforming the US electoral college. But can she win it?

Will the impeachment inquiry succeed?

The writ of the courts still runs—for now. But Trump is remaking the American bench, and destroying the norms on which democracy depends

Their agenda is driven not by strength but weakness and the result is playing out before our eyes 

Diplomat Richard Holbrooke was at the heart of America's greatest foreign policy challenges in the latter 20th century—and represented the end of a national era

Younger readers might find this hard to believe, but there was a time, not so long ago, when both Britain and America were admired for the governing principles they espoused

Sameer Rahim is joined by Jill Lepore to discuss how US presidents use—and abuse—the story of America's past