![LAPD officers leave the University of Southern California after clearing an encampment on May 5, 2024.](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/lapd.jpg)
The Liberal Police State: How Democrats Are Playing Into GOP Hands The Liberal Police State: How Democrats Are Playing Into GOP Hands
Applying the tactics of counterinsurgency warfare to peaceful domestic protest risks blurring the line between Trump and his opponents.
Jun 14, 2024 / Sandy Tolan
![J.D. Vance in the background in focus with Donald Trump in the foreground out of focus.](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/j-d-vance-trump-gt-img.jpg)
Just More Evidence That J.D. Vance Is a Fraud Just More Evidence That J.D. Vance Is a Fraud
As long as you ultimately kiss the ring, you get total absolution in Trump world. But the junior senator from Ohio has traveled farther than most.
Jun 13, 2024 / Joan Walsh
![Attorney General Merrick Garland is sworn in as he testifies during a House Judiciary Committee hearing on the Department of Justice, on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, on Tuesday, June 4, 2024.](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/GettyImages-2156711897.jpg)
House Republicans Have Voted to Hold Merrick Garland in Contempt House Republicans Have Voted to Hold Merrick Garland in Contempt
The vote followed demands that the US attorney general turn over recordings of President Biden’s interviews with Robert Hur.
Jun 13, 2024 / Chris Lehmann
![Children look through razor wire after crossing the US-Mexico border.](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Texas-SB-4.jpg)
An Extreme Anti-Immigrant Law Could Threaten Undocumented Youth in Texas An Extreme Anti-Immigrant Law Could Threaten Undocumented Youth in Texas
SB 4, which the ACLU called one of the most extreme pieces of anti-immigrant legislation ever enacted, would give Texas police the power to engage in immigration enforcement.
Jun 13, 2024 / StudentNation / Lajward Zahra
![Steve Schwarzman speaking to students](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/blackstone-CEO.jpg)
Why Plutocrats Are Rallying to Trump Why Plutocrats Are Rallying to Trump
Civic lessons won’t sway America’s oligarchs. Instead, we need forthright economic populism to bring them to heel.
Jun 10, 2024 / Jeet Heer
![President Joe Biden announces asylum restrictions at the US-Mexico border in the East Room of the White House on June 4, 2024.](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/bidenborder.jpg)
President Biden Has His New Asylum Ban. Does He Have the Stomach for What Comes Next? President Biden Has His New Asylum Ban. Does He Have the Stomach for What Comes Next?
Many people say they want tougher border enforcement. They don’t always like what that looks like.
Jun 7, 2024 / Jack Herrera
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Under Trump, the DOJ Will Become the Legal Wing of the MAGA Movement Under Trump, the DOJ Will Become the Legal Wing of the MAGA Movement
Should Trump win, conservatives have a plan to use the DOJ to make their darkest desires legal, while removing the legal means to stop them.
Jun 7, 2024 / Feature / Elie Mystal
![President Joe Biden, right, and Vice President Kamala Harris wave and give thumbs up during a campaign event at Girard College in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, May 29, 2024.](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/biden-harris-thumbs-up-getty.jpg)
Why Are Democrats Holding Their Fire on Trump’s Conviction? Why Are Democrats Holding Their Fire on Trump’s Conviction?
For Biden consultants to look out at this set of conditions and say “We just don’t know what to do” is worse than political malpractice; it’s civic idiocy
Jun 5, 2024 / Chris Lehmann