Donald Trump Jr. teases about a political future. But what do we really know about him? In Charleston County, South Carolina, they know more than most.

How the American nuclear industry downplays the threat of climate-induced flooding.

Thousands of asylum-seekers were released into towns near the border, straining local resources. Was the havoc a product of incompetence, or something more sinister?

Long before Trump came on the scene, key congressional Republicans had been sidling up to nativists and authoritarians across the globe.

How Trump’s business partnerships in India are creating conflicts of interest in the White House and corrupting the presidency.

Police from four countries joined forces to bring down a notorious human smuggler. Here’s how they blew the operation — and why the crackdown on immigration is making things worse.

Robert Dear shot up a Planned Parenthood clinic, killing three people. Did the right-wing media help turn a disturbed loner into a mass murderer?

Equal parts drill sergeant, data junkie, brawler, and entrepreneur, Jeff Roe will do anything to win.

The Department of Jus­tice failed to build criminal cases for financial-crisis misdeeds. Now it’s settling with banks without even filing civil suits.

Between black and white working-age families, the wealth gap is now $236,500. And home equity lies at the root.

Exposing the big lie of post-crash America.

Patrick Henry College was supposed to be a safe place. For these young women, it wasn’t.

The next front in the abortion wars.

A $36 billion Ponzi scheme, a charismatic entrepreneur, an ex-con turned devout Christian, and the politicians — from Michelle Bachmann to Tim Pawlenty — who championed them.

Sarah Palin promised to advocate for special-needs children once elected, but in Alaska she has refused to limit toxins that cause fetal abnormalities.

A sharp look at John McCain’s votes on reproductive rights and his track record in Arizona challenge the candidate’s image as an abortion moderate.