Clay Risen is the author of RED SCARE: Blacklists, McCarthyism, and the Making of Modern America. One afternoon in the early 1950s, the lawyer Paul Porter was walking through his private club in ...

On Feb. 8, 1950, Joe McCarthy, a still-obscure senator from Wisconsin, addressed a meeting of the Women’s Republican Club in Wheeling, West Virginia. The good ladies were not shocked by his ...

Trump has ramped up his attacks on Big Law. Experts warn it's unprecedented and dangerous—and some firms are standing up to ...

In 2021, JD Vance proclaimed “the universities are the enemy.” This week, the White House declared war against them. President Donald Trump and his administration are escalating their attacks ...

Although San Antonio Spurs Victor Wembanyama is out for the season, he still holds the lead in a few statistics. However, on Wembanyama's tail, at least in this metric, Pacers' Myles Turner ...

The Democratic National Committee is aiming to hold events in every state, targeting Republican-held districts, led by ...

Writer, director and actress Annapurna Sriram‘s celluloid fever dream has won over audiences at SXSW. With her feature directorial debut Fucktoys, which won the fest’s Special Jury Award for a ...

Benson Boone, Megan Moroney, Ivan Cornejo, Rema, and many more artists brought fans from all over to the four-night party in ...

The VIX, which spent much of January and February at or below its long-term average of about 19.5, leapt to 27.1 Monday. Key levels to watch for.

US President Donald Trump has set his sights on a new target for his attacks: American lawyers and law firms. But this ...

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences honored its 2025 Oscar nominees with a dinner at the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures in Los Angeles. And as per tradition, the nominees posed for the ...