Social media played a bigger role in Hillary Clinton's and Donald Trump's campaigns t than in any other presidential matchup. With his bombastic and outrageous tweets, Trump's account often stole the show, while Clinton's more "diplomatic" account…

On Monday, a federal court inadvertently weighed in on one of the biggest existential political debates of the day: should Trump's tweets be taken seriously? A footnote to the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals' decision on Trump's revised executive…

On Wednesday morning, a gunman fired shots on a baseball field in Alexandria, Virginia where Republican politicians were practicing for an annual charity baseball game intended to take place on Thursday. House Majority Whip Steve Scalise was among…

Best known for her reproductive rights advocacy and her epic 13-hour filibuster, former Texas state senator Wendy Davis joined Bustle on Tuesday for a Facebook Live interview. Davis specifically discussed Deeds Not Words, her group to empower women…

Donald Trump made a lot of promises for what was to come during the first 100 days of his presidency. And yet, it is abundantly clear that a lot of those promises haven't come to fruition. On Saturday, as Trump hits this much anticipated landmark of…

April 29 is a big day for the world of politics. Not only does Saturday mark President Donald Trump's 100th day in office, but it's also the White House Correspondents' Dinner. The current commander-in-chief has already made it perfectly clear that…

It is no secret that a slew of people have bailed on the White House Correspondents' Dinner, including the president himself. In fact, it's hard to keep track of who's still planning on showing up. President Obama and the first lady were popular and…

Talk to the director of the film Joy Joy Nails, an official selection of the 2017 Tribeca Film Festival, Joey Ally, for one minute, and you will be inspired. It's not just because her new film uncovers an under-told human rights story and champions…

On Tuesday, Planned Parenthood President Cecile Richards joined a round-table discussion of reproductive rights leaders and clinic patients in Kingston, New York, to talk about the potentially devastating health care effects of a bill recently…

Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren came blazing onto the national stage when the Obama administration recruited her in response to the 2008 financial crisis. It didn't take long for her to become known as a fierce critic of Wall Street. Thus, when…

Russia's terrible track record when it comes to the rights of LGBT people is hardly new. However, a report that gay men are being rounded up in the Chechen Republic (a federal subject of Russia) is stoking new and what should be inconceivable fears.…

President Trump's secretary of Education entered the White House in a blaze of controversy. From suggesting during her Senate hearing that guns are necessary in public schools to protect kids from grizzly bears to the historic first of needing Vice…

On Thursday, during his flight to Palm Beach, Florida, for a meeting with President Xi Jinping of China, President Trump, the man who among some circles already has a reputation for having a "dark side," unknowingly gave those circles fodder for…

On Thursday night, the United States launched Tomahawk cruise missiles at a Syrian airfield in retaliation against the Assad regime for bombing the Syrian people with a chemical nerve agent that at least killed 72 people and injured hundreds more.…

Earlier this week, the Assad regime unleashed a chemical gas in Syria that, according to The New York Times, is one of the worst chemical attacks since the beginning of the civil war in the nation state. The airstrikes by the Syrian government…

During her interview with Gayle King for CBS News, Ivanka Trump, one of the newest White House employees and the president's daughter, said she will champion women's issues. However, to many of her critics, it's not clear whether Trump has done…

I woke up to an email from Donald Trump Wednesday morning, and it was one of my favorite yet. I'm signed up for the Trump-Pence email list. Therefore, I often often wake up to some new Trump merchandise offer, but this morning's email was a…

There has only been one female senator from Georgia in United States history, and even then, she only held the position for one day. To this very day, Rebecca Latimer Felton is the only woman to represent the state of Georgia in the U.S. Senate, but…

Supreme Court Justice nominee Neil Gorsuch has the confirmation hearings behind him, but that doesn't mean the hard part is over. Gorsuch has met some important opposition, including from major Democratic players like Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth…

On Thursday morning, a Putin critic and former deputy speaker of the Russian Parliament was shot in the head in broad daylight on the streets of Kiev, Ukraine. Now, many are wondering who Denis Voronenkov was. His attack quickly earned international…