Roughly Explained

Archeologists from Egypt's Ministry of Antiquities have discovered an enormous black granite sarcophagus in Alexandria, Egypt. The giant stone coffin, which has laid unopened for more...

The Supreme Court voted 5-4 to uphold President Trump's travel ban. Roughly Explained's Taylor Griffin appeared on BBC World News to explain why. Read more...

The Supreme Court, in a 5-4 vote, upheld President Trump’s ban on visitors from five predominantly Muslim countries. This third version of the ban...

The separation of families at the Southern border has sparked furious outrage in recent days. The chainlink cages and creepy big box stores converted...

President Trump’s summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un yielded a reaffirmation of the pledge Mr. Kim made in April to his South...

It was the photo-op seen around the world. An American President and a North Korean dictator, hands clasped before the flags of the two...

Can President Trump really pardon himself, as he claimed in a tweet Monday? Legal scholars disagree, but even if he did, it would do...

In the putrid rhetorical trash heap that is the public debate over the Russia investigation, a sharp divide has arisen between defenders of the...

News last week that the FBI used an informant to probe what two Trump staffers, George Papadopoulis and Carter Page, were up to in...

As President Trump welcomed home three Americans released from captivity in North Korea, he beamed with optimism about a diplomatic breakthrough with the world’s...