Johnson’s plan to send aid to Ukraine moves closer to reality
4/18/24
Senate Dismisses Impeachment Charges Against Mayorkas Without a Trial
4/17/24
There is no uniparty
4/14/24
Mike Pence pushes a post-Trump path for conservatives and GOP
4/14/24
Top Republican warns pro-Russia messages are echoed ‘on the House floor’
4/8/24
New rule could make it much harder for Trump to overhaul federal workforce if he wins in November
4/7/24
The right becomes furious after two things happen on the same day
4/1/24
Half of senior staffers in Congress are so fed up that they may quit
3/30/24
Republicans put forth unfounded and sometimes racist theories on bridge collapse
3/28/24
For Trump’s sake, two GOP women go to war against their own sex
3/25/24
How to beat the backlash that threatens the liberal revolution
3/22/24
N.C. GOP nominee compared Planned Parenthood, men with saggy pants to KKK
3/20/24
Context collapse
3/19/24
Former President Donald Trump says there will be a "bloodbath" if he loses
3/17/24
The Great Resignation hits Congress: Lawmakers are quitting, too
3/16/24
The magnitude of Pence refusing to endorse Trump
3/16/24
Katie Britt’s kitchen was a bleak stand-in for a chilling conservative vision
3/8/24
North Carolina’s GOP governor nominee wants to go back to an America where women can’t vote
3/7/24
Rachel Maddow, Jen Psaki, Joy Reid, Nicolle Wallace and Alex Wagner discuss voters concern over the border crisis.
3/7/24
McConnell endorses Trump after years of acrimony between them
3/6/24
Democrats sneer at Haley’s failure
3/6/24
The GOP primary is about the ‘direction’ of the Republican Party, Nikki Haley says
3/4/24
Offensive comments by N.C. Republican stand out even in Trump’s party
3/2/24
'White Rural Rage' looks at the most likely group to abandon democratic norms
3/2/24
Hillary Clinton was (mostly) right about the vast right-wing conspiracy
3/2/24
McConnell to Step Down as Leader at the End of the Year
2/28/24
Dim or disloyal? Republicans again ensnared in possible Russian plot.
2/25/24; updated 2/26/24
South Carolina Republican Primary Results
2/25/24
Will you join the supermajority for constitutional democracy?
2/22/24
The truth about political ads: They can include lies
2/19/24
Inside Trump’s ouster of Ronna McDaniel as RNC chair
2/16/24
Democrats Flip Santos’s House Seat in Early Election-Year Test
2/13/24
Oregon high court says GOP lawmakers who staged walkout can’t run for re-election
2/1/24
House Passes Bipartisan Tax Bill, but Election-Year Politics Complicate Its Path
1/31/24
Republicans now say it might be okay to ignore the Supreme Court
1/30/24
Taylor Swift, Travis Kelce and a MAGA Meltdown
1/30/24
Today's GOP Follows Familiar Path Toward Fascism
1/26/24
What MAGA Really Looks Like
1/24/24
There's a simple reason Trump won in New Hampshire
1/24/24
The Emerging Working-Class Republican Majority
1/22/24
The 2024 U.S. Presidential Race: A Cheat Sheet
1/15/24
Democratic group plans $140 million voter testimonial onslaught against Donald Trump
1/12/24
Understanding the Iowa caucuses and why they’re important to the election
1/11/24
Republican governors in 15 states reject summer food money for kids
1/11/24
The year in power: Mistruth and consequences
1/1/24
Doom dominates 2024 messaging as Trump and Biden trade dire warnings
1/1/24
Why 2024’s vibes are so perplexing: ‘Everybody thinks they’re losing’
12/31/23
Blame democracy’s woes on the GOP or ‘tyranny of the minority’? Try the voters.
12/29/23
House passes defense policy bill, a rebuke of GOP’s far-right fringe
12/14/23
American progressives should advocate for Palestine. Why aren’t they?
12/14/23
Fewer young Americans plan to vote in 2024, Harvard youth poll finds
12/7/23
George Santos was expelled. What happens next with his House seat?
12/4/23
Details of Scott Perry’s role in Trump efforts to stay in power unsealed
11/30/23
Henry Kissinger’s legacy is best measured in bodies
11/30/23
Henry Kissinger Dead at 100; Shaped Cold War History; Legacy measured in bodies; West Wing ‘playboy’
11/29/23; updated 11/30/23
Donations to GOP drop as worries mount about the party’s finances
11/28/23
House Republicans unveil their plan to avert a government shutdown next week
11/11/23
A lot of Americans embrace Trump’s authoritarianism
11/10/23
Abortion’s pull vs. Biden’s unpopularity: What to watch in today’s elections.
11/9/23
Eight columnists discuss: How in the world is Trump winning?
11/7/23
How Speaker Mike Johnson’s plans for a Christian law school unraveled
11/4/23
In Johnson, House Republicans Elevate One of Their Staunchest Conservatives
10/28/23
Johnson Elected Speaker of the House, Ending Weeks of Chaos
10/25/23
The surprising group of Republicans who kept Jim Jordan from becoming House speaker
10/21/23
Mainstream Republicans, ‘Squishes’ No More, Dig In Against Jordan
10/19/23
Republicans nominate Jordan for House speaker after Scalise withdrawal
10/13/23
Biden faces growing pressure from Democrats over border crossings
10/8/23
Divisions over abortion roil 2024 GOP presidential field
10/8/23
GOP dysfunction, a temporary Speaker & House Republicans debate
10/4/23
Far-Right G.O.P. Faction Removes McCarthy as Speaker
10/3/23
The MAGAmerican dream lives in Sarasota
10/1/23
Inside McCarthy’s Shutdown Turnabout That Left His Speakership at Risk
10/1/23
On Fox News, GOP impeachment leaders spread false claims with impunity
9/29/23
5 Takeaways From Another Trump-Free Republican Debate
9/28/23
Senate moves forward on short-term deal to avert government shutdown
9/27/23
Enough is enough. McCarthy must bring the GOP rebels to heel.
9/23/23
Outflanked by liberals, Oregon conservatives aim to become part of Idaho
9/16/23
House lawmakers return to looming budget and impeachment decisions
9/12/23
A crisis in U.S. presidential legitimacy is looming
9/6/23
How corporate liberalism is changing both parties
9/3/23
Freedom Caucus rebels against a short-term funding bill with new demands
8/27/23
Without Trump, Republican debate attacks focus on Ramaswamy and Biden
8/24/23
Democrats and Republicans deeply divided on extreme weather, Post-UMD poll finds
8/24/23
What the first debate will say about Trump, Fox, and democracy
8/23/23
I left the church — and now long for a ‘church for the nones’
8/21/23
Trump says, ‘I’m coming after you.’ We should take him at his word.
8/12/23
The supreme American demagogue
8/7/23
At dueling youth conferences, differing messages on 2024
8/6/23
Among MAGA extremists, Trump charges draw big talk, small crowds
8/6/23
What if We’re the Bad Guys Here?
8/6/23
Republicans train their fire on Kamala Harris
8/6/23
CNN Poll: Percentage of Republicans who think Biden’s 2020 win was illegitimate ticks back up near 70%
8/3/23
Ron DeSantis Accepts Gavin Newsom’s Challenge to Debate on Fox News
8/3/23
Trump and Allies Forge Plans to Increase Presidential Power in 2025
7/24/23
‘Gut-Level Hatred’ Is Consuming Our Political Life
7/24/23
How No Labels is ruining the label of ‘independent’
7/23/23
Racial identity is more fluid than you might think
7/23/23
The MAGA persecution complex is eating itself to death
7/17/23
Who might be Trump’s pick for vice president?
7/8/23
The evidence mounts: Hispanic voters are drifting toward the GOP
7/5/23
Why are Vietnamese the most Republican-leaning Asian Americans?
7/3/23
Who will drop out of the GOP primary first? Here are some clues.
6/20/23
The impossible challenge of telling Trump fans the truth
6/12/23
Republicans Don't Believe in Freedom--Only Power
6/1/23
‘Terrible public policy’: Why the debt deal infuriates climate activists
5/30/23
Debt ceiling deal faces first hurdle in Republican-led House
5/30/23
Move over, evangelicals. Non-churchgoers now rule the GOP.
5/30/23
White House and G.O.P. Strike Debt Limit Deal to Avert Default
5/27/23
Texas attorney general facing impeachment after months long investigation
5/27/23
4 takeaways from Ron DeSantis’s 2024 launch
5/25/23
DeSantis’s Big Moment Goes Awry With a Twitter Meltdown
5/24/23
‘Biden and Me’: DeSantis Privately Tells Donors Trump Can’t Win
5/22/23
The day free-market Republicans became Soviet economic planners
5/15/23
Biden faces broad negative ratings at start of campaign, Post-ABC poll finds
5/7/23
Trump’s Election Denialism Is Already Winning
5/5/23
With debt bill adopted, far-right House Republicans ready for fiscal war
4/30/23
McCarthy’s debt ceiling plan is theater unworthy of a high school gym
4/23/23
Trump touts authoritarian vision for second term: ‘I am your justice’
4/21/23
This plan for a third-party presidential bid in 2024 is dangerous
4/15/23
The most underrated story in U.S. politics: The post-Trump consensus
3/23/23
This Arizona town captures America’s deepening rural-urban divide
3/23/23
Much of the 2024 GOP field focuses on dark, apocalyptic themes
3/16/23
The GOP primaries are all about ‘retribution’ against MAGA’s enemies
3/8/23
Field narrows in Wisconsin Supreme Court election that could decide abortion ban fate
2/22/23
How Nikki Haley built her career on having it both ways
2/20/23
Alarmed by DeSantis, Black leaders protest and prepare for 2024
2/16/23
Nikki Haley announces 2024 White House bid
2/14/23
McConnell slams Scott over plan to sunset Medicare, Social Security
2/12/23
The making of Anna Paulina Luna
2/12/23
Do Republicans want to cut Social Security and Medicare? Here’s what to know.
2/9/23
Sanders Goes For 'Woke' - Doubles Down Far Right Paranoia
2/8/23
Biden’s response to GOP heckling? Vigor, humor and command.
2/8/23
Biden’s State of the Union 2023: Analysis and key moments
2/8/23
Three takeaways from Biden’s State of the Union address
2/8/23
Rep. Ilhan Omar kicked off committee after party-line vote in House
2/2/23
GOP report shows plan to ramp up focus on disproven election fraud claims
2/1/23
Congress at stalemate on debt ceiling legislation
1/31/23
Rep. George Santos is stepping down from committees amid fabrications about his biography
1/31/23
New Pa. Democratic Gov. Josh Shapiro is on a GOP charm offensive
1/31/23
Republicans want to ‘negotiate’ over the debt ceiling? Bring it on.
1/27/23
Biden Hammers Republicans on the Economy, With Eye on 2024
1/26/23
Classified documents discovered at home of former VP Mike Pence
1/24/23
Early rift over immigration exposes House GOP’s tough path to consensus
1/23/23
Larry Hogan won over Democrats in Maryland. Could he do it nationwide?
1/23/23
The top 10 Republican presidential candidates for 2024, ranked
1/15/23
New details link George Santos to cousin of sanctioned Russian oligarch
1/16/23
House oversight panel will probe fraud in covid unemployment aid
1/15/23
Rep. George Santos faces calls to resign from fellow N.Y. Republicans
1/11/23
McCarthy vows to remove Democrats from committees if Republicans win House
1/11/23
House Republicans pass rules package in key test for McCarthy
1/9/23
With McCarthy elected speaker, House GOP readies for fiscal showdowns
1/8/23
From Gingrich to McCarthy, the Roots of Governance by Chaos
1/7/23
Kevin McCarthy should get used to this feeling
1/7/23
McCarthy makes fresh concessions to try to woo hard-right Republicans in speaker bid
1/5/23
New liberal Latino lawmakers are preparing to challenge status quo
1/2/23