Donald Trump, and the Sordid Tradition of Suppressing October Surprises
American history is full of October surprises — late revelations, sometimes engineered by an opponent, that shock the trajectory of a presidential election and that...
The Democrats’ SOS candidate keeps his options open
Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker has turned center-left Illinois into an island of prairie progressivism, much as Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida has enacted a blood-red...
They’re trying to topple Trump. But they barely utter his name.
Difficulties lie ahead for candidates who choose not to take on Donald Trump directly in hopes that they can create distance from him without going...
A New York gala draws incoming GOP lawmakers, and extremists
Three incoming House freshmen attended a conservative gala in Manhattan on Saturday — along with white nationalists and right-wing conspiracy theorists.
Blowback over Griner’s release exposes depth of America’s divisions
There was a time when the release of American citizens who had been unjustly imprisoned by a foreign adversary was a moment for bipartisan relief...
Republicans reckon with midterm election fallout VIEW
They may still win the House, but the underwhelming showing has the GOP wrestling with what went wrong: Bad candidates, a bad message or Donald...
Obama to Georgia Democrats: ‘Resist the temptation to give up’ VIEW
Former President Barack Obama implored Georgia Democrats not to “tune out” politics as he tried to energize his party’s voters in a state that could...
As Republican campaigns seize on crime, racism becomes a new battlefront
In 2018, Republicans quietly stood by their advertising that Democrats had labeled racist. This year, Republicans have responded with defiance.
WA’s Joe Kent and a new generation of combat vets, eyeing House, strike from the right
Joe Kent, a candidate for a House seat in Washington state that was long represented by a soft-spoken moderate Republican, may well be elected to...