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Ed KilgoreDaily Intelligencer |
Republicans from Donald Trump on down are excited that the landmark Supreme Court ruling in Louisiana v. Callais has invited a wave of partisan...
In a decision that caps a disastrous ten days for Democrats struggling to offset Republican congressional gerrymanders, a 4-3 majority of the Virginia...
When Donald Trump furiously ordered his minions to find and fund primary challenges to seven Indiana Republican state senators who refused to conduct...
At this moment in his second term, it’s very difficult to find bright spots for Donald Trump — other than the perpetual loyalty of his MAGA base...
In the wake of the U.S. Supreme Court’s landmark decision in Louisiana v. Callais, much attention has been paid to its impact on the midterms and...
Last week, Virginia voters narrowly passed a state constitutional amendment allowing Democratic legislators to rewrite the congressional maps, which...
Logically, the first option any governing political party should pursue to maintain its hold on power is to do a good job, specifically on issues the...
On Tuesday, Virginia voters approved a constitutional amendment allowing the Democratic-controlled legislature to temporarily substitute a new...
Like nature itself, politics abhors a vacuum. So the hole in the California Democratic gubernatorial field caused by front-runner Eric Swalwell’s...
All along, Republicans have faced high odds in their effort to preserve a governing trifecta in Washington in November’s midterm elections. They...
While governor of California is one of the biggest jobs in America, for months the 2026 election has looked like a real snoozer. Now it’s suddenly...
Donald Trump has, unintentionally, done an incredible job of uniting the Democratic Party. Despite cliches about Democratic “disarray,” nearly all...
In the game plan most Republicans envisioned for 2026, message discipline and coordinated action were very important. The party, with strong agreement...
Until April 10, the general tenor of California’s contest to determine a successor to two-term governor Gavin Newsom had been low-key, even a bit...
When you’re on the crest of an electoral “wave,” all sorts of wonderful things seem possible. That’s increasingly true for Democrats as they...
There is nothing wrong with Democrats insulting or expressing rage toward the president of the United States. Donald Trump has richly earned every...
When last year’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act was signed by Donald Trump last July 4, the conventional wisdom in Washington was that it was a...
Tuesday was a day like no other in living memory, with bookends provided by two Truth Social posts from Donald Trump. At 8:06 a.m. ET, the president...
An endorsement from Donald Trump is usually an enormous gift to any Republican candidate. But the 47th president’s “COMPLETE AND TOTAL...
Republicans concerned about Donald Trump’s chronically underwater job-approval ratings have sometimes reassured themselves by pointing at...
Being the chief law-enforcement officer for a president who believes he defines the law and is given imperial powers by the Constitution is hard work....
Last week, the Senate unanimously passed a bill to reopen the Department of Homeland Security except for its immigration-related functions. House...
The closure of the Department of Homeland Security has now become the longest partial government shutdown in U.S. history, at 45 days and counting. It...
The political world is, understandably, focused on 2026 Senate and House races. The question of whether the Republican Party will maintain its...
In the middle of Thursday night, in a near-empty Senate chamber, an end to the most perplexing conflict of the second Donald Trump term finally came...
The Department of Homeland Security shutdown will reach its 40th day tomorrow, and it seems this partisan dispute over immigration enforcement cannot...
In 1992, Illinois became the first state to elect a Black woman to the U.S. Senate after Carol Moseley Braun upset incumbent Democratic senator Alan...
Unprecedented as it was, Donald Trump’s decision to launch a nationwide mid-decade gerrymandering campaign last year made some raw political sense....
While Donald Trump’s war in Iran is growing more intense, dangerous, and unpredictable, MAGA-land activists have a different preoccupation....
You have to hand it to John Cornyn: In suddenly coming out for the destruction of the Senate filibuster, he acknowledges this contradicts his...
Republicans are facing a midterm election that is very likely to end their trifecta control of the federal government. So they urgently need some help...
It’s now been a week since Donald Trump and Bibi Netanyahu began their war of destruction and regime change in Iran, a conflict that has gone...
If the key to success in any high-profile job is low expectations based on the poor performance of one’s predecessor, President Trump’s nominee...
As expected, on Wednesday the U.S. Senate rejected Tim Kaine’s War Powers Act resolution ordering Donald Trump to cease attacks on Iran within 30...
It sure didn’t take long for Republicans to hit the panic button over the results of yesterday’s Texas U.S. Senate primary. The minute it became...
The 2026 election season began with a bang yesterday as Texas held highly competitive U.S. Senate primaries. With epic turnout, Democrats narrowly...
On Tuesday, March 3, Texas Democrats will choose between Jasmine Crockett, a U.S. representative from Dallas, and James Talarico, a state legislator...
It may take a while for the immensity of Donald Trump’s war in Iran — the U.S.-Israeli military strikes, the scope of the conflict as Iran...
In the wake of the U.S. Supreme Court’s 6-3 decision invalidating the basis of Donald Trump’s beloved “Liberation Day” tariffs, there’s a...
The election to name the next governor of California feels very strange. For one thing, it’s only the second election since 1998 in which the...
Virtually every Republican political strategist agrees that the economy, and particularly the cost of living, will be the dominant issue in the 2026...
When we heard that Donald Trump’s 2026 State of the Union Address would break his own record for the longest-ever presidential speech to Congress, a...
State of the Union addresses, like the one Donald Trump will deliver on Tuesday night, are a precious commodity for every president. The audience is...
This week, there’s been a lot of attention focused on the U.S. Supreme Court, thanks to its stunning decision blowing up the rationale for Donald...
Unsurprisingly, President Trump did not react well to the U.S. Supreme Court decision invalidating much of his tariff agenda as an unconstitutional...
In a long-awaited and complex decision, a 6-3 majority of the U.S. Supreme Court invalidated President Trump’s principal device for imposing tariffs...
There’s been a lot of buzz in Washington lately about the “exodus” of members of Congress in the 2026 midterm-election cycle. So far, 51 U.S....
At the annual National Prayer Breakfast in Washington on February 5, President Donald Trump indulged himself in a 75-minute rambling tirade devoted to...
As a longtime Democratic National Convention staffer, I have two ineradicable memories of the Reverend Jesse Jackson, who died yesterday at the age of...
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