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Republicans have perfected a pretty good shtick for putting Democrats in a box when it comes to trans rights. This week, it was Nancy Mace, a...
For 50 years, every “outsider” running for president has campaigned on a sweeping promise: to end the status quo in Washington and dislodge its...
The day after Hillary Clinton lost in 2016, I watched as my 8-year-old daughter stared mournfully out the window of a train back from New York, and I...
If there were any lingering doubts about whether Democrats did the right thing by pushing Joe Biden off the ticket in July, any remaining thought that...
I’d love to hear from George W. Bush before Election Day. Alone among the four living ex-presidents, plus his vice president and even his own...
If you’re obsessing over the meaning of polls right now, I have a thought exercise for you. Imagine weighing yourself on the average bathroom scale...
We’ve heard a lot from Democrats about what Donald Trump’s second term as president might look like — the “Project 2025” blueprint, his...
With the election fast approaching, Kamala Harris has settled into a safe pattern of talking a lot and saying little. Harris’s goal for these past...
You can’t walk very far in my Bethesda neighborhood without seeing lawn signs for Kamala Harris and Tim Walz. Nor can you fail to notice signs that...
On the eve of her first and maybe only debate with Donald Trump, Vice President Kamala Harris is getting a ton of advice. That’s especially true...
Just how much empathy am I still supposed to summon for Trump voters? That question keeps coming up on the left. At the convention in Chicago, former...
In his convention speech, Tim Walz articulated a view of America sharply contrasting with JD Vance’s. Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz on the third...
The precarious balancing act of the man who would be America’s first gentleman. Vice President Kamala Harris and second gentleman Doug...
The former president’s third campaign has turned out to be pretty boring. Pages place Trump posters on delegates' seats at the Republican...
Running without one is a really good strategy for coming in second. Vice President Kamala Harris during a campaign event in Philadelphia on...
The presidency didn’t age Trump the way it does everyone else. That tells you something about him. (The Washington Post staff; Getty) ...
By telling her personal story, she can embody American opportunity, which voters still want to believe in. Vice President Harris speaks at a...
What does she need in her running mate to govern well? Vice President Harris speaks during the Zeta Phi Beta Sorority's Grand Boulé in...
Blame 1980. And the problem with the unity-is-everything argument is that it’s simply not true. President Jimmy Carter and Sen. Edward M....
Democrats should just take a minute before giving the vice president their party’s nod. Vice President Harris in Las Vegas on July 9....
The former president had an amazing opportunity. He failed to grasp it. Former president Donald Trump delivers his speech on the final day of...
The end of the Cold War left a vacuum in our national psyche that we’ve never managed to fill. A flag on Tuesday at Butler Farm Show in...
This time, not as a bridge but an exit ramp — for the boomers. Vice President Harris and first lady Jill Biden applaud President Biden...
Like Team Trump before them, Team Biden is telling us that the truth is whatever they say it is. President Biden prepares to walk onstage at...
What could draw more people into politics than a must-watch nightly drama, with the fate of the nation at stake? A view of the floor at the...
A truck drives by an electric vehicle charging station in London, Ohio, on March 8. (Joshua A. Bickel/AP Photo) Listen 4 min ...
Guests arrive before Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks at a Super Tuesday election night party on March 5 at Mar-a-Lago in Palm...
Mark Zuckerberg, chief executive officer of Meta, at a Senate committee hearing on Capitol Hill on Jan. 31 (Kent Nishimura/Bloomberg News) ...
Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley visits a charter school in Manchester, N.H., on Friday. (Melina Mara/The Washington Post) ...
Former New Jersey governor Chris Christie thanks a supporter after announcing he is dropping out of the presidential race on Jan. 10 in Windham, N.H....
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis arrives at the Wayne County Fair on July 27 in Corydon, Iowa. (Sergio Flores for The Washington Post) Listen 5...