Beltway pundits and political consultants find the senator’s increased net worth intensely ironic. It’s not.

They're scared that trying to remove him would backfire, but they're taking the wrong lessons from the past—and ignoring voters' wishes in the present.

As legal decisions go against the administration, the president appears caught in his own impeachment trap.

A Republican "autopsy" of 2018 losses in Wisconsin shows a party struggling to reconcile racist policies with midwestern politics.

There's a reason more big businesses are pushing for a carbon tax—and it's not because they want to fight climate change.

Passing a federal law to enshrine Roe v. Wade would require control of the White House and Congress—and approval from the Supreme Court.

For Democrats in 2020, energizing and expanding the base will bring in far more votes than moving right to grab a vanishingly small psychographic.

A dispatch from New Hampshire, where there's an undeniable wave of affection for the former vice president

On the mournful threads connecting Joe Biden’s half-century in politics

With "electability" dominating the 2020 debate, the Vermont independent reminds Democrats of the frontrunner's long, controversial record.

The Democratic frontrunner’s campaign is pitched to white folks who have fled the party. Sound familiar?

While Trump loudly escalates his trade war with China, most 2020 contenders are muted—and that's a mistake.

The 2020 hopeful connected the dots between drug addiction and corporate greed, and "Trump country" took notice.

The internet-savvy entrepreneur has some good ideas—and some questionable ones.

The mayor's winning personality won't be enough. He has to stand for something.

If the party wants to win beyond 2020, it has to defeat deficit hypocrisy now.

As Trump continues to stoke fear, 2020 presidential contenders have the opportunity to offer policy.

And this time, it's even eating establishment candidates.

The Democratic candidate unveiled an aggressive plan to fight climate change, but how does it stack up against the Green New Deal?

The grotesqueries of Trump are a tempting target, but the economic anxiety evident in the 2016 campaign has been exacerbated by his policies.