Pundits desperately want a kinder, gentler version of the former president. They’ll have to keep looking.

GOP figures like Glenn Youngkin and Ron DeSantis believe “parents’ rights” rhetoric has made education a winning issue—but its potency may not last forever.

The Republican governor has also promised to sign any anti-abortion bills that reach his desk.

Donald Trump is weak! That may be good for him.

Democrat Aaron Rouse’s victory will help bolster Democrats’ majority in the Senate and likely help block Governor Glenn Youngkin’s proposed 15-week abortion ban.

The “responsible” position is to hope the Republicans reject Trump in 2024 for the good of the country. But there’s another way of looking at that.

Virginia’s Republican governor talked about a mental health crisis, but avoided the words “shooting” and “gun.”

The Virginia governor has promised to roll back existing gun control laws in the state.

The GOP used to pass laws to scapegoat marginalized groups. Now it’s turning to executive fiat instead.

There are three scenarios for the GOP’s next nomination for president. We’re rooting for whichever one wrecks the party.

The United States is neither uniquely great nor uniquely evil. Understanding this reality is the chief prerequisite for changing the country for the better.

He’s losing everywhere, with more probably on the way. It may not be enough to hurt the Republicans this fall. But 2024 could be another matter.

Centrists keep telling us that the party is too far left … in an attempt to move it to the right.

Republicans tried—and failed—to run on parental grievances back in the 1990s. Will this time be different?

TNR editor Michael Tomasky talks with Democratic pollster Cornell Belcher about Virginia, race, and whether Democrats can change the dynamic heading into 2022.

In Virginia, Glenn Youngkin kept his distance from the former president and won. It won’t be so easy for Republicans in the 2022 midterm elections.

Yes, Terry McAuliffe talked too much about Donald Trump. But Democrats shouldn’t overcorrect. The former president is, and will be, an issue.

Virginia Governor-elect Glenn Youngkin connected with parents, and Terry McAuliffe did not. This, not critical race theory, is what Democrats need to reflect on.

The White House worried about backlash from the anti-vaxxer minority. As Virginia’s gubernatorial election shows, it should have worried about the Covid-weary majority.

The problem is low Democratic voter enthusiasm. Here are the things the president can do to solve it.