He doesn’t even know why he wants to put the homeland security chief on trial. Neither does McCarthy’s rival for the speakership, Representative Andy Biggs.

The party believed Doug Mastriano would be the easiest candidate to beat in November, so they followed the same risky strategy that backfired tremendously in 2016.

The Insurrection Act was written and amended to protect law and order. Trumpworld tried to use it to subvert law and order—and will do so again.

He banged his head in a South Carolina motel room—but didn’t miss a single event. His former deputy campaign manager, Ari Rabin Havt, recounts that wild day in a new memoir about life on the trail.

The former president may have shed his outside-the-Beltway skin, but his base—and the party—are even more committed to Trumpism.

His walk-back of an irresponsible statement that launched the Trumpy right into hyperspace could be a sign that he actually has some integrity.

Throughout his career, the former president has always behaved as if he had something to hide.

Republicans expecting to win back the House are already planning to abuse their oversight power for ridiculous reasons.

Reproductive rights in America have been brought to the brink thanks to decades of lies and complacency.

Republicans get four or eight years to rule; Democrats, only two. But Biden’s making excellent use of his limited time.

The governor of New York resigned as his lawyer, Rita Glavin, stood in defense. A shield of women enforcers, it turns out, was his strategy until the very end.

The former vice president told the hard truth to the American people. No Democrat has dared do so since.

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