From MTG to Matt Gaetz to Don Jr. and more, the “unifying” convention has been one long anti-trans hatefest.

The V.P. pick claimed to be decoding Appalachian politics in “Hillbilly Elegy.” But it’s the cynicism of his sexual politics that offers true insight into the right-wing mind.

If Trump-Vance wins, we’ll have a billionaire president and multimillionaire vice president, backed by other billionaires. And that’s who “us” is.

Trump’s running mate once admitted that MAGA is truly toxic. Sarah Longwell, the prominent Never Trumper, explains how Vance’s MAGA stench could help drive swing voters to Democrats.

He used to tell them they had no one to blame but themselves, but he’s found more politically palatable targets.

Trump has fully remade the Republican Party in his image, and the Vance pick is the proof.

With Trump picking J.D. Vance as his running mate, a political writer argues that this choice, and some other signs, suggests the politics around the assassination attempt will get a lot uglier.

The Ohio senator is a sycophant who will never challenge or question his boss—not even to defend American democracy.

After being shot at a rally on Saturday, Trump is a bigger threat to American democracy than ever before. Why aren’t Democrats acting like it?

He’s leading Biden in the polls and catching up in fundraising. So why can’t Trump find a good running mate?

A prominent “Never Trump” conservative talks about why the GOP’s embrace of Trump’s authoritarianism and contempt for the rule of law has him so alarmed and dismayed.

Republicans aren’t just showing “loyalty to Trump.” They’re saying that Trump is more important than the rule of law.

The Affordable Connectivity Program is about to come to an end—unless Congress does something.

Even in red states, majorities of voters back abortion rights and other things the GOP is against. So why do they keep voting Republican?

As the future of the former president’s candidacy hangs in the balance, GOP senators are taking a step back.

The rail industry’s army of lobbyists descended on Capitol Hill to block safety regulations—and found plenty of Republicans willing to do their bidding.

The Ohio senator says he would have sought multiple slates of electors as Trump’s veep, suggesting we haven’t seen the last of GOP coup attempts. Election law expert Matthew Seligman walks us through the ugly possibilities that lie ahead.

Should the United States supply economic as well as military aid to Ukraine? And does Mitch McConnell still control his caucus like he always has?

The pugilistic anti-tax group is feuding with the GOP’s most powerful figure—and getting pummeled.

“Regime Change” fits into a long tradition of magical thinking, from Anton Mesmer to Theodore Roosevelt and beyond.