There was a lot of palaver about how courageous and patriotic they all are. But if you listened closely, there were also admissions that the way forward is very murky.

It’s not a crazy notion. Just look at the polling data.

The West Virginia senator, who announced he will not be seeking reelection, is not some political mastermind. He’s a greedy nihilist.

Now that the Supreme Court has upended the labor landscape of amateur sports, the college athletics cartel looks to lawmakers for help.

The West Virginia senator may live to regret not doing more to support his party’s most popular ideas.

Lawmakers are at loggerheads over whether to expand flights from a local Washington airport.

The former Democratic pollster and current Trump booster says he’s not part of the “Unity Ticket” group run by his wife. Some Democrats are skeptical.

What is your personal Mountain Valley Pipeline? What would it be like to force your co-workers to pretend it’s a good idea?

Party leaders thought they had set a trap for Republicans. It hasn’t worked out that way at all.

They might not fully appreciate what House Speaker Kevin McCarthy would be willing to do to keep his speakership.

Two new magazine profiles attempt to explain the Arizona senator. Here’s our own theory.

The centrist Democratic group forms a united front with its more liberal counterparts to trash a third-party candidacy that could elect Trump.

The Inflation Reduction Act aims to incentivize purchase of E.V.s and secure the U.S. supply chain at the same time. Now lawmakers must disentangle the conflicts that stand in the way.

A video obtained by TNR tries to suggest that both parties are being captured by extremes—but somehow forgets to acknowledge the sitting president.

A roundup of ideas for how to break fossil fuels’ hold over the country’s dysfunctional political system

Hint: It’s not because of rip-offs or abuses. Those, they’re fine with.

The Democratic senator claims to be worried about electric vehicles relying on foreign lithium. The best way to fix that would be walkable cities and great public transit.

From atop the mountains of Davos, the West Virginia senator has brought down his next big idea: Bring back the supercommittee!

As a policy, the 2021 expansion was historically successful, cutting child poverty nearly in half. But it died by politics this year. Can it be revived in 2023?

It wasn’t all doom and gloom in 2022.