As GOP panic intensifies over Trump’s cratering numbers, a veteran Democratic strategist in North Carolina explains why Trump is so toxic among independents—and why he’s plummeting in red areas, too.

As GOP panic intensifies over Trump’s cratering numbers, a veteran Democratic strategist in North Carolina explains why Trump is so toxic among independents—and why he’s plummeting in red areas too.

As Trump’s effort to bar news organizations from the White House blows back on him, a defender of democracy explains why the stakes of this dustup are bigger than they might appear.

As Trump’s effort to bar news organizations from the White House blows back on him, a defender of democracy explains why the stakes of this dustup are bigger than they might appear.

As GOP leaks about the elections grow more urgent, a top Democratic strategist explains what the numbers really say about the Trump-GOP collapse—and ponders what could still go wrong.

As GOP leaks about the elections grow more urgent, a top Democratic strategist explains what the numbers really say about the Trump-GOP collapse—and ponders what could still go wrong.

As Trump’s mounting failures and cratering numbers rattle Fox figures, a media critic charts the deep cognitive dissonance that Trump’s collapse has unleashed on the right—and why it will get worse.

As Trump’s mounting failures and cratering numbers rattle Fox figures, a media critic charts the deep cognitive dissonance that Trump’s collapse has unleashed on the right—and why it will get worse.

As jarring revelations make Trump’s handling of the Iran debacle look even worse, a foreign policy expert explains how the president’s deranged conception of “strength” is making us weaker.

As jarring revelations make Trump’s handling of the Iran debacle look even worse, a foreign policy expert explains how the president’s deranged conception of “strength” is making us weaker.

As an angry Trump says straight out that his failed election-theft plot will hurt the GOP in the midterms, a Democratic strategist parses through what is arguably his worst polling news this cyle.

As a gold-standard poll delivers harsh news to a seething Trump, a Democratic strategist with experience in midterms explains what the data is really telling us—and how to prepare for what’s coming.

As Trump badly complicates GOP efforts to appear concerned about AI’s future, the author of a piece on his midterm challenges explains how he keeps wrecking the GOP’s message and game plan.

As Trump badly complicates GOP efforts to appear concerned about AI’s future, the author of a piece on his midterm challenges explains how he keeps wrecking the GOP’s message and game plan.

As Trump’s efforts to salvage the midterms falter, the author of a piece on his political weakness explains why the enthusiasm gap now favors Dems—and how MAGA squandered its hold on the culture.

As Trump’s efforts to salvage the midterms falter, the author of a piece on his political weakness explains why the enthusiasm gap now favors Dems—and how MAGA squandered its hold on the culture.

As Trump’s efforts to salvage the midterms grow more unhinged, a political scientist explains how a perfect storm of Trumpian idiocy is what landed him and the GOP in such a deep political hole.

As Trump’s efforts to salvage the elections grow more unhinged, a political scientist explains how a perfect storm of Trumpian idiocy is what landed him and the GOP in such a deep political hole.

As Trump’s anti-Canada lunacy starts spooking Republicans, the author of a piece on Trump’s trade-warring explains how badly divorced from reality this whole crusade has truly become.

As Trump’s anti-Canada lunacy starts spooking Republicans, the author of a piece on Trump’s trade-warring explains how badly divorced from reality this whole crusade has truly become.