During the primary, two (or more) candidates bitterly spar over the direction of their party and who should be its ...

Over the last few weeks, I’ve been receiving a lot of questions about whether, even if Democrats win a House majority this ...

During Donald Trump’s first term, his then-chief of staff Reince Priebus referred to the times late at night that the president would be holed up at the White House all alone as “the witching hour,” ...

It has not been a great month for the polling industry. First, Abdul El-Sayed won his Senate primary in Michigan by only a single percentage point, after the polls said he was on track to clean up by ...

Good morning! It’s Tuesday, May 23, 2023. The 2024 elections are 532 days away. Leading today’s newsletter: A history lesson! I’ll answer a reader question by taking you on a tour through the history ...

How often midterm elections predict the next presidential election, and what 2026 will (and won’t) tell us about 2028 But first: I’ll give you a bit of a lay of the land for how I’m looking at the ...

Here’s a puzzle for you. Democrats are posting a series of dazzling poll numbers in red states, far exceeding how Kamala Harris (or other recent Democratic presidential candidates) performed in these ...

Gerald Ford faced a dilemma. Five days after he ascended to the vice presidency, lawmakers unveiled a bill to rename a federal building in Ford’s hometown of Grand Rapids, Michigan, in his honor.

Audio playback is not supported on your browser. Please upgrade. In a newsletter last week, I laid out my standard for when I’ll use that label: if the executive ...

There’s a comedian named Joe Zimmerman who has a bit on — of all things — the U.S. tax system. The video is below, but it goes like this: My biggest fear about the government is just: taxes. I worry ...

President Donald Trump escalated his war with the press on Friday, announcing on Truth Social that he was banning three news outlets — CNN, MS NOW, and Politico — from the White House. Correspondents ...

In 2016, Donald Trump’s transition team was led by Chris Christie, who had been the first Republican governor to endorse his campaign. At the time, the appointment was seen as an olive branch to the ...