There’s no sugarcoating what happened. Pushed out of the race by his own party and mostly out of sight since he withdrew his candidacy, President Biden in the eyes of some is a tragic figure. But that’s not the...
In an election cycle with a sitting vice president suddenly elevated to become her party’s nominee, and a former president, now the challenger, grazed by an assassin’s bullet, the American people have gotten a crash course in why veeps...
The numbers tell the story. In less than five days, 35,000 people registered to vote, almost all of them (83 percent) between 18 and 34, the demographic that was key to the coalition that sent Barack Obama to the...
In less than 24 hours, Democrats went from feeling hopeless to experiencing a renewed sense of hope as money poured in from grassroots donors, party leaders cheered Kamala Harris and a short list of veep candidates emerged to join...
The right to access abortion is a core issue for Democrats, and J.D. Vance is on the record supporting a national ban. The Ohio senator won’t be saying that anymore now that he’s Donald Trump’s running mate, but he’ll...
Fighting for his political life is a familiar, even invigorating role for Joe Biden. He’s been discounted enough times before but to be “pushed out”—his words—after winning every primary and more than enough delegates to secure the nomination, it’s...
In every election since the Supreme Court overturned Roe two years ago, voters have turned out in big numbers to protest the decision and restore abortion rights statewide where possible. Reproductive freedom remains a major rallying cause for Democrats...
President Joe Biden is routinely attacked, mocked, and ridiculed for his supposed physical and cognitive decline, while other comparable political figures like Sens. Dianne Feinstein and Mitch McConnell—and even President Ronald Reagan—got much gentler treatment from their opponents and...
Chaos at the border is the top issue for Republicans, and their likely nominee promises to launch what he calls “the largest domestic deportation operation in history.” Aides are reportedly scouting land for detention camps, and Donald Trump and...
The calls to step down come from both the left and center—amplified by law professors, scholarly legal journals, and anti-Trump pundits—warning about the risks to the Supreme Court and the country if Justice Sonia Sotomayor isn’t replaced while there’s...