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Just when editorial boards are coming off the sidelines to endorse in the presidential race, it’s time to do just the opposite.
After 34 years of not endorsing a presidential candidate, USA Today published “Trump is ‘unfit for the presidency’” on Sept. 30. It’s the first time the paper has taken…
Senate Republicans thought they had successfully navigated the Donald Trump storm. There was no guarantee they would maintain a majority in the Senate, but the party was in surprisingly strong shape considering their nominee’s historic unfavorable ratings and a map that put the GOP on the defensive…
The 2016 presidential race is stranger than fiction. The already-unprecedented contest took another turn last weekend when audio from a 2005 tape from NBC’s Access Hollywood revealed Donald Trump crudely talking with host Billy Bush about sexually assaulting women.
The comments weren’t surprising…
One of the most remarkable pieces of this year’s elections has been the resiliency of House Republicans while running on the ballot with a polarizing and sometimes offensive presidential nominee in a volatile election cycle. But now everyone is waiting to see if that work was wiped away by the…
A dozen states will vote for governor next month, but you’d hardly know it from the avalanche of media coverage surrounding the presidential race and fight for the Senate.
Unlike the Senate map, where Republicans are defending more states than Democrats, Democrats are defending more governorships…
Less than a month ago, Republicans tabled their “check-and-balance” strategy as Donald Trump creeped closer to Hillary Clinton in the polls. “We were in the ICU, flatlining,” a Republican operative told Roll Call’s Alex Roarty. “We’re still in the hospital, but we’re in the normal room now.”
But…